How has BigTime successfully survived until now? It relies on the "trap" economic model.

BigTime is a blockchain game, and its key to success lies in the unique "trap" economic model design. This model is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Horizontal + Vertical Reservoir

BigTime forms a multi-layered reservoir through the horizontal and vertical "trap" design:

• Horizontal trap: Switching between different game scenes and dungeons, continuously enriching gameplay
• Vertical trap: in-depth design of systems such as weapon upgrades, armory, furnace, and time guardians.

This multi-layered trap design prevents players from simply "mining-withdrawing-selling," and instead requires long-term investment and retention.

Player Type Balance

BigTime categorizes players into four types: regular players, gold farmers, landlords, and spenders. By adapting the gaming experience for different types of players, a relatively balanced ecosystem has been formed:

• Gold farming players focus on earning profits
• The spenders enjoy the gaming experience and consumption
• The average player acts as a lubricant for the game
• Landlords meet the needs of various players through leasing.

The game attempts to maintain a ratio of 10% blockchain game players and 90% traditional players to sustain economic stability.

Strong Centralized Control

The BigTime development team exerts strong centralized control over the game economy, including:

• Adjust the time sandglass recharge cost
• Control NFT price fluctuations
• Increase airdrop and drop probability

Although short-term regulation may cause controversy, in the long run, it is beneficial for the stable development of the game economy.

Complex Economic System Design

BigTime has designed a complex economic system that includes skin NFTs, functional NFTs, and various game resources:

• Skin NFTs: two categories: manufacturable and non-manufacturable
• Functional NFT: Forge, Armory, Time Guardian
• Game resources: Time Crystals, $BIGTIME tokens, skin fragments, etc.

These systems are interconnected, forming a self-sufficient economic ecosystem.

Summary

BigTime's multi-layered "trap" economic model design not only maintains the playability of the game but also extends its lifecycle, avoiding the simple "mining-cash out" model. This design concept is worth learning from and adopting by other blockchain games.