#009: Mar-Sept 2024

march sept 2024 "the scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls " e a poe 1\ rebrand the cthulhuverse you've already seen the new logo! we've decided to build out our "themed gaming ecosystem' as the cthulhuverse this means new logos for the 'umbrella' brand, but each game will receive it's own branding/website etc learn more about it through our new trailer! https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2nfstsz57aqkgascpbdbtdfy/qyj7xcjf 0bc 2\ new game 'the howl protocol' is here! game #3 in the expanding cthulhuverse, 'the howl protocol' is now in live beta! play it at the https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2nfumsvaqzpyidewdla6gnc4/dtagz9f2yc3n under games tab! https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2nfwfs25jxzdafbgrvwb37ya/ql6j1ineokwa this one is really exciting because we are doing something completely experimental we have put an llm brain inside the 'head' of every agent in the cthulhuverse! each character now has a unique personalities, bio and backstory! talk with them to make a new friend, or just convince them to get to work gathering intel! this 'gamification of chat ai' (as distinct from 'ai for npcs') represents an exciting new technology for us read more about howl https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2nfy8ryb2wyrchxag6j5prv6/mzvmgw9k4t 9 3\ 'livingnft' tech for howl, we built a new tech stack that allows us to leverage multiple llms (both closed and open source) for a range of features for each of the 10,000 agents, we instantiate an llm (say, chatgpt) with specific bio, backstory, personality etc this creates a specific individual (living in 1919), and then we built a game around them one key additional element to building relationships was to ensure they have working short term and long term memory; such that they can build rapport with the player over time we have all kinds of interesting additional use cases for this tech! some ideas are agents that 'live' in discord and chat with community, agents that sms text you when they are lonely, agents that have colorful and expressive social media accounts to promote 'the cthulhuverse', agents that can 'explain' how to play our games etc! 4\ ben ray is our newest advisor ben joins us from horizon games! we are super lucky to have him and he's already contributing to our success read more about his background https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2ng01r56lv7g4kju4gfacbrc/omwjw1gx 35c 5\ discovery platforms we've added more discovery platforms to our 'external partners' the latest is earnscape ( https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2ng1uqbbetguwmgdsr25plo8/as3i7s9w m6w ) which is particularly great because they are mobile other discovery partners we live on include portal, ggem, kap games & xsolla 6\ additional analytics we've been adding our own instrumentation to all (3) games, as well as the member portal gotta track those all important kpis! 7\ member portal refresh you may have noticed, the https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2ng3nq86xsg8yp2xgboac5ke/dxrz2uwya2tt got a face lift this is an ongoing effort but we recently made a big push for better home screen and user flow throughout the site feedback welcome! 8\ grant agent to every member the elder gods have been generous! as a push to reach our first 2500 members on the https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2ng5gpecgqpnqrorull4ypha/hzfmwcxi8o3g , we are giving away a free agent digital collectible (nft) to everyone that signs up! if you already have an account, you get one too! come grab yours! for more ways to get agents, checkout https //8coip r sp1 brevo net/mk/cl/f/sh/7nvu1aa2ng7zpb7zpobstlbiw7zlzdg/rrecq9pheefy 9\ replace stardust due to a variety of factors, (including their pivot), we are going in a different direction for our crypto wallet solution we are in the midst of migrating our waas (wallet as a service) and nft minting solution from stardust, (which was a custodial wallet solution), to thirdweb, a non custodial solution in addition to the code migration, this will involve recreating smart contracts and reminting all granted nfts for users with the new collections we anticipate this move will engender additional trust in our players as a non custodial wallet is inherently safer for users than a custodial one this move also provides us with a path to launch on additional blockchains in the future that’s the wrap up for this one! we really appreciate you coming along this journey with us!