Decentral Games Newsletter #81

Weekly Update - August 7, 2022

Aug 07, 2022

Good morning and happy Sunday to the 3,739 people reading this newsletter 👋

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This Week’s Highlights

ICE Wearable Types Explained
ICE Poker Flex Sneak Peeks
Messari Analyst Call
Polygon Feature
ONE37pm Feature
Community Spotlight

👕 ICE Wearable Types Explained

With the launch of Tournament Mode (Sit-n-Go tournaments) and ICE Poker Flex (mobile), there’ll be new types of wearables that give you varying access to the different game modes and platforms.

We published an ICE Wearable Types Explained article that walks you through each wearable type:

Tournament wearables
Flex wearables
All Access wearables

This article is the first of a series of educational content leading up to the launch. Stay tuned for a three-part series coming up next week that breaks down how Tournament Mode works.

👀 ICE Poker Flex Sneak Peeks

As we near the launch, Miles (CEO) has been teasing out sneak peeks on Twitter.

Check out the home screen icon that our design team created!

🎤 Messari Analyst Call

This upcoming Tuesday at 2pm EST, Miles (CEO) and Ryan (COO) will be speaking with Messari to review Decentral Games’ Q2 2022 performance and roadmap.

To be notified of the live stream, you can schedule a notification on YouTube.

📰 Polygon Feature

Decentral Games was featured by Polygon: How Decentral Games Built a Leading Metaverse Game with Alchemy and Polygon.

“Alchemy’s support for Polygon made it an easy choice for us that compounded benefits. We got to couple the benefits of Polygon’s low fees and fast transaction times with Alchemy’s unmatched reliability. The best part is we’re able to pass all of these benefits back to our users.”
— Kyle Gusdof (Director of Engineering - Mobile)

As DG continues to scale in both DAU and gameplay services, affordable scalability is even more important. With access to robust and scalable infrastructure, the DG team can primarily focus on building fun experiences instead of mitigating the pains of a slower/more expensive network.
With Alchemy handling their infrastructure and Polygon’s blockchain providing low fees and high speed, ICE Poker will continue to dominate the metaverse ecosystem.

To read the full article, check out Polygon’s blog.

📰 ONE37pm Feature

ICE Poker was featured as the #6 game in Brycent’s Top 15 NFT Games Right Now on ONE37pm.

💻 Development Focus

This week, the team is continuing work on:

ICE Poker SNG (Tournament Mode)

We're continuing to test and fix bugs for the Metaverse gameplay to prepare for our first community alpha test.

Our web team is working on implementing the Tournament Badge distribution system.

ICE Poker Flex (Mobile)

We’ll be running another community alpha test for ICE Poker Flex: Tournament Mode on Monday.

Delegation V2

We’re finalizing the UX on the site and beginning early work on the Banked ICE Redemption Marketplace.

💰 Financial

Treasury

The DG Treasury now holds $22.99M.

To view treasury balances in real-time, visit the DG Treasury Dashboard.

Revenue

Decentral Games generated $72,612.96 in revenue last week.

ICE Buy and Burn

Last Monday, we bought and burned 1.7M ICE from:

Metaverse advertising — 14,000 USDT
Polygon validator node rewards — 2,871.88 MATIC
Secondary sale royalties — 2.52 WETH

These weekly ICE burns are part of our ongoing efforts to stabilize the ICE ecosystem following passed governance proposals.

MANA Staking Rewards

MANA rewards for staking ICE are currently yielding 224% APR.

Check out our blog for a guide on how to stake ICE.

🏛 Governance

Active Proposals

Crypto Bear Market

Passed Proposals

To submit and vote on proposals, visit the DG Snapshot Dashboard.

👥 Community Spotlight

Slappin’ Sundays

Our community’s Metaverse photography game is on point!

Look at some cool shots taken by @DJTRAXNFT and @JsCoincollector at our weekly Slappin’ Sundays event.

ICE Poker Memes

Check out @TegridyFarms for your daily dose of ICE Poker memes 🤣

📆 Events

There’s always something going on at Decentral Games.

Come hang out, enjoy live music, check out NFT galleries, and win free prizes:

Monday, August 8

FREE Play Game Night featuring $150 USD+ in crypto prizes
- Tominoya @ 9pm UTC / 5pm EST
ANT-N Web3 Radio - Episode #2 w/ Pixelia, Marcos Naide, and Milito
- Stronghold $ICE Lounge @ 10pm UTC / 6pm EST

Tuesday, August 9

FREE Play Game Night featuring $150 USD+ in crypto prizes
- Tominoya venue @ 3pm UTC / 11am EST
PANS on the Decks LIVE
- Stronghold $ICE Lounge @ 8pm UTC / 4pm EST

Sunday, August 14

Slappin’ Sundays w/ Gucci Toe LIVE
- Stronghold $ICE Lounge @ 10pm UTC / 6pm EST

For full event details and venue location links, visit our DG Events page.

👤 We’re Hiring!

For all open positions and more information, visit the DG Careers page.

Caution: Beware of Phishing

Scammers impersonating the DG Team have been targeting community members through Discord DMs. DG team members will never DM you nor request you to connect your wallet to a non-DG site.

About Decentral Games

We build games and social experiences in the metaverse that reach hundreds of thousands of visitors every month.

Our flagship game is ICE Poker — a free metaverse poker game. We own and operate 12 live venues in Decentraland where we host daily events featuring live music, NFT galleries, comedy shows, and more.

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