What follows is a rather long post describing in detail why we decided to build Etherships, the problems we ran into as well as the solutions that we came up with during this process. If you just want to play the game, feel free to visit the game's website.

The conference called EthCC lasted for 3 days and was held in beautiful but rainy Paris during the second week of March, where over 800 people joined to exchange ideas that will shape the future of Ethereum. The conference was huge.