Finding Forever (Games)
Hello and welcome to Dark Tunnels, a newsletter dedicated to exploring the emerging ecosystem of fully onchain games. Dark Tunnels is published by Always Scheming, a research consultancy focused on the future of interactive entertainment.
The Gaming Issue
Recently, I noticed two numbers from Lumikai’s gaming report for 2023:
India’s estimated revenue per paying user for gaming apps has grown from $2 to $19.2.Only about 0.3% of India’s gamers reported paying with cryptocurrency.
The Indian gaming landscape is a strange world that simultaneously fascinates me and goes above my head. Part of the reason is that, in my mind, gaming is the beautiful world one enjoys in Red Dead Redemption or Age of Empires, but in the market’s mind, a huge portion of what constitutes gaming is what is considered ‘real money games‘.
Levels of the game: the psychology of RetroPGF and how to build a better game
RetroPGF is a unique kind of repeated game. With each round, we are iterating on both the rules and the composition of players. These things matter a lot. To get better, we need to study whether the rules and player dynamics are having the intended effect.
Dear Lunacia,
I'm Masamune, Art Director at Sky Mavis and the creator of Axie.I've been looking forward to Parts Evolution for many years and now, launch day is finally here. Even though I'm the one who designed all the axie parts, the combinations that come from our Axie community always bring unexpected surprises. The Growth team sent me a list of questions related to Parts Evolution, but I didn’t really like the format, so I decided to write you this letter instead.
