Pirate Nation Studio Shuts Down, Open-Sources Code and Art
Pirate Nation Studio has ceased operations and shut down its fully onchain game, Pirate Nation. In a statement, Proof of Play said it 'couldn't build a product and sustainable business that proved out this thesis at scale.' The studio's goal was to demonstrate the potential for blockchain-based games to create a decentralized internet.
The team has open-sourced as much of its code and art as possible, publishing the Pirate Nation Unity app, smart contracts, and an internal agent workflow tool on GitHub. The Founder Pirates NFTs and Pirate Nation artwork, intellectual property, and logos are now in the public domain under a CC0 license.
The PIRATE token has seen a 10% increase over 24 hours, bringing its losses to 11%. However, it remains down 99.7% from its all-time high of $0.4757 set on July 18, 2024.