‘Treeverse’ Studio Endless Clouds Picks Immutable zkEVM for Its NFT Games
Recreation studio Limitless Clouds is working with Immutable to launch two of its upcoming video games, Treeverse and Capsule Heroes, on Immutable’s anticipated zkEVM blockchain, the companies introduced Tuesday.
The 2 titles will provide alpha and beta early entry launches and can assist the Immutable Passport, Immutable’s single sign-on crypto pockets. Immutable zkEVM is an upcoming Ethereum scaling community based mostly on Polygon’s zkEVM expertise.
“I’m an enormous believer in Ethereum, so naturally our choices filtered down immediately,” mentioned Limitless Clouds pseudonymous founder, Loopify, in a message to Decrypt when requested how the studio selected its blockchain.
“Immutable met our standards for what we ultimately want from a series. From safety, low charges, scalability, and extra,” the founder mentioned.
Loopify additionally shared that the crew behind the Immutable zkEVM ticked all their containers, providing assist and manufacturing connections.
“It’s instantly a partnership as we convey the app [and] they convey the infrastructure,” Loopify instructed Decrypt. “But additionally not directly, as they need to construct for the blockchain gaming trade generally.”
Treeverse is billed as an “immersive MMORPG,” whereas Capsule Heroes is a player-versus-player (PVP) brawler-style recreation. Each video games will put an emphasis on participant possession by means of in-game NFT property. Loopify additionally shared that the studio has plans for its personal token in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.
“They are going to act as add-ons on prime of the bottom recreation, not limiting the gameplay if you don’t personal what’s wanted, however nonetheless boosting the expertise for individuals who need digital possession,” the founder mentioned of each video games’ use of NFTs.
Immutable President and co-founder Robbie Ferguson expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration in an announcement.
Capsule Heroes would be the first recreation with a dev construct early January!
Then Treeverse will comply with a while after.
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— Loopify 🧙♂️ (@Loopifyyy) December 18, 2023
“With this partnership we aren’t simply signaling a promising future for these two titles—we’re persevering with to drive a turning level for the general video games trade because the blockchain vertical continues to mature,” Ferguson mentioned.
Limitless Clouds is backed by gaming and VC companies like Animoca Manufacturers, Skyvision Capital, Momentum 6, and others, elevating at what it known as a $25 million valuation again in 2021. It raised further funding in December 2023.
The studio has additionally already seen practically $100 million in buying and selling quantity for its present NFT collections, in keeping with an announcement. Three Treeverse-related NFT collections have already been launched on Ethereum, spanning bushes, digital land plots, and character avatars.
As Loopify and their studio transfer into the Immutable ecosystem, the founder doesn’t see their pseudonymity as a difficulty.
“I’ve been pseudonymous from the beginning,” Loopify mentioned, including {that a} crypto founder is judged by their “status for what you convey to the house” versus previous credentials.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
