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In this episode, Jeremy Parris joins Vader Research Podcast to share his thoughts on NFTs, community building, soulbond tokens and social engineering. Jeremy is a venture associate at Delphi Digital.

00:00 Jeremy's Background

7:45 How to Design & Launch An NFT Collection (For Influencers & Celebrities)

18:03 Soulbound Tokens & On-Chain Reputation

28:17 Building A Community From Scratch

33:30 Why Some NFT Collections Succeed And Others Fail?

39:22 Why Celebrity & Brand NFTs Failed?

45:38 Jeremy's Favorite NFT Projects

56:19 IP NFTs

1:08:15 Jeremy's Contact Details

Learn More about Jeremy Parris:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-parris-b242a4211

https://twitter.com/jeremystormsky

Learn More about Vader Research:

https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, Civitas game director Kent Byers joins Vader Research Podcast. Civitas is one of the most anticipated web3 strategy games under development. Civitas employees have previous experience working on popular strategy games such as EVE Online and Runescape. Civitas raised $20m from Delphi Digital, Bitkraft, Framework, YGG, Merit Circle, EVE Online.

00:00 Intros

01:12 Genre Decision Process

06:30 Convincing the Team Members to Build a Web3 Game

08:48 Civitas Gameplay

15:05 Civitas SubDAOs

20:10 Player Archetypes & Quests in Civitas

35:08 Civitas Economy Overview

41:38 Vader's Comments on Token & NFTs

43:10 Plans to Keep the Economy Sustainable

51:35 Vader's Comments on Speculators & Farmers

54:00 Civitas SubDAO Governance

58:43 Partnership with Web3 Gaming Guilds

1:09:00 Civitas Cities

1:16:25 Announcements & Contact Details

Learn More about Civitas:

https://playcivitas.io/

https://twitter.com/playcivitas

Learn More about Vader Research:

https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, Mirai Labs (Pegaxy) co-founder & CEO Corey Wilton and product owner Clay join Vader Research Podcast. Pegaxy was one of the most popular blockchain games in Q1 2022 with more than $200m in capital inflows. In this episode, the team shares the lessons learned from building Pegaxy.

00:00 Intros

04:42 Which games inspired the team to build Pegaxy?

09:22 What did Pegaxy do right?

12:50 Sinks experimented in the Pegaxy economy

29:45 GameFi infra opportunities for entrepreneurs & investors

35:33 On-Chain vs Off-Chain development

41:32 Cons of building a fully on-chain game

45:11 Problems with community-led development

50:00 Other lessons learned from building Pegaxy

53:00 Other games & products Mirai Labs is working on

59:10 Past management issues in Mirai Labs

Learn More about Mirai Labs:

https://www.mirailabs.it/

https://pegaxy.io/

https://twitter.com/PegaxyOfficial

Learn More about Vader Research:

https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, web3 game economy consultant Devin Becker joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss sustainable web3 game economies.

0:00 - Background

1:53 - Splinterlands' Economy Design

16:23 - Devin's Ideal Web3 Economy Design

19:41 - Consumable NFTs

25:00 - Psychology of Ownership

30:11 - How To Minimize Speculative Behavior on Land-Like Assets

36:06 - NFT Pre-Sales

45:56 - Liquidity Pools

48:29 - Move to Earn, Play to Earn and Other Unsustainable Ponzis

50:17 - Governance Tokens

1:04:24 - Sophistication of Public Crypto investors

1:06:41 - Devin's Contact Details

Learn More about Devin Becker:

https://www.devinbecker.com/

https://twitter.com/0xMZO

Learn More about Vader Research:

https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, F2P game economy designer Javier Barnes joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss F2P monetization models and web3 open economies.

0:00 - Background

1:53 - Why Players Spend Money In F2P Games?

5:00 - F2P Monetization Models

12:12 - Partnership Announcements

16:10 - "Aggressive Monetization"

20:20 - Pricing IAPs

29:48 - What Genres Are Fit For Web3 Open Economies?

36:21 - Concerns About Web3 Open Economies

Learn More about Javier Barnes:

https://twitter.com/theJBDev

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/author/javier-barnes

Learn More about Vader Research:

https://linktr.ee/defivader

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In this episode, Laguna Games (Crypto Unicorns) co-founder & CEO Aron Beierschmitt joins Vader Research Podcast. Crypto Unicorns is a popular web3 farm simulation game that has cumulatively raised $50m+ through token/NFT/equity sale.

0:00 - Background

7:09 - Genre Decision Process

11:00 - Team Size

12:12 - Partnership Announcements

16:55 - Community-Driven Game Development

24:21 - Lessons from Community Building & Management

28:42 - Conflicts of Interests Within a Community

33:36 - Crypto Unicorns Economy

41:44 - Vader’s Concerns About the CU Economy

44:00 - Future Plans to Make the CU Economy Sustainable

50:05 - Who is the Target Crypto Unicorn Player Audience

54:54 - Vader’s Concerns About Land NFTs

56:07 - Future Plans to Make the Farming Sim More Sustainable

1:02:32 - Fundraising Structure

Learn More about Crypto Unicorns:

https://www.cryptounicorns.fun/

https://twitter.com/crypto_unicorns

Learn More about Vader Research:

https://linktr.ee/defivader

Disclaimer: Vader Research has no affiliation with Laguna Games nor do we own any Crypto Unicorns NFTs & tokens.

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In this episode, Everseed co-founder & CEO Kenneth Liu joins Vader Research Podcast. Everseed is one of the most anticipated web3 games under development. All 3 co-founders have previously worked together at Riot Games (creator of League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics).  

Learn More about Everseed: 

http://everseed.com/ 

https://twitter.com/playeverseed 

Learn More about Vader Research: 

https://linktr.ee/defivader 

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In this episode, Vader Research founder Mete Gultekin talks about web3 gaming player archetypes and the impact they have on web3 game economies  Web3 Gaming Player Archetypes Article: https://defivader.medium.com/web3-gaming-player-archetypes-f5eafa9fb47c

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In this episode, First Light Games co-founder Anil Das Gupta and game design director Nikita Denissov join Vader Research Podcast. Blast Royale raised $5m in April this year, co-led by Animoca and Mechanism Capital with participation from Play Ventures and Merit Circle.

Learn More about Blast Royale: 

https://blastroyale.com/ 

https://twitter.com/blastroyale 

Learn More about Vader Research: 

https://linktr.ee/defivader 

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In this episode, Trailblazer Games co-founders Alex Arias and Andreas Risberg join Vader Research Podcast. Trailblazer Games raised $8.2m in March this year, led by Makers Fund with participation from Play Ventures and Fabric Ventures.  

Learn More about Eternal Dragons: 

https://eternaldragons.com/ 

https://twitter.com/EternalDragons_  

Learn More about Vader Research: 

https://linktr.ee/defivader  

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