#web3gaming #2024回顧 #2025展望 #重點項目
First, let’s talk about three projects to focus on in 2025 that are waiting for internal testing/public testing:
Treeverse
Category: MMORPG, UGC
Project Team: Singapore (Endless Clouds)
Status: Internal testing invited for specific players
Successfully raised: 25 Million USD in 2021
Investors: co-led by IDEO Ventures and Animoca Brands, with several other investors.
Chain: Immutable
NFT: Founders Plot
Token: TBD
In fact, this project has monthly development updates, and this month marks the 36th month, which is a full 3 years. This means, considering an average development cycle, it should be entering the final debugging stage. From the special player invitations for internal testing shared by the project team, the initial game mechanics and content are also completed. The game is a mobile game with UGC elements, so the potential player base should be very broad.
After a long wait, we finally see the light of day, at least seeing the pre-made strategies and boss fight scenes from internal test players indicates that the game’s completion level is very high.
Therefore, the public testing should not be far away (hopefully starting in the first quarter).
Of course, there is not much information regarding the economic model. However, you can refer to this tweet written by Loopify, the founder of Endless Clouds: https://x.com/Loopifyyy/status/1841390940843626645…
Veterans also joined the Treeverse team halfway through. Although the NFT entry was at a high point, its value has halved, but veterans aim to experience the UGC gameplay (it seems that having a Founders Plot allows you to create on your own island for other players to enjoy). In 2025, I also hope this game can conduct public testing~!
Warden's Ascent
Category: Turn-Based RPG for Mobile
Project Team: Pixelmon, one of the branch games
Status: About to hold internal Close beta testing
Successfully raised: 8 Million USD for Pixelmon in 2024
Investors: Animoca Brands, Foresight Ventures, Delphi Ventures, Amber Group, Bing Ventures, Bitscale Capital, Cypher Capital, Mechanism Capital, Sfermion, Spartan Labs, VistaLabs participated.
Chain: ETH
NFT: Pixelmon G1, Pixelmon Trainers G1
Token: $MON
Warden’s Ascent is a turn-based RPG mobile game, one of two medium-sized games under the Pixelmon IP. It is currently preparing for a Close Beta test, and previously allowed players to pre-register on the website. From the selected internal test shared scenes seen in tweets, the game’s completion level is very high. However, it is still unknown what utility the NFTs will have in the game and whether there will be a reward mechanism (i.e., whether it can be play-to-earn?). Further information from the official team is awaited.
However, Pixelmon has been in development for so long, at least there will be a medium-sized game coming soon, which is a bit of comfort for NFT Holders.
RIFTSTORM
Category: 45-degree top-down Co-op Roguelite Shooting Game
Project Team: Confiction Labs
Status: Recently completed Alpha public test
Successfully raised: 6.5 Million USD in June 2023
Investors: Alpha JWC Ventures, Arcane Group, Arkblu Capital, EMURGO Ventures, GDP Ventures.
Chain: TBD
NFT: XPSR-24
Token: TBD
I had a chance to try the game during the recent Alpha public test and I already see a lot of potential. The basic completion level is high. Next, we will see if the content has enough depth and breadth.
The development direction of Riftstorm seems to be taking the web 2 route, combined with web 3 elements. Currently, what chain to use, whether to issue a token, and whether the NFT XPSR-24 will have any utility are still a mystery.
Of course, a good game will naturally have players, so it’s not a big deal to announce it later. Focusing on making the game well is the way to go.
Looking forward to the next test and more information related to web 3 being released.
Web 3 game world, DYOR, TYOR
Veteran out