The meme craze was followed by a general decline in the market, and market sentiment was forced to cool down slightly. While waiting for the correction to hit the bottom, you can search for projects in some popular narratives with expected future returns. AI and chain games are both keywords that often appear in VC research reports, and are popular sectors that many investors pay attention to.

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In fact, at last year’s Global Game Developers Conference (GDC 2023), the “combination of AI and games” was pushed into the traditional The center of attention for the gaming industry. In the field of encryption, the imagination and practice of using AI technology to empower GameFi in the past year are also in progress. Before the market turned downward in recent days, project tokens such as $PRIME and $GHX all had a good upward curve due to the selling point of "AI+GameFi". This week, Nvidia’s Nvidia GTC2024 conference and the Global Game Developers Conference (GDC 2024) were held at the same time. These two conferences have also received great attention from the Web3 community. It is foreseeable that more and more projects will appear in the future that integrate the two narratives of AI and Gamefi.

How does the collision of "AI+GameFi" happen? Projects that have appeared can be used as a reference. Generally speaking, it can be divided into three categories: improving player experience through AI agents, introducing AI-generated content to enrich the game ecosystem, and decentralized physical infrastructure projects close to DePIN for gamers. The category boundaries are not clear. BlockBeats has compiled 11 projects involving AI and GameFi narratives, as follows.

AI agent empowers game mechanics

Most games introduce AI agent technology into them. Provide players with a richer and more diverse gaming experience. For example, dynamic NPCs can make the non-player characters in the game more realistic and flexible, making the game more challenging and interesting. In addition, players can get personalized interactive experiences based on their behaviors and preferences. Representative projects in this area include Ultiverse and NIM Network.

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colony

On March 15th, the science fiction-themed NFT card game Parallel will launch a new artificial intelligence game colony on Solana. In the game, the artificial intelligence agent (AI agent) will be able to operate autonomously on the chain. Make trades and deposit assets into your own wallet.

colony has not yet opened an independent social account. Yesterday, Parallel officially released the colony white paper. According to reports, Colony will serve as an important part of the Echelon Prime Foundation in the Web3 game ecosystem. deploy. The Echelon Prime Foundation is dedicated to empowering a new generation of distributed Web3 games, providing a community-governed environment and shared resources built around Echelon’s $PRIME token and its smart contracts and gaming infrastructure.

PRIME has increased by 118% in the past month, and has experienced a 12% decline in recent days. It is currently quoted at $24.43.

White paper: paper.parallel.life

Twitter homepage: @ParallelTCG

Twitter followers: 160.4K

NIM Network

NIM is a highly customizable EVM layer built on Dymension, providing the ultimate ecosystem for game exploration and development at the intersection of Web3 and AI. NIM will utilize AI agents to perform various tasks, and players can command them to develop various strategies and compete against other agents in PVP racing battles.

According to reports, the core members and contributors of NIM Network come from organizations such as the Ethereum Foundation, Polygon Labs, Uniswap Foundation, Starknet Foundation, and AI Research. NIM is launching an "AI Game Alliance". As of writing, the members of the alliance include the decentralized data sharing protocol Ocean Protocol (OCEAN), the on-chain competition platform JokeRace and the social simulation game Today.

Medium: https://medium.com/@NIM_Network

Twitter homepage: @nim_network

Number of Twitter followers: 21.9K

Futureverse

Futureverse is made up of 11 different startups from fields such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, metaverse and gaming. Futureverse is focused on providing the technical infrastructure for the Metaverse and leveraging blockchain to enhance control over digital identities and data, enabling developers to create imaginative worlds and fostering an open ecosystem for content and community participation in the Metaverse system. Futureverse is based on the Metaverse and the L1 network Root Network customized by gamers.

White paper: www. futureverse.com

Twitter homepage: @futureverse

Number of Twitter followers: 47.6K

Palio

Palio is an avatar game based on Xterio's AI engine. It will launch the Palio Odyssey "Meet Your Palio" points ranking event in April. All participants will Receiving Xterio ecosystem airdrops, the reward amount is proportional to the Palio points earned and the votes cast in the "Vote for Palio Star" event.

Xterio, the developer of Palio, received US$40 million in financing from FTX Ventures, Animoca Brands and others in August 2022, and received funding from Binance in July last year. With a $15 million investment from Labs, the new funds will be used to further promote game and technology development, including AI integration and the launch of the token XTER.

Midium: https://medium.com/@PalioAI

Twitter homepage: @PalioAI

Twitter followers: 45.7K

Ultiverse

Ultiverse It is a one-stop platform for Web3 game production and publishing powered by artificial intelligence, promoting the large-scale adoption of AI-enhanced Web3 games. Ultiverse is based on the Bodhi protocol and uses generative artificial intelligence to connect different game worlds. Its core team members have participated in the development of famous games such as "Rings of the Ancients", "Prince of Persia", and "Assassin's Creed".

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In 2022, Ultiverse received a US$4.5 million seed investment co-led by Binance Labs and Defiance Capital, with participation from Three Arrows Capital and SkyVision Capital. round of financing, and later received an additional $5 million in equity investment from Binance Labs. Ultiverse’s token is $ULTC and will be airdropped soon.

White paper: https://docs.ultiverse.io/

Twitter homepage: @UltiverseDAO

Number of Twitter followers: 787.7K

Today

Today is a A social simulation game that uses advanced AI technology to introduce interactive NPCs into the game, enhancing player experience through unique and engaging interactions. Currently, the gameplay and game details of TODAY have not been announced, but it is worth noting that TODAY is created by an Oscar-winning team and the former leaders of Nintendo, SEGA, Epic Games and Unity, so you can expect innovations in its style and player experience. .

The release of Today’s Genesis Series The ANCIENT SEED is in progress. Players can obtain it in the form of Freemint, with a total amount of 777. Holders will enjoy the game internal and external rights and interests.

Website: Today

Twitter homepage: @todaythegame

Number of Twitter followers: 193.4K

Sekuya Multiverse

Sekuya Multiverse offers an immersive MMORPG experience set in Novae Terrae, a 10-world metaverse. Players known as "Jumpers" can utilize AI technology to customize their characters, interact with AI NPCs, and participate in battles to collect more than 400 Sekumon souls and win generous rewards.

Sekuya Multiverse is incubated by SingularityDAO, and its team members are all from Southeast Asia. Sekuya Multiverse hopes to introduce AI co-creation tools to reach millions of gamers and creators.

White paper: Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

Twitter homepage: @sekuyaofficial

Number of Twitter followers: 44.2K

AI Generating content to enrich the game ecosystem

This category overlaps with AI agents. The introduction of AI technology can help game developers quickly generate a large amount of game content, including dialogues , tasks, storylines, etc., to provide players with more game options and challenges, extending the playability and lifespan of the game.

Sleepless AI

Sleepless AI is a groundbreaking Web3+AI virtual companion game that uses AIGC and LLM to create rich story-based gameplay and evolving interactions with characters, providing players with Provide emotional support and an immersive gaming experience. Sleepless AI investors include Binance Labs, Foresight Ventures, and Folius Ventures.

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Sleepless AI has launched the 42nd phase of Binance’s new currency mining project. After its launch, the price of its token $AI ranged from 1 to 1.5 US dollars, reaching a maximum of 2.38 US dollars. But it fell 24% in the past week.

Project white paper: Welcome to Sleepless AI

Twitter homepage: @SleeplessAI_Lab

Number of Twitter followers: 127.7K

Ai Hero

AI Hero is a game that combines "RPG + Battle Royale + DND", created by In the Web3 game generated by AI, players need to choose their own race and profession according to their preferences, and combine their own attributes with the randomly generated plot by AI during the game to explore different plot options, thereby obtaining equipment rewards and improving their character attributes. At the same time, you will encounter other rival players in the game and fight with 12 other players. The player who survives will win the final victory and win rewards.

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Ai Hero is the first subsidiary of the Metaverse chain game platform Binaryx An AI chain game, Binaryx token $BNX has increased by more than 110% since March, but has fallen by 24% in the past week.

Game entrance: aihero.binaryx.pro

Twitter homepage: @binary_x

Twitter followers Number: 398.9K

GameGPT by PRISM

According to reports, GameGPT is a game engine driven by artificial intelligence to provide power for the next generation of blockchain games. Developed in 2020, GameGPT v1 automates a game’s codebase, visuals, and in-game economy. GameGPT will launch a Genesis NFT launch event in the near future. Its token $DUEL has increased by 90% in the past month and dropped by 45% in a week.

White paper: PRISM - Whitepaper | PRISM - Whitepaper

Twitter homepage: @Gamegptofficial

Number of Twitter followers: 272.2K

Distributed computing infrastructure for gamers

GamerHash Al

GamerHash is a distributed computing infrastructure platform for gamers on BNB Chain. According to the team, GamerHash has more than 760,000 users and has a distributed computing infrastructure that supports the needs of a large number of players. GamerHash AI will also enable the use of AI on individual players’ own PCs in a completely private manner with no technical knowledge required.

On March 19, GamerHash AI announced a partnership with the decentralized computing platform Golem Network. The GamerHash Al token $GHX has increased by more than 500% in the past month, but has fallen by nearly 40% in recent days, and is quoted at $0.22 at the time of writing.

White paper: GAMERHASH INTRODUCTION

Twitter homepage: @GamerHashCom

Number of Twitter followers: 88K

GAIMIN

GAIMIN The positioning is similar to GamerHash Al. Its products include the GAIMIN platform, GAIMCRAFT developer tools, GAIMIN’s cloud and Gaimin Gladiators. The GAIMIN platform allows gamers to monetize their idle computing resources through the GAIMIN Cloud. By donating their computing power, gamers can empower businesses and organizations with artificial intelligence, rendering, and blockchain technologies while reaping rewards.

According to reports, GAIMIN’s token is GMRX, and its IDO will be held on Seedify from March 23 to 24.

White paper: GAIMIN Project Whitepaper

Twitter homepage: @GaiminIo

Number of Twitter followers: 273.3K

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