☼ Announcing the Autonomous Worlds Assembly, taking place in Istanbul, November 15-16, during Devconnect.
At AWA, you will participate in talks, game presentations, discussions, and workshops devoted to advancing the plot of AWs.
♛ Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the Gaming Corner at the Autonomous Worlds Assembly with nine onchain games ready for playtest:
Battle for Blockchain, Downstream, Gaul, Loot Survivor, Network States, Primodium, Roll Your Own, Sky Strife and This Cursed Machine
Autonomous Worlds are not just worlds that happen to exist onchain, but worlds that could not exist otherwise.
Announcing the Autonomous Worlds Network, a
@0xPARC
organisation that seeks to uncover and advance the plot of these worlds.
☼ Big thanks to all the incredible folks who participated in the Autonomous Worlds Assembly! Get ready for the upcoming release of talk and presentation recordings, and be sure to keep an eye out for updates on our next exciting projects!
⇉ Summoning all game devs, academics, artists, crypto devs, designers, and AW enthusiasts! We’re gathering for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly in Istanbul on Nov 15-16 during
@EFDevconnect
.
Apply to attend here:
Roll Your Own by
@cartridge_gg
: An onchain adaptation of the classic arbitrage game Drug Wars, set in a fictional New York City. Compete on a global leaderboard to stack as much paper as possible.
✧ Exciting news! The talks from the Autonomous Worlds Assembly are now live on our new YouTube channel. For the full list of recordings, read on!
Start watching here:
Introducing the essay section of the Autonomous Worlds Network website.
The first three texts were published in the AW N1 publication in spring 2023 and are now online.
We will be publishing more essays in the future, so stay tuned!
✥ We’re excited to announce more speakers for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly taking place in Istanbul, Nov 15-16, during
@EFDevconnect
:
- guiltygyoza
@guiltygyoza
- Hilmar Veigar Pétursson
@HilmarVeigar
- Venkatesh Rao
@vgr
- stokarz
@stokasz
AW Assembly Panel Announcement:
⁂ Technical Feasibility ⁂
A beautiful concept means nothing if it cannot be built. How can we reconcile our ambitions for Autonomous Worlds with the practical challenges of building onchain?
☼ We're thrilled to reveal the structure of the Autonomous Worlds Assembly taking place in Istanbul, Nov 15-16.
Join us on this journey, where we collectively advance the plot of Autonomous Worlds through the following three parts:
A new essay is now online! Read about speculative tools for decentralized narrative-building in “Large Lorge Models” by
@dmstfctn
@eva33313
and
@aldmilne
:
“One way to understand the history of gaming is as a drama in which the boundaries of authorship are continually redrawn.”
Read more in “Infinite Modding” by
@nagual_ape
now up on
✺ Thank you all for the incredible enthusiasm surrounding the Autonomous Worlds Assembly! We've hit full capacity for tickets, but we're exploring options to accommodate more attendees. Keep an eye on our updates!
✹ We’re excited to announce the next round of speakers for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly happening next week in Istanbul:
- Loaf (
@lordOfAFew
)
- David Amor (
@damor_eth
)
- Josh Stark (
@0xstark
)
- Alvarius (
@_alvarius
) and Biscaryn (
@biscaryn
)
⭒ We're thrilled to introduce the next batch of speakers for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly taking place in Istanbul next week:
- Iain Gilfeather (
@5p0rt5BEArD
)
- Wand (
@wandcrafting
)
- Tarrence
@tarrenceva
)
- Matt Van (
@mattvv
)
How do you find a balance between designing a digital physics that allows for complex and unexpected behaviors to emerge and ensuring that the available infrastructure can support these?
The essay “Architecting Physics” by
@therealbytes
is now online:
It’s Autonomous Worlds Assembly Day 2! Here’s a roundup thread with the full schedule for the Gaming Corner, where you can meet the teams and play the games.
❥ As 2023 comes to a close, the Autonomous Worlds Network wants to thank everyone in the community for an incredible year!
Stay tuned for exciting updates in 2024, including the upcoming release of the Autonomous Worlds Assembly recordings.
Welcome to Day 2 of the Autonomous Worlds Assembly! Here’s a roundup thread with the full schedule for the EMIRGAN 2 and BEYLERBEYI 1 stages, speakers, and talk times. First up we have the EMIRGAN 2 stage:
"In the case of an Autonomous World—where players tend to the world itself rather than just a system within it—coziness can drive the care and cooperation needed for inhabitants to design and build systems geared towards emergence and interestingness together."
Less than a week to go until we all meet in Istanbul! We're thrilled to introduce the next round of speakers for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly:
- Sina Habibian (
@sinahab
)
- Gabe Rudich (
@gabe_rudich
)
- Rafael Morado (
@nagual_ape
)
- Ege Atesalp (of
@gizatechxyz
)
✽ We have more exciting speakers to share with you for the upcoming Autonomous Worlds Assembly, happening in Istanbul on Nov 15-16 during
@EFDevconnect
:
- David Huang (
@notdavidhuang
)
- Click_save (
@cs_eth
)
- Dhvani Patel (
@dhvanipa
)
- Lyron Co Ting Keh (
@lyronctk
)
✺ Attention assembly applicants! We’ve sent out the first round of attendee confirmations. We're buzzing with anticipation and so should you. If you’ve just applied, we'll be reaching out soon. For any queries, check our FAQ:
❉ More expertise, more insights! Meet the latest speakers announced for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly in Istanbul:
- Ronan Sandford
@wighawag
- Will Robinson
@DangerWillRobin
- Jay Springett
@thejaymo
- Lancelot de Ferrière
@wraitii
“By structuring a dialogue system that’s necessarily embedded within and constrained by its environment, worlds themselves become an emergent phenomenon of communication.”
↦ Explore the insights in "A Chatroom with Legs" by
@agnesfcameron
now online:
@heylukegibson
is COO of
@PlaymintUK
, creators of
@DownstreamGame
. His session will highlight how Downstream transforms extensions from individual customizations to central game elements, reshaping the collective gaming experience.
✣ Attention everyone! The deadline to apply for the Autonomous Worlds Assembly has been pushed to October 15. Seize this chance to join us in Istanbul on Nov 15-16.
Apply here:
Tarrence (
@tarrenceva
) is the founder of
@cartridge_gg
and leads the development of
@dojostarknet
. His sessions will walk through the fundamentals of building onchain games with Dojo.
❀ Autonomous Worlds are uniquely compatible hosts for cozy games.
Find out more in the essay “How to Fall in Love With a System: Coziness as a Catalyst for Participatory Agency” by
@_klyap_
✲ "Three Eras of World Generation" by
@GVN908
and
@ArthurRoingBaer
proposes a three-part typology to characterise the shifting nature of world generation
Caspar (
@coostendorp_tw
), JK (
@OwnerOfJK
) and Syora (
@0xsyora
) are the team behind
@0xPixeLAW
. Using PixelLAW as a case study, their session will cover the different stages of permissionlessly creating pixel-based onchain games.
Ege Atesalp is a data scientist and researcher working at
@gizatechxyz
. His session will review the challenges and potentials of introducing machine learning to Autonomous Worlds.
Lancelot de Ferrière (
@wraitii
) is CTO of
@briqNFT
and has worked as a contributing developer to the open-source strategy game
@play0ad
for upwards of a decade. His session will draw on this experience to present lessons for Autonomous Worlds from open-source game development.
“The most interesting worlds are evolved, not engineered. What if we think of liveliness as being about creating space for abundant novelty and surprise? A world is most alive when it has enough open-endedness for unexpected behavior to emerge in a bottom-up, democratic manner."
This Cursed Machine by
@movingcastles_
: A sci-fi body horror fulfillment center simulator. Reverse engineer complex recipes and use your body as a production circuit.
Will Robinson (
@DangerWillRobin
) is a mentor at
@AllianceDAO
and holds a PhD in game studies. His session will present a metaphorical speedrun of 21st-century board game design and its relevance for Autonomous Worlds.
Dhvani Patel (
@dhvanipa
) is co-founder of
@tenetxyz
. His session will introduce Zuse, a shared computer protocol for digital physics that uses spatial rather than Turing-complete computing.
⟴ The countdown to the Autonomous Worlds Assembly has begun! We’ll see you in Istanbul next week, Nov 15-16, during
@EFDevconnect
. Discover the complete program, featuring talks, game showcases, workshops and more, now live on our website:
David Amor (
@damor_eth
) is the co-founder of onchain game studio
@PlaymintUK
and has worked on over 100 titles over the course of his 30-year career. He will be a panelist on the ‘Autonomous Worlds as Ecosystem’ panel.
@therealbytes
is the core developer of Concrete, an open-source framework for building app-specific rollups. His session will navigate the trade-offs of building high-performance worlds onchain.
✿ Stay tuned as we unveil more contributors soon!
And attention! If you’ve received your acceptance email, don’t forget to purchase your ticket as spots are limited. For everyone else apply to attend here:
“Crypto-native games are powerful because they seek to unlock mechanics that are fundamentally new, rather than just making incremental improvements on existing games.”
Lyron Co Ting Keh (
@lyronctk
) is a developer at
@__seismic
, a protocol for interactive shielding. His session will present learnings from creating a fog of war for the onchain strategy game Network States.
→ Apply to attend here! Game devs, academics, artists, crypto devs, AW enthusiasts, designers, and anyone else is welcome to submit an application. Our spots are limited.
More info here:
@keikreutler
is a writer and artist interested in how cultural narratives of technologies shape their use. Her session will draw on over seven years of experience in crypto to present guiding principles for building onchain, cross-world, and resilient software infrastructure.
Our initial activities are guided by 3 themes:
✜ World technology: Computational systems that run AWs
✶ Digital physics: The design space of rule systems that structure AWs
☼ Decentralised worldbuilding: New forms of collective authorship enabled by both of the above
@notdavidhuang
's essay "Lively Worlds: How Worlds Absorb Novelty" is now live on .
Don't miss his talk at the Autonomous Worlds Assembly in Istanbul, Nov 15-16, during
@EFDevconnect
!
@gubsheep
will also be a featured speaker at the Autonomous Worlds Assembly in Istanbul, Nov 15-16, during
@EFDevconnect
!
For more info and tickets, visit our site:
✿ POST-ASSEMBLY: Nov 16, 2pm - open end
The culmination of the event, where contributors and attendees alike engage in dynamic, unconference-style conversations. Everyone is encouraged to propose topics for discussion. The most popular themes will guide small group dialogues.
◎ "The Case for Autonomous Worlds" by
@l_udens
on blockchains as world technology, which is an extended version of his “Autonomous Worlds (part 1)” essay
We launched the AW Network to support ongoing research & development, open-source tooling, and education in the ecosystem. We want to reach everyone: developers, technologists, artists, writers, designers, and builders looking advance the ecosystem.
◈ PRE-ASSEMBLY: Nov 15, 10am - 12pm
A series of talks offering insights into the foundational concepts of Autonomous Worlds, setting the stage for the Assembly.
✮ ASSEMBLY: Nov 15, 1 - 6pm, & Nov 16, 10am - 2pm
Over 40 speakers will talk about their work and learnings in areas like infrastructure, game design, and storytelling. These talks will emphasise intellectual honesty.
Ronan Sandford (
@wighawag
) is the founder of
@etherplay
, where he has been building onchain games since 2016. His session will delve into his latest project,
@stratagems_eth
, and its distinct approach to composability.
It’s Autonomous Worlds Assembly Day 1! Here’s a roundup thread with the full schedule for the Gaming Corner, where you can meet the teams and play the games:
10AM: The Challenges of Decentralised Worlding with Loaf (
@lordOfAFew
), a founding contributor to
@LootRealms
,
@bibliothecaDAO
, and
@dojostarknet
. Their session will delve into the evolution of human networks and the relevance of this history for decentralized worldbuilding.
Wand (
@wandcrafting
) is co-founder of
@tenetxyz
, where he is building a protocol for digital physics. His session will explore the contrast between the internet's file-sharing protocols, the Vanilla EVM's account-centric permissions, and our universe's physics-based "protocol."
Kara Kittel (
@karakittel
) is the co-founder of experimental animation studio
@team_rolfes
and
@otherinternet__
Research Institute. Her session will delve into the productive tension between participatory and prescriptive approaches to worldbuilding
GVN (
@Gvn908
) is the co-founder of game studio and design lab
@movingcastles_
. His session will look to how Autonomous Worlds trouble the division between author and audience and the new kinds of decentralised storytelling this unlocks
@tax_cuts
is the co-founder of onchain factory sim
@primodiumgame
. His session will share insights into how creators of onchain games can draw in and retain players.
Josh Stark (
@0xstark
) works for
@Ethereum
at the Ethereum Foundation. His session will introduce a framework to compare and contrast the different systems humans use to create certainty and trust in our affairs: atoms, institutions, and now blockchains.
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson (
@HilmarVeigar
) is CEO of
@CCPGames
, the studio behind the pioneering MMORPG
@EveOnline
. His session will mine EVE Online's two-decade history for strategies to nurture and evolve enduring virtual worlds.
3:45PM: Natural Composability in Autonomous Worlds with Ronan Sandford (
@wighawag
), the founder of
@etherplay
, where he has been building onchain games since 2016. His session will delve into his latest project,
@stratagems_eth
, and its distinct approach to composability.
Gabe Rudich (
@gabe_rudich
) heads ops and product at
@cartridge_gg
. His session will explore strategies for enabling emergent behaviour in onchain games.
➤ To everyone else: Don't miss your chance to be part of the Autonomous Worlds Assembly during this year’s
@EFDevconnect
. Join us in Istanbul on Nov 15-16 by applying for your ticket here: