I finally have some time so I'm going to write up a roadmap for MintDice.
A lot has been produced over the past year or two, but it isn't that exciting as it hasn't changed much over the overall functionality for MintDice. A lot of our same Provably Fair legacy games continue to exist without any new major changes to them. That will change over the upcoming two years (approximately), giving our users some things to be quite excited about.
#0 Enhanced LayoutKind of a non-function, but worth listing, v2 was mostly launched as a proof of function. The platforms look and feel will be getting a really cool, hip upgrade. Call it v2.1 I suppose when it comes out.
#1 Licensed GamesWhile we really wanted to have a 100% Provably Fair website, the market has moved on and for a variety of reasons that aren't entirely worth getting into presently, we are mostly forced into adding in licensed (closed source, non-provably fair) games. The development on our Licensed Games are extremely close to production. So you should really be expecting these sooner than later.
And while we will offer a suite of games through them, we will still commit extremely hard to maintaining and upgrading our current Provably Fair games and we will use Provably Fair technology for all of our future in-house games of skill and games of chance whenever possible as a firm commitment from MintDice to our users.
We are strong believers in fairness, openness and privacy but unfortunately this isn't always possible in every case. We will let the users decide for themselves though, between a large suite of games with flashy and high quality graphics or our in-house, Provably Fair and low house-edge games.
#2 SportsBook:This kind of comes naturally with the Licensed Games. They are coming from the same provider but it is a bit distinct since it will be rolled out separately. The Licensed Games will roll out first and the SportsBook will come at a later stage. Once the Licensed Games are rolled out, a lot of development will be poured specifically into getting the SportsBook launched.
I'll add that our SportsBook will use completely custom native bespoke architecture to give a seamless MintDice experience when using our SportsBook or other games - the slow and expensive, but better way, of building out a casino. So you can look forward to that from us
#3 AltcoinsWe are planning on rolling out the major needed altcoins onto MintDice. This will include, for now, ETH, BCH, LTC, DOGE & DASH. It may include BNB. And obviously it will change over time to meet the ongoing demands of the market. We are fairly committed to only launching coins that we feel have an extremely high degree of likelihood of existing 5+ years from now rather than speculating on coins that may combust leaving us in an awkward situation with users having either made deposits or investments with such currencies.
#4 VIP RewardsWe have a whole system built out for both onsite rewards and cash rewards for our players that are permanent. Furthermore, they are fully retroactive, both past and present. So any play that has occurred on your MintDice accounts will qualify your account. If you have played historically, you may have free crypto waiting for you depending on how much you've played once the VIP program launches in addition to added site functionalities.
#5 Unique In-House Provably Fair Games of SkillI was the inventor of these two games. It's inherently difficult to build games of skill these days because there's some serious concerns between AI/botting, player liquidity, collusion, difficulty of rules, difficulty of skill, amount of luck and so forth. Granted, I think I've come up with two very distinct and compelling games when they finally make it to production on MintDice.
They will use exclusively Provably Fair technology when possible. They have a fully built graphical interface and are mobile compatible. While I don't want to go into details on either game, they are each called "Pyramid" and "Castle Royale". Pyramid will be launching before Castle Royale.
On a personal note, I'm personally particularly interested in Castle Royale that I think will be extremely interesting and fun for the poker player / sports betting types out there as a retired former professional poker player.
#6 Unique New In-House Provably Fair Game of ChanceWe will be adding a 5th game of chance to MintDice that will be very unique relative to other games of chance out there that I think the community might find very compelling. I won't go into details until it's either very close to or at production, similar to the other games.
I suspect that this will be the last Provably Fair game of chance that we build for a long time, if ever. If we were to want to put in more resources in this domain, we'd just expand upon and improve the current suite of games we already have since there's a lot of desirable upgrades we could add to any of the current games.
#7 Marketing / Promotions / BonusesAs was alluded to earlier, there will be some forms of marketing, promotions and bonuses for players. This will come once the MintDice product matures a bit more. So stay tuned for that.
#8 To be continued...MintDice is an evolving product. There's a whole host of other things we have planned but I don't want us to get too far ahead of ourselves here. I can do another roadmap in a year or two once things have deployed and we have more information relative to the market.
Any questions, feel free to ask. I only wish to avoid questions relating to time. I am only fairly confident that the Licensed Games will be launching very soon. Everything else should be rolling out in due course, and hopefully faster than was historically the case