Chief Product Officer
@Farawaygg
Gaming enthusiast, Developer, Collector, Tech Dood, Game maker, Hardcore nerd.// All statements and opinions are my own
Making a game that has 1:1 representation of NFTs visually as characters is not easy, but doing it is a meaningful delivery of utility imo and it plays into the visual design of the games and makes your character really unique & personal. 2, yes, Forge is supported on mobile 👾
Bit of a personal tweet, my son has DMD and it’s a degenerative terminal condition. Would love if folks could take a moment to sign this petition to help get the county he goes to school in to support installing wheelchair accessible transportation
I have much respect for everyone building in the space for the long term. Tip of my hat to those that are here, those that are engaged and those that are committed to the future of web3 WAGMI together, because we look out for each other and care collectively about our future.
The rift isn’t just a cool dungeon crawler, it’s an augmentation to the leaderboard system. Enjoy the current social meta while you can, when the rift opens, LB points aren’t just social voting 😏
The best games are as much what happens around/outside the core experience as what happens in it, excited to be breaking new ground and innovating socio-competitive/collaborative gameplay 🤝 gaming together for a better web3
2024 is going to be a crazy year with a lot of cool innovative and most of all fun experiences. We learned a lot from our prior activations in games and how we can improve those experiences in the next round, 2024 is gonna be wild in the best ways.
That feeling when your on the edge of your seat, the envelope has been opened and the reveal is imminent. What’s revealed is always a sliver of what actually happens behind the scenes and the effort and time invested therein. Who’s out there fam? Feeling bullish
A great conversation about the future of gaming, Yuga and all things Web3 with
@naavik_co
Thanks so much for having me on and hopefully this conversation helps us collectively further interest in the space and surfaces how disruptive Web3 gaming can be.
🧵 1/4 Update on LOTM Beta, we are hard at work addressing the remaining issues on the game. Shattered needs a little bit more regression testing before we are fully confident in the rollout. As such we will be pushing the update to Wed of next week.
We are here to disrupt the games industry, this isn’t about the old paradigms, it’s about sick experiences, awesome social, great gaming, competition, ownership, interoperability & scale. Here to build the stuff of your dreams and for those that don’t retire on a great run (GG),
BAYC paid us some $APE to leave them alone and start a new account.
So we've added 150K $APE rewards across the Top 10 finishers of the Rift Boss Leaderboard. Forge on.
(Welcome to Yuga Labs Gaming)
The gaming council will be a rotating group of members depending on what games we are testing or looking for input on, tons of stuff still to come, LFG!
What if I told you cohort D1 ret was 71% for launch day cohort and 87% yesterday? What if I told you best in class game industry norm is sub 60%? What if I told you we are just getting started
Considering streaming forge? Stream cool creations and highlights/trends/trolls/discoveries/tips, Forge just hits different, it’s social it’s not DD, but it’s def a vibe, And when the Rift Opens….
We are taking what we learned and heard and applying it for EVO2, yes this will means a bit of a delay but we intend to ensure the next set of experiences are excellent and leverage the insights and time to supervise and delight our Collectors and players
One thing that really pumps me up is knowing that the Forge experience is one that like the HV-MTL collection itself, is dynamic. The start is just that, a start, will be great to see the community interactions evolve as the game does 👾
Next month we release the open beta for LoTM — and there’s much more to come. We’ve partnered with
@farawaygg
and are building a major expansion in Unity. But we want to get an early version in the community’s hands now so you can play and provide feedback while we keep building.
Todays been invigorating, so much to do so much to come. Deep appreciation to all those that help make our communities real and vibrant. Hard times and good, Ape strong together. WAGMI together. Deeply appreciate those that are helping us all make that a reality along the way
Gonna take a moment to thank the Game council of today and the many myriad game council members of tomorrow. There was a lot behind the scenes, blood sweat and tears, but all that said, we gained immense value from their input. Welcome to 2024, more 2 come 👾
Wen you realize Scale & Demand are intertwined. We also should care about onboarding. We all should care about reach, let’s engage and grow, we all win when the flywheel of growth is at full throttle.
Metrics are stable/growing and phenomenal! , outlier POV aside, pretty inspired and thankful for the community engagement and industry defining metrics per player that we are seeing LFG 🔥 just getting started and I’m honestly excited 😊
Just a gamer in a web3 world, imagine what is possible when mainstream picks up the unique differentiation in Web3.. mainstream, you aspire to 50% D1, 25% D2 retention, 13% D3? Let’s aim higher, forge is >60% D3
Regardless your background, connections matter, relationships matter, be good to each other, be an agent of positive change and cultivator of meaningful relationships and generator of positive vibes. we all matter we are all valuable and everyone has something to offer, WAGMI
For those that are gearing up to Dash, know that we are doing something special, innovating together. I’ve seen parents asking their kids to play, player meet ups, streaming talk. This is a moment fam, WAGMI, see you in the sewers!
Working late and working hard, hope everyone loves the product of so much effort and props to my dedicated Yuga fam, love what we do, don’t fade, super exciting stuff ahead and couldn’t do it without such awesome individuals helping us deliver great things to the community 🔥
🧵 1/3 Well we heard you again, giving away Catalysts was an over correction and a decision we made in an attempt to get something out to the community quickly
So proud to see all the Dookey Dashers and new gamers enjoying the effort of so much hard work from
@yugalabs
WAGMI, enjoy yourselves, and LFG! Who is gonna get that key? Key or not, every score is special :-)
The future moves forward slowly & with great resistance. Counter to the agenda of those that are short term oriented, self motivated or idealistic. The best strategies win because they are disruptive, durable and scaleable. Lean into what you believe in long term.
Tmrw LoTM 3.5 goes live, then next Rebirth, then HV-MTL join the fight & we ride together to the top. If you aren’t in discord you should be, we are cooking a mean dish with our beloved community.
Big thanks to all who participated and to all those that joined us in this massive journey. Looking forward to continuing the story with you all soon 🍻
Dookey Dashers, the sewer has been closed and the leaderboard is now locked! We are validating the scores and will share the final leaderboard once we complete our review.
Reflection of the day, I’m blown away with the art team
@yugalabs
, the personality in every HV is amazing, I can’t wait for the team to bring these little Evos with big personalities to life in the Forge 👾🎮
Friday reflection, we ride the bleeding edge. The future is utility innovation, not flash in the pan trend or meme coin zeitgeist. Web3 is all about upending multibillion $ industries, changing aggregate perspectives, defining the future of communities, experiences & commerce
There have been some questions around what we are looking to do re: LOTM circulating around. Catalysts are planned for in-game rewards, not for auction.
Can’t express how special it is to see all these Apes and Mutants going from “not gamer” to full blown Dookey Dasher. I feel like the space has transformed in front of my eyes. It’s really humbling, Yuga Fam, Dasher Fam, you da best
@CapetainTrippy
@BoredApeYC
@boredape93
Tiers make a world of difference, they give you the best starting position, but it's possible ultra skill can give you the leg on the leaderboard. That said, tier also matters for future activations
HV-MTL and LOTM dial turned to 11, time to pour some dedicated energy and focus into making these communities thrive. Stoked to be stepping into the CPO seat
@farawaygg
to help that manifest, LFG!
Big news to share: Faraway is acquiring HV-MTL and Legends of the Mara. We’re incredibly excited to take this IP to new heights by building on the strong foundation that Yuga has created.
That starts by rewarding the community. Keep an eye on your metadata today. As a first
Loved your community lately? I love our community team (literally best in class) love or players, love our holders. We aren’t perfect, but we do listen. WAGMI, can’t wait air to get community input on what we build. Love ya all 🫡❤️
Last month has been special, seeing all these ape avatars on
@farawaygg
, seeing games like
@Serumcity
launch, seeing what’s on the horizon, DDU, LOTM, HVs, OS etc, blessed to be bringing the best of web3 to the masses. Never been more bullish, paradigm shift is imminent WAGMI
In this week's update, we break down some of the key strategic elements of Legends of the Mara. These are high-level notes, for the full breakdown, check the LOTM gaming blog found at .
Anon don’t forget to get the word out and have friends and fam sign up for DDU info, and more, wouldn’t want to dive in after the masses plunged into the unknown without ya
Some people say they can smell when it’s gonna rain, I smell a web3 paradigm on the horizon, I have never been more all in 🫡 🔥 😅 🔥 also to all you MFers building DDU UGC, Legends
Legends of the Mara Season 1 open beta goes live Sept. 26. During S1, hatch Mara. Koda holders, get a head start on farming Fragments and hunting Shattered. Beta loot will be mintable at the end of each season and include items for LoTM’s expanding gameplay.
Sometimes Ya really gotta be proud of the work your team accomplishes together! Can’t wait for this stuff to manifest
@yugalabs
so proud to be working with such stellar folks that are so committed to the community, really is the 🗝️ to Web3
I truly feel honored to be in this space, while there may be some bad actors, they will get squeezed out, those that are here to paradigm shift an industry and disrupt the status quo, I salute you. Kindred of a new paradigm, creators and creative minds, you inspire me.
Your Otherdeed Expanded is your game board, but look to the skies where the constellations align to provide a vision of the future. While the ancient Kodas take center stage in Legends of the Mara, allies will aid in the battle to defend Otherside against the Shattered.
Congrats to our Friends at the
@mutant_cartel
for launching
@serumcity
today. Serum City Boxes earned in LoTM will be used to claim rewards in Serum City.
Stay tuned to the
@serumcity
account for more info.
I love the support, the theory-crafting, and the passion, expect a true live and awesome LOTM Beta experience by Wed. Voyagers, voyage on! Legends will be made on the Otherside.
These were early concepts and older exploration images. All of LOTM is like Serum City, hand drawn and the art team
@farawaygg
is 🔥 here is an actual recent Screen just to help clear things up ;-).
The full release of LoTM, launching in partnership w/
@farawaygg
, is an experience open to all, where Kodas reign as the captains, and Kodamara, Mara & Friends will round out the rest of your crew. The game will launch later this year, with playtesting kicking off after Season 3.
Want to just drop a thanks for the council, can’t express enough the VALUE of the feedback and ideas they are generating, some incredible stuff getting workshopped with these folks, deep thanks 🙏
Pains me, but we unfortunately have some work to do, appreciate to patience and understanding. I am very excited to see the shattered live again and we will work to see that happen as soon as possible 🫡
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Seeing a lot of talk re: Polygon's new AIP. From the long term gaming side of things, an L2 would make interactions faster and cheaper. One of the biggest pain points is sheer frequency and volume, when factoring in gas on top, normies are gonna struggle.
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The grailed, 🔥 😅 wow, I can’t believe I just revealed this absolute unit. The work that went into this collection is incredible and the art immaculate, the cap, the Tutu LFG!!
Another day waking up and thinking about HV-MTL and LoTM and dedicating a large part of the day to these collections, having the whole company focused on the same shit, should tell ya something, in it to win it and you will feel it soon if you aren't already
Hawt dam, But I’m hype on all that we are doing, love our interoperability position, won’t see that in web2, again, WAGMI, build better together for a better tmrw LFG
We are very confident in that date and to show our appreciation and apologies for the issues/delay, we will be sending a 2K myst award per wallet post-launch on Wed. We will also be extending the master chest timers by 10 days.
Excited to join Dookey Dash Unclogged and premiere my new avatar and bike this weekend at
@NFT_Paris
. Catch me streaming at the
@yugalabsgaming
DDU booth 2-4pm CET on the 23rd and 4-6pm CET on the 24th.
Gamers are interested in games, they want a great experience and for gaming in our space to succeed we need to build on the backbone of storytelling, content, experiences that engage and sticky communities. Scale will come when we drive compelling experiences first and foremost
An incredible time spent with our community and our
@yugalabs
fam. So great to meet so many amazing people in person. Really bullish on Web3’s potential and the future of Web3 gaming
Vaporware sucks, real n game WIP HV J3FF. Not detailed/textured yet but in a real AAA game, coming this year. Stay tuned some big stuff on the horizon 😎 more gameplay coming.
Where my Koda at? HMU with your best Koda PFP and best “Koda Quote” to go with that Koda, if your Koda could give life tips to Kodamara what would it be?