Hallo to all, first of all I have to apologize for my English that is far from perfect, so be patient for some formal and grammar errors.
The preface of this post is that Spell of Genesis (SoG from now) is one in the very restricted number of projects that actually are doing real revenues in the crypto-economy. The game-linked true-ownership blockchained card idea is disruptive for the game industry, and SoG have the right positioning to take full advantage of this new sector. For this reason right now there are all the ingredients to see bitcrystals in the top ten crypto for market cap very soon.
Awesome post Viva and I completely agree with everything you say. It shows you get this owning your gaming assets paradigm, it will change gaming forever.
I will make a few qualifying statements though where my views differ somewhat from yours:
1. This is a small team on a small budget. Most of what you are talking about is out of their reach. That said, there are things they should do differently.
2. Your point on blockchainification of your card assets is the home run insight that you have. I completely agree, another way to describe this is a instant trading feature with the first version of the game. Show off your cards, and trade. This game becomes instantly relevant with that single feature.
3. Owning assets is the most important part of this game, not the game play or anything else. The graphics have to be killer, and you must be able to trade or otherwise exchange your cards with others. Worry about the game play later because gameplay is hard to get right and will evolve 100 times before it is perfect.
EDS has limited resources. Focus on asset ownership. Make it work in a relevant way in the game and with friends. Make those assets easily usable by any technology. Go around and preach to everyone about asset ownership and create an economy around SOG card ownership. What can I do if I own a specific card or set of cards that have nothing to do with the game itself? Start creating card-ownership incentives now outside of the game. There is zero reason that card assets have to hang on the success or failure of SOG.