The Spark (ep. #17)

Hello and welcome to the episode #17 of “The Spark“ newsletter!

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

Now let’s dive into the info

Episode structure:

[Early alpha] section:

1. Holdara (1340 followers)

• Action-adventure MMORPG and cooperative strategy game

• Built by Collective Anvil (raised $2.9M in VC funding)

• In development for multiple years, product-first approach

My take:

Many people have found Collective Anvil’s X profile a while ago, while they were in the stealth mode. And now, project Holdara has been revealed.

Based on initial trailer and some of the sneak peeks game looks decent, however it’s still an early build and we can’t expect “finished” game soon.

I also liked their website, where they reveal some key plans for this game and their vision. Site itself is presented as dynamic storytelling piece, which is something cool and unique.

In conclusion, for now, they don’t have any WL activities or playtests, as project is just getting started on socials and team members slowly share some sneak peeks. But it’s worth to keep an eye and see how this one will develop.

2. Saku Monsters (7180 followers)

• Self described as “gaming-focused monster collecting experience that draws inspiration from classic RPGs and toys from the late 90s“

• Game is already available on App Store and currently is trending in “Entertainment“ section charts

• Potential airdrop opportunity

My take:

It’s pretty insane to see that their X profile became active only 2 days ago, but huge part of our tight web3 community is already there trying to get a bag.

Anyways, it’s pretty easy to get started as only thing you need is to sign up e-mail (can use burner). After that just do basic tasks and try to spread your referral link for more points.

Besides of their token drop, there’s likely to be an NFT collection, which will be introduced after phase 1 of current playtest.

To sum this up, I would say that project looks interesting, and you don’t have to download files from shady websites to participate (game is already in App Store).

However, they have super limited amount of info for now, no disclosure on funding and I don’t really understand how this game is going to monetize going forward. But sure thing, you can still try it out by yourself and get a chance to grab an airdrop.

[Updates] section:

• Qiibee revealed mint details for their upcoming “Founders Key“ free mint collection

• AstrArk launched a PvE “Ultimate Boss“ challenge with a total prize pool of 50 guaranteed WLs

• Domenation is now incubated by Seedify

• Polytrade (world's leading RWA marketplace) announced their own limited collection drop

• MetaDOS just started their marketing for an upcoming free mint collection (incubated by Seedify)

• Somo revealed a mint date for their low supply genesis “Monolith“ drop

[News] section:

• Magic Eden introduced their new rewards system, which is likely to count towards future airdrop

• Endless Clouds partnered with Immutable L2 to launch both of their upcoming games (Treeverse and Capsule Heroes)

• San FranTokyo revealed partners of their upcoming $MANGA token, backed by Animoca

• Pixelmon opened a community collaboration form for $MON pre-sale allocations

• Cool Cats announced a partnership with Immutable and Playember for their upcoming mobile game

• Mocaverse officially confirmed $MOCA token involvement in the future of ecosystem

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