“Most players didn’t even realize they were using crypto – they just played” – Praveen Kumar, CTO, GAMP
The breaking point: Web3 tools stifling growth
As GAMP scaled its play-to-earn ecosystem, legacy Web3 infrastructure began cracking under pressure. Manual integrations with Ethereum standards added 3-4 weeks to every feature deployment—engineers joked they were “debugging smart contracts during live tournaments.” Private key management metastasized into a full-blown operational nightmare: 15% of staff time went to key recovery, and 72% of players abandoned onboarding at wallet creation.
“We’d built this vibrant metaverse, but onboarding felt like filing taxes,” admits Praveen Kumar, GAMP’s CTO. “MetaMask’s 12-step flow confused even our devs. Players would DM us screenshots of seed phrases asking, ‘Is this part of the game?’”
Worse yet, financial planning became guesswork. Gas fees fluctuated wildly, causing 42% budget overruns. “We’d test features on Polygon zkEVM, then mainnet costs would torpedo projections,” Kumar recalls. “Building for 50K users? Might as well have used a Magic 8-Ball.”
The fix: Openfort’s invisible blockchain layer
GAMP overhauled its stack with Openfort’s account abstraction platform in under a week. The team:
- Replaced MetaMask with social logins using Openfort’s SDK (“90 minutes to first live transaction”)
- Deployed gas optimization algorithms that batch-processed L2 transactions
- Integrated real-time analytics revealing $18K in annual zkEVM savings
“Openfort didn’t just give us tools—they redesigned our UX playbook,” says Kumar. “Their engineers mocked our game builds to stress-test edge cases. One found a bug where wallet pop-ups overlapped boss fight cutscenes. Game-changer.”
The partnership prioritized "invisible Web3":
- Auto-generated wallets via email/OTP
- Session keys allowing item loans without seed phrases
- Gasless transactions sponsored via $GAMP tokens
“Players thought we’d nerfed the tutorial,” Kumar laughs. “Nope—Openfort just made blockchain actually seamless.”
Results: Mainstream gamers, enterprise-grade security
In 24 hours post-launch:
- 1,492 users onboarded (478% increase)
- 5,124 in-game token transactions
- 82% fewer “gas help” tickets
Operationally:
- 3X faster deployments (11 days vs. 34)
- Zero key-related breaches since migration
- 40% lower L2 costs via Openfort’s analytics
“Half our Discord thought we’d switched back to Web2,” Kumar notes. “But chain explorers don’t lie—we’ve got more on-chain activity than ever.”
The verdict: Why Openfort won
Q: Why ditch MetaMask/RainbowKit?
“They’re tools for traders, not gamers. Openfort gave us Web2 simplicity with Uniswap-level security.”
Q: Best surprise?
“Players organically built a token gift economy. We see 500+ daily P2P sends—no ‘blockchain’ UI prompts.”
Q: Next move?
“Cross-game item portability. Openfort’s interoperable accounts let rare swords jump between our RPGs.”
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