5 Best Launchpads for Blockchain Games

This past year has had a rapid explosion of blockchain gaming technology. New projects keep entering the market, making Launchpads an interesting topic in blockchain gaming. Initial GAME Offering (IGO) launchpads provide attractive solutions for game developers to get funding. They also allow participants access to lucrative projects at low prices before being listed on public exchanges. Here are five of the best gaming launchpads you should know about.

1. Seedify

Seedify is a launchpad for blockchain games running on the Binance Smart Chain. Seedify is an industry trendsetter because it allows players to vote on proposed projects' direction and decisions. The Launchpad was founded in early 2021 and uses the $SFUND as its token. Participating in Seedify involves several steps, one of them being staking. Seedify users need to put their $SFUND tokens in the staking pool to secure IGO allocation given to early investors. To participate;

1. Enter Seedify's Staking platform and click on Connect Wallet.
2. Choose the Stake option.
3. Set the amount of time you want to lock your staked tokens and confirm by clicking the Approve button.
4. Select the Stake button and fill in the number of tokens you want to stake.
5. Click Confirm to complete the process.

Seedify has a nine-tier system, determined by the amount of SFUND you put in. Tier 1 requires 250 SFUND, and the list continues with 1000, 2500, 5000, 7500, 10000, 25000, 50000, up to tier 9, which requires 100000 SFUND. The first tier is a lottery pool, while the rest are guaranteed pools. Seedify launchpad has raised close to $730,000 through IGOs. Among its most successful IGOs is CryptoMeda, which raised about 494.14 BNB, representing an ROI of about 185x.

2. GameFi 

GameFi was founded by Dao Maker and Icedtea Labs together with Polygon Technology to facilitate gaming finance for players, investors and game studios. The Launchpad is a trailblazer in blockchain gaming because it features a launchpad and a game aggregator, yield guilds, and a gaming accelerator.GameFi launchpad uses $GAFI as their token. To take part in GameFi IGOs, you must stake tokens to be part of one of GameFi's tiers. The staking process begins when you visit the GameFi staking page. Once you are there:

1. Go to Settings and change the wallet settings from Metamask to BSC because the staking pools are on the BSC network.
2. Select the Live Staking pool.
3. If it is your first time staking on GameFi, go to the Details tab to enable staking before proceeding.
4. Now click the Stake button, put in the number of tokens you want to stake and confirm the transaction.

GameFi offers four tiers that you can choose from. They include Rookie, Elite, Pro and Legend. Getting the rookie rank requires at least 20 $GAFI. For the Elite and Pro rank, you need a minimum of 100 and 500 $GAFI, respectively. The Legend rank is reserved for only 12 members. To get one of these slots, you need to own GameFi Legendary NFT, which can only be obtained through auction. GameFi's best ranking IGOs is Kaby Arena which made $100,000 worth of funding, with an ROI of 17.55x.

3. Gamestarter

Gamestarter is a gaming ecosystem that helps generate game funding through its NFT-based marketplace. The Launchpad is known for its overwhelming support to indie game developers, helping them get their projects into the market. Gamestarter, which launched this year, uses GAME as its token. Among the steps to becoming a participant in Gamester, IGOs is to stake $GAME. This involves a simple series of steps like

1. Log in to your wallet integration.
2. Select the $GAME Level staking.
3. Enter your desired number of tokens.
4. Confirm the transaction.

The amount you stake on Gamestarter depends on which tier you want to be a part of. This Launchpad has three main tiers with "sub-tiers" in them. The first tier is called Lottery and has three sub-tiers requiring a minimum $GAME investment of 750,1250, or 2500. The more you stake on this tier, the higher your chances of being selected to participate in the offering. You will also find the Guarantee tier. It has six sub-tiers for a minimum 5000, 7500, 10000, 15000, 30000, with the highest sub-tier for 60000 $GAME. The last tier is dubbed Legendary and has two sub-tiers that cost 100000 $GAME and 150000 $GAME. Gamestartes best ranking IGO so far is Project Seed. The IGO has an ROI of 76x and raised about 50000 BUSD.

4. ENJINSTARTER 

The Enjinstarter Launchpad aims for game creators to grow their digital assets and their blockchain strategy. Enjinstarter is remarkable for how it helps developers utilize NFTs as an alternative source of funds for their projects. The Launchpad uses EJS as its token. Becoming an ENJINSTARTER participant involves staking. Staking places you in tiers, which are used to determine your participation, or how much allocation you will get in the IGO. To stake your tokens, you need to:

1. Connect your Ethereum wallet.
2. Select the amount you want to stake.
3. Confirm the transaction.

Enjinstarter has three tiers for the guaranteed allocation pool, GAP. The first is the Universe tier, which has a staking minimum of 25,001 EJS. Then there's the Metaverse tier, going for 100,001 EJS and the Multiverse tier for 500,001 EJS. This Launchpad's most successful IGOs include Bit Hotel and Gaia Everworld. Both of these IGOs raised 200000 USDT/USDC.

5. TrustPad 

TrustPad serves as a fundraising platform for blockchain gaming projects. Trustpad has maintained a reputation for having profitable investment options for early-stage investors. The Launchpad uses the TPAD token. To be a participant, you must stake your TPAD tokens. Tokens are an important tool to access investments on the platform. Here's how to stake on Trustpad:

1. Visit the Trustpad Levels page, and connect your wallet.
2. Select which wallet between WalletConnect, Metamask and Trust Wallet you want to put your token into.
3. Then, select the number of tokens you want to stake, and lock them in the wallet.

Trustpad also comes with multiple tiers for participants. The first is Orbit, which requires not less than 60000 TPAD to join. Then there's Associate, which costs 30000 TPAD. The third tier, Club, requires you to stake 10000 TPAD, while the fourth and gift tiers, Member and Crew, require 4000 and 2000 TPAD, respectively. Launchpads offers regular investors an opportunity limited to large-scale investors a few years ago. Putting your investment in a launchpad not only gives you a chance to make profits but also helps to scale the Launchpad's growth and that of the blockchain gaming industry. Positive returns may not be guaranteed on many launchpads. However, the ones listed above have a reputation for vetting projects thoroughly, and they demonstrate a high likelihood of having secure projects.