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The Game On! Summit 2021 is a virtual conference celebrating the essence of Gaming 🎮, Art 🎨, Music 🎵 and Entertainment (GAME) industries. Join Allison Nam as she moderates a panel of blockchain gaming founders on their gaming careers here 👇

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@gameonsummit Panellists:

🔹 Sarah - COO of Gala Games @ForTheBux
🔹 Bozena - CEO and Co-Founder of GAMEE @anestetica
🔹 Jesse - Co-Founder and COO of Pixelcraft Studios/Aavegotchi @gldnXross
🔹 Leslie - Co-Founder of Dreams Quest @lesliedanchan

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan Their gaming career 🎮

Sarah:

🔹 Has been an entrepreneur throughout her life
🔹 When the opportunity for @GoGalaGames came along, it caught her eye as they were doing something very revolutionary
🔹 Their first game, @TownStarGame, has been live for over a year now

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame Bozena:

🔹 Entrepreneur and gamer 🎮
🔹 Had the idea to build a mobile gaming platform connecting friends across multiple games 💡
🔹 Left Google to work on gaming
🔹 Launched over 80 games on their platform @GAMEEToken
🔹 Gave % of revenue back to gamers and they loved it

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken Jesse:

🔹 Was in the crypto industry for the greater part of the last decade (e.g. started out at the academic side, worked in an exchange, etc.)
🔹 Discovered NFTs and went full-time on a NFT start-up
🔹 Saw NFTs as a different approach to crypto adoption

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken Leslie:

🔹 Started out through a YouTube channel called DeFi Singapore
🔹 Co-founded @DreamsQuestNFT
🔹 Will have a dynamic NFT function using Chainlink VRF. After every battle, the attributes of the cards would be randomized
🔹 Token launch in a month's time 👀

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT NFT/Blockchain changing the Gaming Landscape

Sarah:

🔹 NFTs are getting more popular and accepted
🔹 Blockchains enable genuine ownership of game assets
🔹 Opens many doors for developers, engineers, designers, players, and collectors

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT Opportunities to ride the NFT wave 🌊

Leslie:

🔹 If investors want to enter the NFT space, they should understand the various categories of NFTs well
🔹 Believes that people would want to look into asset-backed NFTs or gaming NFTs where there is real tangible value to them

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT Future Of NFT Consumption

Jesse:

🔹 Markets are cyclical in nature
🔹 There's also faster growing areas within the NFT space
🔹 Blockchain gaming/NFT gaming is here to stay
🔹 Eventually, big brands will have to get onboarded or be left in the dust

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT Response from Tech Giants

Bozena:

🔹 Hard to know what's the plan of the tech giants
🔹 Can be certain that they are watching this space
🔹 When they eventually jump in, it will create a big wave
🔹 Like to address 2 types of audience: 1️⃣ Tech-savvy audience 2️⃣ Underserved

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT Tech-Savvy Audience

🔹 This audience wants to jump in to something that she calls experiential reality
🔹 Facebook's founder has claimed that they will be bringing the Metaverse to life
🔹 @XRAssociation: a consortium of companies that is defining this new experiential reality

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation Underserved Audience

🔹 Facebook made claims that moving money around the world should be as easy as sending photos
🔹 Previously, Facebook was looking into creating a cryptocurrency called Libra
🔹 Due to regulations, it has scaled back to something that is now called Diem

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation What's keeping you up at night?

Jesse:

🔹 Excited with what they are building with @aavegotchi
🔹 Working on a metaverse. On track to deliver it by end of this year
🔹 Very close to having their first land sale 👀
🔹 Keeping the game balanced and getting everything to work well

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation @aavegotchi Bozena:

🔹 Sleeps very well at night
🔹 Difficult part is to onboard millions of users in a way that does not require them to be technically savvy

Sarah:

🔹 Not compromising on what they want to build
🔹 Want players to play and hang out with the community because it's fun

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation @aavegotchi Leslie:

🔹 To handle the 3 most important things that they value most
1️⃣ Community. Trying to find out how to bring that value to their play-to-earn model 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦
2️⃣ Marketplace. Will be up in 4-6 weeks' time
3️⃣ Partners that they have onboarded 🤝

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation @aavegotchi Final thoughts on NFT space

Sarah:

🔹 NFT gaming space will be outstanding if they keep being true to what they are trying to achieve
🔹 NFTs having utility

Jesse:

🔹 Very impressed by everything he's hearing today
🔹 Parting advice is not to get too entrenched on one chain

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation @aavegotchi Bozena:

🔹 Excited about the new careers that are opening up
🔹 Encourage everyone to try and get their hands on some blockchain games

Leslie:

🔹 Encourage industry players to continue learning and keeping true to their values
🔹 For the public, get a cheap NFT to try it out

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation @aavegotchi Conclusion

🔹 Hootsuite Digital 2021 Report estimates 1.55 billion people online who have not yet started playing games
🔹 This is a massive market opportunity
🔹 Advise audience to explore further on topics of NFT and blockchain gaming

@gameonsummit @ForTheBux @anestetica @gldnXross @lesliedanchan @GoGalaGames @TownStarGame @GAMEEToken @DreamsQuestNFT @XRAssociation @aavegotchi Links:

Substack post: thereadingape.substack.com/p/game-on-summ…

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