Ethereum's CryptoKitties makers launch Playground for dApp Developers

Developers of one of Ethereum’s most popular dApps, CryptoKitties, recently announced a launch of Flow Playground — a highly interactive interface for developers to experiment with applications. Dapper Labs revealed that the new Flow Playground will be based on the company’s Flow blockchain and that developers will be able to create and run smart contracts, explore Cadence — their resource-oriented programming language — and more. The language itself is very interesting, and it was created to make programming tokenized assets simpler. It also includes features previously found in Rust and Swift. As for Flow Playground, it will not only allow users to experiment with applications, but also create non-fungible tokens, mint fungible ones, and even build an entire marketplace. The company’s CTO, Dieter Shirley, further added that there are a lot of teams that operate in the non-fungible token space. Many of them have been very interested in experimenting with the new Playground platform. The platform is much simpler to work with than using other protocols, which is the reason it was created, in the first place. Flow blockchain itself is rather new, as it was introduced in September 2019. However, the company describes it as a blockchain that is very developer-friendly and built to support entire ecosystems, containing games, apps, smart contracts, and digital assets.

Flow blockchain’s capabilities attracted numerous high-profile partners

After its launch, Dapper Labs managed to enter multiple partnerships with some of the biggest entertainment corporations, with which it collaborated to create blockchain-based merchandise. One example is Warner Music, which revealed its partnership with Dapper Labs soon after the blockchain’s launch. Another example is UFC, which started working with Dapper Labs on February 26th, 2020, to work on launching blockchain-based assets and a blockchain-based game for the fans of mixed martial arts. The game is designed to let the fans tokenize their favorite fighters, and own them, train them, level them up, and more. The game is expected to result in a flourishing digital ecosystem, according to Shirley, which would include a secondary trading market for the tokens.