AO Games announced the winners of AO Game Jam 2024, with a $34,000 prize to support the development of the AO ecosystem gaming track

Arweave in Asia 2024 Singapore Conference Successfully Concludes, AO Games Announces Winning Teams of AO Game Jam 2024

Recently, the highly anticipated Arweave in Asia 2024 Singapore conference concluded successfully in a warm and grand atmosphere, showcasing the infinite vitality and broad prospects of the Arweave ecosystem. At the conference, Master Li, the founder of AO Games, delivered an inspiring speech, sharing in-depth insights into AO's core philosophy and the future development blueprint of AO Games. He particularly emphasized the key factors in attracting developers to join the AO ecosystem and pointed out the technological innovations and breakthroughs that AO will bring to internet content platforms. Additionally, Master Li introduced an innovative concept - "AI Digital Life as an Account." He elaborated on the vast application prospects of this concept on the AO Games platform, including how to utilize this technology to support and realize the perpetual operation of AI life forms. The idea of Web3 + AI + Gaming undoubtedly injects new vitality and possibilities into the future development of the AO Games platform.

As one of the highlights of this conference, the AO Game Jam 2024 game development competition also achieved great success. This event was hosted by AO Games and Forward Research, with co-organizers including Arweave, AO, Permaswap, Alibaba Cloud, BlockBooster, Arweave Japan, WeaveDB, Ready Player Club, HackQuest, ar.io, Arweave Oasis, SevenX Ventures, IOSG Ventures, ZJUBCA, and BuilderDAO. Media support was provided by several well-known outlets, including PA News, ODaily, Cointime, ChainCatcher, DeThings, Arweave Insider, Crypto Times, and Tech Flame. AO Game Jam 2024 is the most influential game development competition IP in the AO ecosystem, successfully promoting the launch and development of the gaming sector within the AO ecosystem. The competition brought together elite game developers from both Web2 and Web3, attracting 83 outstanding teams to actively participate, ultimately receiving 43 excellent game submissions. The competition not only showcased the exceptional talents of the participating developers but also highlighted the strong influence of the AO ecosystem in promoting innovation and development in the gaming industry.

After intense competition, the winners of AO Game Jam 2024 have finally been announced. The Dumverse team won first place with outstanding performance, earning a prize of $9,000, $5,000 worth of Alibaba Cloud Credit, and a permanent ArNS domain name provided by the ar.io network. The DumDumUp! team and the Hang Out team secured second and third places, respectively, receiving corresponding cash prizes and Alibaba Cloud Credit rewards.

In addition, several special awards were established in this competition to recognize teams that excelled in gameplay, art design, programming design, and performance. The AO Craft team won the Best Game Mechanics Award, the AO War team won the Best Art Award, the BazARmash team received the Best Programming Award, and the CasinAO team won the Best Game Performance Award for their outstanding performance. Meanwhile, teams such as Happy Farm, DimensionLife, AO Classic Blackjack, Yalla Jamei, and Deja Vu received the Excellent Team Award.