thecoreloop.gg — Web3 [SUNSET]

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👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Sept 30 to Oct 1 🗓 🔄 Gaming Updates • Ragnarok: Monster World — Announced their official launch • Onchain Heroes — Announced that they will be building on Abstract Chain • Catizen — Added Ball Master, to their Game Center • Age of Dino — Launched Telegram Game, Dino Museum • Pixelmon — Announced launch of Monster Tycoon, a F2P dungeon crawler from Play Ember using Pixelmon IP • Variance — Released new trailer for F2P action roguelite 🔖 Gaming Reads • MORBID-19 — WEMIX Controversy Heads to Court • Meta Alchemist — Seedify will be launching super low caps via batch incubation programs (10 projects launched below 1M FDV) • Shades of Green — Insights from Farm Frens stats to optimize levels & upgrades • Virtuals Protocol — Project Westworld: The First Playable Autonomous World on Roblox • TON Ventures — How TON has shaped the future of crypto in the last 365 days: From 46K to 4.6M WAU ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • Naavik — Telegram: The Next Great Gaming Platform? • Topology — Topology is like IPFS but for real-time multiplayer programs, not static files ✅ Gaming Projects • Miracle Play hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ Gaming News ✅ Web3 Gaming Coverage

Smolbound — 🐬 Porpoise NFTs & 🐵 Smol Brains • Porpoise NFTs that were distributed are initially non-transferrable (Will grant multipliers for <redacted> during open test • Smol Brains will be the main PFP for Smolbound and holders will receive a portion of <redacted> Read More

👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Sept 23 to 27 🗓 🔄 Gaming Updates • Treasure DAO — Announced migration to zkSync. (Treasure L2 will launch on Zk Stack. Mainnet in ~1.5 to 2 months) • Tatsumeeko — Announced Season 2: Lumina Hunt • Sparkball — Announced that they are officially building on Monad • Rift Storm — Will launch on XAI as their flagship title • Mahjong Meta — Renaming token from $MJM to $MAJ • Star Symphony — Announced the launch of their mobile alpha version • Forgotten Playland — Releasing on Epic Games on November • Hexacore — Hosting $HXC presale (October 3) • Dayton Mills — Branch for Discord is live 🔖 Gaming Reads • TON Ventures — How Telegram projects are implementing smart tokenomic strategies for long-term engagement • David Tso — List of on-chain games w/ focus on fun built on Base • Ronin — Unlocking Web3 Publishing on Ronin • caillef — Diamond Pit, first fully on-chain game built w/ cubzh using Dojo • Illuvium — August 2024 Dev Blog • Calc.eth — Frontinus House Round 4 Applicants joining the Loot Realms Ecosystem (Lutte Arcade, AWRPG, Octoguns, Mancala, Fallen Order) • Underware — What we've been up to at Dojo residency, our games and the evolution of Pistols at 10 Blocks ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • The Rollup — Why Treasure Left Arbitrum to build their new chain on ZkSync • The Scoop — How Ton's Telegram distribution strategy is bringing millions of new users onchain • GAM3S.GG — Are web3 conferences pointless? • GameSpot — CEO of Curio, Yijia Chen explains the secret to attracting casual & crypto gamers • FOCGERS — From captaining Disney game studio to steering Pirate Nation • Raoul Paul — Avalanche: Gaming & the next crypto revolution ft. John Wu • Into The Metaverse — Episode 100: Matthew Ball & The Future of the Metaverse (Part 2) • a16z Games — The Truth about Growing on Twitch 💸 Gaming Fundraising • Dark Bright Games — Announced their oversubscribed $6m Seed Round led by BITKRAFT to develop Smolbound, a cozy life sim RPG game ✅ Gaming Projects • RuneLabs • Sundial Mirage • Chain of Trust hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ Gaming News ✅ Web3 Gaming Coverage

👋 Token2049/Breakpoint Gaming Recap 🗓 🔄 Gaming Updates • Ronin — Announced 7 new games that will be building on Ronin (Cambria, Pixel Heroes, Kuroro Wilds, Party Icons, Xtremeverse, Last Odyssey, Infomon) • Tatsumeeko — Announced their move to Ronin • Axie Infinity — Released early access form for Axie Pals, powered by Metapals • TON — Tonkeeper launches dApps Browser in Telegram • Parallel — Announced that Colony will release its alpha in Q1 2025 • Play Solana — Announced PSG1, the first handheld Web3 gaming device built on Solana • Pixelmon — Rebranded to MON CO • Bored Ape Yacht Club — Released Dookey Dash: Unclogged • Cambria — Released their Genesis Founders NFT collection • Double Jump — Announced their new game that will use SEGA's Battle of Three Kingdoms IP • E4C: Final Salvation — Released their Telegram game, E4C: Demon Hunters • Edison Metaverse — Announced Steam early access wishlist (Release in Q4 2024) • Illuvium — Beyond Wave 3 Release Date (November 21) • Blankos Block Party — Migrating to new chain • Nifty Island — Play 2 Airdrop Wave 3 ends November 1 • Otherside — Project Dragon Episode 3 (September 27) 🔖 Gaming Reads • BITKRAFT Ventures — Where can small studios win big in today's evolving gaming industry • Arto (Tribo Games) — The Minimum Viable Session • 1mpal — Why Korean Gamers resist Blockchain • Spellborne — August 2024 Dev Update • Vibes (Pudgy TCG) — How to play Vibes, the Pudgy Penguins Trading Card Game ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • GameSpot — How Founders can go Viral w/ Elisa De Toro Arias (4,4 Labs Co-Founder) 💸 Gaming Fundraising • Ambrus Studio (E4c: Final Salvation) — Announced multi-million dollar funding round led by Spartan Group ✅ Gaming Projects • Balance Games • Happy Town • Funki • Blurred Line Labs hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ Gaming News ✅ Web3 Gaming Coverage

AppMagic — How Has Hamster Kombat helped Telegram reach 700M+ MAU?

Hamster Kombat has captured more than 10% of Telegram's total user base and the massive 375% increase in Tonkeeper wallet downloads confirms that Hamster Kombat was a key driver behind the surge in Telegram's overall user growth — Read More

a16z — Why Web Gaming Died, and How It's Coming Back

Web gaming, once popular in the early 2000s, declined with the rise of mobile gaming but with tech advancements and new distribution channels, is poised for a comeback. The next generation of web3 games will offer improved accessibility & performance, niches that mobile & PC gaming don't fully address — Read More

Tatsumeeko launches Season 2: Lumina Hunt — Source

Invite friends, rank up and stack vabloons for $TATSU

https://t.me/luminahuntbot?start=932662602

Most impressive demo in Token2049 was by Opera

Opera's mini-pay wallet in Opera Mini Browser for Mobile is a noncustodial stablecoin-only wallet for emerging markets

Opera also operates Opera GX, a dedicated browser for gamers & in 2023, generated US$397 million Source

⭐️⭐️ HENLO KART - EARLY ACCESS ⭐️⭐️ 🕹🕹🕹 Details will drop at the starting line! Jump into the new chat to stay in the loop! 👥👥👥 The referral app will be live again with the official launch of the mini app. All your accumulated XP will be credited to your Henlo Kart account! https://t.me/+ZgV2XvIqRXI3NTkx

Blog: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tInAU3951hoVrTljFgJKEg

$CATI & $HMSTR on Binance Launchpool https://x.com/binance/status/1834572660988117032?s=46 https://x.com/binance/status/1834250575027851466?s=46

👋 Web3 Gaming Recap — Sept 13 🗓 🔔 Gaming Actionables • Mystery Society — Launched their P2A campaign. Play via themysterysociety.xyz • GOAT Gaming — Launched new game beta, To The Moon. Try via t.me/goatgamingbot 🪚🪚🪚 🔄 Gaming Updates • METALCORE — Season 1 Launch (September 13, 6PM ET) • DUPER — Hosting Private meetup to play unreleased version during Token2049 (September 19) • Last Memories — $GEEK listing on Exchanges (September 26) and airdrop (September 27) • Pirate Nation — Signups are back (via form now) 🔖 Gaming Reads • D20 Labs (Sugartown) — Announced Royal Nutz Poker Club, a social casino poker game built on Base • Oscar (Wolves DAO) — How important is AL/WL Distribution for NFT Mints • 1mpal — Uncomfortable truth behind Korea's Web3 Gaming • STEPN GO — September Townhall Recap ▶️ Gaming Watch/Listens • GAM3S.GG — Women in Web3 • a16z Games — The Secret Behind Blizzard's Success | Allen Adham, Co-Founder of Blizzard • Naavik — How to bring brands to Roblox 💸 Gaming Fundraising • Black Block — Announced their $1.4m fundraising round led by Delphi Ventures to continue developing The Sprawl, a systematic sandbox MMO • Balance Games — Raised a total of $30m across 2 funding rounds led by a16z & Galaxy Interactive to launch Balance.fun, an AI-powered blockchain experience platform • Orange Cap Games — Announced their $2m pre-seed angel round to develop a trading card game featuring Pudgy Penguins IP ✅ Gaming Projects • Balance Games • Coke • Slingshot Gamers • Somnis • Royal Nutz Poker Club hope helpful wuwu 😆💞 ✅ Gaming News ✅ Web3 Gaming Coverage

Treasure DAO — Presented proposal to launch Treasure L2 on ZK Stack instead of Arbitrum Orbit Read More

WeChat Mini-Games: Exploring the World of Mini-Games with Lemon Choi

WeChat minigames are killing it in China. 60-80% D1 retention rate for a Payer! Average payback period 3-5 months... The expected MAU of the minigame market will exceed 500 Million users in China this year, with an average daily play session of 60 minutes per day per user. These minigames are produced very fast (2-3 months) by small teams of 5-30 people, with a development cost of around $140K per 1 minigame.

✅ Listen More: two & a half gamers

Web3 games model today is broken partially due to the industry

Token is the new ads? Ask anyone with a web2 gaming background - users acquired from tokens versus ads are fundamentally different. Those coming for tokens rarely convert to paying players, because they're not here for the game — Jarindr, Zentry

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