Horizon’s Sequence is partnering with Google Cloud to offer its all-in-one Web3 gaming development platform to Google Cloud customers. This partnership will increase developer access to Web3 gaming technology, especially for users of Google’s cloud and game development infrastructure.
Sequence’s technology platform aims to minimize barriers to entry for developers looking to build Web3 games. The Toronto-based company’s tech stack supports wallets and accounts, marketplaces, smart contract management, analytics, indexers, relayers and node gateways. Outside of Web3 solutions, Sequence supports core gaming functions like player rewards and user acquisition. Additionally, developers can use Sequence to build games for Unity, Unreal, web and mobile.
“Sequence gives game developers the freedom to focus on crafting exceptional gameplay for players,” said Jack Buser, director for games, strategic industries at Google Cloud. “Through this collaboration, Sequence removes the complexity of Web3 technology, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable experience for both developers and players.”
Adding Google Cloud support helps Horizon’s Sequence build upon its mission to democratize access to Web3 game development. In November 2023, the company announced Sequence Builder, its no code development platform.
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“Since the beginning, Sequence’s goal has been to let any developer — traditional or Web3 — focus on making great games without having to understand Web3 complexity, and our partnership with Google Cloud propels that forward,” said Greg Canessa, President and COO at Sequence. “Unfortunately, what we’ve seen is that too often the complexity of understanding and building underlying blockchain infrastructure has taken cycles away from the creative process of making great games that people love, and that in turn has yielded some poor quality experiences which have turned gamers off of the whole concept. Integrating Web3 shouldn’t be any harder than setting up a game server, and Google Cloud’s ethos perfectly matches ours.”
Horizon’s closed its latest $40 million Series A funding round in October 2022.
Sequence and Google Cloud partnership in practice
Both Sequence and Google Cloud have partnered with Rough House Games to support its Web3 arena RPG: Champions Ascension. The title uses Sequence’s seamless wallet and in-game marketplace
technology alongside Google Cloud operating the game’s backend servers and authoritative
multiplayer battle servers around the world.
“We set out to build an incredible game, and that meant we needed infrastructure partners who understood what an incredible game takes to make,” said Alejandro Gonzalez, cofounder at Rough House Games. “We want the best experience as developers so we can make the best experience for our players, and Sequence and Google Cloud make it simple, easy, and future-proofed as we grow.”
Together, the three companies are creating a blueprint for Web3 game development supported by cloud computing. Interested developers can visit the Sequence Builder platform to explore the company’s no code Web3 gaming platform.