Weekly Alpha Gaming Metaverse Expedition (WAGME) #21 — 6 October
Paima Studios secures $1.4 million grant, Hytopia opens pre-registration sign-ups, Skyborne releases early access details for Genesis Prologue, and Metalcore gives away game access codes
👁️ Highlights at a Glance
Hot Take: Just as F2P dynamics reshaped AAA game strategies, Web3 is set to redefine the F2P gaming playbook. — Gabriel Leydon
Top 3 of the Week:
Hytopia opened up sign-ups to their beta playtest, and launched a sneak peek of its Alpha Gameplay, a Minecraft-inspired social game designed to empower creators. More
Skyborne Genesis early access is now underway & starting Oct 4, users will need 1 Nexian Gem + 1 Immortal Hero to play the Prologue. More
Metalcore has given out a ton of game codes to their pre-registration list. More
🔭 Spotlight
Paima Studios is blazing a trail in the realm of Autonomous Worlds (AWs) and fully on-chain games. They’ve recently secured a whopping $1.4 million grant from Cardano. This funding — arguably one of the few in the on-chain gaming niche so far — will be directed towards the development of their on-chain RPG, Tarochi Game.
Infrastructure in On-Chain gaming is scarce and going forward, we expect to see more announcements and integrations that will pave the way for further innovation in this space
Users can learn more about Paima Studios & Tarochi Game here
🎨 Mints, Drops & Updates
Metalcore - Week-long playtest begins (October 7 - 14). More
Valeria - Beta Test Prelude is underway (October 7). More
ZTX - Open Playtest is going live this weekend (October 7-8). More
Big Time - Pre-season goes live (October 10). More
🎮 Gaming Updates
Anichess mini-game early access is now live. More
Battle for Goblin Town, a game by Forgotten Runes Wizard’s Cult released their trailer get ready to screeee. More
Beacon releases their Q3 game roadmap update. More
BLOCKLORDS strategy game by MetaKing Studios Pre-Season is now live. More
BoomLand Games announces its $BOOM token, a token with real and actionable utility, already being used to provide superior gaming experiences, and true interoperability between titles. More
Delabs Games opens the pre-registration for the open beta test of Rumble Racing Star. More
FRAMED! waitlist is now open. More
Hytopia opened up sign-ups to their beta playtest, and launched a sneak peek of its Alpha Gameplay, a Minecraft-inspired social game designed to empower creators. More
Influence’s limited release internal testing is in-progress, and will be coming soon to Starknet. More
Juice Tycoon early access is now live. More
Katana now supports L1 - L2 and L2 - L3 messaging. More
Mahjong Meta releases a preview of their Season 2 updates. More
Metalcore has given out a ton of game codes to their pre-registration list. More
My Pet Hooligan will host a game session with their devs every Friday at 12PM PST. More
Paradise Tycoon has launched on iPhone, and selected testers will receive an email invitation. More
Rhascau has successfully completed three months on Arbitrum Nova and has already conducted a prefarming snapshot. More
Skyborne Genesis early access is now underway & starting Oct 4, users will need 1 Nexian Gem + 1 Immortal Hero to play th Prologue. More
The Heist’s ‘Rambe’s mini-games’ is now live. More
VOX’s latest game, "Get Plucked," is now available on iOS as a free-to-play game. More
📚 Deep Dive
Mohamed Fouda discusses horizontal scaling, one of the emerging approaches to on-chain scalability in the next few years
Max from Cartesi shares his main takeaways and insights around building on-chain games from interviewing David Amor, the CEO of Playmint that is developing Downstream, an on-chain MMO that fully embraces composability.
MakaiWitch shares a list of Web3 Gaming projects from Japan that interested users can follow to stay updated on Japanese Web3 games.
JACL from Delphi Digital shares his insights on why Asia will spearhead Web3 Gaming growth because of cultural synergies, established gaming giants leading the charge and a progressive regulatory environment.
Innovators: Projects bringing something new or disrupting the norm
Socials Rising - An evolving Web3 Gaming Social Experiment. More
Game Makers: New studios, developers or titles entering the space
Stratagems - Infinite board game where 5 colors compete for control. More
Framed - Mafia on-chain, powered by fhEVM. Finalists at ETH Global NY 2023. More
Project Storm - New open-world survival crafting game by Roboto Games. More
FF.OCG - For Fully On Chain Games. More
BranchClash - Fully On Chain tower defense game by HCS Lab deployed on multiple chains. More
Starknopoly - Web3 monopoly game on Starknet. More
Tech Corner: Focus on infrastructure tools and platforms
Mythic Swap - Decentralized token marketplace for traders and gamers by DeFi Kingdoms. More
🧠 Closing Thoughts
Passion fuels success long after the applause fades. Securing funds is a milestone, not the endgame
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