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Elympics
Elympics
Elympics is a multichain infrastructure platform designed for game developers to build, host, operate, and monetize competitive multiplayer Web3 games. The platform provides a full-stack toolset, including a software development kit (SDK) and serverless hosting, with a focus on enabling skill-based "Play2Win" gaming models. [1]
Overview
Elympics provides an all-in-one ecosystem for the development and monetization of competitive Web3 games. The project's core purpose is to offer a comprehensive suite of tools that allows individual developers and larger studios to create skill-based games with zero-sum competition mechanics, similar to traditional esports.
The platform is designed to connect brands and intellectual properties (IPs) with mini-games, particularly for distribution within super-apps. The infrastructure natively integrates with the Unity game engine and supports monetization through smart contracts on EVM-compatible chains and the TON blockchain. [2] [1]
A central tenet of the Elympics architecture is its enforcement of a server-authoritative model for all games, including both single-player and multiplayer formats. This approach is implemented to ensure security and fairness by establishing a definitive source of truth for all gameplay events, which is critical for competitive integrity and on-chain result verification. The platform handles technical complexities such as real-time synchronization, server autoscaling, and player matchmaking, allowing developers to focus on game logic and user experience.
The ecosystem is powered by its native utility token, $ELP, which is integral to platform access, governance, and various network operations. [2] [1]
History
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Elympics was created in November 2021, marking the project's initial public presence. [3]
In September 2025, the project announced several key initiatives aimed at expanding its developer ecosystem.
On September 4, 2025, Elympics launched the "Elympics DevStars Program," an initiative designed to onboard game studios by requiring them to lock $ELP tokens to gain access to platform benefits. The following day, the project announced that TON Battleground was the first studio to join the program at its Gold Tier.
During the same period, Elympics scheduled a "Game Dev Workshop" for September 11, 2025, to instruct developers on building and launching games using its tools. [3]
Technology & Features
Elympics is a full-stack platform composed of several products and features designed to support the entire lifecycle of a competitive multiplayer game, from development to monetization and community management. [2]
Core Infrastructure
The foundation of the Elympics platform is built on a server-authoritative architecture that provides security and reliability for competitive gameplay. [2]
- Multiplayer SDK: The platform provides a Software Development Kit primarily for the Unity game engine. This SDK includes frameworks and tools intended to minimize development overhead for creating secure, competitive games. It is designed to handle real-time data synchronization between players and the game server. [2]
- Elympics Cloud: This is a serverless, scalable cloud hosting solution for game builds and on-demand game servers. It is designed to manage server instances automatically, scaling resources up or down based on player traffic to ensure performance without manual intervention from developers. [1]
- Server-Authoritative Architecture: Elympics mandates a server-authoritative model where the game server is the ultimate source of truth for all in-game actions and states. This design is crucial for preventing client-side cheating and ensuring that all competitive outcomes are verifiable and fair, which is a prerequisite for on-chain settlements. [2]
Developer Tools
Elympics offers a range of tools to assist developers in building, managing, and analyzing their games. [1]
- Developer's Console: A web-based application that serves as a control panel for developers. Through the console, they can configure game settings, manage server fleets, define matchmaking rules, and access in-depth analytics and insights into game performance. [2]
- Command-Line Interface (CLI): For developers who prefer automated or command-line environments, the CLI provides an alternative to the web console for managing game configurations and deployments. [1]
- API Integration: The platform allows for integration with external services through HTTP hooks. This enables developers to implement custom server-side logic, such as player progression systems or personalized rewards, that trigger at various points in the player lifecycle. [2]
- Simulation Analyzer: A tool designed to help developers debug their game logic by identifying and pinpointing issues within game simulations. [1]
- Open-Source Projects: Elympics provides game templates and open-source projects to help developers start building multiplayer games more quickly. [1]
Player-Facing Features
The platform includes several components that directly impact the player experience, focusing on competition, community, and accessibility. [2]
- Smart Matchmaking: An AI-driven system designed to create fair and balanced matches by pairing players of similar skill levels. The system also considers a player's reputation score, which can be influenced by factors like staking $ELP tokens. [1]
- Lobby: A system that manages players in game menus before a match begins, facilitating social interactions and organizing players for competitions. [1]
- Auth with PlayPad SDK: A secure authentication solution for identifying players across different platforms, including web browsers, standalone applications, and integrated services like Telegram. [2]
- Player's Cockpit: A centralized web portal where players can discover all games built on the Elympics protocol, manage their profiles, and track their on-protocol identity and achievements. [2]
- Dynamic Leaderboards: A feature that enables asynchronous, single-player competitions where players compete for high scores over a set period. The server-authoritative architecture ensures the security and validity of leaderboard entries. [1]
- Verifiable Replays: A system that captures and stores gameplay replays, making them accessible for on-chain verification. This feature adds a layer of transparency to competitive outcomes. [1]
Web3 Integration
Elympics integrates blockchain technology to facilitate monetization, transparency, and player ownership. [1]
- Blockchain Connect: This component delivers on-chain metadata derived from gameplay, allowing game results and key events to be recorded on the blockchain. [1]
- Wallet Integration: The platform provides functionality for player authentication via crypto wallets, signing transactions, and delivering game results and rewards directly to player wallets. [1]
- Competitive Smart Contracts: Elympics offers pre-built smart contracts for managing competitions, prize pools, and reward distributions on EVM and TON chains. Developers also have the option to integrate their own custom smart contracts. [2]
- PlayPad: A default frontend application that interfaces with game builds. It handles player authentication and manages Web3 features such as tournaments and prize pools. [2]
- Telegram Bot: A dedicated tool that allows developers to deploy their game on Telegram, creating a game-specific bot to build a community and engage players directly on the social platform. [2]
On-Chain Security Layer
Elympics emphasizes a multi-layered approach to security and fairness, leveraging both server-side controls and blockchain technology to create a trustworthy competitive environment. [1]
- Gaming Rollups (Proof-of-Game): The platform utilizes an on-chain cryptographic proof of game results. This system functions similarly to a rollup, bundling game data and outcomes to enhance security and verifiability on the blockchain.
- In-Game Oracles: A decentralized system of node operators acts as a source of truth for game outcomes. These oracles verify and report match results to smart contracts, ensuring transparent and tamper-proof settlement of competitions.
- AI Security Engine: This engine combines the AI-based fair matchmaking system with a behavioral anti-cheat system. It analyzes player behavior to detect and prevent unfair practices, maintaining the integrity of the esports-level competitions hosted on the platform.
- Peer-to-Peer Settlements: By using smart contracts, competition rewards are distributed directly between players without passing through a central intermediary. This peer-to-peer model reduces counterparty risk and increases the efficiency of prize distribution.
- Blockchain Transparency: All competitions conducted through the platform leave a transparent data footprint on-chain, allowing results, prize distributions, and other key events to be publicly audited.
These security features are designed to ensure a high level of trust and fairness for all participants. [1]
Tokenomics ($ELP)
The Elympics ecosystem is powered by its native utility token, $ELP. The token is designed to facilitate various platform operations, incentivize participation, and align the interests of all network stakeholders. The $ELP token is available on exchanges including KuCoin, Gate.io, MEXC, and Uniswap. [1]
Core Utilities
The $ELP token has several key functions within the Elympics protocol:
- Game Access and Monetization: Game developers and studios are required to lock a specified amount of $ELP tokens to access the platform's infrastructure and monetize their games. This is formalized through programs like the Elympics DevStars Program, which has tiers requiring significant token locks (e.g., 1,000,000 $ELP for the Gold Tier and 5,000,000 $ELP for the Diamond Tier). [3]
- Node Operations: Individuals or entities that operate nodes to host games and serve as in-game oracles must stake $ELP. In return for providing computing power and verifying matches, these node operators earn token rewards.
- Gameplay Verification: $ELP is used to ensure the integrity of match results. For instance, a player who wishes to challenge a game's outcome and request a replay review must burn a certain amount of $ELP to initiate the process.
- Premium Features: Players can lock $ELP to unlock premium benefits, such as instant access to matches or entry into higher-stakes competitions. This mechanism can also boost a player's reputation score, which is used by the matchmaking algorithm.
- Staking and Airdrops: Users can stake $ELP in "Vaults" to gain access to exclusive, token-gated airdrop campaigns from games and partners within the ecosystem.
- Revenue Buybacks: A portion of the fees generated by the protocol is used by the treasury to buy back $ELP tokens from the open market, creating a deflationary pressure.
- Governance: Holders of the $ELP token can participate in the protocol's governance through the Elympics DAO. This allows them to vote on proposals related to protocol upgrades, game curation, and the allocation of ecosystem grants.
- Token-Gated Data Access: Access to live gameplay data for third-party services, such as AI training tools or streaming platforms, requires holding or spending $ELP.
These utilities are designed to create a circular economy where the token is integral to every major activity on the platform. [1]
Ecosystem
The Elympics ecosystem is designed to reward a diverse set of participants who contribute to the network's growth and operation. [1]
- Players: The primary users of the ecosystem, players engage in skill-based competitions such as PvP duels, leagues, tournaments, and leaderboard challenges to earn token rewards.
- Game Developers: Developers use the Elympics SDK and cloud infrastructure to build and deploy competitive games. They earn a commission from every competition that takes place within their games.
- Node Operators: These participants provide the decentralized computing power necessary to host game servers and act as in-game oracles for verifying match results. They receive token rewards for their contributions to the network's security and stability.
- KOLs & Affiliates: Influencers and marketers can earn lifetime incentives for referring new players to the Elympics ecosystem, driving user acquisition.
- Token Holders: Beyond financial speculation, $ELP holders can actively participate in the Elympics DAO, influencing the direction of the protocol by voting on key decisions.
- Community Members: The protocol includes mechanisms to incentivize active community participation and contributions that help grow the ecosystem.
Partnerships
Elympics has established collaborations with various entities across the Web3 and gaming sectors. The project's website lists partnerships and integrations with organizations such as TON, Pudgy Penguins, Mocaverse, Aethir, Doodles, Boomland, and OKX Wallet. [1]
A notable partnership is with TON Battleground, a gaming project on the TON blockchain. In September 2025, TON Battleground was announced as the first publicly confirmed studio to join the Elympics DevStars Program at the Gold Tier, committing to lock 1,000,000 $ELP. The studio plans to use the Elympics SDK to power competitive battles on the TON network. Elympics also has a strategic relationship with Abstract, a platform where games built with Elympics tools can be launched, indicating a focus on creating a distribution channel for its developer ecosystem. [3]
Team
While a full list of founders and executives is not publicly detailed, some key personnel have been identified through official communications.
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