Gaming on Avalanche w/ Shrapnel Studio Head Don Norbury and Ava Labs' Head of Gaming Ed Chang

This week the topic is gaming and the blockchain. The guys talk to  Studio Head @ Shrapnel, Don Norbury, and Director of Business  Development Gaming @ Ava Labs, Ed Chang. The team discusses the upcoming  Shrapnel game, existing gaming projects on Avalanche, and bringing  positive visions of NFTs to the gaming community.  

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 ------- Timestamps 

0:00:00 Introductions 

0:03:42 What is Shrapnel? Why did you choose to build on Avalanche? 

0:07:50 How did Shrapnel show up on Ed Chang's radar? 

0:10:20 What does the process look like for developers looking to launch their game on Avalanche? 

0:11:33 Play-to-Own and Play-and-Earn as opposed to Play-to-Earn 

0:11:55 Where Connor previously saw gaming headed 

0:13:35 What does Play-to-Own mean? 

0:14:57 Is gaming the "killer app" of crypto? 

0:18:04 What are the bottlenecks that you see? 

0:23:26 How has your reception been since the Shrapnel announcement? 

0:25:30 What are the 3 top complaints from traditional gaming industry professionals and how might we address them? 

0:31:06 What are the trepidations from developers and studios? How are you convincing them to make the jump? 

0:40:45 How big is your team and how long have you been around? 

0:43:55 How are you handling growing your blockchain engineering team/size? Are you hiring engineers and training them internally to learn Web3 or are you specifically hiring Web3 engineers? 

0:45:49 What types of positions and roles are you hiring for currently? 

0:48:20 What are the biggest asks and missing links that game developers are asking for? 

0:50:49 What is the overlap between gaming and the Multiverse?   

------- Links  

*  https://medium.com/avalancheavax/aaa-first-person-shooter-game-shrapnel-unveils-plans-to-build-on-avalanche-blockchain-99f7909d8253 

* https://www.shrapnel.com