From Esports to Dating: How OnlyGames launched a Sandbox for players and developers

The independent video game platform OnlyGames will become a sandbox for gamers and developers. Even the users' personal account is an independent game with character selection , a leveling system, talents, achievements and the in—game currency "Only Cola", which can be earned for activity on any of the services and spent on the purchase of games or items.

The creators of the project OnlyGames – Frontiers of Science scientific and Technological Guild and its co-founder Ilya Cech, Ratibor Popov is the founder of the Computer Sports Association, who has organized about 300 esports tournaments, Yan Shevchenko is the founder of the Fair Games Studio game development studio, and Sergey "PlayAtHome" streamer.

Guests could get acquainted with OnlyGames services. Competitions have become a key activity at the stand, on the fully automated OnlyMVP esports platform. Participants competed in dozens of 1V1 tournaments in Dota 2 and 5v5 team battles, and the culmination of the esports program was a CS2 demonstration match between the teams of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (REVOLT) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MosUMVD). The last day of the exhibition at the stand ended with a match between representatives of OnlyGames and VK Play.

The stand has become a point of attraction for famous people from different fields:

• Popular science blogger Jan Topless, whose videos are among the top 5 most viewed Russian -language popular science videos for 19 years (according to a SciTopus study with the support of the Frontiers of Science Guild), discussed the plans with the founders of the project.
• Stuntman and actor Mikhail "Mickey" Selivanov, known for films such as "Major Thunder: The Plague Doctor", "Sky", "Max and the Goose", "Bremen Town Musicians" showed several tricks and answered questions from the host and guests.
• Sergey visited the stand Chikhachev is a Russian director, screenwriter, writer, actor, TV presenter and journalist, star of the TV series Cyber Village. His voice we hear in World of Warcraft, Cyberpunk 2077, League of Legends, Detroit: Become Human and many other games.
• Anya Ichios, one of the most famous Russian cosplayers, whose image Bloodrayne was recognized by the original developers from Terminal Reality, communicated with fans at the booth for all three days.

 

The exhibition hosted the official launch of six key online services of the OnlyGames ecosystem, covering the entire cycle of a player's passion — from reading news and streaming to participating in esports competitions.:

• OnlyGames.ru — personal account: entry point and management of all ecosystem services. The cabinet is implemented as a game with a character selection system, its leveling and development.
• OnlyMarket.gg — a marketplace for buying games. The keys are sold directly from the publishers, not resold.
• OnlyNews.gg is a news portal. OnlyGames invites journalists and bloggers to share industry news.
• OnlyStream.ru — a platform for broadcasting gameplay and communicating with the community. It has built-in functions for donations and chat aggregation from other services.
• OnlyMVP.GG is an esports platform for organizing and hosting competitions of any scale: from amateur matches to professional leagues. The platform allows you to automatically create a tournament grid, keep logs and run matches without the need for administrators and referees.
• OnlySell.gg is an exchange for conducting transactions between users.

 

Six more services are planned to be launched on OnlyGames within a year and a half, including – Dating is a service for gamers in 2026, designed to find a couple to play together.

 

We didn't just add gamification — we made our services the game itself. Your personal account, character upgrades, achievements, and the Only Cola currency are all part of a great adventure. The platform will gather gamers and developers around it so that talented teams can promote their projects and earn money from them, including withdrawing money from Steam, and players can buy games, exchange in—game items, communicate with the audience using a streaming service, and publish news. In the coming years, we will launch new services, including dating," said Ilya Cech, founder of the Frontiers of Science Guild and co—founder of the OnlyGames platform.

The technological basis of the stand was provided by the leading partners of the project. A game area was organized for the guests, equipped with powerful computers and ergonomic chairs from the Zone 51 brand, as well as a racing and flight simulator with chairs from Thermaltake. The computers were provided by our partner, School 2200, which has a unique Moscow is represented by the CyberSchool building, equipped with top-of-the-line equipment for esports. A separate event was the presentation of projects from a studio partner WATT: The guests were among the first to try out the Plushes shooter game in a metropolis mired in a plush hell, and to see the trailer for the expected Tsarevna game , the world's first ballet slasher on the big screen. Wide audience coverage OnlyGames emphasizes the partnership with the men's cosmetics brand MAN WAY, which presented its products at the stand and focused on care, style and control — qualities close to the spirit of esports and active urban rhythm. And together with the partner "Planet.<url>" The OnlyGames platform has announced a competition for indie developers.