The Spark (ep. #28)

Hello and welcome to the episode #28 of “The Spark“ newsletter!

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

Now let’s dive into the info

Episode structure:

[Early alpha] section:

1. Crush Protocol (680 followers)

• Generative AI gaming protocol, powered by DePIN

• Aiming to solve user acquisition and engagement problem in web3 games

• Currently in stealth mode

My take:

By description, product is very similar to what iAgent presented not a long time ago. However, amount of info about the team, investors, etc is limited right now.

Project itself will introduce ‘AI agents’, who can directly interact with blockchain instead of player, evolve based on conversations with player, be minted and traded on secondary marketplaces as a new asset class and also improve user experience while playing with NPCs.

Worth to keep an eye on this one and see how they’ll develop, because narrative is still strong. If iAgent’s launch will perform well, then this one will be up next on everyone’s radar.

2. Early mix

ESM X (275 followers)

• Tournament platform for web2 & web3 games; built on Base

• 5+ years of relevant experience in eSports, own game arena, numerous partnerships with web2 brands (Logitech, Blizzard and more)

The Mob (1450 followers)

• Quality pixel art collection on Ordinals

• Supported by Conduct3

Summon of Glory (12.3k followers, but 0 tweets yet)

• UGC-powered MOBA Game

• VC backed (Animoca Brands, Shima Capital), low supply + free mint

PixFrames (2365 followers)

• Abstract art collection on Base (low supply)

• Multiple big artists involved

[Updates] section:

• Palio shared mint details of their upcoming genesis collection

• Chronos Worlds announced an incentivized beta test

• Everreach Labs started marketing campaign (powered by Surgence)

• Somo game is now live

• Ardoxus teased an upcoming ecosystem token

• Elixir Games introduced ‘Pre-Season’ event launch ($1M in prizes)

• Everyday Satoshis collabs are open

[News] section:

• Metalcore closed beta and play-to-airdrop campaign are now live

• Today the Game announced partnership with Horizen Labs Ventures (soft confirmation of upcoming token)

• Planet Mojo revealed integration of Layer Zero blockchain

• Shards kickstarted an airdrop farming campaign

• Parallel introduced “Parallel League” global tournament with $500k prize pool

• Gomble Games raised $10M in VC funding

• Spellborne announced pre-season (start earning points for the future airdrop)

That’s a wrap for this time!

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

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

And remember - everything starts with the spark

Kin.