Games as NFTs on Arweave with Gridacity

You'll notice something immediately unique about this podcast recording; our guest, Sirgulator, uses a voice modulator to remain anonymous. Gridacity.io creates fully on-chain games and interactive multimedia experiences. The team has already released two games - Pulsar79 and Reveries of Ymatar. Each of these games have a very retro feel, including the background music, movement, and general game design. Of course, the biggest difference is that these games are stored on Arweave and utilize Ethereum as well.

"We wanted to create something that was more similar to how it was in the 80's and the 90's, where you bought a game console and game cartridge, and the game cartridges is yours forever... being able to play it 20, 30, 40 years down the line."

Sirgulator is dedicated to enabling actual game ownership, which is why they've chosen the Permaweb for their storage layer for these game NFTs. They've built out an interesting suite of tech that enables each game to be completely unique to any other version of their games. Imagine playing a game that is connected to the larger "theme" and also completely unique for you only... pretty cool to think about. 

The opportunities are massive as more individuals become frustrated by the closed source world of games and the inability to move assets or games outside of specific marketplaces. Gridacity intends on opening up the world of game ownership, propelling it to a whole new level where you can do whatever you want with a game after purchasing it, and keep it for many years to come. 

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