Move-to-Earn comes to innovate the cryptogames industry, making you move to profit, and all this on your cellphone screen.
Move-to-Earn or M2E is a new type of game that is coming to the market. In addition to having fun, these games promise to pay the player for their movements, whether they are dancing, walking, fighting, etc. The player earns money depending on how much they move.
The mechanics are similar to the Wii video game, released by Nintendo in 2006 and discontinued in 2017. But in move-to-earn, body movement is captured by the cellphone. This type of game typically uses cellphone sensors and smartwatches to record the player’s movement, ensuring that the player’s movements in game are captured at the same rate as in real life.
M2E publishers explain that in addition to being fun, this type of game has two other aspects: it encourages the player to exercise and offers the opportunity to earn money playing.
What are the best M2E games?
Dotmoovs from dotmoovs developer currently integrates the BSC blockchain (Binance Smart Chain) and Ethereum. The player receives challenges to compete with other people around the world and needs to record themselves with their cellphone camera for just 30 seconds, being able to win prizes in the form of NFTs that can be exchanged for real money.
The platform has an artificial intelligence that scans the human body and computes its movements.
Metz. Although it is recognized as an M2E, this game is also considered a move to grow. That’s because the characters are cute virtual pets that grow according to the player’s evolution. Metz calibrates the movements using the algorithm created by the developer. It’s the world’s first move-to-grow app.
Geno Pets follows the same line as the previous one. The player has an exclusive pet that grows with them, following their progress in the game. A difference is that in this case, the player needs to be more careful with his pet, and needs to feed, play and compete with him, so that he grows in size and value. Currently the game is in beta phase but it is already possible to pre-register so as not to miss the launch and start making profit in Genoverse (the universe of the game).
Battle Infinity by Battle Infinity Team follows the play-to-earn model. The idea of the project is to create a multiverse in the metaverse with several battle arenas. It has M2E mechanics, being able to play with VR glasses for a more immersive experience, and the player will be able to profit from their skills in the game.
Sweatcoin, by SweatCo, combines exercise, profit and social issues. Absolute success, this app surpassed WhatsApp downloads in 2018, according to the Daily Mail in England. Rewards physical exercise with coins that can be used to get discounts on items in the marketplace or donated to charities that help people, animals or the environment.
Wirtual, from a developer of the same name, uses player data from health apps such as Strava, Fitbit, Map My Run, Google Fit, Garmin, Huawei Health and Apple Health to compute performance and equivalent in-game earnings. The player can participate in challenges, invest in NFTs to increase their daily earnings and get discounts on items in the game’s marketplace with the $Wirtual they earn.
OliveX, is a move-to-earn platform. The player earns “DOSE” tokens for playing titles such as Dustland Runner for hikes, or Dustland Rider if you prefer to ride your bike. Both are audio games, telling how a solar flare left the planet destroyed. The player is the survivor, and has the mission to run (or ride) through Dustland in order to save the future.
DOSE is the currency for these games, found on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain blockchains. It is an acronym that stands for Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin and Endorphin. All hormones produced by physical exercise. In addition to healthier life, the game offers reward and the player can earn money by playing.
For now, all that can be traded and sold with DOSE are in-game rewards, such as the possibility to participate in special events and different game modes. In the future, players will be able to use their tokens with other OliveX partner titles such as Geno Pets; Zombies, Run; Challenge the sandbox.
MetaGym or MTGM by METAGYM S.R.L, is another move-to-earn platform that claims to be “exercise-to-earn”, where you can earn Heart Rate Tokens (HRT) to increase your level, get new NFT clothes and other cool stuff. This platform also offers possibility to earn money.
When choosing your avatar, you must connect the app with a heart rate meter and choose the exercise modality, ranging from running to resistance training and even sleeping.
In FitMint 2.0 players must complete daily challenges, increasing or decreasing their level in the game according to their commitment. The goal is to create consistency in your day-to-day workouts.
In addition, you can create and customize your avatar the way you want and share your achievements on social networks. The game currently has tokens but does not yet act on purchases and exchanges outside of it.
STEPN by FindSatoshi Lab. In it, the player scores as they walk or run in real life. The way to reward is different, since when buying several different sneakers, the player earns more in the game, and cryptocurrencies can be exchanged for real money.
APE Move by Twinger Joint Stock Company. Here, the more the player moves in real life, the more he earns in the game. It is a free-to-join game, which aims to lead people to a healthier lifestyle, fight climate change and connect the public to Web 3. The tokens are shaped like tennis shoes. racing and the game offers the possibility to earn money.
Fight Out by BlockLabs, scheduled for launch this year, promises an immersive experience in VR (virtual reality) glasses and in a mobile app. The publisher chose fitness personalities and UFC fighters, including the Brazilian Taila Santos, to be embassadors. For those who haven’t been following along, as of 2023 she is #3 in the UFC women’s flyweight rankings and #12 in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings.
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Move-to-earn and the future of gaming
If you felt like testing one of these games out, know that you’re not the only one, after all, these games exist from this human need for movement.
Even if you don’t feel it, your body needs exercise, whether it’s walking, running, cycling, dancing or even getting a good night’s sleep. With so many ads and influencers preaching healthy living, we end up feeling guilty for not following the same pattern.
Those games that allow you to earn while moving are a great motivator. Who doesn’t want to earn some bucks while improving their health? Best of all is the personal gain they present in various areas, like outdoor living for example.
The move-to-earn concept is often referred to as “gamified fitness” or “exergaming” and has gained popularity in recent years as a way to make exercise more engaging and motivating. It’s a relatively new game style, but very promising, especially when it involves health.
