Melvin Durango

Hytopia 🌎 || Gray Boys 👽

[David Tso (dave.base.eth) @davidtsocy]

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[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@GamingOnBase @frenpetonbase @TowerToken @Bullieverse @LuchadoresNFT @pixotchi @b3dotfun @noahwbragg @pepper_meme @duckycity_io @pokpok_io $HYBUX @HYTOPIAgg

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@BaseGirl_25 @base $HYBUX @HYTOPIAgg

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@IrocPlayz @HYTOPIAgg Welcome! Look forward to seeing your work! 😊

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@GamingOnBase @base @Uptopia_xyz @HYTOPIAgg @pixotchi @BharatGGio @CrappyBirdBase @ZacPrater HYTOPIA FTW

[HY Foundation @hy_fdn]

Explore dungeons filled with danger and treasures. Get ready for epic roguelike gameplay!

Are you brave enough?

Follow @LootLegendsGame for updates.

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@iamarkdev @coingecko @coinlistings @HYTOPIAgg @coingecko please fix this asap

[Abhishek Anand @levelheaded_94]

Been working with this team for some time so I guess I have the permission to attest to everything @iamarkdev said and share an inside view on how this team operates.

In the past, I have built 2 major startups in the last 9 years and have invested in many high-quality teams in the last cycle, but this team is built differently - thoughts on the team and why I think we have a winning team to conquer the blockchain gaming world below -

1. Raw intelligence and proven operating experience - Every single team member on @HYTOPIAgg and @HYCHAIN_GAMES are not just some of the smartest folks I have met in the space but they bring in years of proven operating experience across gaming, game engine development, infrastructure, and ecosystem development across both web2 and web3

2. Extremely first principle thinking and operating at a speed that justifies making lots of mistakes - very iterative feedback loops driven culture and zero tolerance for paralysis analysis - Plan -> execute -> fail -> learn -> repeat is the mantra. There’s a famous saying by @sama - being quick, decisive, and getting things done quickly correlate to a lot of successful founders and all of us in the team operate with the same principle.

3. Extremely lean and nimble team structure where most team members operate as generalists and wear multiple hats across the board - zero bureaucracy and no squatting on ideas for weeks - eg. we took a lot of really high-value decisions in the last 30 days across many verticals (past experiences, it would take months to take such decisions)

4. ArkDev leads by example and has utmost clarity in what he wants to achieve 5 years from now. He is also the most resilient founder I have met - he is very clear that he is playing the long game and he is in to win it. It was very evident from the time Minecraft banned NFT Worlds but being on the inside brought a lot of validation with his operating style - the team could have wrapped up, taken the funds, and sunsetted the business, but they took the harder route. Says a lot about @iamarkdev and @Temptranquil and I have the utmost respect for both.

5. Flat org structure, no reporting ladders - there's no place for middlemen - everyone on the team is both a thinker and a doer and most importantly maintains the highest levels of accountability to everyone else.

6. Not afraid of incumbents - The team knows we are working against a lot of headwinds and that it will be an uphill battle but every single person on the team still feels like they have a true calling to build the largest web3 gaming company and desperately want to champion this mission.

7. Growth growth growth - everyone on the team is laser-focused on growth and key metrics that drive them - there are a lot of key metrics that you will see growing exponentially within Hychain and Hytopia over the next few months namely new user growth, retention, new features shipped, new games in our pipeline, on-chain activity etc etc

8. The company runs like a professional sports team - there’s literally an Olympian-style work ethic on the team and literally everyone on the team is heavily focused on performance. Again, kudos to Arkdev and Max for making this the default DNA of the company.

9. High accountability and transparency to the community and very community-centric DNA - eg. most decisions are valued from the perspective of how the community will respond and how we can make it more welcoming to them. We deeply deeply care about the community and this probably is the single biggest criterion for the amazing and welcoming community members that Hytopia has nurtured over the last 2 years.

Okay, that’s all. Really happy that I get to build with such battle-scarred, amazing people but it's still a long uphill battle from here, and the journey has just begun.

P.S. If you want to join this rockstar team, we are hiring across multiple verticals for full-time positions at Hychain - biz dev, ecosystem support, marketing, social media, research, etc. More details on the openings to come in the next post but DM’s open if you want to send an open invitation for a role at @HYCHAIN_GAMES.

[Abhishek Anand @levelheaded_94]

After a long hiatus, I’m super excited to announce that I am joining as a founding advisor at @HYCHAIN_GAMES to work closely with the @HYTOPIAgg team and build out their broader gaming ecosystem. I have been working behind the doors for the last few months, laying out the broader strategy and approach for us to build out the key pillars around distribution, ecosystem development, investments, and overall organizational setup to establish Hychain as a leading game publishing titan.

Been working very closely with @iamarkdev for the last 4 months after we connected on a shared vision and within a few conversations, it was very clear from his speed of execution and first-principle thinking that he is one of the sharpest founders I have met in the space. I have met hundreds of founders over the last 2 years but Arkdev clearly stands out as an astute leader.

Hytopia is probably the most ambitious undertaking in Web3. To come back from a near-death moment when Minecraft banned them, to building their own bottom-up Voxel-style game to compete with the incumbent itself is probably the best comeback story in Web3. Voxel games have over 400mm + players globally and Minecraft last boasted ~150M MAU and stands out as the most played and the most watched game for Genz and GenX. It has had a sharp decline in development and creator support since Minecraft acquired it years ago, leaving it old, outdated, and ripe for Hytopia to take over the incumbent. It’s an uphill journey with a lot of headwinds but if Hytopia succeeds in this endeavor, this will probably be the biggest win, not just for Hytopia but web3 in general. It will set a new precedence for small teams coming with fewer resources to not be afraid of behemoths. It’s a mission that the team deeply resonates with.

I have also been following the @tryMetaFab developments since my earliest interactions with Arkdev, which stood out to me as a leading infra suite for developers with no prior blockchain experience to build in Web3. Metafab was open-sourced ever since and got 1200+ developers using it across multiple chains and saw millions of monthly API calls at its peak. There are a ton of competitive advantages that Metafab unlocks by allowing developers of all skill levels to tap into an ecosystem with growing player liquidity.

On the demand side, Hychain has already started working deeply and discussing strategic relationships with some of the largest gaming distributors, guilds, esports teams, creators, and large Web2 platforms to build out our distribution networks and attract more player liquidity into our ecosystem.

Hychain is the convergence of all of the above pieces into a singular ecosystem. I think the focus on building a large UGC ecosystem won't stop at HYTOPIA, but that HYCHAIN will become an attractive hub for other similar games due to our tooling, distribution, and network effects around players.

Super super stoked to be working closely with the heavy-hitter Hytopia team, community, and all the friends I have worked with in the past to become the most attractive hub for game developers to build with us.

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@HYCHAIN_GAMES Hychain is leading the web3 gaming space! $TOPIA

[HY Foundation @hy_fdn]

🎮 HYCHAIN Whitelist Contest: HYROLLER 🎮

Announcing HYROLLER! A fun, gamified way to earn a whitelist spot for the coming HYCHAIN Node Key sale.

Play HYROLLER: https://t.co/jk2dO7TEJ8

A thread 🧵 1/x

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

I'm Excited about @hychain_games' upcoming node sale!

With 1.1M+ players pre-registered for HYTOPIA and HYCHAIN's dev infrastructure for seamless player UX, HYCHAIN will be an L2 that attracts many web3 games! #TOPIA

[HY Foundation @hy_fdn]

🥳 HYCHAIN Node Sale Update #1 🥳

We're talking nodes! This thread shares a number of early details on how nodes will operate, their rewards, node pricing, and more.

Let's dive in! A thread 🧵👇
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[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@GamerHytopia Happy birthday 🎂

[Daniel Spitzwieser @dan_spitzwieser]

I'm ultra bullish on Ark as a growth hacker.

He demonstrated his abilities by achieving over a million beta pre-registrations for the HYTOPIA beta.

The metrics from his previous startups are nothing short of astounding as well.

The HYCHAIN Nodes Sale will be the next event to demonstrate his capabilities.

The WL Mint is well-crafted, in my opinion:

He has already got us engaged thinking deeply about which phase might be the best entry point to get our hands on those Keys.

With the game theory element in play, it's hard to predict what will happen.

With strategic (partnership-) announcements leading up to Mint Day, the team has a lot of options on how to nurture the hype.

Market conditions for a Node Sale look primed with BTC and ETH surpassing local highs and "Great Node Rush" threads going viral.

This will be an exciting event in late February (or early March)!

If you plan on minting HYCHAIN Node Keys, feel free to use my referral code "ADONIS" at checkout to save 5%.

[Melvin Durango @Melvin_Durango]

@GamerHytopia @HYTOPIAgg Yup, it's engagement farming and pumping one's own bags. Won't look good when @HYTOPIAgg leads the web3gaming charge though 😄

[ArkDev @iamarkdev]

There may be a whitelist for the @HYCHAIN_GAMES node sale..

And you may want to start by following @HYCHAIN_GAMES and retweeting this.. 🤔

[Temptranquil | HYTOPIA @Temptranquil]

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[Daniel Spitzwieser @dan_spitzwieser]

$TOPIA 6% up on the day 💹

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[HYTOPIA @hytopiagg]

🪙 Major $TOPIA And HYTOPIA World Update 🌎

We've heard our community and just released an update regarding $TOPIA and Worlds.

This spans the entire HYTOPIA ecosystem, game, chain & more.

You can read the full PDF update here: https://t.co/nWvuvsvVyj

[HYTOPIA @hytopiagg]

🎮 HYTOPIA Alpha Gameplay 🎮

Inspired by Minecraft, HYTOPIA is being built to foster the next generation of social-play and games made by creators in a familiar voxel-like setting using our new engine built from scratch in Rust.

Sign up for beta: https://t.co/buxeUxp2OD