Gaming on Avalanche w/ Shrapnel Studio Head Don Norbury and Ava Labs' Head of Gaming Ed Chang from Subnet Show

Gaming on Avalanche w/ Shrapnel Studio Head Don Norbury and Ava Labs' Head of Gaming Ed Chang

57 minutes Posted Mar 21, 2022 at 4:00 pm.

Introductions 

What is Shrapnel? Why did you choose to build on Avalanche? 

How did Shrapnel show up on Ed Chang's radar? 

What does the process look like for developers looking to launch their game on Avalanche? 

Play-to-Own and Play-and-Earn as opposed to Play-to-Earn 

Where Connor previously saw gaming headed 

What does Play-to-Own mean? 

Is gaming the "killer app" of crypto? 

What are the bottlenecks that you see? 

How has your reception been since the Shrapnel announcement? 

What are the 3 top complaints from traditional gaming industry professionals and how might we address them? 

What are the trepidations from developers and studios? How are you convincing them to make the jump? 

How big is your team and how long have you been around? 

How are you handling growing your blockchain engineering team/size? Are you hiring engineers and training them internally to learn Web3 or are you specifically hiring Web3 engineers? 

What types of positions and roles are you hiring for currently? 

What are the biggest asks and missing links that game developers are asking for? 

What is the overlap between gaming and the Multiverse?   

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This week the topic is gaming and the blockchain. The guys talk to Studio Head @ Shrapnel, Don Norbury, and Director of Business Development Gaming @ Ava Labs, Ed Chang. The team discusses the upcoming Shrapnel game, existing gaming projects on Avalanche, and bringing positive visions of NFTs to the gaming community.

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* https://medium.com/avalancheavax/aaa-first-person-shooter-game-shrapnel-unveils-plans-to-build-on-avalanche-blockchain-99f7909d8253

* https://www.shrapnel.com

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