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Worldwide Webb

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Worldwide Webb
Concept Art for the Worldwide Webb Game
Concept Art for the Worldwide Webb Game
Developer(s)Thomas Webb (artist)
Initial releaseNovember 29th, 2021
Engine
    Websitehttps://webb.game

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    Worldwide Webb is an interoperable, dystopian, pixel art browser-based MMORPG[1] that gives utility to popular NFT projects.[2] As well as native NFTs used for land and in-game items, Worldwide Webb allows users to also bring over 1 million NFTs from popular NFT projects into the game as avatars.[1] Worldwide Webb is built on the Ethereum blockchain. It was opened to the public in November 2021.[3]

    Background

    Worldwide Webb was created by British contemporary artist and video game designer Thomas Webb.[4]

    The early idea for the game originated in 2020 at Webb's digital solo show at the KÖNIG GALERIE in Berlin,[5] where a primitive version of Worldwide Webb known as "An Exercise in Hopeless Nostalgia: Worldwide Webb"[6] launched as a digital world built to display artwork and which aimed to recreate the social spontaneity of the physical world before the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of a digital space. Berliner Zeitung described the show as "an online show/video game hybrid", with a guiding principle of an "over-affirmation of a nostalgia in which the future flashes".[7] ARS Electronica described this early version of the game as "a virtual world for new media artists to share their thoughts on what technology is and could be",[8] while Fraulein magazine said that the game "poses the question of who owns the traces we leave on the internet and appeals to a democratic use of data that should be the public property of society as a common good."[9] Of the show, Webb was quoted as saying “I wanted to put people in the same room so that they could feel less isolated and alone. I wanted them to share experiences together, to talk about the experience with a stranger”.[10] The show featured in the Julia Stoschek 15 years collection on worldbuilding,[11][12] which was curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. It later received a nomination for a Webby Award in Technical Achievement.[6]

    Development for the first full version of Worldwide Webb continued following on from the KÖNIG GALERIE exhibition. On his aspirations for this release of the game, Webb is quoted in an interview with FAD Magazine as saying "My goal is to create a fully-functional virtual Metaverse based around NFT's in which everything is unique, everything is tradeable, and the marketplace is truly open".[13] This signalled a transition for the game from a digital space to display artwork to a digital space to display NFT's. Unlike virtual worlds such as Decentraland, which favour 3D spaces that are designed to be compatible with interaction via virtual reality headsets,[14] Worldwide Webb is built using 2D graphics. CNET's Daniel Van Boom noted that this makes the game favourable for multi-platform use, as it "mean[s] it can be played smoothly on most computers and phones".[15]

    When it first launched in November 2021, Worldwide Webb's Genesis Land Mint sold properties in the game for between 0.069ETH and 1ETH, with a total of 9,490 properties available.[16] The Genesis Land Mint was reported by DappRadar to have sold out "within hours", and within 24 hours it had generated more than $8.3 million in trading volume.[17] The Genesis Plot NFTs give owners access to private apartments and buildings inside of Worldwide Webb, where they can customise their homes, display their favourite NFTs, show art they may have available for sale, and invite friends to visit.

    Reception

    Worldwide Webb has been described by decrypt.co journalist Andrew Hayward as "decidedly different in approach" to most metaverse projects, which typically have seek to build an "immersive 3D world". Instead, Worldwide Webb uses a "throwback 2D pixel aesthetic", that is "designed like a massively multiplayer online version of a Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis game environment".[18] While the game uses it's native NFT's for land and in-game items, it is also interoperable with a growing slate of culturally significant NFT projects that can be used in the game as avatars and to unlock access to special areas and events. Popular NFT projects to have been integrated into Worldwide Webb include Crypto Punks, Cool Cats, and CrypToadz,[18] as well as Sprites[19][20] and Andy Milonakis' Goat Soup.[21] DappRadar's Hristina Yordanova reported in December 2021 that Worldwide Webb is "among the most diverse virtual worlds out there when it comes to interoperability capabilities", stating that the game is "genuinely making the first steps towards tackling long-standing interoperability challenges".[22]

    Penthouse #9029, Worldwide Webb

    According to Venture Capital fund Andreesen Horowitz, as of May 2022 secondary sales of land in Worldwide Webb have totalled $42 million.[23] In late February 2022, land sales on secondary markets totalled over $3.6 million in a single week. During this week, two Worldwide Webb penthouses sold for six-figure sums, making them the 14th and 15th most expensive NFT properties sold over the period. Penthouse #9051 sold for 50ETH ($139,848 at the time of the transaction) and Penthouse #9056 sold for 48ETH ($131,830 at the time of the transaction).[24] Notable landholders include the creator Pak,[25] who has sold the world's most valuable NFT according to the list of most expensive non-fungible tokens, and musician Mike Shinoda.[26][27]

    Forbes' Jesse Damiani described the game as "uniting Net art, narrative, and a real time multiplayer experience into a first-of-its-kind virtual world".[28]

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Webb, Thomas (2022-03-25). "Worldwide Webb". Worldwide Webb. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
    2. ↑ "Rising metaverse game pairs ethereum nfts with retro 16-bit look". finance.yahoo.com. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
    3. ↑ Rebo, Boris (2021-12-14). "New Dapps Report: Worldwide Webb". DappRadar. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
    4. ↑ "Moon Shot". www.tedxberlin.de (EN). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
    5. ↑ "Dieses Onlinespiel bietet einen Ausblick auf die Zukunft der Ausstellung und Vermittlung von Kunst". www.monopol-magazin.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    7. ↑ Hauenstein, Hanno. ""World Wide Webb": Die Kunstwelt gehackt". Berliner Zeitung (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    8. ↑ "better off online. World Wide Webb. Curated by Anika Meier". In Kepler's Gardens. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    9. ↑ "PARADISE IN 4 MEGABYTES: Interview with Thomas Webb". Fräulein Magazin (in Deutsch). 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    10. ↑ "Insight: 'EXERCISE IN HOPELESS NOSTALGIA' and the virtual space KÖNIG DIGITAL | CLOT Magazine". Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    11. ↑ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
    12. ↑ Stoschek, Julia. "Julia Stoschek 15 Years Collection, Worldbuilding" (PDF). jsc.art. Retrieved 4 June 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
    13. ↑ "WEBB talks about the intersection of video games & art, the digital identity + the potential of creating new worlds online". FAD Magazine. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
    14. ↑ "Metaverse – together alone?". LSE Business Review. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
    15. ↑ Boom, Daniel Van. "People Are Dropping Millions for Land in the Metaverse. Here's Why". CNET. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
    16. ↑ "Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases". Notion. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
    17. ↑ Yordanova, Hristina (2021-11-30). "WorldWideWeb3 Sells Out All Land NFTs on Launch Day". DappRadar. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
    18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Hayward, Decrypt / Andrew (2022-02-21). "Rising Metaverse Game Pairs Ethereum NFTs With Retro 16-Bit Look". Decrypt. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
    19. ↑ "Sprites with Might: NFT Newcomer Spritely Wants to Make the Metaverse Inclusive and is Using Adorable NFTs to do it". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
    20. ↑ "Sprites with Might: NFT Newcomer Spritely Wants to Make the Metaverse Inclusive and is Using Adorable NFTs to do it". AP NEWS. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
    21. ↑ @andymilonakis. "Goat Soup is moving baby" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-06-01 – via Twitter. Missing or empty |date= (help)
    22. ↑ Yordanova, Hristina (2021-12-09). "WorldWideWeb3 Shoots for True Interoperability". DappRadar. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
    23. ↑ Horowitz, Andreesen (12 May 2022). "State of Crypto 2022" (PDF). a16zcrypto. Retrieved 30 May 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
    24. ↑ "Webbland Metaverse Sales Jump 126% as 2 Penthouses Sell for Six-Figures – Metaverse Bitcoin News". news.bitcoin.com. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
    25. ↑ OpenSea. "Small Apartment 0 - Worldwide Webb Land". OpenSea. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
    26. ↑ @mikeshinoda. "Ah! So here's something people aren't explaining: NFTs don't have to be jpgs" (Tweet). Retrieved 2022-06-01 – via Twitter. Missing or empty |date= (help)
    27. ↑ OpenSea. "Small Apartment 1706 - Worldwide Webb Land". OpenSea. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
    28. ↑ Damiani, Jesse. "'Exercise In Hopeless Nostalgia,' Thomas Webb's Virtual Exhibition At König Galerie, Is A Hopeful Vision For Art's Future". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-05-30.


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