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May 10

How Our Discord Community Saved Powder

It was November 2019. We were at a crossroads: with just 6 months of runway left, we wanted to pivot to gaming but didn’t know which solution would bring the most value. Then, Discord saved us. We asked a community of gamers what would make their life easier — and…

Community

15 min read

May 2

🌐 1 Minute in the Metaverse 🌐 Window Into the Metaverse

About the guest: Phil Ranta has spent the last 18 years working at the intersection of social media tech and entertainment. …

Metaverse

14 min read

Apr 19

Game First, NFTs Second: 3 Ways Web3 Studios Can Win Over Traditional Gamers

The topic we want to explore in this article is the future of gaming. More specifically — the transition from web2 to web3 gaming, and the eventual merging of the two. Two weeks ago, we spent two amazing days at the Non Fungible Conference, which inspired us to write about…

Gaming

6 min read

Game first, NFTs second: 3 ways web3 studios can win over traditional gamers

Mar 25

🌐 1 Minute in the Metaverse 🌐 A Space Odyssey of the Metaverse

About the guest: Pablo Quiroga is the Co-founder and CRO at Star Atlas, a web3 space game merging cinematic graphics, multiplayer gameplay and decentralized finance. …

Metaverse

10 min read

Mar 24

This is How Our NFTs Sold Out in Less Than 1 Minute

Last December, Powder teamed up with web3 studios and gaming creators to produce the first blockchain game clip NFT collection on Solana — Powder Heroes. It sold out in 41 sec. Here’s how we did it. Powder’s core business has not traditionally been linked to NFTs. For the last two…

Nfts In Gaming

10 min read

This is How Our NFTs Sold Out in Less Than 1 Minute

Mar 9

Welcome to Powder Creator Program!

Powder Creator Program is a unique program designed to unlock new revenue streams for gaming content creators and favor the discovery of new games! As part of the program, we match creators with gaming studios in order to co-produce streams. …

3 min read

Mar 3

🌐 1 Minute in the Metaverse 🌐 Pioneers of the Open Metaverse

About the guest: Timmu Tõke is the CEO at Ready Player Me, which allows users to create avatars and travel between video games and virtual experiences using a single, consistent identity — one’s passport to the metaverse. How did it all start with Ready Player Me? I grew up…

Metaverse

9 min read

Mar 1

Powder 2.0 User Guide: Sourcing

Powder 2.0 is now available on iOS and Android!! Powder 2.0 is a super-charged Powder app that took 2 years and 25 engineers to develop! It combines the game clips infrastructure tech across our existing iOS, Android, and PC for a seamless sourcing, editing, and sharing experience for gamers and creators. Its key features include: 🎥 Universal Sourcing Importing game clips made…

Powder

3 min read

Feb 25

5 Criteria to Take Into Account When Creating a Web3 Game

tl;dr Web3 games, powered by blockchain, introduce new business models that promise to share in-game ownership with the players; Play-to-earn (P2E), pioneered by Axie Infinity, has emerged as the default model that, despite being very appealing in theory, raises some practical and ethical concerns. …

Metaverse

12 min read

5 factors to consider when analyzing web3 games.

Feb 21

1 Minute in the Metaverse 🌐 Metaverse as a Collective Enterprise

About the guest: Yingzi Yuan is a creative industries specialist, on a mission to foster innovation in media and entertainment. …

Metaverse

6 min read