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Blubber Notes #7 - Alpha for Future NFT Whales
Dear future whales & VanEck NFT community,
This week’s note focuses on the gaming side of NFTs. I introduce projects that should be fun to play (the first one is my favorite). If you don’t like to play games, I offer a solution for that too. Also, look out for future editions of Blubber Notes where we’ll discuss other NFT categories such as metaverse land and music.
Summary of today's notes:
Featured Projects: All About games!
Upcoming GameFi Platform
Alpha Leaks
Featured Projects: Thank you to the BoredBox.io team for introducing me to the projects below.
EV.io - Browser-based, FPS (first-person shooter). In short, it’s insanely fun! The project has already minted a few items, but there is still time to get involved. Try the beta!
Fun equals profit: Besides being one of the best browser-based FPS titles I’ve tried, players can earn rewards, including SOL (Solana) for hitting certain achievements.
Dark Taverns - Free MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) with hints of “The Legend of Zelda.”
Why it’s special: It is a free, MMO that has the typical dungeons, adventures, mysteries and quests. The Tavern is the starting point or gathering place for players. The more players who visit yours, the more optionality and perks that comes with owning a tavern NFT. However, it’s not an NFT game, but rather a game that has NFTs in it. This means you can mint your rare items into NFTs and sell them to other players.
Shrapnel - FPS (first-person shooter) with potential Call of Duty-like experience.
What makes it unique? It has true in-game looting, meaning players can decide what equipment NFTs they want to take into the warzone. If you die, you drop your NFTs on the battlefield and others can pick them up and then sell in the marketplace. This concept naturally rewards players based on skill level while also making them take certain risk-adjusted decisions surrounding what NFTs they decide to equip for tournaments, general gameplay, etc.
Source: Shrapnel.com You have skin in the game: Shrapnel players are able to customize skins that they can mint into NFTs and sell on secondary marketplaces. Similar to Dark Taverns, it empowers the player and lets them participate in the revenue side of a gaming ecosystem.
Upcoming GameFi Platform:
What if you don’t have time to play games? - Welcome to Arcade2Earn!
What is Arcade2Earn? Arcade will enable participation in games across multiple ecosystems and metaverse environments. To simplify this, if you are not good at or not interested in playing games, Arcade2Earn still lets you join the action. You can deposit Arcade tokens into various “mission pools,” similar to contracted quests played by some of the best players globally. When a player or “Mission Pool Operator” earns gaming rewards, you get them as well!
Sneak Peeks: I’d consider these trailers to be Alpha in their own right.
Mission Pool promotional video for the AAA+ game Star Atlas
Mission Pool Trailers for AIFA from Altered State Machine
Alpha Leaks:
BoredBox.io - Box 2 is coming! The games are awesome and you'd benefit from already owning a genesis box (still mintable at Boredbox.io/mint) prior to box 2 dropping.
Flufworld - More confirmation around Flufs getting an airdrop of the ecosystem’s native token, Mycelium. This will be the primary in-game token for the FLUF World. Jeff is the Founder of ATEM Car Club.
0xTHULU - Don’t forget that the public mint takes place at 5:15pm ET on August 24th and be live until they sell out. Watch this 4-minute video to learn more!
Authored by Matt Bartlett, CAIA.
Follow Matt on Twitter @MattBartlettVE.
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