AI in Gaming Track Gains Momentum: Which Projects Are Worth Watching?

By: blockbeats|2025/01/13 08:45:03
0
Share
copy

From AI Meme, to AI Agent, to AI Technology Framework, AI's narrative in the Crypto world has seen rapid development. Now, attention is turning to the next evolution of the AI narrative, focusing more on specific application narratives, such as DeFAI or AI + Gaming. So, what are some AI gaming projects worth paying attention to?

Parallel Colony

Parallel is a Base Layer TCG (Trading Card Game) belonging to the Echelon Prime Foundation. In 2021, Parallel completed a $50 million funding round led by Paradigm, with other investors including YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, Focus Labs, OSS Capital, and Yunt Capital, among others.

Parallel is already available for players to enjoy. Apart from Parallel, the Echelon Prime Foundation is also developing a survival game called Parallel Colony that incorporates ERC-6551 technology and allows players to collaborate with AI. Players can assign tasks to AI Agents, which then autonomously complete them and interact with other AI Agents and players to share their gaming ideas. AI Agents will also engage in transactions within Parallel Colony.

AI in Gaming Track Gains Momentum: Which Projects Are Worth Watching?

This game is set to open for testing in the first quarter of this year. In addition to Parallel Colony, Parallel has also created an AI-driven full-chain automated trading tool @AIWayfinder, showcasing a strong AI-driven approach.

Smol Worlds

Developed under the core PFP project Smol Brains within the Smol Worlds Treasure DAO ecosystem, an AI game is currently in development. The lead for this game is Shaw, a prominent figure in the AI Crypto race today, who was originally a developer in the Treasure DAO ecosystem.

In Smol World, each Smol Brains will be able to act as an AI Agent in an on-chain game, allowing them to PvP by stealing each other's assets. The game will be integrated with the Eliza framework.

Eternum

This is an on-chain sandbox strategy game in the Loot (Realms) ecosystem, running on the StarkNet network.

Its founder @lordOfAFew introduced a system called Daydream, which allows an AI Agent to play games on-chain. What sets Daydream apart is that instead of pre-coding the AI to work like a bot, it gives the AI autonomous consciousness.

In simple terms, first, AI is not told by humans in code what the game is like and how they should behave. Instead, AI autonomously understands the game mechanics and takes corresponding actions, even writing code as needed. Second, if the game mechanics are updated, the AI Agent does not need to restart but can suggest a PR merge to humans to enhance its own capabilities.

In the upcoming Season 1 of the game, Eternum will inject hundreds of AI Agents into the game through Daydream as PVE or NPC characters, coexisting with players in a competitive gaming environment.

AI Arena

This is an AI game project we introduced back in 2022 (related reading: AI Arena, NFT AI Arena led by Paradigm)

In the AI Arena, NFT game characters will engage in platform-style combat similar to "Super Smash Bros.," where the first to knock the other out of the map wins. The biggest difference from "Super Smash Bros." is that during battles, players cannot control their NFT game characters, and all actions are AI-driven.

This game project has now evolved into a larger brand, ARC Agents, aimed at enhancing AI's reasoning and adaptability to the real world through the study of game AI Agents. ARC Agents announced a strategic partnership with Eliza Labs on January 7th.

Super Champs

Above are all projects that directly incorporate AI technology into games. There are also some blockchain games that have not directly integrated AI into the game, but I would rather say they are proactively approaching a hot market trend rather than just riding along, because the quality of the game itself is still very good.

Super Champs is one such blockchain game. Behind it is Joyride Games, which announced over two years ago that it had raised $14 million from investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Dapper Labs.

They developed an AI that can livestream game commentary and interact with viewers via barrages, but currently, it only knows how to commentate on their own game. In the future, they will train the AI to commentate on other games. If you want to hire their AI to commentate on intellectual property, you will need to use their token, which is a logically consistent narrative...

You may also like

a16z Leads $18M Seed Round for Catena Labs, Crypto Industry Bets on Stablecoin AI Payment

Traditional finance is still stuck in a "human-to-human" model, while Catena aims to achieve "AI-to-AI" interaction.

Pharos, deeply integrated with AntChain, is about to launch. How can we get involved?

What is the relationship between the $8 million funded NewChain and Ant, and how will they interact?

The End and Rebirth of NFTs: How the Meme Coin Craze Ended the PFP Era?

There must be another Labubu hidden beneath the ruins.

Key Market Intelligence on May 14th, how much did you miss out on?

Featured News


1.Binance Alpha Launches HIPPO, BLUE, and Other Tokens

2.Believe Ecosystem Tokens See General Rise, LAUNCHCOIN Surges Over 250% in 24 Hours

3.Tiger Securities Introduces Cryptocurrency Deposit and Withdrawal Service, Supports Mainstream Cryptocurrencies such as BTC and ETH

4.Current Bitcoin Rally Possibly Driven by Institutions, Retail Traders Yet to Join

5.Binance Wallet's New TGE Privasea AI Participation Requires a 198 Point Threshold, with a Point Consumption of 15


Trending Topics


Source: Overheard on CT (tg: @overheardonct), Kaito


PUMP: Today's discussions about PUMP focus on its new creator revenue-sharing model: the platform will allocate 50% of PumpSwap revenue to token creators, sparking varied reactions from users. Some criticize the move as insufficient or even misleading, while others view it as a positive step the platform is taking to reward creators. Meanwhile, PUMP faces market pressure from emerging competitors like LetsBONKfun and Raydium, which are rapidly gaining market share. Users also express concerns about PUMP's sustainability and potential regulatory risks in the U.S., with discussions extending to the platform's impact on the entire memecoin ecosystem.


COINBASE: Today, Coinbase became the first crypto company to join the S&P 500 Index, replacing Discover Financial Services, sparking widespread industry attention. The entire crypto community views this milestone as a significant development, signaling that crypto assets are further integrating into the mainstream financial system. The news has sparked lively discussions on Twitter, with many users pointing out that this may attract more institutional investors to enter the Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency markets.


XRP: XRP became the focal point of today's crypto discussion, with its significant market movements and strategic advances drawing attention. XRP has surpassed USDT to become the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, sparking market excitement and discussions about its future potential. The surge in market capitalization and price is believed to be related to increasing institutional interest, deepening strategic partnerships, and its role in the crypto ecosystem. Additionally, XRP's integration into multiple financial systems and its potential as a macro asset class are also seen as key factors driving the current market sentiment.


DYDX: Today's discussions about DYDX mainly focused on the dYdX Yapper Leaderboard launched by KaitoAI. The leaderboard aims to identify the most active community participants, with a total of $150,000 in rewards to be distributed over the first three seasons. This initiative has sparked broad community participation, with many users discussing the potential rewards and the incentive effect on the DYDX ecosystem. Meanwhile, progress on the ethDYDX to dYdX native chain migration and historical airdrop events have also been topics of discussion.


Featured Articles


1. "What Is 'ICM'? Holding Up the $4 Billion Market Cap Solana's New Narrative"

Overnight, the hottest narrative in the crypto space has become "Internet Capital Markets," with a host of crypto projects and founders, led by the Solana ecosystem's new Launchpad platform Believe, releasing this phrase. Together with "Believe in something," it has become the new slogan heralding the onset of a bull market. What exactly is the so-called "Internet Capital Market," will it become a short-lived hype phrase like the Base ecosystem's previous Content Coin, and what related targets are available for selection?


2.《LaunchCoin Surges 20x in One Day, How Did Believe Create a $200M Market Cap Shiba Inu After Going to Zero?|100x Retrospective》

LAUNCHCOIN broke through a $200 million market cap today, with the long-lost liquidity and such a high market cap "Memecoin" almost bringing half of the on-chain crypto community CT into the fray. The community is crazily discussing this token, with half of it being FOMO and the other half being FUD. This token, originally issued by Believe founder Ben Pasternak under his personal identity, transformed into a new platform token after a renaming. From once going to zero to a $200 million market cap, what happened in between?


On-chain Data


May 14 On-chain Fund Flow


Within 24 hours, GOONC's market cap soared to 70 million, could GOONC be the next billion-dollar dog on the Believe platform?

Bitcoin has broken $100,000, Ethereum has surpassed 2500, and is Solana's hot streak about to make a comeback?


The current market is in a state of macro euphoria, with GOONC riding the wave today, skyrocketing 10x in just a few hours, reaching a market cap of tens of millions of dollars, trading volume soaring past 50 million, and rumors swirling that the developer may be from OpenAI (unconfirmed but intriguing enough).


The "gooning" Culture in Forums


A ludicrous and absurd Solana meme that some actually buy into.


GOONC is a meme coin that has sprouted from the "gooning" subculture, offering no technological innovation or practical use, its sole function being speculation.


It takes inspiration from an NSFW term "gooning," which refers to a person being deeply immersed in certain content (you know what), eventually entering a nearly religious-like trance.


In Reddit (such as r/GOONED, r/GoonCaves) and some counterculture media outlets (such as MEL Magazine in 2020), "gooning" has gradually transitioned from an adult label to a meme-addicted, digital content and virtual self-indulgence synonym, arguably the epitome of Degen spirit.


GOONC is playing around with this concept, packaging the addictive nature, uselessness, and irony of gooning into a tradable financial product. The project team has made it clear: "We do not solve blockchain problems, we only trade absurdity." Blunt but oddly genuine.


GOONC launched on May 13, 2025, using the meme coin launch platform Believe App's LaunchCoin module on Solana. This tool is highly Degen: zero technical barriers, a few clicks to create a coin, perfect for projects like GOONC that can come up with ideas out of the blue.



The mastermind behind GOONC is also quite something and is the most talked-about, with KOL @basedalexandoor on X platform (alias "Pata van Goon") personally involved. His profile even caught the attention of Marc Andreessen, co-founder of a16z, making onlookers unable to resist speculating if GOONC has a hint of OpenAI lineage.



While this 'OpenAI Endorsement' is currently just community speculation, it is definitely a good card to play to fuel hype. Saying "we are pure speculation" on one hand, while tagging a few "AI + a16z" on the other.


From Wasteland to Moon in One Night


GOONC took off as soon as it launched. After its launch on May 13, 2025, its market capitalization skyrocketed to $22 million within 4 hours, with a trading volume exceeding $25.6 million in 24 hours. According to platform data, the first day of trading saw an astonishing +41,100% surge, soaring from $0.0000001 to $0.02, becoming a "missed-the-boat" situation.


GOONC quickly formed an active trading community post-launch, with a lot of discussion and trading signals appearing on X platform (such as the 292x return signal provided by DeBot). Liquidity pools on exchanges like Raydium and Meteora grew rapidly, supporting high trading volumes and price increases.


The real climax occurred between May 13 and May 14, with the market cap rising to $5.5 million in the morning and directly surpassing $55 million in the afternoon. By the 14th, it briefly approached a $70 million market cap, with the trading volume soaring to $59 million. Some community members even posted screenshots claiming an increase of +85,000%, creating a new myth out of the ruins.


As of 1:30 pm on May 14, the price stabilized around $0.039, with a total market cap and FDV both around $39.6 million, and a 24-hour trading volume of $5.43 million. Active platforms include XT.COM, LBank, Meteora, and others.


Although there was a slight pullback from the peak ($0.07), the coin's popularity remains strong. For a coin that relies purely on "irony + community + X post" to thrive, this performance is already at a stellar level.



Currently, the background of the token's development team is not transparent, increasing the potential risk of a rug pull. Rugcheck.xyz warns that the creator of the GOONC contract may have permission to modify the contract (e.g., change fees or mint additional tokens), posing certain security risks.


Community members speculate that the meteoric rise of GOONC may be the "last hurrah".


How to Get Rich in Crypto Without Relying on Luck? Financial Veteran Raoul Pal's Macro Insights and Investment Path

2008 Financial Crisis "Oracle" Raoul Pal on Cryptocurrency, Resilient Wealth, and Macro Insights.

Popular coins

Latest Crypto News

Read more