Kin and Unity Technologies have partnered to give Unity game developers access to the Kin Gaming SDK through the Unity Asset Store. But it’ll take a few steps for us to get there together — including a collaborative Beta Partner Program with top Unity developers.

So in this early phase, we’re taking advantage of Unity’s huge network to expand our knowledge (and reach) in the global gaming industry.

Our first intro to the Unity community is happening right now, with members of our partner team on the ground at Unite Seoul 2018 — Korea’s largest developer conference — getting hands-on understanding of how developers use Unity’s technology.

Unity’s Unite event series is designed to help its developers 1.) unlock the full creative potential of the Unity engine; 2.) meet and learn from Unity leaders, and 3.) get a peek at what Unity will deliver in the future — spanning all the tools and services for creating mobile, VR/AR, and console games.

As for Kin, we’re participating in Unite Seoul (May 2–4) and Unite Tokyo (May 7–9) to shape what we and Unity deliver with the Kin Gaming SDK. While there, we’re meeting with potential design partners, developer-collaborators, and other gaming industry experts.

It’s the key kickoff to Kin and Unity’s collaboration — which spans three separate “workstreams” that are taking place in parallel:

Product & Build — in which our internal engineers develop the Unity-specific SDK based on developer-driven research and conduct ongoing QA, updates/releases, testing, and support

Beta Partner Program — in which our partner team and product leaders recruit developer and design partners and work with them through the development and testing processes

Promotion & Adoption — in which we drive awareness and adoption of the Kin Gaming SDK (once released) in the Unity developer community through online and offline efforts

You’ll be hearing about all of these “streams” over time, but our efforts in research and beta partner recruitment are the most significant right now.

To refine the 5 minute SDK into the best crypto product for gaming, we need end-to-end insight into how games are built and designed from the ground up. From there, we can iterate the Kin Gaming SDK for success and create template structures for how developers can incentivize participation (and monetize apps) using Kin.

The developers we select for the beta program will get early access to the Kin Gaming SDK — which will in turn optimize their games for KRE payouts. Since our beta partners will be members of the ecosystem, we’re seeking to build relationships that will help us unlock adoption in the space.

We’re excited to learn at Unite this week and look forward to sharing more milestones with you. Stay tuned, and let us know if we’ll see you in Seoul or Tokyo this May!