Web3 Gaming Summit 2023 Day One concludes successfully: Top 10 games compete in Singapore
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Web3 Gaming Summit 2023 Day One concludes successfully: Top 10 games compete in Singapore
This hackathon aims to unlock the potential of the gaming industry through blockchain technology, bridging Web2 and Web3, unleashing the power of blockchain gaming, and driving sustained and rapid development of the Gaming ecosystem.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insights
On September 11, 2023, the Web3 Gaming Hackathon 2023 Grand Finals and Awards Ceremony, co-hosted by ABGA, Klaytn, Iskra, and CESS, was successfully held at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. Since the hackathon began, over a hundred game projects have been fiercely competing, and today, ten top-tier teams presented their outstanding project outcomes to attendees, vying for the final championship title and a prize pool of $80K USD, along with Google Cloud credits, SlowMist audit discounts, and other generous rewards.
The on-site judging panel consisted of renowned Web3 industry leaders:
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Uno Lee / VP of Business & Governance / Klaytn Foundation
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Jessie Dai / Co-founder & COO / CESS
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Blue / CTO / SlowMist
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Min Xue / Partner / Foresight X
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JT Law / Partner / IVC
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Aria Zhang / Investment Partner / Zonff Partners
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Evans Huangfu / Partner & CIO / Arcane Group
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Kiwi / Head of Research / OKX Ventures
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Pawn / CTO / NuLink
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Alex Cooper / Community Manager / Footprint Analytics
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Bill Byun / CEO / Encoding Labs
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Simon Lee / Game Centre Executive Director / Iskra
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Junyoung Park / Game Business Director / Iskra
This hackathon aims to unlock the potential of the gaming industry through blockchain technology, bridging Web2 and Web3, unleashing the power of blockchain gaming, and driving the continuous and rapid development of the Gaming ecosystem.
In addition to intense competition, experts from various fields delivered insightful speeches at the event, sharing their recent strategies regarding Web3 gaming.
Mr. Astin Han, Ecosystem Business Manager at Klaytn, stated that Klaytn is committed to supporting Web3 developers and recently launched the "Ignite on Klaytn (IOK)" program—a one-stop solution designed to support developers and strengthen the Klaytn ecosystem.
Following this, Mr. Ben Colayco, CFO of Iskra, discussed how Iskra is contributing to global expansion and local execution in the Web3 gaming market by launching an integrated, end-to-end Web3 gaming community platform.
Ms. Jessie, Co-founder and COO of CESS, spoke at the event about CESS being the first large-scale commercial storage blockchain solution built for Web3, currently empowering Web3 games to achieve "digital immortality"—supporting the digital longevity of Web3 games.
Mr. Eefy Lin, Customer Solutions Architect at Google Cloud APAC, revealed that Google Cloud is building a Blockchain Node Engine to automate blockchain infrastructure deployment, while also developing BigQuery public datasets to enable multi-chain analytics and real-time unified data ingestion architecture.
SlowMist CTO Blue highlighted several of the company’s services during his speech, including blockchain security auditing, consulting and monitoring services, and blockchain AML/CFT compliance solutions.
NuLink CTO Pawn shared information about NuLink with attendees, revealing that NuLink is closely collaborating with multiple GameFi partners to provide secure privacy-preserving solutions that empower Web3 gaming.
Mr. Paul Solntsev, Head of Cointelegraph Accelerator, spoke on the topic of accelerating GameFi adoption. He pointed out that despite issues such as poor game quality, limited awareness among non-Web3 players, and lack of sustainable business models, GameFi remains promising, offering multidimensional advice to Web3 startups. Finally, Paul Solntsev noted that the Cointelegraph Accelerator is providing media products, marketing guidance, mentorship, and support to Web3 startups.
After a series of insightful talks and compelling presentations from the Top 10 teams, the results of the 2023 Web3 Gaming Hackathon were announced! The full list of winners is as follows:
First Prize
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Legend of Arcadia
Legend of Arcadia (LOA) is a multichain, free-to-play, Play2Earn card game that combines smooth gameplay with GameFi 2.0 concepts.
Second Prize*2
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SERAPH
SERAPH integrates blockchain features while emphasizing fun gameplay and the thrill of looting NFTs.
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Planet Hares
Planet Hares is a metaverse ecosystem platform based on entertainment culture, empowering Web3 projects to build a diversified and open metaverse, integrating more communities and organizations while providing them with entertainment use cases and services.
Third Prize*3
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Tearing Space
Tearing Spaces aims to strike a balance between traditional Web2 games and highly financialized Web3 blockchain games.
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Arena of Faith
Arena of Faith (AOF) is a top-tier MOBA game that builds a tournament-centered ecosystem, offering cross-platform 3D gaming experiences suitable for both solo and team modes.
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Mirror Planet
Mirror Planet is an immersive, location-based Web3 Metaverse game that revolutionizes how we interact with digital spaces. Leveraging blockchain technology combined with real-world geolocation, it delivers a hybrid experience of reality and virtuality, allowing players to explore, interact, and trade within a decentralized environment.
ABGA’s Choice
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Lumiterra
Lumiterra is a multiplayer open-world survival crafting game where you can battle, farm, or collect mysterious creatures across a vast world with friends!
Klaytn’s Choice
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Mhaya
Shaping the future of GameFi by delivering unprecedented value to gamers and investors, enabling gaming scenarios unachievable under traditional game business models.
Iskra’s Choice
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TownStory
TownStory Galaxy is a free-to-play Web3 social simulation game developed by ex-Zynga Studio, creators of FarmVille. Users can build their own towns, interact with players worldwide, and trade NFTs in an open world. Players earn governance tokens through social interactions with friends.
CESS’s Choice
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Sui Game
SuiGame is a blockchain-powered revolutionary gaming ecosystem aiming to become the STEAM of Web3.
With the conclusion of the awards ceremony, the two-month-long Web3 Gaming Hackathon 2023 has come to a successful close. Heartfelt congratulations to all Top 10 finalists, and sincere thanks to all participating game teams and judges who dedicated tremendous effort to this hackathon. Most memorable, of course, were the profound insights shared by speakers from both Web3 and Web2, adding professionalism and depth to this exceptional event.
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