Testing the portal and game sync after a recent update to our Sui backend. Warped Universe runs as both an onchain and offchain game depending on where you play it. On Steam, it's standard Web2 with no chain connection. On Epic Games, cosmetics, currency, and items live on the Sui Network. We did it this way so we could get an efficient, Steam-like marketplace experience on the Epic side without having to build and maintain a massive marketplace infrastructure ourselves. The fun thing is all players play together no matter what platform. Sui recently had a major RPC update that required all projects to migrate. When we updated, our old item filters broke, which meant the game was structurally scanning the entire Sui Network just to find our specific items. That obviously caused backend traffic and costs to spike. We spent some time restructuring the backend to use targeted event filters locked to our game package ID. Lookups are back to being quick and low-cost, and the fix is now live on production. That fix is now out, but I was doing some testing and figured I'd show a bit of how it works. Every cosmetic item in Warped Universe can be obtained or purchased within the game, but also on our website portal at portal.warped.games, no matter if you are on Steam or Epic. But if you are playing on Epic, the portal goes a bit further. You connect your Sui wallet to your account, and all items can be transferred out of the game vault and into your personal wallet, and you can then trade on Sui in the marketplace of your choice, i.e. Tradeport. And as you can see in the video, it all is in sync with the game, so whatever you do in the game or on the portal, it stays in sync on both sides.

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We’re getting close to a co-op Warped Universe now. Very close. We’ve been head down for a few months now working 7 days a week, nonstop. 5+ builds a day getting through tests, 16 hours a day. It’s a complete rewrite of the game but oh so worth it. Our game has 4 modes, real-time ground and space flight, and turn-based ground and space flight. Implementing co-op into the game is like doing it for 4 games. We’ve basically rewritten the entire game 4 times to cover each mode. And because of that we have to update and fix all modes in singleplayer too because when you update one side, naturally the other side breaks and needs attention. So it’s like 8 games being updated at once. We chose hard mode in making a game. All modes are testing solid except for co-op turn-based ground, as it’s the last one to be updated. And it’s a very tough one but we are almost there. There is a reason there aren’t many turn-based co-op games. It has to be perfectly in sync. All the time. Every move, every decision, all the math and turns. One out of sync glitch and the whole mission is thrown out for all in the game. The great thing is realtime ground and space are solid and all major bugs squashed (there will still be minor ones, it’s early access, but it’s working). And same with turn-based space. Turn-based ground is the last of major updates and we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now. Co-op is really fun. I expect a surge of players once this is out. Time for more coffee.