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Skill Tree #6 - February 12

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Skill Tree #6 - February 12

0xKepler
Feb 12, 2023
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๐Ÿ”ฅ Highlight

Mino Games raises $15m for collectible character web3 game Dimensionals. In total, Mino games has raised $25m to date.

Founded in 2011, Mino Games is a F2P game studio with hits such as Cat Game, Dog Game, and Mino Monsters 1& 2.

For CEO Sasha MacKinnon, web3 is the natural path forward after margins in web2 keep decreasing:

โ€œOver the last decade, your margins have been squeezed through the platform fees, but then also user acquisition costs. The user acquisition has also been monopolized by Google and Apple Search Ads. So itโ€™s not uncommon for average midsize gaming studio to give 80% of their revenue back to the platforms and ad networks. And so this distribution is almost like a stranglehold over developers.โ€ - Source: Venturebeat

Twitter avatar for @SashaMackinnon
Sash (FREE,OWN) @SashaMackinnon
๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€ ANNOUNCING OUR $15M SERIES B Weโ€™re building the next HUGE gaming franchise. Honoured to be supported by the TITANS of Gaming and Web 3: @standardcrypto, Bing Gordon, Don Mattrick, @AdamDraper and more. TY @deantak @VentureBeat for sharing our story venturebeat.com/latest-games-rโ€ฆ
venturebeat.comMino Games raises $15M to create Dimensionals Web3 gameMino Games has raised $15 million to create its Dimensionals collectible character game with Web3 features..
2:46 PM โˆ™ Feb 9, 2023
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๐Ÿ”ฅ Highlight 2 (big week)

Game Day = Gabe Day

Millions of people will see Digidaigakuโ€™s Superbowl TV ad today and have the chance of receiving a FREE NFT.

Other cryptocurrency commercials have been banned from the Superbowl.


๐Ÿ“ฐ News

โ€” TridentDAO raises $3m from the community for MMO

Twitter avatar for @TridentDAO
Trident ฮจ @TridentDAO
The 3,000,000 cap has been filled. Thank you, we look forward to bringing you the best web+ MMO that crypto has to offer, and welcome you to join us along for the ride. ๐Ÿ‘พ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿช™๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿ‘พ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿช™๐Ÿ‘พ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿช™๐Ÿ‘พ
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12:08 PM โˆ™ Feb 5, 2023
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โ€” Tower Pop raises $2.1M for Web3 battle royale/tower defense game Omega Royale. Alpha launch in app stores in March. The game adds battle royale multiplayer to tower defense gameplay, with the goal of creating a tower defense esports title. An early version of the game is available on their website right now.

โ€” Magic Eden invests into Stella Fantasy

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Stella Fantasy @rStellaFantasy
The #StellaFantasy team celebrates its investment from @MagicEden, the leading cross-chain #NFT platform. The investment will help Ring Games and StellaFantasy develop more high-quality #web3 #games, which could be accessible through Magic Eden in the near future๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€ #RPG
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1:15 AM โˆ™ Feb 8, 2023
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โ€” Nitro Nation Workshop NFT mint on Feb 15

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Nitro Nation World Tour | Minting 2/15 @NitroNationTour
The Mythical Workshop has our hearts racing ๐ŸŽ๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ Purchase 1 Workshop at all 4 Tiers at our Founders Edition Workshop presale on 2/15 & you'll receive 1 Mythical Workshop. An exclusive reward for our most ride or die fans that will never be available after this first presale!
6:04 PM โˆ™ Feb 9, 2023
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โ€” Aurory introduces Blitz Battles

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Aurory (Open Alpha) @AuroryProject
Introducing Blitz Battles โšก๏ธ A fast-paced game mode coming to Aurory where players can wager and battle their Nefties ๐Ÿช™ Aurorians and $AURY holders will soon gain early access to the v0 for a limited time!
3:55 PM โˆ™ Feb 9, 2023
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โ€” Sequence Wallet partners with Magic Eden

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Sequence @0xsequence
1/ Weโ€™re thrilled to announce that Sequence has partnered with @MEonPolygon to bring the smartest and most user-friendly web3 wallet to the leading cross-chain NFT platform, built on @0xPolygon! ๐ŸŽ‰ Dive in to find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡ medium.com/0xsequence/parโ€ฆ
medium.comIntroducing our new partner: Magic EdenWeโ€™re excited to announce that Sequence has partnered with Magic Eden to bring the smartest web3 wallet to a leading NFT platform
8:25 PM โˆ™ Feb 10, 2023
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โ€” InfiniGods announces speedrunning event with prizes

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InfiniGods @InfiniGods
Mini Game #1: "Race Against The Clock" is LIVE. ๐ŸŽฏ Be the fastest player to hit 8,000 points & finish the level. ๐Ÿ† 1x Gold Elder God, 2x Bronze Elder Gods, & bonus Followers are up for grabs. ๐Ÿ“… Runs until Friday, 2/17 @ 12PM EST Play @InfiniMerge Now: infinimerge.xyz
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InfiniGods @InfiniGods
This week marks the beginning of a new dawn for @InfiniMerge. โšก๏ธโš”๏ธ Introducing Merge Mini Games. A series of ongoing special events that will challenge your Merge skills in new ways & provide new objectives to conquer. Merge Mini Game #1 starts tomorrow at 12PM EST. https://t.co/RIDJhOP4hq
9:06 PM โˆ™ Feb 10, 2023
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โ€” Ogmi, Social trivia gaming app, comes out of stealth.

We covered the project in Skill Tree #4

Twitter avatar for @Ogmi_io
Ogmi @Ogmi_io
GM! ... Hello World! After LOTS of stealth building, we wanted to introduce ourselves ๐Ÿ˜Š We are OGMI.io - an open, community-driven platform where YOU can be the creator or the player, youโ€™ll get to collaborate on creating quiz games around any topic. #Web3gaming
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10:01 AM โˆ™ Feb 6, 2023

๐Ÿ“š Education

โ€” Account Abstraction (AA) for Web3 Gaming (Part 1)

MetaPortal
Account Abstraction for Web3 Gaming
The process of onboarding players to traditional games is generally straightforward. Web2 onboarding makes it convenient for players to utilize their existing social accounts, such as Apple ID or Google logins. These social accounts make single sign-on (SSO) simple to integrate and enable shared progress across multiple devices. For example, when playerโ€ฆ
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4 months ago ยท 3 likes ยท jxck

AA will be a huge step forward for UX

โ€” A P2E thesis: Using rewards to incentivize gamified crowdsourcing projects which are a value-add to society

Luden's Locker
Play to Earn is right, they did it wrong.
"Ackchyually itโ€™s play and/to earn/ownโ€ฆ" Donโ€™t care, wonโ€™t care. We are talking about this concept: hereโ€™s a game, players are eligible to get something with monetary value from playing the game, and itโ€™s legit - not grey market trades. Some would narrow down the term to describe games with on-chain rewards only, but putting rewards on-chain is only a veโ€ฆ
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4 months ago ยท 2 likes ยท Alison Cheung | 0xluden

Personal note: More broadly, crowdsourcing literature focuses on how to coordinate loosely connected groups of people. It can provide key insights for crypto which is exactly about this topic - social coordination. For example, DAO governance should be inspired by crowdsourcing, together with organizational research such as ambidextrous organisations.

โ€” How Generative AI Can Charge Web3 Game Development

Nami
How Generative AI Can Charge Web3 Game Development
Recent developments in AI technology have made waves across the games industry and beyond. VCs and industry observers alike are making increasingly bullish predictions on the impact that AI will have on the games industry. Generative AI, specifically, has driven tremendous hype, allowing creatives to bring new ideas to life at incredible speed. This hasโ€ฆ
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4 months ago ยท 1 like ยท 1 comment ยท Nami

โ€” How people of different ages interact with digital and real worlds. 53% of time with game content is spent NOT playing games

Twitter avatar for @0xKepler
0xKepler ๐Ÿ”ญ | building in stealth @0xKepler
53% of time with game content is spent NOT playing the game, but engaging with it in other ways. This is where crypto can come in and help build a bigger ecosystem around a game. Examples: Nor, Wildcard What will be new ways to engage with games? ๐Ÿ‘‡
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8:10 PM โˆ™ Feb 7, 2023
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Source:

GameDev Reports
Newzoo: How people of different ages interact with digital and real worlds
All numbers are relevant for the US market. Newzoo conducted research with people from 10 to 50 years old. 67% of Generation Z (from 10 to 25 years old) play in both real life (doing sports) and virtual worlds. There are 55% of such people from Millenials, and 48% from Generation X (41-50 yearsโ€ฆ
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4 months ago ยท 1 like ยท Dmitriy Byshonkov

โ€” The Creator Economy in Gaming

Decentralised.co
The Creator Economy In Gaming
Hello! Today we are going to look at gaming. For several reasons, this is one of the few consumer-facing use cases with a real shot at scaling to a billion users in the digital asset ecosystem. Firstly, gamers are already accustomed to digital assets; they regularly pay for in-game transactions (i.e., pixels). Secondly, this is a high-transaction frequeโ€ฆ
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4 months ago ยท 9 likes ยท 2 comments ยท Joel John and Siddharth

โ€” Storing Value in Digital Objects

Twitter avatar for @derekedws
Derek Edws ๐Ÿฆฉ @derekedws
1/ As humans develop new technologies and economic systems, the objects we use to store value will evolve to match new realities. My new piece for @Collab_Currency.
medium.comStoring Value in Digital ObjectsBy: Derek Edws, Managing Partner @ Collab+Currency
1:46 PM โˆ™ Feb 6, 2023
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โ€” Web3 gaming trends for 2023

Twitter avatar for @sparkcsays
sparkc | WolvesDAO @sparkcsays
I went through all the '2023 Web 3 Gaming Predictions'. Here are the highlights. I've also added my thoughts + how this'll affect my investing. ๐Ÿงต
3:28 PM โˆ™ Feb 10, 2023
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โ€” Stats about traditional UA funnels for web3 games

Twitter avatar for @TimoYouth
Tษชmo ยฅOUโ€ H ๐Ÿ”บ We're Hiring! ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽฎ @TimoYouth
1/๐Ÿงต Breakdown of a healthy looking user acquisition funnel courtesy of @ParadiseTycoon We are looking at Alpha phase statistics but it's going to look like this in the long term as well (just add a couple of zeros). Momentarily some areas will peak during NFT minting etc.
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7:37 PM โˆ™ Feb 9, 2023
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โ€” Review of Castle Crushโ€™s web3 implementation

Twitter avatar for @GilgameshODs
Gilgamesh @GilgameshODs
Castle Crush's Review: Wildfire mobile studio's first Web3 steps.
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5:02 PM โˆ™ Feb 10, 2023
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โ€” Data analysis about the importance of engaged founders

Twitter avatar for @GamesLabxyz
Games-Lab @GamesLabxyz
We asked these Q's: Does level of founder engagements produce a more active community? Does an engaged & active community correlate with rev generated per community member? Does an engaged founder correlate with more rev generation? Below is data we collected to answer this
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4:49 PM โˆ™ Feb 9, 2023
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โ€” An interesting economy approach

Twitter avatar for @0xKepler
0xKepler ๐Ÿ”ญ | building in stealth @0xKepler
I like @mothora_'s approach to earning. Their economic loop strongly focuses on social coordination and status (each player is part of a DAO) and competition (DAO vs DAO war). Caters to our tribal feelings of in-group (& our rank within) and out-group.
8:10 PM โˆ™ Feb 8, 2023
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โ€” The State of Web3 Economies by The Block Research [paywalled]

โ€” Game7 releases videos from their sessions at the first GAM3R Forum at San Francisco Blockchain Week

Must watch:



๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ New projects

Martian: New Frontier

Twitter: @Martianplatform

4X Open-World MMO

Twitter avatar for @Martianplatform
Martian: New Frontier @Martianplatform
1/ Introducing Martian: New Frontier - The Next Generation of Open World MMO 4X Game A ๐Ÿงต
4:49 PM โˆ™ Feb 8, 2023
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Fronk World

Twitter: @FronkWorld

Adventure Game on Arbitrum Nova

Gachamon

Twitter: -
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/xftWr4cXSS

Collect monsters and form teams that run in perpetual battle simulations 24/7. Mint next week.


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jseam ๅณ่บซไป๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ”Š @henlojseam
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