Farsight

In this episode we discuss: 1. The key inflection points for Axie and how other games can learn from it. 2. The importance of liquidity for early users. 3. How new players should approach valuation of assets 4. The importance of SLPs to the games econonomy 5. How scholarships work. 6. The road to 2 million axie users

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  In this episode we discuss: His background in mobile games. Gabbys Favourite games growing up. Decentraland -  launch and focus. NFT’s as an industry. Where the idea for Battle racers  came from and how assembling parts works. Pre sale progress  475 ETH raised so far  The gaming community in the Manila Challenges, team and the industry future

  We discuss: Bonding over games Finding Decentraland Competition for smart contracts Keeping an open mind. Layer 2 scaling Neon District and Age of Rust Breaking game loops with speculation How many protocols do we need?   Check out his new podcast, Click here to Apply

We discuss: -Gaming  -Blockchain gaming revolution  -proprietary vs open games -trading across titles  -Samsung partnership - How the Software development Kit is now on the unity Asset store -GDC in March in San Francisco -Age of Rust -defeated enemies statues PvP    

Background& Game influences Don’t mention the blockchain. Mainstream gamers just want to play, don’t care about tech. Use fortnite account selling as an example. Pay to win is the phrase Vs cosmetic items or land. Postive vs negative keywords in marketing - item history Partnership with Opensea - The Ebay for collectible items Why Ethereum? Partnership with JoshBaked Token Sale - land sale? Private/public Challenges and other projects in the space

In this episode we discuss how NFT's have evolved from Meme's, to cards, to cryptokittes and soon RPGs. Jon has been in the industry for 20 years and has a 10,000 foot view of the industry. What games are gaining traction What trends to follow What are the most promising projects in the space

In this episode we cover how to get started with lighting network games, how Carlos got interested in Lighting and what unique properties make the network useful for game design. Hope you enjoy.  

We discuss Jodee's path into the space, why New York was the ideal city for the event and who will be speaking at the conference.    

 Matt Condon of excellent and one of the most well known people in the crypto collectibles space. He organised the first US conference in October of last year and has a great podcast with Jonathan Mann called Digitally Rare.  We discuss: Conferences  Matt organised Non Fugible summit San Fran and  spoke at Nifty Hong Kong.    What he is working on at the moment   Proof of work in NFTs -developer time - good narrative isn’t enough -    Gaming vs Gambling Do collectibles  have a Regulatory advantage due to the baseball card analogy?   Combined Physical /digital gifts - Rarepepes on Opendimes   Chris Dixon - Transition to having digital goods you own being more valuable than physical.   Scaling on Ethereum   Main challenges with the new Project.        

Rudy Koch- blockchain lead at mythical games Worked at both World of Warcraft and before that Activision contriubtiion to titles such as Skylanders and Call of Duty.    In this episode we discuss: Early gaming experiences His experience working at Activision Where  Blankos Block party came from How Mythical games came together The challenges and reasons for building on Eos How scarce in game assets can become a mainstream idea. How the blockchain elements work within the game. The NFT community and more.

From Magic the gathering to scarce digital cards. How the NFT space is growing and where it is going. Duncan discusses his path from Digital Art to making it easier to by in game assets. The challenges with Metamask and other tools. Where Ethereum is headed and why Niftygateway is Blockchain agnostic. Why Cryptogames are growing during the 'crypto winter'. Duncan thinks that a bear market is the best time to get into any space. Ownership of digital goods have always been sought after. High level of experimentation at the moment. We discuss Duncans speech at NFT NYC and more.    

Intro 2 Mins - Carl's background - 3d models marketplace - Second LIfe experience - Sansar Creators Guide - Carls Book on the platform - Led to introductions to Decentraland Founders Via Adam Levine. 3 mins - Second Life Journey - How it improved over time.  - How he got into Crypto - attracted to companies more so than mining. Built a relationship with 5 min - Importance of owning land in Decentraland. Transition to a decentralised future is attractive to Carl. VR is as valid as any other experience. VR memories are stored like any other in daily life. Carl sees the great potential. 7 mins - taking Ari and Esteban on tours of second life. - some interference here. - condensed nature of parcels is a positive. 8 min - Low end display is a positive - Mobile devices will be usable. Trade offs vs higher frame rate on Sansar and High Fidelity. 9 min - scarcity of land - It is speculative but that is inevitable pre-launch. May be bubbles but nobody knows. 10 mins - Lessons learned - Second Life as a rough and tumbl

Finding your path in Crypto - Final Fantasy as a great piece of art. - Transferring value in Ready Player One - Representing visuals as code Getting into Puzzles - Riddles, Treasure hunts, and mystery. Transition from Puzzles to complex game design. Marguerites strong team. Token Economics is a big piece and important to get right. Collaboration with Chain Breakers .Axie Infinity is a cool game. Partnering with Loom as the best value, most flexible option. Progress on Development. Raising finance for a crypto game. Very small group of ‘Crypto-Investor-Gamers’. Doing in game currency in an ethical way. Non Fungible Tokens. Experimenting with NFT standards Biggest Challenge - Lining up all the pipelines of a game and adding in the blockchain elements. Dark side of Blockchain Technology. Privacy of money. Games as a way to explore these themes. Balancing family life with a startup. Ethics of Loot Boxes Bitcoin vs Ethereum for game building - Bitcoin the most Robust and Decentralised chain. The importance of not

Getting started in Crypto - From speculation to building.   1 min  - Slovenia had Bitstamp - Vibrant community.   2.45 - Ethereum had more capabilities but cryptokitties was the main draw. Academic credentialing was the first idea. 0xCert grew out of that.   4.30 - 3 areas of focus - Tools, Community and Product   6.30 - Non Fungible Alliance - Ecosystem needs to be built by breaking out of the Blockchain bubble.   9 mins - Example of a physical NFT? - Law and regulation vary widely. House example.   12 mins - Roadmap and Mission for 0xCert   16 mins - What projects excite you? Building is where the hype is, not just promoting. 2019 is going to be a very exiting year for shipping products.   20 mins - UX issues - Big challenge, need to abstract away from blockchain.   22 mins - Decentraland is very promising - Very large and strong community. - Wide use cases. Experiments are a very good thing. Difference from Second Life. Resilience.   24 mins - Nifty Conference - Important milestone.   26 mins - Most challe

William Entriken is one of the main authors of the erc-721 standard. He is also a computer security expert and has collaborated with Apple, the US Navy and International Space Station. We discuss, Solidity, NFTs, crypto games and more in this longer than normal episode. Apologies for the sound quality.

In this episode we discuss why Tom Left Facebook and Instagram to join the Product Team in 0x. What their plans are for the future and their focus on Non Fungible Tokens.  Tom explains why 0x areblockchain agnostic, why its important to separate game logic from on-chain exchange of value, and why you should avoid fetishising decentralisation.

1.00 - Intro  1.40 - From Facebook and Uber to Full Time Crypto 2.40 - Fundraising was surprising 4.25 - Why a mobile wallet? 5.10 - Gaming as an onramp into cryptocurrency.  6.20 - Institutional Investors vs Infrastructure builders.  7.46 - Scaling on Ethereum 9.30 - Airdropping characters as a way to explain NFT’s. 11.42 - Incumbents are unlikely to create the breakout NFT’s. 13.30 - New York startup community.  15.10 - Main challenges getting started 16.30 - Trade off between what transactions are on vs off-chain. 18.00 - Educational resources are on Ethereum.  18.45 - Level 2 scaling should be competitive. 20 - Supported Apps and exchanges. 20.20 - Native experiences are essential.  21.30 - Future progress metrics 23.00 - Who influences you? 25.00 - Where to find out more about Vault.io.  

Intro - Devin's Background 2 mins - How Crypotkitties changed everything. Devin's early skepticism - could have been built without Blockchain. But launched Open and interoperable games. 3.30  - Interoperability has led to easier trading. ERC-721 standards has allowed for Dharma, Composables and lots of other creative opportunities. 5.30 - Scaling Ethereum - Backwards compatibility, difficulty running a full node. Second layer scaling is occurring. Not decentralised yet but Devin is hopefully. 7.30 - On chain is ok for Decentraland because it has high value NFTs. Devin talks about different ways to avoid paying too much gas per transaction. Simply signing contracts without onchain fees. Bundling may help with low value items. 10  - Best place for new users to start on Opensea. Gods Unchained, minimal blockchain, strong gaming experience vs blockchain dependent games like Cryptovoxels. Very excited for Decentraland. 13 - Liquidity problem for NFT's . Dutch Auctions, declining price auction. New feature is biddi