Blog & Devlogs
Insights, updates, and behind-the-scenes from the Orion's Gate team.
Community Telemetry: Dashboards that Turn Feedback into Roadmaps
If your community is your growth engine, telemetry is the dashboard. In 2025, the best-run web3 games treat community signals-on-chain activity, Discord behavior, quest completions, governance votes, and social reach-as inputs to product. This playbook shows which metrics to track, how to wire them up, and how to convert raw sentiment into shippable roadmap items. Unify data from chain analytics (Dune), Discord, quest platforms, and governance into a single command center [1][6][9][15]. Track four flywheels: Discovery → Activation → Contribution → Governance, each with clear KPIs and action recipes [3][6][10][12]. Publish a decision log that maps metrics → proposals → shipped changes to compound trust and iteration speed [4][5].
Ad Tech Meets On-Chain: Performance Marketing, Attribution, and Fraud in Web3 Gaming (2025)
With Chrome keeping third-party cookies (for now), Apple shifting to AdAttributionKit, and wallet-native analytics maturing, Web3 UA finally has a measurable funnel-from click → install → on-chain event. The opportunity is real, but so are the risks: AI bot traffic, spoofed ads, and sybil farms can torch budgets unless you harden attribution and fraud defenses end-to-end. [1][2][3][4][5]
Diegetic UI: When the World Is the HUD (Web3 Art & Design Edition)
Learn how diegetic UI-interfaces embedded inside the game world-can elevate the art direction of Web3 games. See patterns, visual examples, and a practical checklist for turning on-chain identity and object-owned inventories into beautiful, in-world graphics.
Technical Review: Lumiterra - A Web3 Game Poised for Spotlight
The world of Web3 gaming is heating up - and while many titles come and go, Lumiterra stands out as a strong contender. Below is a focused technical review of how Lumiterra is built, what technologies underpin it, why it has potential, and what remains to be solved.
DEVLOG-4: Building the Backbone, Forging the Fun, and Hardening the Pipeline
Building the Backbone, Forging the Fun, and Hardening the Pipeline (October 2025)We've finished the main map, stitched in helper scenes and core helper mechanics (the game's backbone), and we're deep in production on signature game mechanics-the “one more run” loop that'll make our Web3 title sing. In parallel, the design team is sculpting one of the main characters. We also navigated two security incidents-Microsoft's CVE-2025-55315 and a recent npm supply-chain attack-and shipped mitigations within hours, costing us 1-3 days but keeping us on track. [1]
How Web3 Communities Co-Develop the Games They Play
Web3 gaming communities aren't just fandoms on Discord-they're production partners. From token-gated playtests to on-chain votes and player-run guilds, communities now shape mechanics, economies, and even platform strategy. Below is a practical look at how those interactions work and the concrete impact they're having on development in 2024-2025.
Storefront Shockwave: How the EU's DMA + Epic's Mobile Store Are Rewriting Web3 Game Distribution (2025)
The biggest unlock for web3 games in 2025 isn't a new chain-it's distribution. The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) has forced iOS to open to third-party stores, and Epic has seized the moment with a cross-platform storefront (PC + Android worldwide, iOS in the EU) and even fee relief. Combined with faster L2 infra and better live-ops design, this is reshaping go-to-market, retention, and monetization for web3 studios. [1][2][3][4][5]
Craft Strikes Back: 7 New Art Directions Rewriting Web3 Game Visuals in 2025
Explore the newest art and design trends in Web3 games-from claymation-inspired worlds and toy-to-game universes to anime transmedia pipelines, schematic on‑chain minimalism, cinematic sci‑fi card art, and UGC‑first cosmetics. Examples include Clay Nation x The Sandbox, Pudgy World, Kaidro, Primodium, Pixels, Parallel, Wildcard, Serum City, and more.
Mixing Genres and Chains: Inside the Diverse World of Web3 Gaming Technology
Web3 games have moved far beyond the spreadsheets and simplistic “play‑to‑earn” experiments of a few years ago. Powered by decentralized networks, smart contracts and NFTs, they now span genres from card battlers and farm sims to e‑sports and open‑world metaverses. This article shows why that variety exists and how the underlying technology makes it possible.
DEVLOG-3: New Worlds, Rare Loot, and a Team Rhythm That Scales
Building a living game world means moving many parts in lockstep: artists delivering performant environments, engineers translating design into reliable systems, and designers assembling it all into playable moments. This month, our pipeline hit three milestones: (1) new asset packages for an undisclosed planet surface, community hubs, and mystical spaces; (2) a rare items & collectibles system now in active development; and (3) a tight team cadence of daily check-ins and bi-weekly sprints to keep every feature flowing from prototype to production with minimal friction [1][2].
Building Belonging: Community & Culture in Web3 Gaming (with Real-World Examples)
A great Web3 game is more than smart contracts and shiny assets-it's a culture players want to live in. The strongest projects don't outsource community; they design it into the game loop with ownership, voice, rituals, and creator pathways. Below are eight pillars of community-led design, each illustrated with real examples from live Web3 titles and supported by current sources.