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Christian Calderon joins Vader Research Podcast to talk about web3 publishing models, user acquisition and analytics. Chris was the co-founder & CEO at Gamejam and recently pivoted Gamejam to Superfine to focus on web3.

0:00 Intro

0:35 Superfine Origin Story

8:35 Web2 Mobile Game Publishers

15:50 Why F2P Economics Got Worse (IDFA, Privacy Laws, etc.)

19:10 Superfine & Web3 User Acquisition Analytics

Learn More about Superfine:

https://twitter.com/caldie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caldie

https://mobidictum.biz/hyper-casual-developer-gamejam-co-rebrands-as-superfine

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Big Time Studios director of monetization & economy Khaled Alroumi joins Vader Research Podcast to dive deep into how Big Time Studios' web3 economy was designed.

Learn More about Big Time Studios & Khaled Alroumi:

https://twitter.com/playbigtime

https://twitter.com/KAlroumi_

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NOR Games founder & CEO Brooks Brown joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss the problems with gaming & esports, what NOR Games is building to solve these problems, NOR Games' web3 economy & monetization model and the tokenomics of $FATE.

0:00 Intro

0:52 Problems with Gaming & eSports

16:35 What NOR is Building to Solve These Problems

25:08 NOR's Skill-Based Gaming Platform

33:00 NOR's Monetization Model

44:40 Players are NFTs

54:36 $FATE Tokenomics

Learn More about NOR Games:

https://welcometonor.com/

https://twitter.com/Welcome_to_Nor

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Fumb Games founder & CEO Paul West joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss Fumb Games' web3 game Bitcoin Miner. Bitcoin Miner has more than 300k MAUs and rewards $0.10 worth Bitcoin per player per day. Bitcoin rewards have resulted in higher retention and organic growth - leading to higher LTV and lower CAC. Paul shares lessons learned from building & growing Bitcoin Miner.

Fumb Games is known for its idle game hit Merge Monsters. Paul West has previosuly worked at companies such as Admix, Ad Colony, Buildbox, Neon Play.

00:00 Intro

1:10 Bitcoin Miner Origin Story

4:40 Gameplay Core Loops

10:35 Growing Bitcoin Miner

17:00 How Bitcoin Rewards Affect Player Behaviour

23:40 Bitcoin Miner Economics & UA Stratregy

36:40 Zebedee Partnership

40:20 Apple's Stance

42:50 Fumb Games Announcements

Learn More about Bitcoin Miner:

https://www.fumbgames.com/

https://twitter.com/bitcoinminerfg

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-miner-idle-tycoon/id1413770650

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fumbgames.bitcoinminor

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Anonymous Twitter influencer and Bored Box founder BoredElonMusk joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss user acquisition in web3 and Bored Box. Bored has previously worked at a prominent Japanese gaming company and has significant experience in gaming.

00:00 Intro

2:20 Bored Box

4:57 Game Discovery Problem

8:10 Bored Box Loyalty Points

12:10 Content Treadmill Problem

15:00 Bored Box NFT Economy Design

17:17 Bored Box Target Audience

19:28 User Acquisition Challenges for Web3 Games

20:50 Bored Box Player Base

23:00 Other User Acquisition Channels

25:15 How Can Web3 Games Measure UA Channel Performance?

30:45 Importance of Twitter Spaces

32:46 Twitter Follower Growth Tips

36:25 Twitter Marketing Spend for User Growth or User Engagement?

37:58 Bored's Favorite Web3 Game

40:33 Bored's Thoughts on DigiDaiku

43:15 Bored Box Announcements

We have a microphone issue on our end until 30:14 😌 but the sound quality gets better 30:14 onwards.

Learn More about Bored Box:

https://boredbox.io/

https://twitter.com/boredbox_

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Francis Brankin, Head of Economy at Shrapnel joins Vader Research Podcast to dive deep into Shrapnel's game economy design. Shrapnel is a web3 first-person shooter game.

00:00 Intro

1:35 First-Person Extractive Game Shooter

7:00 Grinder Players

7:56 High Stake Players

10:11 Match Size and Time

12:33 Leaving the Game with a Helicopter

14:07 Character Gear Loadouts & In-Game Progression

15:35 Sense of Consequence in Every Decision

17:23 F2P and Web3 Game Modes

20:00 A Web3 Player's Shrapnel Onboarding Journey

21:41 CEX to Subnet On Ramp

24:32 Shrapnel NFTs

26:05 UGC NFTs

29:03 Entry Fee per Match

30:05 Matchmaking Based on the Value of Player NFTs

30:55 Minimum NFT Requirements to Play a Web3 Match

31:43 Character NFT Utility

32:53 Crafting Gear Loadouts

34:09 NFT Permadeath

35:33 NFT Price Stability

39:20 Tools to Prevent Another UST Depeg Case

42:03 Controlling NFT Inflation

45:00 SHRAP Token Utility

Learn More about Shrapnel:

https://www.shrapnel.com/

https://twitter.com/playSHRAPNEL

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https://linktr.ee/defivader

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Philip La, VP of Product (Games) at Sky Mavis joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss the game & economy design of Axie Origins, the upcoming Land game and tips on building sustainable web3 game economies. 

00:00 Intros

3:57 Axie Classic vs Origins

5:53 Origins F2P Mode & Free Axies

10:11 Earning SLP from Origins

12:35 Can you earn SLP with Free Axies?

14:00 Origins Economy Items (Moonshards, Runes, Charms)

16:27 Runes & Charms are Seasonal

18:07 Disenchanting Runes & Charms

20:53 Game Design Balance Challenges

22:50 Vader Summary of Runes & Charms

24:42 Moonshards

26:24 Other Sinks (Avatars, Stickers, Cosmetics)

29:00 Land Game

31:50 Land Game Mechanics

34:39 Land Utility

38:55 Sky Mavis

45:40 Sustainable Economy Design

49:38 Importance of Narrative

52:00 Live Ops & Daily Quests

Learn More about Axie Origins:

https://axieinfinity.com/

https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity

https://axie.substack.com/p/axieorigin

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https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, Etherorcs co-founder Poof joins Vader Research Podcast. Etherorcs is one of the most popular crypto native web3 games.

00:00 Intros

2:48 Building Etherorcs

6:30 Building a Core Loyal Community

16:18 Attracting the Initial Community Members

22:30 Etherorcs Economy Design

27:30 Irrational User Behavior

34:45 Etherorcs User Segmentation

51:33 What is Fun for Etherorcs Users?

55:45 Partnership Strategy

1:03:55 Free Giveaway for the Podcast Listeners!

Learn More about Etherorcs:

https://etherorcs.com/

https://twitter.com/EtherOrcs

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https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, Crabada strategy lead Car joins Vader Research Podcast. Crabada was one of the most popular blockchain games in Q4 21-Q1 22 with more than $200m in capital inflows. The governance token CRA was trading at $2.5bn fully-diluted valuation at its all-time high. In this episode, Car shares lessons learned from building Crabada.

00:00 Intros

05:00 Building Crabada

14:22 Crabada Idle Game Player Persona

24:10 Player Motivation

27:46 Learnings From Building the Idle Game

34:20 Detecting Bots in On-Chain Games

36:30 Lottery Sink via the CRAM token

40:20 Token Liquidity Problem

44:25 Roadmap & Announcements 

48:50 Crabada's Mobile App

Learn More about Crabada:

https://www.crabada.com/

https://twitter.com/PlayCrabada

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https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, LifeForce Games CEO Ryan Inman (Boomer) joins Vader Research Podcast. LifeForce Games is building a no-code virtual gaming platform similar to Sandbox or Decentraland but with an emphasis on easier development tools. LifeForce Games raised $5m from Lemniscap, CMT Digital, Sfermion and Ready Player DAO.

00:00 Intros

01:56 LandVault: Metaverse Dev Agency

6:40 Tooling Problem with Decentraland & Sandbox

8:40 LifeForce Games' No-Code UGC Gaming Platform

16:16 Go To Market Strategy

22:48 Competition

26:32 Economy

34:44 Economy Problems within a UGC Platform

42:05 Interoperable NFT Design

52:45 Creator Fee Reward Distribution Problem

54:52 Token Launch Plans

57:00 Timeline

Learn More about LifeForce Games:

https://lifeforce.games/

https://twitter.com/joinlifeforce

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https://linktr.ee/defivader

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