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Decentralized

The Decentralized category aims to explore the decentralization aspect of web games: an experiment taking Web 3, blockchain, crypto, NFTs, and all the similar buzzwords, mixing them together with game development, and seeing what comes out of it. It's the second year of this category after its 2021 success.

Challenges: you can use any technology that falls into the topic, but if you pick any of the challenges from NEAR Protocol, OP Games, and Arcadia, then you'll be able to win some coins. All you have to do is implement functionalities using any of their tech to be eligible.

Partners

NEAR Protocol OP Games
Flux Arcadia
Game7 Mina Protocol

Challenges

Challenges are optional to Decentralized category: there are three to pick from, and you are free to take on any of them, or all at once.


Challenges offer unique prizes, so make sure to check those out.

Experts

Aliaksandr 'Sasha' Hudzilin

Aliaksandr 'Sasha' Hudzilin

Aliaksandr studied business at UC Berkeley, worked in investment banking under Frank Quattrone, and spent 4 years selling and marketing MuleSoft and MemSQL products.

@aliaksandrh | humanguild.io

Vlad Grichina

Vlad Grichina

Vlad started his career as a professional TopCoder competitor and worked on mobile apps since 2009. He founded a 15 person mobile dev company and worked 3 years at Google on the Play Store.

@vgrichina | humanguild.io

Paul Gadi

Paul Gadi

Paul is CTO / Co-Founder of OP Games, focused on helping game developers successfully create decentralized games. He also leads the KERNEL Gaming Guild, a fellowship of the most talented builders in Web 3. He loves exploring the intersection of new technologies with game design, and believes that decentralization and shared virtual economies will revolutionize how we play games.

@polats | opgames.org

Taufik Sani

Taufik Sani

Taufik is a video games enthusiast, having worked in esports, monetization, and production tracks with EA and Ubisoft titles. Having graduated from his MBA, he decided to pivot into video games to truly integrate his lifelong passion and career. He aspires on developing a future where video games aren't just mediums of entertainment, but a gateway to experience a better world.

@gorilatictacx | linkedin.com/in/taufiksani

Daniel Keller

Daniel Keller

Daniel Keller comes from the data/information sector, and pursues the use of blockchain to further protect personal medical, financial and personal data through encryption and decentralized identification. Dan got involved in the cryptocurrency space through World of Warcraft, by using Bitcoin to buy "gold". He now works as the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Flux, and helps push for a decentralized world with disruptive technologies.

@dak_flux | runonflux.io

Tim Sulmone

Tim Sulmone

Tim Sulmone is blockchain veteran and life-long video game addict. Beginning his journey by running a Bitcoin node in 2011, to then moving onto contributing towards various cryptocurrency projects, Tim is no stranger to decentralized infrastructure. He now leverages his experience as the Sr. Business Developer for Flux, to help further ensure that our world has a decentralized network to host on.

@little_stache | runonflux.io

Anurag Banerjee

Anurag Banerjee

Anurag is Engineering advisor at Game7. Prior to that, he has around 18 years of Web 2 game industry experience working on various AA and AAA game titles in engineering leadership capacities at Ubisoft, Rocksteady studios, Warner Bros games, and Improbable. His game titles include Batman Arkham, Assassin’s Creed series, Suicide Squad, and more. Most recently, his team at Improbable was working on the Otherside metaverse for Yuga labs, where he was serving as Director of Engineering. He loves how technology is revolutionizing games development and opening up entirely new genres, as demonstrated by Web 3 gaming. He wishes to encourage more Web 2 game developers to take the next step and explore this new space.

@BanerjeeAnurag | linkedin.com/in/anuragbanerjee

Will Cove

Will Cove

Will Cove runs community programs to support Mina Protocol, a light-weight blockchain that remains a constant 22kb in size using recursive, zero-knowledge proofs. Previously, he helped build Sofar Sounds, a grassroots music community that puts on living room concerts in over 400 cities around the world. Will is a gaming enthusiast and excited about the intersection of zero-knowledge smart contracts, javascript & game development.

@WillCove | minaprotocol.com

Prizes

NEAR Protocol Challenge

  • - 1st place: 400 NEAR (~$2000)
  • - 2nd place: 200 NEAR
  • - 3rd place: 125 NEAR
  • - 4th place: 75 NEAR
  • - 5th place: 50 NEAR
  • - 6th-10th places: 30 NEAR (~$150)

TOTAL: 1000 NEAR (~$5000)

OP Games Challenge

  • - 1st place: 1000 USDC + Arcadian NFT
  • - 2nd place: 300 USDC + Arcadian NFT
  • - 3rd place: 100 USDC + Arcadian NFT
  • - 4th place: 50 USDC
  • - 5th place: 50 USDC
  •  

TOTAL: $1500

Arcadia Challenge

  • - 1st place: 1000 USDC + Arcadian NFT
  • - 2nd place: 300 USDC + Arcadian NFT
  • - 3rd place: 100 USDC + Arcadian NFT
  • - 4th place: 50 USDC
  • - 5th place: 50 USDC
  •  

TOTAL: $1500

Rules

External resources

The Decentralized category allows (and even encourages) connecting to external services, but please keep in mind that is only for the pupose of the Challenges - all the data needed for the games to work have to fit within the 13 kb zip package.

Challenges' technology

You can use any technology that can be described as "decentralized", but to win the prizes from Challenges you should pick something from the NEAR Protocol, OP Games, and/or Arcadia technologies ⁄ themes specifically.

Selecting winners

Places will be assigned based on the judging from the experts of this given category, separately from the overall voting.

Redeeming prizes

Prizes will be awarded to crypto wallets respectively. If you wish to get them in US Dollars instead, then the wire will be completed via PayPal given the exchange rate at the time of distribution.

Work in progress

Expect the Rules of the Decentralized category to be updated regularly up until the start of the competition on August 13th.

Questions?

If you have any questions about this category feel free to contact us via e-mail: contact@js13kgames.com.
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