DeFi Kingdoms (JEWEL) is a browser-based blockchain game combining several DeFi elements in an intriguing and compelling way. Its gameplay elements merge together a DEX, an NFT marketplace, and a liquidity pool all under an umbrella of fantasy pixel art, giving the game its trademark combination of DeFi and retro game design. In this fashion, the team behind DeFi Kingdoms wants to “embrace the full potential of the blockchain in game form” and create synergies between gaming and decentralized finance.

In its roadmap, the DeFi Kingdoms game has completed the first three of six phases at the time of writing. So far, the team has released:

• The game interface and the DEX that is based on the Uniswap V2 Protocol.
• The JEWEL token.
• The game’s “Hero” NFTs and quests.
• A world map expansion of the purchasable in-game land called Kingdom Plots.

Further on, the developers plan to launch land building features for the Kingdom Plots and equipment for the Hero NFTs, as well as several gameplay modes for the heroes to earn JEWEL tokens.

JEWEL is the game’s governance token and utility token. Players can spend their JEWEL on leveling up their hero or buying new NFTs, or they can stake it to receive xJEWEL and benefit from token swap fees and quest rewards.

DeFi Kingdoms is built on Harmony One, a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain with sharding. Using a verifiable Random Function (VRF) for unbiased and unpredictable shard membership, Harmony can significantly reduce node validation times and deliver better performance than rivaling PoS or proof-of-work (PoW) blockchains.