The Spark (ep. #34)

Hello and welcome to the episode #34 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. Cyborg Heroes

• Building an idle-RPG game, powered by Cyborg platform

• Developed by Imba Studio, a web2.5 company with an extensive portfolio of 20+ mobile gaming titles

• Upcoming collection will be launched as a free mint

My take:

Essentially this game is a combination of the AFK Arena + Auto Chess, if you’re familiar.

Game itself looks relatively good since the founders are not complete newbies. To get a WL here you can either complete quests on Zealy (play-to-WL) or reach out for collab.

I don’t think it will turn out to be something big since they don’t have the right marketing, but the mint is free so we won’t risk anything anyway.

2. Early mix

The Gate (780 followers)

• Web3 infrastructure layer of “The Bornless” web2 game

• Playtest will happen this summer (might be P2A)

Radiant (1052 followers)

• Part of Zentry ecosystem

• Currently in stealth mode, no extra info

Kokomo (530 followers)

• A casual gaming ecosystem, that aims to merge the best web2 and web3 practices

• According to the founder, team members have collectively raised $20M+ and onboarded 1M+ users to other DApps; team isn’t doxxed (for now), so take this info with a grain of salt

Azura (1940 followers)

• Riddles-focused questing game, not much further info at the moment

• Current prize pool for participants is $65k

[Updates] section:

• Producers NFT secured $3.4M in VC funding

• MapleStory Universe introduced a competitive questing platform

• Revived playtest registration is now live

• Astralium shared mint details of its upcoming genesis collection

• Zentry introduced “Maxion” - a game studio, focused on bringing iconic web2 IPs onchain

• Gomble Games treasure hunt event is now live

[News] section:

• Nifty Island announced final wave of play-to-airdrop campaign

• Xociety raised $7.5M in series A funding

• Fableborne launched Power Protocol, a web3 live-ops infrastructure

• Overtip is now listed on Epic Games, wishlist available (+ P2A is coming soon)

• Ronin introduced zkEVM L2 in partnership with Polygon

• Avalanche announced launch of a new collectibles & experiences platform based on ‘Solo Leveling’ IP, powered by Otherworld protocol

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.