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  • How do I switch from traditional gaming to a GameFi economy designer role?

    Aditi R

    Aditi R

    @aGoKU4J
    Updated: Sep 18, 2025
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    I am traditional gaming industry professional and now I want to move into GameFi economy design. I know the basics of tokenomics, but I’m still trying to understand how careers in this field actually work.

    My main questions are:
    – How do economy designers balance tokens so the system doesn’t collapse?
    – How are sinks and sources designed in practice when tokens hold real value?
    – What are the common ways to build anti-bot measures into the economy?

    I’m curious to hear from professionals already working in GameFi. For someone like me with experience in player engagement and game loops, what skills or tools should I focus on to make this career switch?

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  • FintechLee

    @FintechLee • 2w

    I also came from a traditional gaming background before moving into GameFi. I felt the biggest change was every design choice has a financial impact. In Web2 games, you can fix a broken loop with a patch or event. In GameFi, the major differnece is a poorly designed sink or unchecked token faucet can crash the economy in weeks.

    For a career switch, the good news is that your knowledge of player psychology and engagement loops is still your strongest skill. What you’ll need to add is a knowledge of finance part. For that you should learn how to design sinks that feel rewarding (cosmetics, access, boosts) instead of feeling like a tax. That mindset translates directly from free-to-play, but here the stakes are higher.

    On bots, I would suggest don’t think only about banning them. You should build your loops so that farming isn’t worth the effort. In one of my projects, we made early yields intentionally low and shifted most rewards into coordinated guild play as something bots can’t easily fake. That kind of design comes from really understanding incentives.

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