The meme craze was followed by a general decline in the market, and market sentiment was forced to cool down slightly. While waiting for the correction to hit the bottom, you can search for projects in some popular narratives with expected future returns. AI and chain games are both keywords that often appear in VC research reports, and are popular sectors that many investors pay attention to.
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In fact, at last year’s Global Game Developers Conference (GDC 2023), the “combination of AI and games” was pushed to the center of attention of the traditional game industry. In the field of encryption, the imagination and practice of using AI technology to empower GameFi are also in progress in the past year. Before the market turned downward in recent days, project tokens such as $PRIME and $GHX all had a good upward curve due to the selling point of AI+GameFi. This week, Nvidias Nvidia GTC 2024 conference and the Global Game Developers Conference (GDC 2024) were held at the same time. These two conferences have also received great attention from the Web3 community. It is foreseeable that more and more projects will appear in the future that integrate the two narratives of AI and Gamefi.
How does the collision of AI+GameFi happen? Projects that have appeared can be used as a reference. Generally speaking, it can be divided into three categories: improving player experience through AI agents, introducing AI to generate content to enrich the game ecosystem, and decentralized physical infrastructure projects close to DePIN for gamers. The category boundaries are not clear. BlockBeats has compiled 11 projects involving AI and GameFi narratives, as follows.
AI agents empower game mechanics
Most games introduce AI agent technology to provide players with a richer and more diverse gaming experience. For example, dynamic NPC can make the performance of non-player characters in the game more realistic and flexible, making the game more challenging and interesting. In addition, players can get personalized interactive experiences based on their behaviors and preferences. Representative projects in this area include Ultiverse and NIM Network.
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colony
On March 15, the science fiction-themed NFT card game Parallel will launch a new artificial intelligence game colony on Solana. In the game, artificial intelligence agents (AI agents) will be able to conduct transactions autonomously on the chain and deposit assets into their own in wallet.
Colony has not yet opened an independent social account. Yesterday, Parallel officially released the colony white paper. According to reports, Colony will serve as an important deployment of Echelon Prime Foundation in the Web3 game ecosystem. The Echelon Prime Foundation is dedicated to empowering a new generation of distributed Web3 games, providing a community-governed environment and shared resources built around Echelons $PRIME token and its smart contracts and gaming infrastructure.
PRIME has increased by 118% in the past month, but has fallen by 12% in recent days, and is now quoted at $24.43.
white paper:paper.parallel.life
Twitter homepage:@ParallelTCG
Twitter followers: 160.4K
NIM Network
NIM is a highly customizable EVM layer built on top of Dymension, providing the ultimate ecosystem for game exploration and development at the intersection of Web3 and AI. NIM will use AI agents to perform various tasks, and players can command them to formulate various strategies and compete with other agents in PVP racing battles.
According to reports, the core members and contributors of NIM Network come from organizations such as the Ethereum Foundation, Polygon Labs, Uniswap Foundation, Starknet Foundation, and AI Research. NIM is launching an AI Game Alliance. As of this writing, the members of the alliance include the decentralized data sharing protocol Ocean Protocol (OCEAN), the on-chain competition platform JokeRace and the social simulation game Today.
Medium：https://medium.com/@NIM_Network
Twitter homepage:@nim_network
Number of Twitter followers: 21.9 K
Futureverse
Futureverse is made up of 11 different startups from fields such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, metaverse and gaming. Futureverse is focused on providing the technical infrastructure for the Metaverse and leveraging blockchain to enhance control over digital identities and data, enabling developers to create imaginative worlds and fostering an open ecosystem for content and community participation in the Metaverse system. Futureverse is based on the Metaverse and the L1 network Root Network customized by gamers.
white paper:www.futureverse.com
Twitter homepage:@futureverse
Number of Twitter followers: 47.6 K
Palio
Palio is an avatar game based on Xterios AI engine. It will launch the Palio Odyssey Meet Your Palio points ranking event in April. All participants will receive Xterio ecosystem airdrops, and the reward amount will be the same as what they received. Palio points are proportional to votes cast in the Vote for Palio Star campaign.
Xterio, the developer of Palio, received US$40 million in financing from FTX Ventures, Animoca Brands and others in August 2022, and received US$15 million from Binance Labs in July last year. The new funds will be used to further promote games and technology Development, including AI integration and the launch of the token XTER.
Midium：https://medium.com/@PalioAI
Twitter homepage:@PalioAI
Twitter followers: 45.7K
Ultiverse
Ultiverse is a one-stop platform for Web3 game production and publishing powered by artificial intelligence, promoting the mass adoption of AI-enhanced Web3 games. Ultiverse is based on the Bodhi protocol and uses generative artificial intelligence to connect different game worlds. Its core team members have participated in the development of famous games such as Rings of the Ancients, Prince of Persia, and Assassins Creed.
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In 2022, Ultiverse received a US$4.5 million seed round of financing co-led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital, with participation from Three Arrows Capital and SkyVision Capital, and later received an additional US$5 million in equity investment from Binance Labs. Ultiverse’s token is $ULTC and will be airdropped soon.
White paper: https://docs.ultiverse.io/
Twitter homepage:@UltiverseDAO
Number of Twitter followers: 787.7 K
Today
Today is a social simulation game that uses advanced AI technology to introduce interactive NPCs into the game, enhancing the player experience through unique and engaging interactions. Currently, the gameplay and game details of TODAY have not been announced, but it is worth noting that TODAY is created by an Oscar-winning team and the former leaders of Nintendo, SEGA, Epic Games and Unity, so you can expect innovations in its style and player experience. .
The release of Todays Genesis Series The ANCIENT SEED is in progress. Players can obtain it in the form of Freemint, with a total of 777 pieces. The holders will enjoy rights inside and outside the game.
website:Today
Twitter homepage:@todaythegame
Number of Twitter followers: 193.4 K
Sekuya Multiverse
Sekuya Multiverse offers an immersive MMORPG experience set in Novae Terrae, a 10-world metaverse. Players known as Jumpers can use AI technology to customize their characters, interact with AI NPCs, and participate in battles to collect more than 400 Sekumon souls and win generous rewards.
Sekuya Multiverse is incubated by SingularityDAO, and its team members are all from Southeast Asia. Sekuya Multiverse hopes to introduce AI co-creation tools to attract millions of gamers and creators.
white paper:Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
Twitter homepage:@sekuyaofficial
Number of Twitter followers: 44.2 K
AI-generated content enriches the game ecosystem
This category overlaps with AI agents. The introduction of AI technology can help game developers quickly generate a large amount of game content, including dialogues, tasks, storylines, etc., providing players with more game choices and challenges, and extending the viability of the game. Playability and longevity.
Sleepless AI
Sleepless AI is a groundbreaking Web3+AI virtual companion game that leverages AIGC and LLM to create rich story-based gameplay and evolving interactions with characters, providing players with emotional support and an immersive gaming experience. Sleepless AI investors include Binance Labs, Foresight Ventures and Folius Ventures.
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Sleepless AI has launched the 42nd phase of Binance’s new currency mining project. The price of its token $AI ranged from US$1 to US$1.5 after the launch, reaching a maximum of US$2.38, but it fell by 24% in the past week.
Project white paper:Welcome to Sleepless AI
Twitter homepage:@SleeplessAI_Lab
Number of Twitter followers: 127.7 K
Ai Hero
AI Hero is a Web3 game that combines RPG + Battle Royale + DND and is generated by AI. Players need to choose their own race and profession according to their preferences, and combine their own attributes with the plot randomly generated by AI during the game. Explore different plot options to obtain equipment rewards and improve your character attributes. At the same time, you will encounter other rival players in the game and fight with 12 other players. The player who survives will win the final victory and win rewards.
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Ai Hero is the first AI chain game under the Metaverse chain game platform Binaryx. The Binaryx token $BNX has increased by more than 110% since March, but has fallen by 24% in the past week.
Game entrance:aihero.binaryx.pro
Twitter homepage:@binary_x
Number of Twitter followers: 398.9 K
GameGPT by PRISM
According to reports, GameGPT is a game engine driven by artificial intelligence to power the next generation of blockchain games. Developed in 2020, GameGPT v1 automates the games codebase, visual effects, and in-game economy. GameGPT will launch a launch event for Genesis NFT in the near future. Its token $DUEL has increased by 90% in the past month and dropped by 45% in a week.
white paper:PRISM - Whitepaper | PRISM - Whitepaper
Twitter homepage:@Gamegptofficial
Number of Twitter followers: 272.2 K
Distributed computing infrastructure for gamers
GamerHash Al
GamerHash is a distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers on BNB Chain. According to the team, GamerHash has more than 760,000 users and has a distributed computing infrastructure that supports the needs of a large number of players. GamerHash AI will also enable the use of AI on individual players’ own PCs in a completely private manner and without the need for technical knowledge.
On March 19, GamerHash AI announced a partnership with the decentralized computing platform Golem Network. GamerHash Al token $GHX has increased by more than 500% in the past month, but has fallen by nearly 40% in recent days, and is quoted at $0.22 at the time of writing.
white paper:GAMERHASH INTRODUCTION
Twitter homepage:@GamerHashCom
Number of Twitter followers: 88K
GAIMIN
GAIMINs positioning is similar to GamerHash Al. Its products include the GAIMIN platform, GAIMCRAFT developer tools, GAIMIN’s cloud and Gaimin Gladiators. The GAIMIN platform allows gamers to monetize their idle computing resources through the GAIMIN cloud. By donating their computing power, gamers can empower businesses and organizations with artificial intelligence, rendering, and blockchain technologies while reaping rewards.
According to reports, GAIMIN’s token is GMRX, and its IDO will be held on Seedify from March 23 to 24.
white paper:GAIMIN Project Whitepaper
Twitter homepage:@GaiminIo
Number of Twitter followers: 273.3 K
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