The WASD Weekly: 8/9/24

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.

• WASD Guild Member JC wins Force Prime Grand Season III

• Duper announces their Season 1 release and $8.7M total fundraise

• Cartridge raises a $7.5M Series A

• Primodium v0.11.1 wraps with Orden finishing 1st and WASD placing 2nd

• ggQuest launches its Duper quests

• MUD v2.1 goes live

• Tonk reveals their onchain messaging system Speakeasy

• For The Kingdom drops their latest update

• Kamigotchi ships a new scavenging system

🎮 What We’re Playing:

An update on what our guild’s been up to this week.

Force Prime

As I mentioned above, this week was headlined by JC winning Grand Season III of Force Prime Heroes.

Grand 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.

https://x.com/letaljc/status/1821292845606826383

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!

Primodium

Primodium 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.

https://x.com/primodiumgame/status/1821655112617791659

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.

All 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.

• Tournament: DF Ares v0.10 r4: Union on Redstone (August 11-17)

• Tournament: Duper Season 1

• Opportunity: ggQuest’s Duper Quests

• Opportunity: Blade Lab’s FOCG Summer campaign

• Playtest: Tx Spaces on Starknet Sepolia

• Playtest: 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

• Read: Thread on MUD v2.1 - MUD X Account

• Listen & Collect: ggQuest: Building the Metaverse through User-Generated Content - Worlds Onchain 

🕹️Game Spotlight: For The Kingdom

Game Overview:

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:

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!

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GG, and see you all next week!