The Spark (ep. #13)

Hello and welcome to the episode #13 of “The Spark“ newsletter!

Here you can find everything you need to stay up-to-date with upcoming NFT projects and web3 games.

This episode will be shorter than previous ones, as holidays season is still around, so less things happened in web3 overall.

However, I got a little present for you, read till the end to find out :)

Now let’s dive into the info

Episode structure:

[Early alpha] section:

1. Sekai Glory (1720 followers)

• Gaming studio, formed by Juuni and Kaiju Kingz team members, with some notable artists & game developers

• Building casual game with gamblefi/degen mechanics, where people can win NFTs, tokens and more

• Expected to launch in Q1 2024

My take:

At the first glance, it seems like a good attempt to target a decent chunk of web3 audience, as team is trying to develop a “degen-friendly” game, that certainly allows to get more exposure and potentially revenue.

Founders have previous track record within their niches in web3 native environment, so it will definitely help them moving forward.

Likely to be funded, but no confirmation on that side yet.

Not much of other information right now, no sneak peeks as well, still super early; but might be worth to keep an eye and see how they will continue to develop this game and bring their vision to life.

2. Xtremeverse (3625 followers)

• Developing a web3 gaming universe in anime setting with different game mods (gunplay, battle royale, extraction shooter and more)

• Earlier this year, parent company (glip) secured a $6M investment round (led by Hashed), to continue building Xtremeverse on a large scale

• Up to date, their gaming universe achieved few significant milestones: 200k+ total players and 1M+ on-chain transactions

My take:

Game is already playable and listed on Google Play, which is a huge plus, as most of the projects ship the game post mint.

Xtremeverse was very lowkey on Twitter up until December, and I suspect they don’t have web3 native marketing team. However, WL opportunities are available, and mostly done via Twitter contests.

Mint details are TBA, but seems like they’re just getting started, so plenty of time if you want to get involved. So far looks promising, but need to see what they will roll out next.

[Updates] section:

• BloodLoop announced low supply free mint collection + token airdrop in Q1 2024; collabs are open

• Xociety started marketing for their upcoming gen2 collection; genesis collection currently holds 0.25 ETH FP

• Citizen Conflict teased an upcoming collection in 2024; limited edition holders have automatic WL

• LittleLoom (free mint + low supply project) starts marketing soon; 0 posts at the moment

• Wadeside private NFT auction starts in January 2024

• Playember collabs are now open

[Giveaway] section:

Here’s a small raffle as a “thank you“ gesture for reading my newsletters

In 2024, I’ll make sure to bring a lot of good giveaways (some of them being secured right now btw)

Enter the giveaway here - alphabot link

$150 USDT for grabs, 3 winners $50 each

[News] section:

• Blast has reached $1.1B in total locked value (TVL)

• OhBabyGames started 3rd week of closed beta test

• The Plague distributed percentage of company equity to NFT holders

• Pixelmon revealed new hypercasual game (Pixelpals), that is coming in Q1 2024

• Immutable Passport is officially live in playable games and marketplaces

• The Grapes announced IP integration in “Big Fat Battle“ web2 game, available on Steam

That’s a wrap for this time!

Don’t forget to make your own due diligence on those upcoming projects

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I’ll see you on the next week with even more alpha

And remember - everything starts with the spark

Kin.