Bitcoin Flash games

While we are all waiting for big gaming companies to start accepting Bitcoin, young artists, developers, and enthusiasts are spreading the information about the cryptocurrency through the means of Bitcoin Flash games. There are not many of those, and the existing ones are rather very simple. Let’s see a few examples at Pulado.com and Newgrounds.

Bitcoinsnatch

This is a very simple-looking platformer. You play as an alien and you need to complete a series of levels, at the end of which a collectible golden Bitcoin awaits you. The controls are basic – arrow keys for both moving and jumping. The task is to complete the levels by dealing with obstacles like pink slimes, spikes, and water.

Bitcoin Miner

One more Bitcoin game found on Pulado. In it, you also need to collect BTC coins, but this time, you get your rewards by destroying flying asteroids while trying not to crash your spaceship against them. The controls are a little more complicated here – you will need to move in all directions and shoot at the space objects with keys (Z or X for different weapons).

Bitcoin Miner

Do not confuse this game with the previous one, although they share the same name. Here, the task is to guide coins from the bottom of the screen to the slots at the top – all the way through the moving parts of a BFL mining rig. Once the coins are delivered to all slots, the block is solved, and the difficulty increases. Despite the fact that the controls are basic (arrow keys), it might take some time to get used to the game elements and their properties.

Tremor Games and obtainable bitcoins

Tremorgames.com is an interesting find I’ve come upon on BitcoinTalk. It is a popular Flash games website with numerous entertaining things. While some casual players most surely know the website for their variety of free games, Tremor Games do also offer a bunch of rewards that can be traded for their virtual currency, Tremor Coins. Surprisingly, one can find bitcoins among those rewards too.

While gamers can exchange the virtual coins for 0.001, 0.005, or 0.012 BTC, there is no other way around.

The website’s virtual coins are obtained only by completing offers, such as installing games and software, registering for trial packages on various websites, making in-app purchases in related products, completing surveys, etc. After you have collected a desired amount of virtual coins, you can redeem a reward from the list provided.

In order to purchase any amount of bitcoins, your account should be at least 3 days old, and you need to make sure you have your Bitcoin address in your profile. There is also a slight limitation — it can take up to 48 hours to receive the bitcoins. What Tremor Games are offering is somewhat similar to a faucet, except for the fact that you actually need to complete certain tasks to get your share of crypto.

What do website’s users do with their Bitcoins?

On the inner forum, the users have frequently mentioned Humble Bundle, a service where a pack of cool games can be bought at a price that you name yourself. The money goes to one of the supported charities, and the buyer gets Origin or Steam keys to play the games. There is also a Trade/Buy/Sell section on the Tremor’s forum where users can trade games-related things for bitcoins too. In any case, once you have your crypto, the coins are yours to spend.

There is a certain promise in games, despite the fact that there is not much that has been done over the period of Bitcoin’s existence. While Flash games are barely the future of casual gaming, there are still quite a few people who make them, and there are lots of those who play them. In terms of raising awareness of cryptocurrency, casual games could be a useful tool.