# The WASD Weekly: 8/9/24

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**Published on:** 2024-08-09
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Gm! It’s been a big week for onchain gaming.Cartridge and Duper each announced major raises, raking in $7.5M and $8.7M, respectively.There were several key infrastructure announcements, including the release of MUD v2.1 and the reveal of Tonk’s Speakeasy, a private onchain messaging system.For The Kingdom and Kamigotchi released new updates, while JC won Force Prime Grand Season III and brought WASD its second-ever guild championship.Overall, it’s been an incredibly exciting few days for the ecosystem. After a “July lull” with a few new game releases and major announcements (and in spite of market nuking) the space has its mojo again. I’m giga-bullish on the final months of 2024 and expect many more fundraising announcements, infra releases, and (most importantly) fun new games to play. -FaultProofBen🗞️ The TLDR:The hottest headlines from the last week in onchain gaming and autonomous worlds. djizus @djizus_ Another one for the trophy case ! Very happy with this win once again, the game is getting better and better dont sleep on it We're gonna be cooking for what's coming at @WASD_0x Force Prime @ForcePrime_io The Grand Season III of Force Prime Heroes is over! A huge thank you to all participants and congratulations to our glorious winners : djizus - 4,920 season points JonnyCash - 4,020 season points icekem - 3,970 season points #4. Zluck - 2,920 season points #5. 11 4:10 PM • Aug 7, 2024 DUPER ✦ @playduper Excited to announce our $8.7M total raise to build Duper. Duper is where Poker meets Catan, with a twist of Diplomacy. Season 1 begins today. Massive rewards ready. All details below. 432 9:40 AM • Aug 6, 2024 Cartridge @cartridge_gg We are thrilled to announce our $7.5M Series A round led by @BITKRAFTVC! This new funding will help us further empower developers building provable onchain games and autonomous worlds. () 316 8:21 AM • Aug 5, 2024 Primodium @primodiumgame aaaand that's a wrap to this season of Primodium! Congratulations to @orden_gg for their well deserved #1 spot, and also congrats to @WASD_0x for the runner up spot! After this season, we have exciting new experiments coming up to play test soon..... 52 4:09 PM • Aug 8, 2024 gg.xyz gaming @playggxyz Duper Experiences are now LIVE on ggQuest Complete our special missions to celebrate @playduper Season 1 Be rewarded with extra Sparks on top of the Season 1 rewards August 06 - 27 16+ missions How to participate 44 9:57 AM • Aug 6, 2024 MUD @mud_dev 1/ Today, we’ve released MUD v2.1 which adds support for multiple namespaces in your MUD project. This is a backward-compatible change and just one of a handful of “world extendability” releases we have planned for the next few months. 51 10:25 AM • Aug 6, 2024 Tonk @TonkLabs 1/ Today, we're delighted to draw back the curtain on what we've been cooking & why we're so excited! Many of you know Tonk as an experimental team that's been prototyping decentralised privacy tooling in new media, & particularly in fully onchain games, or "autonomous worlds". 109 5:25 AM • Aug 8, 2024 For The Kingdom @4thekingdom_xyz gm Adventurers, brace for an exciting new update to For The Kingdom! What's new: PvP Challenges - Challenge other players to friendly duels New Monsters - New, more formidable monsters now lurk across the realm Daily Quests with in-game rewards Kingdom Quests - a 14 2:20 PM • Jul 28, 2024 Kamigotchi @kamigotchiworld Gm! We just added the Scavenging system! You can now get random items when harvesting on nodes. Oh, and we added a bunch more items too.... We hope you have fun finding them. 48 11:58 AM • Aug 7, 2024 🎮 What We’re Playing:An update on what our guild’s been up to this week.Force PrimeAs I mentioned above, this week was headlined by JC winning Grand Season III of Force Prime Heroes.GGGrand Season III was a multi-week event for the strategy game, where players could complete campaign maps and compete against each other in tournaments to earn season points. JC emerged from this onchain gauntlet with a decisive victory, earning 4920 season points, 900 more than the second-place finisher. djizus @djizus_ Another one for the trophy case ! Very happy with this win once again, the game is getting better and better dont sleep on it We're gonna be cooking for what's coming at @WASD_0x Force Prime @ForcePrime_io The Grand Season III of Force Prime Heroes is over! A huge thank you to all participants and congratulations to our glorious winners : djizus - 4,920 season points JonnyCash - 4,020 season points icekem - 3,970 season points #4. Zluck - 2,920 season points #5. 11 4:10 PM • Aug 7, 2024 This is another title in a legendary run, as he also won Grand Seasons I and II. Congratulations to JC on the three-peat and for bringing home WASD’s second guild championship. I can’t wait to see if he’ll make it four in a row in season IV!PrimodiumPrimodium v0.11.1 is now in the books. While we didn’t repeat after our v0.11 championship, we nonetheless had another strong showing, finishing as the 2nd highest scoring alliance. Primodium @primodiumgame aaaand that's a wrap to this season of Primodium! Congratulations to @orden_gg for their well deserved #1 spot, and also congrats to @WASD_0x for the runner up spot! After this season, we have exciting new experiments coming up to play test soon..... 52 4:09 PM • Aug 8, 2024 I especially want to shoutout Canzi, Samurai6, Jota, oVerMillion, and Jack Longarzo who put in incredible performances, with each slotting in the Top 20 in Primodium scored! As I mentioned last week, this round was considered a “building round” for WASD. We released our first sponsored plugin, Andromeda, built by Duck. It offers public alliance data dashboards and a quest system and is the first of many cool plugins that we’ll be shipping.A look at the WASD armada in PrimodiumAll in all, I’m hyped for v0.12 (wen wen wen) and can’t wait for more fierce Primodium competition!WASD is always looking to add new players and developers to our guild! If you’re interested in playing Primodium, Force Prime, or any other onchain game with us, fill out our recruitment form!⚔️ PTO: Playtests, Tournaments, & Opportunities:Upcoming events from around the onchain gaming ecosystem. DF Archon (🦑,🪐) @DFArchon On Aug 2, 2020, @darkforest_eth released first beta edition On Aug 2, 2024, we are announcing Dark Forest Ares v0.1 r4: Union on @redstonexyz Start: Aug 11 2pm UTC End: Aug 17 2pm UTC mirror.xyz/dfarchon.eth/H… Forge alliances and seize victory 34 7:14 PM • Aug 1, 2024 DUPER ✦ @playduper Excited to announce our $8.7M total raise to build Duper. Duper is where Poker meets Catan, with a twist of Diplomacy. Season 1 begins today. Massive rewards ready. All details below. 432 9:40 AM • Aug 6, 2024 gg.xyz gaming @playggxyz ggQuest @playduper soon 19 10:24 AM • Aug 1, 2024 Blade Games @BladeGamesHQ FOCG Summer co-hosted with @0G_labs and @0xBlockBooster Stage Ⅱ: Game Testnet and Point System Live focg.0g.ai User Guide 0g.ai/blog/user-guid… Games Launched: @CoinPups @mirage_game_ #FOCGSummer #PointsSystem 318 12:14 PM • Jul 23, 2024 Playtest: Tx Spaces on Starknet SepoliaPlaytest: For The Kingdom on Redstone Garnet🤝 Words From Frens:The best content from frens in the community.Read: Exploring the Future of Gaming: The Rise of Fully Onchain Games - Nicolas Vereecke MUD @mud_dev 6/ In this example, our `MembershipSystem` can use tables from both the original `game` namespace and from our own `guilds` namespace. 2 10:25 AM • Aug 6, 2024 Listen & Collect: ggQuest: Building the Metaverse through User-Generated Content - Worlds Onchain 🕹️Game Spotlight: For The KingdomGame Overview:Me exploring the lands of Sunscar.For The Kingdom is an MMORPG built using MUD. In the game, you’ll complete quests, mine resources, craft items, fight monsters, and battle other players in PvP combat. To get started, you’ll join and explore one of four different kingdoms (Sylvanreach, Mysthaven, Everfrost, and Sunscar). Each kingdom has its own lore, backstory, and primary resources that it holds. (Many WASD players have joined Sunscar, fwiw) After you select a kingdom, you’ll then be able to start questing, earning XP, and leveling up your character. For The Kingdom is live and playable today, as the team is holding a public playtest on the Redstone Garnet testnet.The WASD Take:My hero getting smacked by a Pyropuru (I wound up killing it LFG)For The Kingdom has a lot of potential. The core gameplay is engaging and fun despite being a playtest. I’m a picky gamer and churn quickly through new games, but I’ve been playing For the Kingdom throughout the week. That said, the mechanics of questing, combat, etc., are all early in their development process and could use more refinement. Beyond gameplay, For The Kingdom's graphics stand out. The game looks polished, and I really like the art style. Colors pop off the screen, which helps immerse me in the game while enhancing the overall experience. The team has also done a great job answering questions and responding to player feedback. All in all, I’m very bullish on For the Kingdom and excited to keep playing!Thanks for reading! If you liked this piece, you can collect it at the top of the page! After you do, follow us on X and hop in our Discord to meet other onchain gamers, developers and enthusiasts. Finally, if you want to join WASD, fill out our recruitment form and become a member of crypto’s largest onchain gaming guild today. GG, and see you all next week!

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