# Welcome to Metaland

## Overview

> In the past two years, the number of blockchain games has exponentially increased. Based on the projects archived by ArkStream Capital in the past year, games account for 20% of the total, amounting to as many as 800. On Footprint, which focuses on GameFi data, it can be seen that the number of decentralized games has surpassed 2,000.
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> With the continuous maturation and refinement of blockchain and distributed storage technologies, decentralized game distribution platforms, with their transparency, trustworthiness, and low cost among many advantages, will become the convergence point for these games' traffic. Decentralized gaming platforms will jointly explore the potential of this trillion-dollar blue ocean industry.

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## Quick links

{% content-ref url="overview/development-history" %}
[development-history](https://metaland-docs.gitbook.io/metaland-whitepaper-document/overview/development-history)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="overview/project-planning" %}
[project-planning](https://metaland-docs.gitbook.io/metaland-whitepaper-document/overview/project-planning)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="gameplay/how-to-play" %}
[how-to-play](https://metaland-docs.gitbook.io/metaland-whitepaper-document/gameplay/how-to-play)
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