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Proof of Play is an onchain game studio and blockchain technology company building a fully on-chain game called Pirate Nation. We sat down with co-founder and CEO Amitt Mahajan to discuss using on-chain point systems as UA tools, building independent of crypto market cycles, and how they’re developing an a-to-z solution for fully on-chain mobile games.

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Ready.gg is a Web3 infrastructure provider that leverages blockchain primitives to drive value across its ecosystem of publishers, games, and players. We sat down with Ready.gg co-founder and CEO David Bennahum to discuss Ready’s value proposition, how blockchain reshapes how we should think about gaming KPIs, and how to align incentives with fungible tokens.

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Citadel is developing a sci-fi MMO where the majority of game state, logic, and assets are stored directly on the blockchain.

We sat down with 3 of the 6 co-founders to discuss emergent player behaviors in programable worlds, how being fully on-chain is bad game design, and how they are approaching game design under the constraints of blockchain technology.

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When Luke originally created Pixels to be a digital events company. He then re-branded the company into a blockchain game in 2021. After more than a year of building outside of the spotlight, Pixels is now one of the hottest P2E games in Web3, successfully launching its crypto token at a more than $300M market cap.

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Ben left a cushty VC role at LakeStar to join Zebedee & help shape the future of internet-native money. In this ep, we discussed how the Lightning Network, or more specifically - nano transactions, unlock sustainable real-money player rewards (the ultimate engagement tool). Ben also shared his thoughts on the future of digital money, instant payment rails, and how play-to-earn might be more relevant now than ever before.

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Jon was previously CEO at Disruptor Beam before he sold the games business to Tilting Point. During his time at DB, the team worked on a ton of cool IPs, such as Game of Thrones &Star Trek.

He's now building the future of live ops at Beamable and shared his thoughts on attention economies, the future of content, and how testing early with tight feedback loops is quickly becoming table stakes for indies.

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Chris has done some cool stuff at places like Disney + Club Penguin. In this episode, Chris shared some old collecting stories, why we should pay creators, & the future of games as content.

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Mable was previously at Multicoin Capital and is now at the forefront of blockchain-enabled game design. In this episode, we discussed Gas Hero's three core player archetypes and their motivations ( glory, power, & wealth). She goes on to highlight Gas Hero's focus on in-game social dynamics and incentive alignment with players.

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Coming from the challenges of hybercasual, Jon's now experimenting at the intersection of mobile gaming & blockchain incentives. In this episode, we discussed the benefits of creating community-based feedback loops, the pros and cons of in-game BTC vs native token rewards, and collecting data on global web3 gaming markets.

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Matej is a UA consultant & co-host of the Two and a Half Gamers podcast. In this episode, we chatted about UA trends, TikTok, and building communities for power users. Matej also shared his thoughts on how blockchain games have great retention (so does a typical 9 to 5), his favorite UA hacks, and the importance of leaving some budget for experiments.

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