Author: FaultProofBen

Gm and welcome to The WASD Weekly!

The SBF trial may have stolen the headlines, but it was quietly another big week for onchain games.

Influence launched their limited release on Starknet.

Paima Studios expanded to Arbitrum with the launch of Nova Chess.

And AltLayer began their Ottie2048 tournament.

Teams are shipping, infrastructure is being built, and the player base is growing.

We may be deep in the throes of a bear market – But the onchain gaming ecosystem has yet to get the memo.

Now, without further ado:

Here’s this week’s biggest news and best content, along with my picks for three games to try over the weekend.

And of course…

…The S-Tier Meme of the Week!!!

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🗞️The TLDR:

The hottest news from the last week in onchain gaming and autonomous worlds.

• Influence’s limited release goes live 

• Paima Studios launches Nova Chess on Arbitrum Nova

• Alt Layer kickstarts its Ottie 2048 tournament

• Dojo increases the prize pool for its second game jam hackathon to $10K 

🎮 Plays of the Week:

Three onchain games to try out for yourself this weekend.

• Loot Royale on an Altlayer testnet

• Pirate Nation on Arbitrum Nova

• Loot Survivor on Starkne Goerli

📺 This Week in WASD:

Catch up on WASD content and mints from the past week.

• Read & collect: Scaling Wars: A Look At L2 Stacks for Onchain Games

• Read & collect: The Ultimate Guide to the Small Brain Games Ecosystem

🤝 Words From Frens:

The best non-WASD Content from around the ecosystem.

• Read: Devs on Devs - Alvarius and Tenet - The New World

• Read: zkHunt - An Exploration into the Unknown - Flynn Calcutt

• Listen: Building an Onchain Game #3 - The AW Space

• Watch: Fully Onchain Game: Primdoium v0.7.1 - Fun Blocks

🤣 S-Tier Meme Of the Week:

In honor of yesterday’s piece on Small Brain Games.

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