Ultra Rizz

Aether Games will be distributing their multi-game franchise on Ultra,  so we brought Jens Peeters, their CEO, on to talk about how you build a  multiverse, where real value for gamers lies, and how to set pricing on  NFTS.  

Let's get to it.

It’s been a mad minute since we had David and Nicolas on the show to  give us an update about how things are progressing at Ultra. Since last  time we launched our Uniq Marketplace, are prepping wave3 and the launch  of Ultra Games, and are starting to on-board developers into our  ecosystem.  

Even with all the market madness, it’s an exciting time at Ultra! I know you guys are keen to hear from the execs, but I also wanted to  give you an opportunity to engage with them directly.  

Add a comment below and ask YOUR QUESTIONS which you’d like to get  answers to. We’ll try to cover as many of them as we reasonably can.  

Let’s get to it.

So now we have a lot of data about NFTs and about the huge market of  users and apps that actively uses them.   

How do we get to that data sensibly?   How do we gain insights from that data that we can use?   

How do we make it easier for devs new to the space to use that data and  build with it?  

Today we’re talking with Alex from Blokness and we’ll have him answer  these questions and much more.  

Just a quick note that Blokness are running a hackathon with our good  friends at Polkastarter and the link to that is down below in the  description.   

You should take a look: https://hackathon.polkastarter.com/  

But now, on with the show.

Being able to play a game online and win real money is a dream that  literally every kid has. For a very select few who become professional  players, it becomes a reality.   The thing is that this disparity between the absolute best players and  everyone else is based around a legacy technical setup that needs to be  democratized and replaced by something more fair. If we want esports to  be big (and we do!) that means MORE players winning MORE prizes.  Our upcoming tournament platform is really about that. Today we have  with us Louis Regis from Xborg to get his take on esports, on-chain  data, and how transparency changes everything.  Let’s get to it.

At Ultra we believe that it’s critical that we keep an eye on our  competition and ensure that we understand the market that we’re building  in. 

To that end, we’ve decided today that we’re going to bring on one  of those up and coming competitors and pick their brain about what  they’ve been building and why. We’ll focus on the potential of the  market, and how that translates into feature sets which benefit  developers and users alike. 

It’s going to be a spoooooky episode, so let’s get to it. 

(Happy #Halloween from Ultra!)

There seems to be little doubt at this point that blockchain technology  is part of our society’s wider technological future. The questions then  are: how are we going to use it, how is it going to benefit us, and what  is adoption going to look like?  Today we have with us Nicolas Moore from utility.ai to help try and  answer those questions. We dive deep into NFT utility and how it creates  deeper user engagement, how we drive adoption, and how it all starts  with providing developers the right tooling to make it all happen.  

Let’s get to it.  

Timestamps 

00:45 Welcome to Nicolas Moore 

02:59 How we effectively drive enterprise adoption 

08:48 How to convince skeptics 

11:55 Driving revenue 

15:40 The Marketer's perspective 

18:03 No-code/low-code tooling 

20:41 How to talk about NFTs 

22:36 Meaningful functionality

When we have a new partnership to announce, like we do with Kardomance, I  like to bring them on the show and talk about the intricacies of  designing and building their game.   This time we did that, but we also dived deep into how the connection  between a game’s developers and its community drives it forward in the  right direction. We also covered how NFTs and blockchain technology  enable gamers to empower themselves.  

It’s a great show, so let’s get to it.  

Timestamps 

00:44 Welcome to Cyprien 

02:40 Communication with end users 

03:38 What is Kardomance? 

07:24 Using traditional card games as a model 

10:04 Explaining user empowerment to nft naysayers 

12:15 The value of economics as a metagame 

14:55 It's not artificial scarcity, it's an experience 

16:02 The complexity of interconnected games 

18:35 The challenges in creating fair and balanced gameplay

There’s a ton of hype around NFTs, but what are they really? Daniel  Soifer, from Chainstack, an expert on the NFT ecosystem, is going to  talk with us about utility as it stands today, how we think that utility  will evolve over time, and how NFTs and communities are intertwined.  

Let’s get to it.  

Timestamps 

00:37 Welcome to Daniel 

01:50 NFT utility and functionality 

03:26 What NFT really are 

05:15 What's neat in the NFT ecosystem? 

07:10 NFTs of tomorrow 

15:36 How are franctionalized NFTs different than fungible tokens? 

18:13 How do communities react to fractionalized NFTs?

With esports, what used to be small, arcade-focused events have evolved  over the decades into a huge industry with prizes ranging up into the  tens of millions. But, is this what gamers are actually looking for?  Today, we have with us Howard Marcus to talk about the esports industry,  it’s past and future, and how web3 technology could be an integral part  of that.  

The future of gaming is about all of us, and primarily happens through  you, the gaming audience. So, a quick reminder that every like, comment,  rating, or share helps us grow this show and through it the people we  can reach to spread the word about what we’re trying to achieve at  Ultra.   

Let’s get to it.  

Timestamps: 

00:32 Welcome to Marcus Howard 

02:00 Esports state of the nation 

04:02 How tournaments are played 

06:41 Who benefits? 

08:34 Is it what fans want? 

09:25 The democratization of gaming tournaments 

10:17 Indie gaming and esports 

11:16 The future of esports 

14:46 The potential for positive impact from web3 tech 

15:48 Web3 tech's responsibility

We at Ultra believe that there should be a better way to be entertained.  This goes for everything from how you explore and play games, to how  you use digital assets like items in those games. It encompasses how  communities are built and managed, and includes how we play together in  things like tournaments or on streaming platforms. Gaming is a big part  of our lives today and we think a better, more holistic approach needs  to be built from the ground up to enable that future.  

Because of how wide this vision is, we’ve started expanding who we talk  to on Ultra Chill so that our audience (that’s you!) can get a wider  lens on what is potentially possible, and where new innovations are  likely to impact how people play. These aren’t all going to be partners  or directly working with Ultra, but we think that their ideas and  expertise are all relevant and interesting.  

Our first guest of this type is Bronwyn Williams. We covered deeply  interesting things like economics in gaming, dev analytics tools and  their effects, and how PlayAndEarn differs from Play2Earn.  

So, let’s get to it.  

Timestamps 

01:10 Welcome to Bronwyn Williams 

03:53 Using analytics tools to make good developer decisions 

05:47 How common is it for devs to use tracking features? 

07:23 About metadata 

09:51 Refined features are for the players 

14:42 Play and Earn versus Play2Earn 

20:03 The crypto market