Interview #5: Who is Drag0ndust?

So today, after two long months, I finally found an interesting subject to interview. I had the pleasure to meet him through my Instagram page, the app developer: @drag0ndust who is creating a new useful external tool for Splinterlands and he accepted to answer some of my questions.

Let's start this interview!

The subject is: Drag0ndust

1 )What is your IGN?

drag0ndust

2 )What are your IGN’s origins?

I always liked dragons and so I secured the domain dragon-dust as my first homepage. Later I wanted to use this name in a MMORPG, but it was already taken, so now I used a zero instead of an O.

Luckily "Magalli" is a niche nick

3 )How old are you?

Too old :) But seriously I am 40

We are never too old to play Splinterlands :)

4 )Where are you from/where do you live?

I live in Germany near Mannheim

Amazing square

5 )What’s your job?

I'm a Software Engineer / iOS Developer

@splinterlands maybe he could help with the app

6 )How did you find out about Splinterlands?

I am interested in cryptocurrencies and by accident, I became aware of Splinterlands through the topic NFT.

7 )Since when do you play Splinterlands?

Since September 2021

I started in September 2021 too! I assume we both miss Alric in "ghost cards"

8 )What is your favorite element?

Water and Death

9 )What is your favorite ability?

Since I am quite a beginner at Splinterlands, I am unfortunately not too familiar with this game. Therefore I don't have a favorite skill.

Now let’s talk about you as a Splinterlands app developer:

10 )You recently developed “Splinterlands Buddy”, what is this app, and what are its features?

With Splinterlands Buddy you can view your card collection and the attributes of the cards on your phone.

11 )How much time did you spend creating this app?

I invested about 20 hours till today

It looks really helpful, giving you even the number of printed copies

12 )Is it an official app (so you talked with Splinterlands’ heads about it) or at the moment, is it just a fan-made app?

At the moment it is only a fan-made app.

13 )What are the next features you will include in the app?

If the app gets some users I plan to add features like:
- In-game balance
- Market data
- Features the users want ;)

Community it's time to start giving feedback

14 )What would be your improvement to the Splinterlands app as an app developer?

I would try to add all the features the game has. I would also try to do it more natively on the iOS platform

15 )Do you think Splinterlands is only a play2earn game or something more?

For me personally, it is a play2earn game.

16 )How do you see the future of Splinterlands?

I hope there will be a "real" game in the future, not only in the browser. I think the game has the potential to get something big. I definitely like that it is possible to invest in the game via SPS, which I do.

I think we all hope that Splinterlands will reach the recognition it deserves

17 )Personal opinion, will Splinterlands ever be able to compete against more famous (but not rewarded) games like Hearthstone or Magic the Gathering?

Yes, I think it can and will. The big difference is, that you get a real price for all your assets because the cards are NFTs. In Hearthstone for example you buy packs, but never get a real value from the cards. It is more like pay2win

Exactly what I think, I agree 100%

18 )If you want you can mention special thanks to people here.

I want to say thanks to the iOS community on Twitch, especially to Monsieur Bee (twitch.tv/monsieurbee) who helped me with the screen design of the app.

If you like the app and if you want to support Drag0ndust, feel free to leave him a tip in the app itself, it will help to continue the development of the app.

You can follow Drag0ndust here:

• https://www.instagram.com/drag0ndust
• https://www.twitch.tv/drag0ndust
• http://youtube.com/drag0ndust

Another interview is finished, this time I gave space to a relatively new player but with a strong will of improving and helpful for Splinterlands grow, developing an app by himself for Splinterlands shows how much this game's community is strong and alive.

I really hope you all will give a chance to this app because it is a really interesting self-made project.

A big thanks to Drag0ndust, a kind and interesting person who answered my questions really quickly.

Best regards,
Mr.Magalli

To create your own Splinterland card: https://splinterlands-card-maker.web.app/ by @scrubles, amazing feature.

P.S. my referral link: https://splinterlands.com?ref=magalli

P.P.S. A special thanks to @monstercrusher for whitelisting me.