Web3 Gaming Levels Up 🕹️

GM builders,

There's lots to be excited about in the upcoming weeks:

• We're going to sunny Miami for Art Basel, DCENTRAL, & ETHMiami 🏖️

• We're hosting Proof of Frens: Miami Edition on November 29th 👀

• And you're invited 🎟️

Join other inspiring web3 builders for an evening of stimulating conversation, serendipitous connection, and all-around great vibes. Sign up here.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming: thirdweb weekly — where we highlight how web3 companies are disrupting industries from the creator economy to sports entertainment. Let's get into it.

Fractal, Web3 Gaming Platform and Marketplace, Expands to Ethereum & EVM Chains ⛓️

Fractal is a web3 gaming platform & marketplace — offering the best blockchain games for gamers, and a powerful suite of tools for developers to build their games on-chain. Built on the belief that blockchain technology will transform video games, Fractal is the brainchild of renowned co-founders from products you know & love — namely, Twitch (Justin Kan), and Google Drive (David Wurtz).

Having first launched on Solana, Fractal gave game studios access to the chain's lightning-fast transaction speeds and high scalability — but the trade-off was that Solana's ecosystem & market size is a fraction of that on EVM chains like Ethereum, Polygon, and Avalanche.

As a result, game developers are increasingly going multi-chain — and Fractal is powering this movement, bringing all of its products to the EVM ecosystem. Fractal's Developer SDK, Fractal Wallet, Launchpad, Marketplace, and Tournament offerings are all now available on Ethereum.

Learn more about how thirdweb powers Fractal's expansion to EVM — and see the list of Ethereum-based games they're launching with:

📹 YouTube Tutorial: How to Integrate Stripe Payments & "Connect Wallet" Button into your Web3 App

In this video, we'll show you how to integrate Stripe into your web3 app so you can easily accept payments from customers all over the world. We'll take you step-by-step to:

• Build a complete web3 app with TypeScript

• Add a "Connect Wallet" button for users to sign in with their web3 wallet

• Enable monthly subscription payments to your platform using Stripe

📚 Guide: How to Create NFTs with On-Chain Metadata using thirdweb ContractKit

In this guide, we'll show you how to create and launch an NFT collection — using the ERC721 token standard on Ethereum — with on-chain metadata using thirdweb ContractKit.

Rather than storing NFT metadata on a centralized server — using Interplanetary File System (IPFS), AWS, or other hosting providers — we'll take you step-by-step through building fully on-chain by replicating the renown OG Loot Project!

🔥 Feature Launch: Enabling Creator Royalties on thirdweb's Pre-Built Smart Contract Templates

🗓️ In-Person Event: Proof of Frens, Miami Edition

We're heading to Miami for Art Basel, DCENTRAL, and ETHMiami! And you're invited. 🎟️

Join your frens @ thirdweb, Filebase, Unstoppable Domains, and VoxBox for an evening of stimulating conversation, serendipitous connection, and all-around great vibes. 🏗️ ⚒️ 🚀

Located in the heart of the vibrant Wynwood Arts District — we're taking over the stunning Minds CoWork where we'll have light food and drinks, in addition to access to beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces. See you soon!

Have a great rest of your week shippin'! 🚢 🛠️ And if you're ever looking for 30,000+ other builders to learn from & share your web3 journey with, look no further than our Discord community 🤝