How to launch a game token without writing a contract

Does your game need a token?

Most guides on launching a token start with the launchpad. Start with the purpose instead. A token works in a game when it has a clear job:

• it is the game currency players buy and spend on items, upgrades and the marketplace;
• it gives the community a stake: fans who believe in the game can hold it;
• it brings you income from trading, not only from purchases.

If the game has no players yet, a token will not bring them. Build the game first with the AI game maker, find players, then add the token. A game made without a token can get one later from the same wizard.

What you need before the launch

• A game on iDos Games: a new one or one you already published.
• A crypto wallet for the chosen network, for example MetaMask for BNB Chain and Base or Phantom for Solana.
• A little of the network's coin to pay the network fee.
• The token name, ticker and image. These are fixed after the launch, so pick them carefully.

BNB Chain, Base or Solana: which network to choose

BNB Chain and Base work the same way (both are EVM networks), so one wallet fits both. Solana uses its own wallets. The launch, trading on the game page and creator earnings are the same on all three; only what your players use differs. The network is chosen once: a launched token cannot move to another one.

How a game token trades

The token starts on a bonding curve: a formula fixed at creation sets the price from how much has been bought. The price rises as players buy and falls as they sell, so there is trading from the first minute without market makers or your own liquidity.

When the curve is filled, liquidity moves to a decentralized exchange (DEX) automatically. The game page keeps showing the price, the chart and the trading panel, and in the catalog the token is marked as moved to a DEX. For the community that moment is a visible goal.

The token inside the game

Players deposit the token into the game on its page through the platform reward pool. In the game it becomes the game currency, one to one, and is spent in the store and on the marketplace. You set up what it buys in the dashboard, the same way as for any other currency.

By default players do not withdraw it back to a wallet: the game economy is closed, and what players spend becomes your earnings and the platform's. If withdrawals are legal where your game is available, you can turn them on in the dashboard after accepting responsibility for that.

Your earnings from the token

Part of the fee on every trade of your token goes to you, and so does your share of the token players spend in the game. The earnings page in the dashboard shows what has accumulated on every network in one place, and you withdraw it to the wallet confirmed in your iDos Games account. Here is what creators on the platform earned this month:

You can also share income with holders through staking: at the launch you choose what share of the creator income goes to players who stake the token. With a 0% share you can still turn staking on later from the earnings page.

Mistakes to avoid

• Launching before the game is fun. A token does not fix a game nobody plays; it only shows that nobody plays it.
• A name you will want to change. Name, ticker and image are fixed at the launch.
• Promising profit. Talk about what the token does in the game, not about the price going up.
• Forgetting the players without a wallet. Keep a normal way to play and progress for them; the token is an extra, not a gate.

What happens after the launch

1. Share the game page: it is the trading page too.
2. Add things to the store that are worth spending the token on.
3. Run quests and events that reward holders and active players.
4. Watch trading and earnings in the dashboard and adjust prices in the game.

Players who want to see the economy before buying can open the game page and play first; the token panel sits next to the game. How a token fits into the rest of your income is covered in how to monetize a browser game.