Weekly Alpha Gaming Metaverse Expedition (WAGME) #20 — 29 September
Proof Of Play's $33m raise, Ronin's Naming System, Krafton's foray into Web3 with Overdare, Aavegotchi meets Sandbox and Playmint's preview of Downstream.
📅 Alpha Calendar
🎨 Mints, Drops & Updates
Fableborne - NFT Pre-Sale (October 4). More
Last Resort - Closed Alpha Test & Founders NFT Mint (Ends September 29). More
The Fabricant - Primal Rave Exclusive Access (Ends September 29). More
Last Resort - Public Alpha Test, Founders NFT Mint, and Tournament (September 30 - October 9). More
🎮 Gaming Updates
Aavegotchi - Announced integration with Sandbox Metaverse. More
Blade DAO - Crossed 2000 sessions, and released its token form. More
Blast Royale - Announced the release of their 0.15.6 Update. More
Champions Ascension - Released alpha build on the Epic Games Store. More
SoRare - NBA Season: Game Week 1 releases on October 17. More
Mojo Melee - Announced they will be releasing on iOS, and opening tester applications. More
Castaways - Announced that their Cozy MMO is now available on PC, MAC, android & iOS. More
Decentral Games - Launched their Casino Referral Program. More
Dojo Stark Net - Released Dojo Game Jam #2 where teams can register from Oct 20 - 22 to win a $5k prize. More
Fableborne - Raised 7.8m and released more details about its upcoming events. More
Minters World - Released Dev Notes #4 for Battle for blockchain. More
OhBaby Games - Released patch notes and announced that Shoguns Curse is moving into alpha soon. More
Otherside - Announced that Voyagers LOTM is now live. More
Play Big Time - Released their next edition of the Time’s End Blog. More
Runes TCG - Released 2nd runes rumble tournament signup form. More
Small Brain Games - Released an opensource starter kit for on-chain mobile games. More
Star Atlas - Released patch for SAGE labs & announced their Starpath referral program. More
World Eternal MMO - Released their Early Access Beta on the Epic Games Store on Sept 26. More
📚 Deep Dive
Robbie Ferguson discussed Web3 Gaming’s future at Token2049 with Yat Siu, Aleksander Larsen and Daniel Alegre contrasting regulatory & capital landscapes between Asia and the US as well as highlighted the surge in top talent and executives coming to Web3 Gaming in the past 2 years
David Amor gave a preview of Playmint’s onchain game, “Downstream” where players can enhance the game by deploying new functions as smart contracts, visualized as customizable buildings on the map. The game is currently in closed-alpha with an active waitlist that users can sign up to
Naavik explored the realm of Fully On-Chain Games for gamers & developers by interviewing Farmville’s Co-Creator Amitt Mahajan and how his next venture, Proof of Play which just secured a $33million seed round is developing its inaugural on-chain game, Pirate Nation
Tonk released a new wiki tailored for game designers titled: Eternal Privacy Playgrounds
FOGDAO’s latest podcast, takes a comprehensive look at the TCG game “Parallel” with guest Kohji Nagata highlighting its potential to redefine the future of gaming
Jiho discussed the launch of the Ronin Naming System (RNS) and its potential to simplify transactions and eliminate naming complexity. Interested users can reserve their name via the link provided
Folius Ventures, along with their Gamification Alchemist Aiko Dai, delved into the Web3 Gaming Landscape, highlighting liquidity challenges and examined competitive and opportunistic horizons in their recent report
Eliza Crichton examines how Krafton, the creators of the renowned PUBG, are venturing into the Web3 space with their new project “Overdare”
💎 Discovery Zone
Innovators: Projects that bring something new or disrupting the norm
Autonomous Anonymous - A community of builders and players who are excited to bring the idea of autonomous worlds to life. More
Terripoly - Gaming meets real-world satellite data. More
Tonk - Transforming autonomous worlds into privacy playgrounds. More
Game Makers: New studios, developers or titles entering the scene
Darewise - Studio behind the Web3 game, Life Beyond. More
DePlug Studio - Autonomous worlds studio. More
WXYZ Studio - Web3 game publisher behind Matr1x Fire, Kart Party, Castile and investing in early-stage games. More
GenWorld - AI game powered by GenAI & Multi-Agents being developed by Ex Tencent, Ex Mirrorworld members. More
Mochi! - A sticky coordination game for autonomous worlds utilizing AI. More
The Ninth - 1st player-made and revolutionary real-time evolving game powered by Starknet. More
Turf - Decentralized, self-sovereign 2D metaverse powered by Urbit. More
zKorp - Onchain game studio deploying games on Starknet. More
Tech Corner: Focus on infrastructure tools and platforms
Hypr - Scaling ZK Gaming. More
Stay curious, inspired & game on 🫶
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