Key Points
- TON Foundation and The Open League program hosted The Open League Hackathon.
- Winners of the GameFi & Onboarding category include Cat Gold Miner, Chick Coop, and Hamsterdam.
TON Foundation and The Open League program have recently hosted The Open League Hackathon event.
This hackathon was more than a simple competition, it brought great opportunities for emerging projects to secure significant rewards and connect with millions of Telegram users.
The event aimed to discover dApps with creative and viral token mining mechanisms resonating with a general audience. Teams coded, built on the TON Mainnet, and created bridging projects, collaborating and learning over 8 weeks.
Final rankings included more categories:
- GameFi & Onboarding
- Social Web
- DeFi
- eCommerce
Here are the top winners of the first category, GameFi & Onboarding.
The Open League Hackathon – Top 3 Winners of GameFi & Onboarding
1. Cat Gold Miner
Cat Gold Miner is a new Web3 gaming experience that onboard casual players and skilled gamers to explore its universe.
On its official website, the team behind the game presents a world of feline gold mining where players “become moguls of their own mining empires.”
Here are the main features of the game:
- Simple token mining: Basic play to earn mechanism
- Viral social features and mechanic
- Quests involving on-chain missions for learning and earning
- Beginner-friendly products
- Advanced functions for DeFi experts
- Smooth integration with TON
The game introduces Voucher NFT which are unique tokens that represent progress and privilege.
The team behind the project also announced their winning via a post on X, offering gratitude for the dedication and innovation of the project members.
2. Chick Coop
Chick Coop is another blockchain innovation, a tap-to-earn game that reimagines farm life into a rewarding digital experience, where each tap brings gamers closer to their earnings.
As noted by the TON blog post, the game incorporates a Play-Staking-Airdrop Mechanism that elevates it into a strategic venture, combining playing with investing.
On the official website, the team behind the game notes the three phases of the project:
- Phase 1 Chick Coop launched – Play to Airdrop mechanism
- Phase 2 NFT and Staking Launch – NFT Launch and a staking mechanism
- Phase 3 Play with NFT – Care for and hatch your NFT to await surprises
Back in July, the team behind Chick Coop announced an important partnership with Notcoin, another Telegram clicker game that saw massive success. They also revealed that NOT would be integrated as an in-game payment.
3. Hamsterdam
Hamsterdam is a strategic management game that mixes the art of balance with the essence of unpredictability via probability, as noted by TON in its blog post.
The game features a blend of careful numerical design and the element of chance which ensures that the project remains both fair and engaging, offering a dynamic experience that can keep users playing.
In the official description, the Hamsterdam team describes the gaming experience including:
- Developing a startup
- Attracting an audience of trusting users
- Directing resources to various activities
- Earning more resources to put them into circulation again
According to the project, in the first season, startups will divide 8 billion hamsters among themselves, and once the hamsters run out, the game will move on to the second stage.
At this point, some will rug pull, knock off their hamsters, and get TON, while others will compete for each other’s audience on the way to The Great $EXIT.
On August 18, the team behind Hamsterdam announced that their first phase of the NFT Legend of Hamsterdam sale was a success. all their NFTs were sold out in 18 minutes and buyers made up to 8x profits.
As TON notes in the blog post, Hamsterdam is an entry point into the world of crypto, wrapped in a strategic and engaging pack that challenges the mind and rewards players.
The Open League Hackathon was the biggest TON hackathon to date. According to the official notes, in total, the prize pool reached $2,280,000.
