Q4. Keeping the game alive, independent of the developers’ continuity is something blockchain gaming firms are striving to achieve. How feasible is this considering games need regular updates, integrations, etc?

Answer: Yes, this is not a trivial problem to solve. Games using Xaya’s technology are designed to run unaided and unstoppable in a decentralized way just like Bitcoin. When it comes to updates that affect the state of the game, such as an expansion or fixes, updates need to be planned for a certain time in the future of which the community has an option to update or not. Those that aren’t willing to be running in a parallel universe with different rules. This is essentially a fork of the game world.

Although this might sound like an issue, it actually has the benefit of empowering the gamers or community themselves. If they don’t like an update, they don’t need to, or, they can even update the game (all opensource) themselves. Front end and graphical changes can be done anytime in the case of Xaya games, and third party developers can create their own front ends if they wish.