# Starknet's Rising Star *Author: Bankless* *Published: Nov 1, 2024* *Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/starknets-rising-star* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/09/unnamed--23-.png)](https://www.bankless.com/sponsor/kraken-1682978636?ref=3-upcoming-crypto-games&email=true) Starknet's Rising Star Published on Nov. 1, 2024 [ View in Browser ](https://www.bankless.com/metaversal) --- [**Sponsor: Kraken NFT**](https://www.bankless.com/sponsor/kraken-1682978636?ref=3-upcoming-crypto-games&email=true) — Kraken NFT is built for secure NFT trading. [Explore Kraken NFT](https://www.bankless.com/sponsor/kraken-1682978636?ref=3-upcoming-crypto-games&email=true) .  .  . NEWS ROUNDUP Starknet's Rising Star [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/11/image---2024-11-01T135316.508.png)](https://www.bankless.com/metaversal)**One of my favorite projects in crypto is **[**Cartridge**](https://x.com/cartridge_gg)**, which builds infra for creating and managing onchain games.** They're a star in the Starknet gaming scene because their offerings on the L2 are as extensive as they are useful. For instance, Cartridge leads development on **Dojo**, an onchain game engine and toolchain. It offers **Katana**, a sequencer optimized for gaming. **Torii **is its indexer and client for gaming worlds built on Dojo. It also boasts **Slot,** a rollup-as-a-service platform for onchain games. And last but not least is the **Cartridge Controller**, which is a gaming specific smart contract wallet plugin for easy player onboarding. When you bring all of these pillars together, game devs can readily build really inexpensive, high performance, and low latency games atop Starknet. All that said, we saw a perfect example of the early possibilities here this week when Cartridge debuted [Flippyflop](https://flippyflop.gg/), a tile flipping game, as part of a planned Starknet stress test. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/11/image---2024-11-01T134717.251.png)Using Slot, Cartridge Controller, and beyond, Flippyflop worked like a charm and facilitated a surge of [millions of transactions](https://x.com/tarrenceva/status/1851254092238074132) on Starknet, leading to the network's transactions per second (TPS) peaking at 857, a new record in Ethereum's L2 ecosystem. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/11/image---2024-11-01T134542.367.png)It was through this app that Starknet was able to better demonstrate its capabilities, and it was through Cartridge's infra stack that such an app was made possible. When you zoom out, its a *big *win for Starknet to have this kind of gaming infra available on its chain. A lot of cool games are on the horizon here. And zooming out even further, Cartridge's approach can accelerate crypto gaming *in general* by making it simple to onboard and engage with onchain games — don't sleep on the Starknet gaming scene accordingly! ### **📰 General news** - **ENS **is [preparing to add "Tap to Connect" support via XMTP](https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1851640323367415939) - **Magic Eden** is [deploying on the Abstract L2](https://x.com/MagicEden/status/1850964403203592671) and [unveiled $TestME claims](https://x.com/MagicEden/status/1851237721185964540) - **Nouns Movie** is [now open for viewing on X](https://x.com/cryptoseneca/status/1851260360583446916) - **The SEC** motioned [to dismiss Brian Frye's and Jonathan Mann's "Are art NFTs securities?" complaint](https://x.com/brianlfrye/status/1851118844766535860)[ ](https://twitter.com/punksOTC/status/1798093880711155918) ### **🎨 Cryptoart & music** - **Art Blocks **announced [a new partnership and artist residency with OpenSea](https://x.com/artblocks_io/status/1850969690773782700) - **BottoDAO **is [presenting a p5.Botto exhibition in February 2025](https://x.com/BottoDAO/status/1851285741701382490) - **Zora **has [distributed over 10,000 ETH worth of protocol rewards to creators](https://x.com/jphackworth42/status/1850983031944728989) ### **🏆 Digital collectibles** - **Phi **launched [the Phi V2 mainnet, which is centered around collectible credentials](https://x.com/phi_xyz/status/1851187305320771871) ### **🎮 Decentralized gaming** - **Dojo**, the onchain game engine project, [announced its Sovereign Worlds feature](https://x.com/ohayo_dojo/status/1852025510374580478) - **Duper **is [launching its Season 3 gameplay on Abstract](https://x.com/playduper/status/1851312303058403729) - **Eternum **is [hosting an onchain battle royale next week](https://x.com/RealmsEternum/status/1851988691935465536) - **HyperLoot **announced [Project Zero, a new fully onchain game built on MUD](https://x.com/hyperloot_/status/1850094411751071779) - **Immutable **received [a Wells Notice from the SEC](https://x.com/Immutable/status/1852093814112161932) - **Kamigotchi **added [+2.5k new Kamis to its Gacha pool](https://x.com/kamigotchiworld/status/1852073443996635304) - **Nifty Island** is [wrapping up its Play-to-Airdrop campaign](https://x.com/Nifty_Island/status/1852405243411157255) - **Nouns Esports** announced [its departure from the Dota 2 scene](https://x.com/nounsesports/status/1852170896045215825) - **Pudgy Penguins** announced [the Pudgy Party mobile game](https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/1851982682357436699) - **Sky Mavis**, the creators of Axie Infinity, [introduced EIP-7695 for NFT ownership delegation](https://x.com/Jihoz_Axie/status/1850946494788219200) ### **📱 Onchain social** - **Ethereum Follow Protocol** reached [+11.1k list minters in its first month](https://x.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1850206431984730298) - **Hey**, a social app on Lens, [launched custom lists](https://x.com/heydotxyz/status/1850896055514411086) - **Orb**, another Lens social app, [just shipped a series of feature updates](https://x.com/orb_club/status/1852105832110202961) ### **🪙 NFTfi ** - **Infinex **raised [$67.7 million in its Patron NFT sale](https://x.com/infinex_app/status/1850855416118628833) - **Relay **added [support for Bitcoin bridging](https://x.com/RelayProtocol/status/1851286840822858162) (great for Ordinals traders) - **Jpegs.fun** integrated [with Tensor to unlock instant NFT trading](https://x.com/jpegsdotfun/status/1852349972790002103) ### 🌐 **Virtual worlds** - **Decentraland **is [preparing to host the next Decentraland Music Festival](https://x.com/decentraland/status/1850356823229935968) ---