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Pixels Rallies Players Behind “Feed the Founder,” a 500,000-Point Community Challenge
Pixels has launched "Feed the Founder," a community challenge asking players to collectively earn 500,000 points by delivering food in-game. This event coincides with the birthday of founder Luke Barwikowski and emphasizes the game's cooperative spirit. Pixels is a free-to-play MMORPG built on the Ethereum and Ronin networks, focusing on farming and resource management.
Ronin teases a new Pixels chapter and leaves out every detail
Ronin announced that the Web3 game Pixels is entering its next chapter, following multiple awards and reaching over 1 million daily active users. While details like a release date, chapter number, or feature list were not provided, previous chapters have significantly reworked the game's economy and player earnings. The announcement comes after Ronin's migration to an OP Stack layer 2 and its own rebranding as the 'gamification engine of Ethereum'.
Pixels Turns On USDC Checkout as “Just-in-Time” Purchasing Ends Stored Store Balances
The game Pixels has implemented USDC checkout, a change that ends its previous "just-in-time purchasing" system which relied on player balances stored within the game. Founder Luke Barwikowski stated this overhaul allows players to purchase vPIXEL directly with USDC, streamlining the process between earning rewards and spending them. This update is part of a larger financial system rebuild for the game.
Pixels goes open source: modders can now reshape the game’s frontend
Pixels has open-sourced its game client's frontend code, allowing developers to download, modify, and create mods for the game's user interface and controls. While the client code is now public, the server code, which handles the game's economy and state, remains private. Community contributions to the client will be reviewed and merged monthly, with voting power weighted by in-game asset ownership.
Open-source ambitions arrive: EVE Frontier, MapleStory Universe and Pixels test decentralized play
EVE Frontier, MapleStory Universe, and Pixels are exploring decentralized engagement models in gaming, focusing on user-generated content and economic structures. EVE Frontier allows player modification of persistent structures, MapleStory Universe uses verified Action Modules for community marketplaces, and Pixels plans to open-source its frontend. The article questions whether these approaches represent true economic primitives or simply new packaging for decentralization, highlighting the challenge of autonomous systems and player trust in building lasting value.
Pixels Goes Open Source: Game Client Code Drops This Week, Server to Follow
The browser-based game Pixels is set to open-source its game client this week, allowing community contributions while the studio retains final approval. Founder Luke Barwikowski confirmed that the server code will follow later. Governance will be influenced by player holdings of PIXEL tokens and NFTs, rather than a one-player-one-vote system.
Pixels Launches Stacked, an AI
Pixels has launched Stacked, an internal AI-driven rewards and engagement platform, to external game studios after four years of development. The platform has already generated over $25 million in revenue and attracted one million daily active users for Pixels. Stacked aims to improve player retention and monetization by offering personalized rewards and insights, with potential applications beyond gaming.
