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Vader Research is a thesis-driven research firm dedicated to the long-term development of Web3 Gaming. We are a fundamentals-driven research firm that makes data-driven decisions.
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Web3 Self-Publishing Tools & User Acquisition: Superfine
Christian Calderon joins Vader Research Podcast to talk about web3 publishing models, user acquisition and analytics. Chris was the co-founder & CEO at Gamejam and recently pivoted Gamejam to Superfine to focus on web3. 0:00 Intro 0:35 Superfine Origin Story 8:35 Web2 Mobile Game Publishers 15:50...
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Big Time Studios Economy Deep Dive
Big Time Studios director of monetization & economy Khaled Alroumi joins Vader Research Podcast to dive deep into how Big Time Studios' web3 economy was designed. Learn More about Big Time Studios & Khaled Alroumi: https://twitter.com/playbigtime https://twitter.com/KAlroumi_ Learn More about…
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Web3 Skill Based Gaming & Esports: NOR Games
NOR Games founder & CEO Brooks Brown joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss the problems with gaming & esports, what NOR Games is building to solve these problems, NOR Games' web3 economy & monetization model and the tokenomics of $FATE. 0:00 Intro 0:52 Problems with Gaming & eSports 16:35 What...
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Successful Mobile Web3 Game with 300k MAUs
Fumb Games founder & CEO Paul West joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss Fumb Games' web3 game Bitcoin Miner. Bitcoin Miner has more than 300k MAUs and rewards $0.10 worth Bitcoin per player per day. Bitcoin rewards have resulted in higher retention and organic growth - leading to higher LTV…
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Web3 User Acquisition: Bored Box
Anonymous Twitter influencer and Bored Box founder BoredElonMusk joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss user acquisition in web3 and Bored Box. Bored has previously worked at a prominent Japanese gaming company and has significant experience in gaming. 00:00 Intro 2:20 Bored Box 4:57 Game...
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Shrapnel Economy Deep Dive
Francis Brankin, Head of Economy at Shrapnel joins Vader Research Podcast to dive deep into Shrapnel's game economy design. Shrapnel is a web3 first-person shooter game. 00:00 Intro 1:35 First-Person Extractive Game Shooter 7:00 Grinder Players 7:56 High Stake Players 10:11 Match Size and Time...
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Axie Origins Economy Deep Dive
Philip La, VP of Product (Games) at Sky Mavis joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss the game & economy design of Axie Origins, the upcoming Land game and tips on building sustainable web3 game economies. 00:00 Intros 3:57 Axie Classic vs Origins 5:53 Origins F2P Mode & Free Axies 10:11 Earning...
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Etherorcs Deep Dive
In this episode, Etherorcs co-founder Poof joins Vader Research Podcast. Etherorcs is one of the most popular crypto native web3 games. 00:00 Intros 2:48 Building Etherorcs 6:30 Building a Core Loyal Community 16:18 Attracting the Initial Community Members 22:30 Etherorcs Economy Design 27:30...
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Lessons Learned from Building Crabada
In this episode, Crabada strategy lead Car joins Vader Research Podcast. Crabada was one of the most popular blockchain games in Q4 21-Q1 22 with more than $200m in capital inflows. The governance token CRA was trading at $2.5bn fully-diluted valuation at its all-time high. In this episode, Car...
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LifeForce Games: No-Code UGC Gaming Platform
In this episode, LifeForce Games CEO Ryan Inman (Boomer) joins Vader Research Podcast. LifeForce Games is building a no-code virtual gaming platform similar to Sandbox or Decentraland but with an emphasis on easier development tools. LifeForce Games raised $5m from Lemniscap, CMT Digital…
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Non-Gaming NFTs & On-Chain Reputation: Jeremy Parris (Delphi Digital)
In this episode, Jeremy Parris joins Vader Research Podcast to share his thoughts on NFTs, community building, soulbond tokens and social engineering. Jeremy is a venture associate at Delphi Digital. 00:00 Jeremy's Background 7:45 How to Design & Launch An NFT Collection (For Influencers &...
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Civitas Deep Dive
In this episode, Civitas game director Kent Byers joins Vader Research Podcast. Civitas is one of the most anticipated web3 strategy games under development. Civitas employees have previous experience working on popular strategy games such as EVE Online and Runescape. Civitas raised $20m from...
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Lessons Learned from Building Pegaxy
In this episode, Mirai Labs (Pegaxy) co-founder & CEO Corey Wilton and product owner Clay join Vader Research Podcast. Pegaxy was one of the most popular blockchain games in Q1 2022 with more than $200m in capital inflows. In this episode, the team shares the lessons learned from building Pegaxy....
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Sustainable Web3 Game Economy Design: Devin Becker
In this episode, web3 game economy consultant Devin Becker joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss sustainable web3 game economies. 0:00 - Background 1:53 - Splinterlands' Economy Design 16:23 - Devin's Ideal Web3 Economy Design 19:41 - Consumable NFTs 25:00 - Psychology of Ownership 30:11 - How…
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F2P Monetization Pt 1: Javier Barnes - Vader Research
In this episode, F2P game economy designer Javier Barnes joins Vader Research Podcast to discuss F2P monetization models and web3 open economies. 0:00 - Background 1:53 - Why Players Spend Money In F2P Games? 5:00 - F2P Monetization Models 12:12 - Partnership Announcements 16:10 - "Aggressive...
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Crypto Unicorns Deep Dive
In this episode, Laguna Games (Crypto Unicorns) co-founder & CEO Aron Beierschmitt joins Vader Research Podcast. Crypto Unicorns is a popular web3 farm simulation game that has cumulatively raised $50m+ through token/NFT/equity sale. 0:00 - Background 7:09 - Genre Decision Process 11:00 - Team…
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Everseed Deep Dive
In this episode, Everseed co-founder & CEO Kenneth Liu joins Vader Research Podcast. Everseed is one of the most anticipated web3 games under development. All 3 co-founders have previously worked together at Riot Games (creator of League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics). Learn More about...
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Web3 Gaming Player Archetypes
In this episode, Vader Research founder Mete Gultekin talks about web3 gaming player archetypes and the impact they have on web3 game economies Web3 Gaming Player Archetypes Article: https://defivader.medium.com/web3-gaming-player-archetypes-f5eafa9fb47c Learn More about Vader Research:...
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Blast Royale Deep Dive
In this episode, First Light Games co-founder Anil Das Gupta and game design director Nikita Denissov join Vader Research Podcast. Blast Royale raised $5m in April this year, co-led by Animoca and Mechanism Capital with participation from Play Ventures and Merit Circle. Learn More about Blast...
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Eternal Dragons Deep Dive
In this episode, Trailblazer Games co-founders Alex Arias and Andreas Risberg join Vader Research Podcast. Trailblazer Games raised $8.2m in March this year, led by Makers Fund with participation from Play Ventures and Fabric Ventures. Learn More about Eternal Dragons: https://eternaldragons.com/...
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Guilds #17: Dark Forest DAO, STEPN and Web 3 Gaming Guilds
Will Robinson is a core member of web3 accelerator DeFi Alliance, founder of web3 gaming guild Dark Forest DAO and a primary advisor at move-to-earn game STEPN. Will joins the pod to discuss the future of web3 gaming guilds & games, the sustainability of STEPN, and the story behind how he hired &...
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Guilds #16: Blackpool & Sorare
Blackpool is a web3 gaming guild focused on generating returns by making quantitative investment decisions. Blackpool's largest investment exposure is in a web3 fantasy football card collection game called Sorare. Mark from Blackpool joins us to talk all about Blackpool, Sorare and web3 gaming...
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Guilds #15: Polemos - Win to Earn
Polemos is a web3 gaming guild focused on sourcing, nurturing, educating and retaining the top game player talent with an innovative governance structure. Founder Sascha Zehe joins us to talk all about Polemos and web3 gaming guilds. 0:00 - Intro 3:43 - Investment Rounds 5:00 - Existing Guild…
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Guilds #14: Farmer Nash - Axie Influencers & Micro Guilds
Farmer Nash is an Axie influencer and micro guild owner. In this episode, we talk about how Nash makes investment decisions and runs his guild. DeFi Vader's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Farmer Nash's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarmerNash_
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Guilds #13: IQ Protocol
IQ Protocol is an NFT rental marketplace provider 0:00 - Intro 1:10 - The Core Product 2:40 - What IQ Protocol Does 9:20 - Business Model 12:00 - Renting and Delegation 19:40 - Partners and Competitors 24:30 - Vision and Last Words Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter -...
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Guilds #12: GamerSpeak - Skilled Scholars & Whale Behavior
GamerSpeak is a blockchain gaming guild that is partially funded by NetMarble and is run by Chad Kihm who has previously gained substantial experience in F2P games and whale behavior. Chad is joined us to discuss GamerSpeak and web3 gaming guilds. 0:00 - Intro 6:00 - Scholar and Investor…
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BGW #3 - Governance in Web 3 Games
Matt Dion from EA, Terry Chung from 1kx and Tak Fung (aka Mr Fung) join us to discuss governance in web 3 games. In EVE Online, there is heightened transparency in the decision-making process but there is a centralized decision-maker in terms of the economy. Users don’t have direct voting power…
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Guilds #11: BreederDAO - NFT Breeding Factory
NFT Breeding Factory 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Renz’ Background 4:56 - BreeederDAO 6:03 - Optimization of Breeding 7:15 - Is BreederDAO a Guild? 8:15 - Business Model 10:33 - Team 11:47 - Guilds’ Problems 15:05 - Game Partnerships 16:15 - Crabada 18:25 - Fund Proceeds 20:22 - Delegation 21:41 - Guild...
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Guilds #10: OpenGuild Finance - Alternative Financing Solutions for Guilds
0:00 - Intro 0:11 - OpenGuild 2:08 - Why Guilds Use It? 13:15 - Why Investors Use It? 18:30 - Liquidity Issue 23:15 - Repaying Back the Investment 25:50 - Next Steps Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter - https://twitter.com/DeFiVader Guild 101 -...
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Guilds #9: PathDAO - GameFi Investment Strategy
0:00 - Intro 1:07 - PathDAO 4:01 - Investment Decisions 08:12 - What Made Pegaxy Take Off? 11:48 - Influencers 12:45 - Tier 1 VCs 15:52 - Guilds' Value Extraction 21:28 - Why PathDAO sold their Pegas? 25:01 - Dashboard & Treasury Useful Resources: DeFi Vader's Twitter -...
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Guilds #8: Hooga Gaming - Organizing Axie Tournaments
0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Background 03:20 - Scholars 10:05 - Tournaments 19:10 - Economics of Running a Tournament 23:20 - How Hooga Makes Money 26:24 - Tools and Software 30:21 - Previous Tournaments and Hosting 34:30 - Problems 37:40 - Other Tournament Organizers 39:00 - Internal Tools 40:30 - Next...
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Guilds #7: Salad Ventures - The Udemy of GameFi
0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Felix 4:11 - Salad 7:15 - Scholar Selection 13:00 - Salad Products 14:25 - Importance of Scholar Quality 18:54 - Udemy of GameFi 26:20 - Game Partnerships/Investments 34:23 - Guild OS (Dashboard) 36:04 - Salad Summary 41:44 - Why Multicoin Invested? 47:08 - Series A 51:31 -...
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Guilds #6: Good Games Guild - Investing in P2E Games
0:00 - Intro 0:32 - GGG 3:44 - P2E in Indonesia 6:39 - Scholar Count 7:25 - Axie Exposure 7:50 - Game Investment Decision Process 11:05 - Scholar Education 11:31 - Pegaxy 14:38 - Games Invested 16:19 - Asset Management 19:06 - Launchpad 22:00 - GameFi & Guilds Landscape 24:20 - Axie’s Economy…
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Blockchain Gaming Weekly #2 - SLP, Zynga, Gucci, Animoca, KKR, Worms, Philip La, Gala Games
Khaled from Illuvium, Will from Department of Fun, Emily from eGirl Capital are joined to discuss the weekly news and updates in blockchain gaming. Introduction (0:00) Worms NFTs (2:22) Gamestop dumps granted IMX tokens (7:22) Gucci enters the Metaverse (11:58) Lessons from Second Life (17:15)...
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Games #2: Pegaxy - Economy Deep Dive
Pegaxy has been pretty popular among the blockchain gaming community in recent weeks as the Pega NFT supply almost tripled in the last 40 days and PGX is up 4x since year-to-date. Ethan Levy from N3twork, Rich Cabrera from Ready Player DAO, NFT Guru from MTTM and tokenomics expert Josh are joined...
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Blockchain Gaming Weekly #1 - Axie, RON, Pegaxy, Sandbox, Reddit, P2E
Khaled from Illuvium, Eric from Superlayer, Leo from Fief Guild and Asobs from Champion NFT Gaming and are joined to discuss the weekly news and updates in blockchain gaming. Introduction: (0:00) Axie Infinity: (2:07) RON Token: (6:34) The Rise of Pegaxy: (13:00) Sandbox’s LAND problem: (25:28)...
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Guilds #5: Earn Guild - Banking the Unbanked Scholars
Earn Guild is one of the most promising guilds with 1500+ scholars and innovative plans to onboard unbanked scholars to P2E through providing their Earn Guild branded Mastercard cards. Earn Guild’s founder Darren Olney-Fraser is joined to discuss: What problems do scholars have when converting…
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Games #1: Thetan Arena - Economy Deep Dive
Thetan Arena has been one of the most popular P2E games after Axie Infinity, reporting 20m+ players and THG trading at $1+ FD market cap. Khaled Alroumi from Illuvium, Karan Gaikwad from Nukebox and Asobs from Champion NFT Gaming are joined us to discuss Thetan Arena’s economy. • How is Thetan...
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Guilds #4: BAYZ - Building Blockchain Gaming Awareness in Brazil
BAYZ is the largest guild in Brazil and raised a $4m seed round led by YGG with the participation from Delphi, Bitkraft, Fabric and Arca. BAYZ’ co-founder Joao Borges is joined us to discuss: • How to find the first 10-50 scholars? • How content creators help improve blockchain gaming awareness?…
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Guilds #3: Blockchain Space - Guild Tools
Blockchain Space is one of the most popular guild tool providers with almost 4k guilds using their core Discord bot product. They previously raised a private round led by Animoca and Spartan. Blockchain Space’s founder and CEO Peter Ing is joined to discuss: • What the future of the guilds...
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Guilds #2: GuildFi - Guild 2.0
GuildFi is one of the largest guilds and recently raised an $140m through an IDO. GuildFi's founder and CEO Jarindr Thitadilaka is joined to discuss • How GuildFi aims to become a base layer for all guilds • How the Guild as a Service product works • What criteria are considered when making new...
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Guilds #1: Avocado Guild - How to Manage a Guild
Avocado Guild has almost 10k Axie scholars and recently raised an $18m Series A round led by Animoca and QCP. Avocado Guild's founder and CEO Brendon Wong is joined to discuss • How Avocado Guild manages its community and scholars • What criteria are considered when making new game NFT…
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