A new fundraising option for game developers.

Written by: KarenZ, Foresight News

Last week, Solana's official Twitter mentioned a community-centered Solana game fundraising platform—Indie.fun. This quickly attracted the community's attention, with some users even comparing it to pump.fun in the Web3 gaming space.

So, what exactly is Indie.fun? What roles do the Web3 native game engine Moddio and the AI agent tool Fullmetal play behind it?

Indie.fun: A New Fundraising Option for Game Developers

Indie.fun is a game fundraising platform built by the team behind the Web3 native game engine Moddio, with the core goal of helping game developers quickly launch projects and complete initial fundraising through community support.

On Indie.fun, whether it’s an existing Moddio game project or a new game concept, developers can freely choose to operate with existing tokens or create new tokens.

If they choose to create a new token, Indie.fun sets a minimum fundraising target of 25 SOL. Supporters can contribute SOL to receive a corresponding proportion of game tokens in return. Once the fundraising target is reached, 1/3 (approximately 33%) of the raised funds (SOL) and 25% of the tokens will be deployed to Raydium as a liquidity pool, while the remaining 2/3 of the funds will go directly into the game developer's wallet. The Indie.fun platform will charge a fee of 2.5 SOL.

Moddio: The Game Engine Behind Indie.fun

The birth of Indie.fun is inseparable from Moddio, a HTML5 game engine focused on multiplayer games. Moddio aims to help developers shorten development time and quickly create and publish games by providing a range of pre-built common features.

According to PitchBook, Moddio was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with investors including Alliance DAO and Solana Ventures.

The biggest highlight of Moddio is its ease of use. Game creators do not need programming experience or to build their own servers and network architecture. They can directly use game templates to quickly design games, write scripts, and monitor performance in the editor. Moddio also supports the integration of physics engines like Box2D to achieve complex physical interactions. Additionally, the platform offers various game props, built-in AI behaviors (such as idling, taunting, enemy detection), and pathfinding features, even including a built-in chat function to enhance player interaction.

Moreover, Moddio supports collaborative online editing, allowing multiple developers to work on the same game simultaneously, significantly improving team collaboration efficiency.

In terms of fees and monetization, Moddio offers multiple service tiers. The free tier allows game enthusiasts to create games with basic features, while three different fee tiers are set for server performance, game equipment sales, ad displays, map sharing progress, monetization, and some custom features.

In terms of monetization, Moddio allows creators to earn income through in-game items, skins, and ad views. Modd Coins are the in-platform game currency that players can use to purchase items and skins, while creators can enhance the game with exclusive experiences through Modd Coins and provide incentives for players to earn Modd Coins. Moddio charges a 10% transaction fee on each transaction.

Powpow.fun: An AI-Driven Virtual Western World

The top project by market cap on Indie.fun is Powpow.fun, developed by the Moddio team. Powpow.fun claims to be an AI-driven virtual western world.

To realize this vision, the Powpow.fun team has built an AI agent deployment and hosting tool called Fullmetal, which provides an API that allows access to a distributed node network hosting various models. Fullmetal enables seamless creation, deployment, and management of AI agents using the elizaOS/eliza framework, directly integrated with the Moddio game environment.

According to Fullmetal's official documentation, Fullmetal consists of three key components: the client, nodes, and API server. The client interacts with Fullmetal to send prompts, seeking information, insights, or solutions; public nodes provide shared knowledge, while private nodes offer access to customizable experiences; the API server then arranges communication, determining the most suitable node for the prompt and seamlessly relaying responses. Throughout this process, both the client and nodes remain anonymous, alleviating concerns about identity disclosure.

It is worth mentioning that the BNTY (Bounty) token is the official payment currency for processing prompts, and agents can earn BNTY tokens through corresponding prompts. Currently, BNTY has a market cap of approximately $30 million.

Conclusion

Moddio is building a complete Web3 gaming ecosystem through the fundraising platform Indie.fun, the Web3 game engine, the AI agent deployment and hosting tool Fullmetal, and even the AI-driven virtual experience Powpow.fun.

Currently, there are over 30 projects on the Indie.fun platform, with about half having completed their fundraising activities. Aside from BNTY (with a market cap of $30 million), the market caps of other completed fundraising project tokens mostly range from $1,000 to $400,000. Projects that have not completed fundraising generally lack enthusiasm and market attention.

Additionally, the quality and user experience of games on the Moddio platform still have significant room for improvement, and newly launched game tokens on Indie.fun occasionally face issues of breaking. However, given the strong recommendation from Solana's official channels and the support from Alliance DAO and Solana Ventures for Moddio, it remains necessary to keep an eye on this field. Whether Moddio and Indie.fun can successfully launch phenomenally impactful products in the future, like pump.fun, clanker, and Virtuals Protocol, will be closely monitored.

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