The Key to Breaking the GameFi Dilemma: Meeting Multi-layered Needs, Immersion Time is the Core Metric

The GameFi sector performed poorly in the last round, mainly due to an overemphasis on financial attributes, neglecting the fulfillment of human needs by games themselves. To achieve a true breakthrough, it is not the demographic circles that need to be broken through, but rather the circles of demand.

GameFi projects must meet the needs of humans at multiple levels, from safety and belonging to self-actualization, in order to attract users to invest their time in the long term. Time is a key indicator of whether a product meets the needs. In the future, time will become a common battlefield for various commercial projects.

For GameFi projects, the ideal ratio is 70% Game + 20% Fi + 10% Meme. The focus of the 70% should be on the design of the game itself, emphasizing players' immersion time rather than gold farming efficiency. The 20% Fi provides motivation, while the 10% Meme elements allow players to engage in creation.

The new trend of innovation in this round of GameFi may be "combinatorial innovation." It combines and stitches together various validated demands to establish an internal circulation, as seen in projects like Cards Ahoy. This approach has a short investment cycle, allows for immediate experience upon launch, is fairer to players, and involves lower participation risks.

In the design of economic models, it is important to increase diversified outputs and enrich consumption scenarios. Cards Ahoy has made considerable optimizations in this regard, adding diverse outputs such as NFTs. At the same time, attention should also be paid to how to retain users and extend the game lifecycle.

In general, the new round of GameFi projects needs to return to human needs, with immersion time as the core indicator, achieving breakthroughs through combinatorial innovation. Based on meeting multi-layered needs, a healthy economic model must be designed to truly break the circle and retain users in the long term.