#322: Luke Barwikowski, CEO of Pixels, on The Current State of Web3 Gaming, Growing to 500k Daily Active Users, and Building on Ronin Blockchain

Luke Barwikowski is the founder and CEO of Pixels, the largest web3 game by DAU. With over 2.5M total players, Pixels is a social, casual web3 game powered by the Ronin Network, focusing on farming, exploration, and creation in an open world.  As CEO, Luke's mission is to build the biggest Web3 casual games company.

Luke's background in software engineering started at 12, and he built and sold his first app at 18. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Michigan.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Current state of Web3 gaming
- Future of Web3 gaming
- Coding and making video games at 12yrs old
- Bitcoin mining back in the day
- How Pixels differs from other web3 games
- Move from Polygon to Ronin
- Building on Ronin Blockchain
- Virtual world building
- Building the biggest Web3 casual games company
- 500K+ real daily active users and 4.5M USD in token revenue in the last 30 days
- Becoming the Zynga of Web3

Pixels
Website: www.pixels.xyz
X: @pixels_online
Discord: discord.gg/pixels

Luke Barwikowski
X: @whatslukedoing
LinkedIn: Luke Barwikowski

 
 
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