April Fools Announcing Relic Castle NFTs

A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie's auction house for an eye-watering $69m (£50m) - but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture, painting or even a print. Instead, they get a unique digital token known as an NFT. Where Bitcoin was hailed as the digital answer to currency, NFTs are now being touted as the digital answer to collectables. But there are plenty of sceptics who think it is all a bubble that is going to burst. (source)

What is an NFT?

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NFT stands for non-fungible token.

In economics, a fungible asset is something with units that can be readily interchanged - like money. With money, you can swap a £10 note for two £5 notes and it will have the same value. However, if something is non-fungible, this is impossible - it means it has unique properties so it cannot be interchanged with something else. It could be a house, or a painting such as the Mona Lisa, which is one of a kind. You can take a photo of the painting or buy a print but there will only ever be the one original painting. NFTs are "one-of-a-kind" assets in the digital world that can be bought and sold like any other piece of property, but they have no tangible form of their own. The digital tokens can be thought of as certificates of ownership for virtual or physical assets. (source)

How do NFTs work?

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Traditional works of art such as paintings are valuable because they are one of a kind. But digital files can be easily and endlessly duplicated. With NFTs, artwork can be "tokenised" to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought and sold. (source)

How is Relic Castle boarding the hype train?

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Easy! We are offering to tokenise your fangame, your screenshots, and your save data. Then you have a digital certificate of ownership you can sell, trade, and buy!

I've heard NFTs are bad for the environment.

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Have no fear, here at Relic Castle our blockchain transactions are all supported by solar power. Our team of Exeggutor, Torterra, and Tropius are standing by to power our systems. We are doing our best to lower greenhouse gas emissions! Rest assured, you can rest easy and know that your fangame NFTs are in good hands.

How can I sign up?

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Easy! Post below with what you'd like to tokenize. Spots are filling up quickly, but rumor has it if you tokenize with us today, we'll toss you a shiny new badge!

hey i'd like to tokenize this

I'll like to tokenize eeveeexpo.com

Hey I want in on the ground floor! Sign me up for NFT's!!!

dude i love pointless things, hmu with that dank shit

I'd like to tokenise all games made during the Game Jam 6, please!

I'd like to tokenize the term "Neo Fortress 2", because for whatever reason I though that was the name of Team Fortress 2, and was going to joke that that was what NFT stood for. This token will be something to remember that moment by...

Tokenize my relic castle profile and I'll just make 1 game the next jam ;)

Hey man, all the Pokémon villains are still hanging around with me from the jam, I'd like to tokenize them :)

I'd like to tokenize my art of Ninetails

it's finally time to make Pokemon Ethereal Gates into an NFT. I would also like to tokenize Atomic Reactor's Pokemon Infinity, thanks.

can I tokenize myself

i'm scared

hi i’d like to tokenize all of etherean dreams and pokéfriend café so i can make that bank

Can I get this beauty tokenized?

I would like to get this tokenized.

I’d like to tokenize Pokémon Insurgence, Reborn, Rejuvenation, Desolation, and Xenoverse pls.

I'd like to tokenize Pokemon Uranium, Solar Light & Lunar Dark, and Pokemon Bushido

Tokenizing Pokemon Bushido plzkthx

I tokenize Latent and Cat's job!

Let's tokenize this, please.