Can Aavegotchi DAO takeover the project, the State of Pixels, and the rise of open source in the agentic era.

• [00:35] Aavegotchi dev Pixelcraft is one of the OG web3 gaming studios.
• [05:16] It's looking to hand over control of Aavegotchi to the DAO.
• [06:28] DAOs haven't been successful for reasons like coordination and authority.
• [07:25] It's a nice vision, but the reality is Pixelcraft ran out of money.
• [08:01] By 1st September, the DAO has to have decided what's happening going forward.
• [09:16] Why “gamey games” are harder to hand over to communities or DAOs.
• [09:55] State of Pixels. It's sustainable but not growing.11:30 Pixels is now considering adding open-source elements.
• [12:05] AI significantly changes what community developers can build in blockchain games.
• [13:50] The emerging pattern is surviving web3 games are moving to APIs, MCPs and agent access.
• [15:15] Why blockchain and AI fit together culturally and technically.
• [19:05] Define “game games” versus “non-game games”.
• [20:49] Why blockchain games should focus less on moment-to-moment fun and more on meta.
• [23:30] EVE Frontier, MapleStory and Soccerverse as examples of meta-focused web3 games.
• [25:25] These games have emergent experiences. They don't require constant content updates.
• [28:30] Don’t put things onchain to create value. Put existing value onchain so it can be realized.
• [32:40] Community-built Soccerverse fantasy football as a sign of where this goes next.
• [35:05] The first 10 years of blockchain gaming were about discovering what didn’t work.
• [35:40] AI plus blockchain will enable things the traditional games industry won’t build.
• [37:06] Why agents will become native players for blockchain games.
• [38:20] The future split: Mario-like gameplay games versus agent-filled systemic web3 worlds.