Yeah I can make a fair list about what’s wrong with NFTs on ICP, but I rather be looking forward what’s next.
For artwork collections there are some open source tools to help with the randomization and metadata, but most of them are for EVM or SOL.
The most popular workflow is having all your JPEGs or media files in one folder and another folder the a JSON with the metadata, some tools can even automate metadata based on AI image reading file.
There’s definitely very interesting ways of providing creators with great tools to distribute their content.
Now for gaming its a complete different landscape
EXT, DIP721, NFT Anvil, OGY are old standards that we can learn from.
I found ICRC7 simplicity very flexible to work with custom Metadata types
For example:
Loot boxes (Chests) that when open (are autorized) to mint tokens or new NFTs
Upgradable Metadata, like Level, Stats, Game History
Admin Mode: you can burn or freeze NFTs, roll back or update metadata (preferably by a DAO)
What we need is a common interface and standards for interoperability, for example how to properly log actions, something that can be used for RWA, legal scrutiny and ICRC’s
This will help developers build on top of that infrastructure because the standards serve as guides, using best practices and security included (just like ERC standards)
in addittion, ICRCs can be pushed through the NNS, I built upon ICRC7 because it’s supposed to be the official NFT standard on IC since last year