Tech giant Microsoft and blockchain programmer Enjin have teamed up to release a game jubilant women in science that rewards players with Minecraft-compatible non-fungible tokens.

"Azure Space Mystery" is an interactive, fictional online game designed to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Players piece of work to save the International Space Station, and on completion they tin claim a limited edition NFT.

During gameplay, players will also learn almost prominent European female scientists including Mary Somerville, Caroline Herschel, and Raymonde de Laroche. The NFTs are uniform and transferable with the popular game Minecraft, which had 131 one thousand thousand monthly players every bit of Oct 2020.

Bryana Kortendick, Enjin's VP of operations and communications, stated:

"Didactics is key to empowering the adjacent generation of innovators. Enjin is proud to work alongside Microsoft to generate innovative opportunities for merging virtual worlds, bringing digital communities closer together and jubilant powerful women in science and tech."

By logging into Minecraft'due south MyMetaverse server and connecting with an Enjin wallet containing the NFTs, players can access a sequel Azure Space Mystery quest within Minecraft which can be completed to receive additional collectible NFTs.

While there is an infinite supply of the tokens available to be claimed past players, the NFTs will never exist issued again after the Space Mystery promotion has concluded.

Microsoft outset announced it had teamed up with Enjin to create blockchain-powered "bluecoat rewards" in 2019, with the Azure Heroes program delivering NFTs to roughly 6,400 unique recipients.