Niccolò Simoncini

Freelance developer
Data analyst at @atom_tool
Offical community tester for UE5 module at @staratlas

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@DeItaone

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@solana_sailor @superteam @solana

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

In the stormy sea we're sailing through right now, @staratlas remains SOLID, guided by its North Star: C4 and @ZinkSVM

With over 7-800 daily active players and consistently more than 1 MILLION transactions per day, Star Atlas doesn’t flinch.

While everything else shakes, it keeps sailing straight. This is real Web3 gaming that stands tall.

Despite what people say about Web3 gaming never coming back...

Are you on board? ✨

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@AjiTae888 @staratlas @staratlas is doing 1M+ transactions EVERY DAY, only in SAGE, I didn't count Score, Marketplace and Fleet Rentals. 7-800 DAU.
Please, stop embarrassing yourself.

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@CoinMarketCap Just wait to see what’s coming next for @staratlas in C4 and @ZinkSVM ��

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@yellowpantherx Never faded @staratlas , never will..

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@Berna7224 @staratlas

After going through countless difficulties and enduring many unfounded accusations over the years, he’s still here shipping updates, both on-chain and in UE5.

In this stormy sea, he is my safe harbor.

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@learning_yohei Secondo me è giusto che ognuno la mangi come preferisce! L’importante però è cuocerla nel modo giusto, ho visto video di persone che sbagliano completamente 😂

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@nikitabier @notthreadguy And the few legitimate builder accounts had to bite the bullet too because of those bots... Everything would have been so much simpler for real web3 if CT had never existed, at least the world wouldn't be so biased against it...

[Sailor @solana_sailor]

A Solana gaming story that shows how challenging on-chain gaming really is: @staratlas 👇

• 2020 - the vision
AAA game: a massive on-chain space MMO
not just a game, but a full sci-fi metaverse with ships, factions, economy, and player ownership

• pre-launch - foundation
led by @at_mwagner (not from traditional gaming)
ambition was enormous from day one

• 2021 2022 - hype
NFT ships generate millions
team scales aggressively → ~235 people at peak

• 2022 - shock
FTX collapse hits hard
~$15.5M lost from treasury, plus other major damage from the same period

• 2023 - reality
multi-million monthly burn
AAA scope proved too heavy to sustain
→ layoffs ~120 people cut (~73%)
→ team goes from ~167 → ~45

• 2023 2024 - pivot
focus shifts to survival + shipping
SAGE (on-chain gameplay)
mobile app
economy first
at times in October 2023, it reached ~15% of Solana daily transactions

• 2025 today - rebuild
SAGE Labs stays live
Holosim adds another playable layer
the product becomes more real, even if slower than the original dream

• ahead - direction
C4 and Zink now look like the next big steps
focus is on cheaper gameplay, deeper systems, and the next major releases

building games is hard

building AAA games is harder

building them on-chain is a different level entirely

many would have walked away

credit to Star Atlas for still being here, still building, and doing it the right way

hopefully the future of Solana gaming is built by teams like this 🎮

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@KuroLilyStream

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@solana_sailor @staratlas @at_mwagner Molto volentieri, quando vuoi! Se poi dovesse servire, posso contattare direttamente io Michael in privato su Discord! 💪🏻💪🏻

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@solana_sailor @staratlas Si, da ormai un paio d’anni il team deve sopportare tutti i miei noiosissimi report e feedback, ormai sono l’incubo di @at_mwagner 😂

[Niccolò Simoncini @nSim_it]

@Jackkk A family of retarded people basically..

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@LorenzoCapone Congratulazioni! 🎉

E' sempre bello vedere giovani italiani che si fanno spazio in questo (ormai non più tanto) nuovo mondo!

Auguri per tutto!!

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@elonmusk @staratlas @ZinkSVM Someone said multipass?

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@GamingDailyx @at_mwagner When a @staratlas X @illuviumio crossover??

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@calilyliu What about showing some love for @staratlas ?? 🥹🥹

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@_mandalorian_7 Let’s go Mando!!! 🔥🔥