Introduction
Have you ever played Agar? It is a fun little game where you are a dot that eats other dots. By moving your mouse, you gobble little dots and eventually other players who do the same.
It is currently a massively popular game with hundreds of thousands of players per day. It's very easy to understand and it's actually quite a fun way to waste time.
Enters SteemAgar
SteemAgar, created by @igster, is a steem implementation of the famous game but now you can earn steem by winning the game or by being rewarded by your other players via upvotes.
You can have all the details of how this works here.
Why I Am Sponsoring This Project
Reason #1 - Meritocratic Way to Earn Steem
One thing that is difficult for a lot of people on the steem blockchain is to get off the ground and also, not everybody is talented in creating content, networking, managing projects, etc.
By creating an entirely different way to earn steem (aka via gaming), we open an entirely new way for people to get off the ground and earn based on their skills at Agar.
Reason #2 - Perfect Ways to Showcase the Power of the Steem Blockchain
With Steem having zero transactions fees that are practically instant, we have a perfect way to showcase it beyond the world of blogging and content creation.
No other blockchain could do something like that.
How Much Am I Sponsoring?
I am trying to establish communication with @igster for him to establish either a delegation reward program like utopian.io OR a curation trail that people can follow.
For now, I am simply going to upvote every games so that the account can increase it's steempower over time as well as promote the games in the "hot" section.
You might also seem me play in there and get upvote from me when you beat me
Hopefully, he is going to start a curation trail on steemauto.com so that I can follow his upvote on the winners of each game. I would like that the winner of each game is able to win at least $10 US.
Conclusion
This is by far one of the most exciting steem project I have encountered so far. Please upvote and resteem this blogpost so that more people get to play and earn steem via gaming!
Agar is a very popular game here in Madonna University, Nigeria. Most of us spend a chunk of our weekends just gaming. We would never have dreamt that a time would come when we could actually earn by playing what we've been playing everyday without any gains. I am delighted beyond words.
I will forward this to our group chat immediately. This is a ray of sunshine in February. I am particularly glad for those of my friends who gave up on this platform because they felt their content was not creative enough or that they did not have what it takes to impress other steemians. This is hope at last for them.
Thank you @igster for creating this.
Blessings to you @cryptoctopus for sponsoring it.
First of all, it's an honor being mentioned by you! Also thank you for bringing more exposure for the project @cryptoctopus, I'm glad you're also as excited about bringing Steem and gaming together. I hope this is just the start and others also start thinking of new ways to utilize Steem. We're just scratching the surface here.
The increased player number has been taken into account now and server has been upgraded, I will also setup curation trail for @steemplayroom using steemauto.com as you suggested.
Game starting now. Join me!
wow
Great to join now
Oh OKAY. GOT IT!
wow very nice game information friend
where can i chack for the new announcement and how will i now that now gae is started
Can I join with you ...???
So Awesome! Love this <3
That is SOO cute , sort of reminds me of Pac-Man and now it’s the Steem version !! How can I join ? I want to win, I’m feeling lucky today for my 23rd birthday :)
Very cool game and would love to play it, but it doesn't look like it's working for me. It probably has something to do with the firewall at my work.
I really like this idea and glad it's getting some well-deserved support and can't wait until this and games like steemnova become more and more options for people to interact with the steem blockchain and earn steem.
I have never loved playing games,but since i will be paid to play....am in this game.
Let me read more about it and soon beat you hehehe
Oh man this is awesome!! I so wish this was there when I first started out!! I had a really difficult time to take off for the first couple months!!
Definitely gonna try to play agar....hope I'll beat you at some point hehyehe :D
Agar really seems an interesting game, well I would love to play it, and earn some SBD's, thanks for sharing such a great information, keep posting stuff like this, thankyou
wow very nice
Thanks
welcome friend
It seems more and more gaming is been built on the steem blockchain, first was @steempunknet, which by the way is absolutely awesome, its n MMORPG game built on the steemit network that allows player to battle each other, here steempower is of no relevant when it comes to battle and now we have SteemAgar,
The steem blockchain is going beyond more than blogging and transaction as each day passes and am proud to be a steemian.
Steem to the moon.
Time to try out this new game hehe, and I hope to beat the existing score if there is any presently
I never knew of MMORPG game, I think these are welcome developments, like you said here
Steemit and Steem blockchain will be more fun with these addictions.
Exactly
I dont like agar, because i never Win...
Whoa, this is something I hadn't really thought of before. Monetized gaming. I mean, @yumyumseth and I have already bet SBD on some of our FIFA games, but having actually it on the platform is a great initiative. I have friends that I've told about Steemit, but some of them aren't natural content creators and, while they like the idea, don't have a good enough push to get started. Stuff like this excites me, because this really does open up a whole new demographic. I'll have to try this game out and beat you!
Yeah you are right, some people will not key in except it's something the can freely and easily do, for some their niche isn't bloggging, their niche might be game
This will really help bring new people into the steemit blockchain.
Is this the only project you selected from that excel spreadsheet?
I will definitely check the game!
@cryptoctopus,
Never played this game before! I will try this one! Once I played STEEMDICE and as you said no transaction fee is a good thing to play those games! And speed of the block transaction also so great! As a result we can play instant game there too! I will try this one! Thanks for sharing this great news and happy to see you are sponsoring this game as well!
Cheers~
pacman type game on steem blockchain. what a fantastic news, i'll join it. impressive thought to bring that game to steem blockchain. very interesting @cryptoctopus
@resteemia
That's an interesting and useful game, such games are profitable and funny. I wil try this game. Thanks for sponsoring this game.
@cryptoctopus - Sir I'll join this game... I played sneak game before... Therefore, I think I can win this game too Sir... Nice you decided to discuss about it Sir...
+W+
This is cool! I'm 100% sure that SteemAgar won't break Steem like CryptoKitties broke Ethereum. Therefore this is the perfect showcase for demonstrating the power of the Steem blockchain!
Let's all start playing and promoting this!
Lol that is really fun to do + rewards. World is getting better and creative :P
We all should start a cryptoctopus pool game :D
Wow
This is really exciting to know we can earn some steem playing games on the steem blogchain. Like you said, not everybody can be talented in writing and other stuffs, but we can be talented in Agar. I look forward to this system growing to become like utopia.io like you mentioned above.
This is great idea. I wanted to play, but did not have time. I am probably going to play my first game today. It seems new match is every hour.
Wow!!
This is a nice innovation.. A steem incorporated game, Can't wait to start playing.
@cryptoctopus your support will help more and more people play the game and lucky winner go home with a handsome prize.
This is important when one thinks about Pareto distributions.
It is important that people be allowed to accumulate Steem based on their strengths. This is the Matthew principle in action.
Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. --
Matthew 13:12
I remember playing that game a few years ago! It’s nice to have the opportunity to now earn some steem while doing the same as before, another example of how powerful can blockchain technology be.
@igster creates some really cool stuff although a great of it doesnt seem to take off.
This might be one that does fly.
I think you hit the nail on the head @cryptoctopus. Gaming is an arena on this blockchain that could really be built out. We have the ability to create most any game on here. It is wonderful to see this appear. While not a gamer myself, I do know it is extremely popular with the younger crowd.
I wrote a post earlier that talked about STEEM as a nation. I should have put in my little life on STEEM in 2028 a part about playing STEEM video games.
This is also a way to target the younger generation.
I will be sure to get over there to see what I can do to support it....
It might appear in an article too. 😀
Interesting the game that sponsors, I will try it to clear the mind in a fun way
https://steemgar.herokuapp.com/
thats great and really an intresting and briliant project steemagar that we can earen steems simply play game and i think its really best and attraictive project whihc give us earning plus relaxations and freshly mood and much good that you sponsor it
i didnot play any game but now to listen this sure now i will try this game with steemagar like all players who will play through steemit platfarm on your invitation
thanx for share this intresting game and project @cryptoctopus
well good to hear that you sposring this project and i really love this project agar is the famous game but after this now will more famous in steemit and sure now every steemians in your followers will try to paly best and win for earen steem and now i will also want to make myself part of this good contest and game like all others
so i am ready to get an other life experience in steemit thanx steemit and cryptoctopus for giivig this oppurtunity with this steemagar project
Since love the way you are using your steem power.
Even plating agar rewards, hahaga.
Your adding value to the steem dollar.
Thanks.
what is this ? Agar omg. Just played it after you suggestion.
Can't believe what you can achieve with a simple canvas these days!
Great idea we need to diversify our applications to attract more people from different categories and create more leisure in our community...Thanks a lot surely i will join you.
Yeah... This is a great work. Thanks for the information. At least life is becoming more easier where people can do what they like and still be earning.
who else loves gaming like i do?
I am sure with time, i am gonna earn your upvote @cryptoctopus
Hey @cryptoctopus nice to reading you again. Always giving good post to the platform. Lets PLAY the game
.Have a great day. Keep it up
Saludos/Cheers
Thanks for sharing i will done up vote I always see your post. And follow you
Oh yeah, great news and the idea itself is thought up simply superb! I fully agree with you, my friend, it is a noble mission to promote this game, for ordinary people in our ecosystem, since not only many participants promote their content to the Steem blockchain and receive a reward for their work, so this game will be an excellent incentive for moving forward ! Thanks @cryptoctopus and upvoted and resteem!
Thats a great exciting news for all the gamers amd the project is amazing which will surely incourage and motivate our there. Agar game is very interesting as anyone can play and when it becomes @agarsteem then definitely people will play it...You are doing great use of your vote @cryptoctopus
a very interesting topic for crypto search, I was very lucky to find your post and I just found out this information,!
I think only in the steemit we got steem and steempower, I will resteem this valuable post so that others also know. thanks@cryptoctopus
I have never played the game agar ...will soon...i will play it..upvoted and resteemed.
wow it's a popular game right now, I see some of my friends play it, and it turns out this also became popular by the steemian. really i will try it to recover my curiosity: -)
Thanks @cryptoctopus
i am joing this first let me understand this i am trying
Wow, this is really sumptuous
excellent work definitely gonna play the game, hats off to the developer @igster you have developed a creative game wish you luck and this post gets max upvotes and resteems, upvoted, resteemed....
Wow. I remember seeing one of my friend playing this game once, and i remember thinking, whao, cool game I'll check it out. Glad to have it here on steemit. And not only do we get to enjoy the fun but also earn with it? Put me down. Definitely going to check it out now. Good job @igster! Definitely one of the most exciting project for sure! I'm sure you'll come up with a dope curation system. So excited!
Great post..Loved the amazing post and that is great that game like #agar is also in there..And nope i haven't played it but it looks very interesting and great game and @igester you have created an amazing game for all people that really great and i am very glad to see the announcement that really great and upvote and resteemed for this amazing game and announcement..@cryptoctopus i would loveto tell everyone about this game who is following me
Upote and resteem done dear
You are taking a great initiative and yes not everyone is talanted enough to blog,create projects and manage so this game is going to ba life savor for those people and for me. I have never played agar but it sounds like the snake game we used to play in phones,i am really interested and want to play this game by which I’ll be able to get rewarded which is the dream if every gamer.by this interest,passion is going to combine with reward which is a huge leap in terms of gaming being taken a waste of time which cause loss. You are doing a great job and kep it up.thanks
This is innovative. How can one be a part mm of it. I would love to participate. Thank youmfor the post.
That's really great..
There's still a chance for untalented people like me :p