GM! Welcome to the 5th edition of Playlist 🎮
A weekly newsletter containing a curated list of the week’s most notable Web 3 gaming reports, podcasts, events, quotes and threads for you to catch up on during the weekend 👇
Hiro Capital - Blockchain Game Sector Investment Report H1 2022
Games TX - How Investment in Gaming x Metaverse is shaping up as of July
FOGDAO - Analyzing a blockchain gaming community: Is it all about the money?
Pocket Gamer - 52 of the latest & most interesting mobile games on the blockchain
Test Jar Labs - What’s the point of Blockchain in Games?
https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/whats-the-point-of-blockchain-in-games-870000867813
- Had the pleasure to interview @playeverseed co-founder & CEO
@kliuless who has previously worked at @riotgames & @GoldmanSachs
We discussed Everseed's core game loops, economy, tokenomics and future roadmap
youtube.com/watch?v=IKoX40… - This week, I get to chat with @rumjahn and @olivexai about gamifying the future of fitness and mixing it with web3. Join us
and follow @realthirdweb
x.com/i/spaces/1gqGv… - User-generated content in web3 is controversial, with creators & platforms each vying for a bigger slice.
Join @SebPark of @infcanvas & @BitkraftVC alongside myself on value drivers of UGC in web2, and how it explodes in web3.
#metaverse #nftgaming
youtube.com/watch?v=JvAEX3…
@kliuless who has previously worked at @riotgames & @GoldmanSachs
We discussed Everseed's core game loops, economy, tokenomics and future roadmap
youtube.com/watch?v=IKoX40…
- Listened to this podcast by @NicoVereecke on @naavik_co's Metacast w/ @retripaladin - @konvoyventures & @PhilipMCollins - @PlayVentures a while back and wrote down some notes and I stumbled back on those notes today & noticed some interesting points.
Here's a summary!Ok now we agree that this whole #PlayToEarn thing might not be working - what is it that gets Web3 Gaming VCs excited these days?
@PhilipMCollins from @konvoyventures and @retripaladin from @PlayVentures join me for some terrible jokes & a deep discussion
youtube.com/watch?v=rzCfBn…
- 1/19 Here's a
on why web3 games CPI (specifically ad-platforms like Facebook/Google) is high despite the highest amount of wallets per capita locations (e.g. SEA) are supposed to be cheap.
+ some bonuses - 1/ Five years of F2P game economy & (IAP) monetization design has taught us a thing or two. Here's what can be applied to web3 games to make them sustainable
reNFT - The On-Chain vs. Off-Chain Dilemma in Blockchain Gaming
- In the interest of building in public, this is what I’m starting at the intersection of @YieldGuild x @illuviumio
The Axie Intern - Why Ronin will forever change the paradigm of gaming
- There's a lot of chatter surrounding #Interoperability and #crosschain but why is going cross-chain important? Is it interoperability that projects should strive for?
A by @LearnThisBiz
- 1/ Grateful to have attended #KBW2022 and to witness the incredible energy of the #web3 #openmetaverse in #Korea. I have even more conviction that the region will have an incredibly important role to play in the development and mass-adoption of #blockchain #gaming #asia #NFTAnimoca Brands' Yat Siu told an audience at Korea Blockchain Week 2022 that digital property rights will "free" content creators from the powerful Web2 companies that “control our data." cointelegraph.com/news/kbw-2022-…
- One of topics that causes the most discussion at games studios is "seniority". People often erroneously link this to technical ability, but at Mighty Bear we treat it as a given that anyone we hire has to be technically excellent at what they do. So how do we assess seniority? 1/
- 1/14. Aon the 2022 H1 investments by @animocabrands, the most active and successful builder and investor in NFT and blockchain gaming.
- Looks like there may be a chance for Singapore's Gambling Regulatory Authority to step in and regulate web3 games that has an element of chance involved. h/t @bottomd0g
straitstimes.com/singapore/cour…
channelnewsasia.com/singapore/gamb…
straitstimes.comGambling Regulatory Authority inaugurated in S'pore as new products emerge
This comes amid shifting trends and a blurring of the line between gambling and gaming. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A mix of news, updates and action items for notable Web3 games and projects
Huanhe (Tencent) - Stops sales on NFT platform as scrutiny mounts
- Last week we announced a $3.6M seed round. Today we're releasing our updated roadmap for Datawisp:
Phase 1: going to open beta
Phase 2: launch
Phase 3: enterprise support
More details here: datawisp.io/#roadmap
For specific questions: info@datawisp.io
- Crafting XP has been re-enabled!
You will be gaining XP but it will take ~24 hours for your XP to show in the UI as our subgraph re-syncs.
Get back to Crafting and prepare for Harvesters!
More details on Crafting
- Skaters, check your wallets!
Mystery airdrops are hitting wallets of qualified Mashup pool event participants*
Short thread on the Holders chest airdrop below!
- It's official: we're spicing up the Animoca Brands' #metaverse @TheSandboxGame with @HellsKitchenFOX! The award-winning reality show starring multi-@MichelinGuideNA Star chef @GordonRamsay is opening its first-ever virtual restaurant and game experience
bit.ly/3Po7Yja
- And there we have it folks, @playcastlecrush is live with NFTs integrated ingame, web2.5 at it’s finest *chefs kiss* now who’s got a good deck built around Valkyrie or Black Witch?
- The Mithraeum Bronze Age II test is live now
Great battles, peace negotiations, alliances, betrayals, friendship and enmity, prudence, tricks, deceit, and cruelty - plenty of exciting adventures are expected!
The history starts right now
- The time has come #BLOCKLORDS army!
You must #ProtectYourHouse!
@axisstudiosgrp
To begin your story, pre-registration for early access is still open – sign up now for your exclusive free hero character at blocklords.com/auth/register - We are pleased to announce that Animoca Brands has completed the acquisition of @bemediagroupau, an Australian digital marketing agency focusing on key opportunities in Australia centered around #blockchain development.
For more information please visit:
animocabrands.comAnimoca Brands completes acquisition of Be Media
Animoca Brands, the company advancing digital property rights for the open metaverse, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Be Media, an Australian digital marketing agency...
Games, protocols & projects that are new, interesting and under the radar
Chess like never before. Magical board. Stunning battles.
Maitham (Material 10) - Overcoming pay-to-win systems in Web3 Gaming
Brycent (LootBolt) - Gaming will transcend light years when one Web3 gaming project gets it right
Timo Youth (Empires Hub) - Complexity as the biggest issue of Web3 Games
Does your game really need multiple tokens to be sustainable? No. It needs recurring sinks people want to spend tokens to.
Jonah Blake (Real Third Web) - Most games do not need a token of any kind
Ryan (Delphi Digital) - Web3 Land should funtion more like Spotify Recommendations and less like Times Square
Kix.eth (Crypto Raiders) - Toughest challenge for decentralized game protocols
Lets say a dev launch a successful mini-game on the protocol. Uses assets created by artists for protocol. Game uses some protocol infrastructure & logic.
What % paid for dev, artists & protocol?
Kix.eth (Crypto Raiders) - Game ecosystems with modding & 3rd party dev
Any ideas on tokenomics or ecosystem structures that facilitate auto-value transfer to various 3rd party devs based on player activity?
Loot > $MAGIC ecosystem probably best example
Brycent (LootBolt) - Why we don’t see growth across the board in Web3 Gaming
Derek Lau (Guild of Guardians) - Why Web3 Games are taking so long to build
To make it faster AND cheaper we'll need:
- Tools & software for easy blockchain integration
- Democratisation of web 3 knowledge (i.e. community, tokens, etc)
Anything else?
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