AI-powered gaming platform Farcade has rebranded to Remix and has announced the launch of Snap Apps, designed to enable game developers of the best games in the ecosystem to easily enjoy the benefits of cross-platform gaming.

What Are Snap Apps in Remix?

Snap Apps (SNAPs) are individual apps, standalone games that can be easily accessed across any platform while still residing in the Remix ecosystem.

Creators of the ecosystem’s best games now have a new way to launch their games across platforms such as Base, Farcaster, World App, and more. Instead of trying to grow the playerbase within one community, developers can now both enjoy distribution in the Remix ecosystem and have their game become a standalone app with its own listing, making it possible to share the game across the web for anyone to easily start playing.

What Are the Features of Remix’s Snap Apps?

Snap Apps get their own listings as standalone apps, making it easier to bring a wider audience to your game. This means that these apps come with a direct distribution feature that allows you to simply share your game using a clean and memorable URL link that makes it easier to market your work.

That being said, Snap Apps enjoy the benefits of getting their very own custom domain. This means that you can set up your own branded subdomain for your game, making it further stand out while potentially becoming easier to discover and access by all kinds of gamers both in and outside of web3 gaming.

With this launch, accessibility, discoverability, and distribution of your Remix games becomes easier than ever before. Next to gaining the ability to set up a customizable URL, you also get to enjoy utilizing advanced features that include push notifications, in-depth analytics, and deep linking.

These distribution benefits can be enjoyed without needing to know anything about coding. You don’t need to use any game engine either or secure any funding or publishing agreement. Here’s how you can qualify for these new perks.

@volkerNFT's game Pixel Survivors is a Snap App that's already #124 on Farcaster in just a day!

Who Is Eligible for Remix Snap Apps?

Snap Apps are only available for graduated games within the Remix ecosystem, meaning only mini apps that meet certain requirements.

Specifically, to become eligible for the newly-added features and qualify for the SNAP Launchpad, you will need to create a great game that has the following metrics:

  • 1000+ total plays
  • 4+ rating (minimum 10 reviews)
  • 25+ favorites
  • 500+ unique players

If your game meets these minimum requirements, you are eligible to transform your browser game into a standalone SNAP.  The process is completely free. If you make a great game that reaches the requested numbers in their ecosystem, you gain access to the new launchpad along with all of its discoverability features.

“We want you to dominate creation & distribution of games in a way never before seen. We’re not here to be another game engine, or app store. Snap Apps are the tool for new age game creators to do that.”

About Remix

Formerly Farcade, Remix is a Base-powered AI gaming platform that makes it possible for anyone to create their own game by remixing words and letting AI do the heavy lifting. No programming experience is needed, nor is there a need to use any game engine to become a part of this ecosystem, which is home to more than 800+ games that have collectively brought more than 500k+ players to the platform, playing over 18 million games in total so far.

This accessible platform and AI-based game creator tool is backed by Base, blockchain-focused investment firm Lemniscap, and early-stage crypto fund Variant. It’s also already the #1 gaming app on Farcaster, the #1 gaming app on World App, and is potentially on its way to becoming the #1 gaming app on the Base Wallet. It’s also available through Telegram, and they’re working on making their own standalone app.

You can get started creating games using AI in this ecosystem right now for free by writing prompts in plain English, without needing to download anything. Eventually, the team aims to release the Remixing feature to allow you to prompt from community-made templates. If you start building now, you might be able to secure a potential token airdrop allocation.

Create AI Games and Earn Rewards

By writing prompts to create AI games within minutes, you have a chance of earning various rewards, including a token airdrop for the platform’s upcoming TGE.

One of the ways you could earn rewards from creating games, regardless of a token airdrop, is through the platform’s game jams. These friendly competitive creative events are hosted by ecosystem partners, who offer a prize pool to builders who make fun games based on the partner’s IP.

Outside of game jams, you can simply create as many games as you want and share them to try and get as many users engaged in your creations as you can. This is important to securing a token airdrop allocation at TGE, but to be more specific, there are 11 significant metrics being tracked to award airdrop points and determine token reward distribution:

  • Builder Badges
  • Builder Tier
  • Gamer Level
  • Authentic Game Reviews
  • Leaderboard Placements
  • Referrals
  • Discord Roles / Community Engagement
  • Game Achievements
  • Tournament Placement & Friend Challenges
  • Playtime
  • Daily Streak

Builder Badges are exclusive badges awarded for making successful games. When you launch a game, you’ll want to continuously update it in order to earn Builder XP, which is needed to level up your Builder Tier. To increase your Gamer Level, simply play daily games, earn game achievements, take part in tournaments, and maintain your daily streak.

Leaderboard placements refer to playing games made by other creators and achieving high ranks in them. Airdrop points are also rewarded for referring friends, with the most points earned when a referral becomes a builder who keeps on progressing through Builder Tiers.

Games in this ecosystem can have various achievements, so the more game achievements you earn, the better. Take part in game tournaments and challenge friends in wagers for more points.

Playtime in your games is an important metric, so the more hours players spend in the games you create, the more rewarded you will likely be. Last but not least, make sure to hop onto the platform and play every day to keep up your daily streak!

All of this should be rewarded with airdrop points, so the more engaged you are in this ecosystem, either as a player, active community member, or creator, or all three, the higher the chance you have of receiving a larger token airdrop in the future.

An exact TGE date does not seem to be available at the time of writing. Head over to remix.gg and sign up using Farcaster, Worldcoin, MetaMask, Phantom, or WalletConnect to get started with easily creating fun mini games for free.