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moving castles: sources

every source cited in the moving castles history, with its date and type.

Original source occurrences

  1. aicoin on moving castles' narrative engine · aicoin.com · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-aicoin-lootverse · Other public citations of this URL

    chinese analysis crediting movingcastles with "narrative engine"/collective storytelling concept

  2. an organized labor underground inside rat.fun · bluesky (via livequote) · 2026-01-12 (day) · original ID: src-ci-arkadiy-bsky · Other public citations of this URL

    player-run "organized labor underground" inside rat.fun

  3. automation, not autonomy · medium · 2025 (year) · original ID: src-ci-automation-not-autonomy · Other public citations of this URL

    ai-agent-driven aws as "gamefi 1.0"; autonomy vs automation

  4. the case for autonomous worlds · aw.network · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-aw-case · Other public citations of this URL · ludens

    ludens' "blockchains as world technology" formulation

  5. the autonomous worlds network · aw.network · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-ci-aw-network · Other public citations of this URL

    autonomous worlds network; awassembly video archive incl. arb/gvn/agnes cameron talks

  6. the autonomous world definition survey · chaincatcher.com · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-aw-survey · Other public citations of this URL

    aw definition survey; "no clear definition" among builders

  7. the bankless autonomous worlds explainer · bankless.com · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-bankless-aw · Other public citations of this URL

    aw overview & reading list

  8. ready up redstone · bankless.com · 2024-04-30 (day) · original ID: src-ci-bankless-ready-up-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    launch preview; "this cursed machine also looks zany"

  9. aw_research's this cursed machine playtest brief · bitget.com · 2023-11 (month) · original ID: src-ci-bitget-tcm-playtest · Other public citations of this URL

    playtest timeline; go.lem (early-2023 aw hackathon); mud2 migration apr 2023; network states co-prod

  10. boris mann's notes on the miniverses manifesto · bmannconsulting.com · 2021-08-02 (day) · original ID: src-ci-bmann-note · Other public citations of this URL · boris mann

    boris mann quoting the manifesto's opening; dates publication

  11. a quick overview of redstone mainnet launch activities · coinlive.com · 2024-05 (month) · original ID: src-ci-coinlive-redstone-overview · Other public citations of this URL

    tcm 2.0 notes; $bugs as erc-20

  12. fully on-chain game review: pirate nation and this cursed machine · medium · 2023 (year) · original ID: src-ci-coinmonks-review · Other public citations of this URL

    hands-on playtest review; tone praised, loading noted

  13. autonomous worlds assembly @ devconnect istanbul · cryptoevents.global · 2023-11 (month) · original ID: src-ci-cryptoevents-awa · Other public citations of this URL

    speaker list: arb (aw network), gvn (moving castles), ludens, hilmar veigar, et al.

  14. lattice launches redstone mainnet (syndication) · cryptonews.net · 2024-05 (month) · original ID: src-ci-cryptonews-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    mainnet syndication; sky strife test stats (400k tx, 1,900 players)

  15. our degenerate town · degenerate.town · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-ci-degenerate-town · Other public citations of this URL

    announced tcm follow-up; "under contruction"

  16. the devcon sea talk listing · app.devcon.org · 2024-11 (month) · original ID: src-ci-devcon-schedule · Other public citations of this URL

    same talk listing, devcon sea

  17. i survived ethereum devcon 7 (barely) · davidzmorris.substack.com · 2024-11-25 (day) · original ID: src-ci-dzmorris-devcon · Other public citations of this URL · david z. morris

    "most exciting thing i saw at devcon"; our degenerate town promo image; "the worst of both worlds"

  18. the eat-drain-arson repo · github · 2022-11-23 (day) · original ID: src-ci-eda-github · Other public citations of this URL

    "a tragicomic npc survival sim"; last updated 2023-02-24

  19. lattice launches redstone mainnet and unveils first fully on-chain games · gam3s.gg · 2024-05-03 (day) · original ID: src-ci-gam3s-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    launch roundup; ccp/project awakening context

  20. are autonomous worlds dead? · gamestx.substack.com · 2024-09-24 (day) · original ID: src-ci-gamestx-aw-dead · Other public citations of this URL · jon jordan

    jon jordan; quotes lethe's "scene is dead" post; "grant-dependent boys"

  21. seeking a new kind of public good: closing the loop · gitcoin.co · 2022-08-29 (day) · original ID: src-ci-gitcoin-public-good · Other public citations of this URL

    names arthur röing baer; frames mc as trust project vs "neo-feudal" dark-forest communities

  22. the strongest crypto gaming thesis · gubsheep.substack.com · 2023-10-05 (day) · original ID: src-ci-gubsheep-thesis · Other public citations of this URL · gubsheep

    crypto-native games thesis; definitional substrate for focg

  23. what's the point of autonomous world? · guiltygyoza.xyz · 2023-12 (month) · original ID: src-ci-guiltygyoza-point · Other public citations of this URL · guiltygyoza

    insider skepticism; awow critique

  24. the movingcastles hugging face org · huggingface.co · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-ci-hf-org · Other public citations of this URL

    9 followers; 5 team members; model publish/update activity

  25. hacker news on the miniverses manifesto · hacker news · 2021-11-30 (day) · original ID: src-ci-hn-miniverses · Other public citations of this URL

    43 pts, 10 comments; skeptical/mixed reception

  26. the august 2021 hacker news submission · hacker news · 2021-08-10 (day) · original ID: src-ci-hn-miniverses-aug · Other public citations of this URL

    3 pts, 0 comments

  27. jacky zhao's notes on moving castles · jzhao.xyz · 2022-02-12 (day) · original ID: src-ci-jzhao-note · Other public citations of this URL · jacky zhao

    jacky zhao's notes; pairs manifesto with glibert's wizards talk

  28. large lore models · aw.network · 2022-12 (month) · original ID: src-ci-large-lore-models · Other public citations of this URL · dmstfctn, eva jager, alasdair milne

    dmstfctn/jager/milne; cites mc "narrative engine"; eda residency demo dated 2022-12-05

  29. made from mud · mirror.xyz · 2023 (year) · original ID: src-ci-made-from-mud · Other public citations of this URL · williamx

    mud dev experience; lists moving castles among mud games

  30. a primer on fully on-chain gaming · naavik.co · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-naavik-focg · Other public citations of this URL

    games-industry digest on focg; quotes gubsheep

  31. lattice opens redstone chain for developer preview · playtoearn.com · 2024-04 (month) · original ID: src-ci-playtoearn-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    dev-preview announcement; "berlin-based indie studio moving castles"

  32. natural composability · ronan.eth.limo · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-ronan-composability · Other public citations of this URL · ronan

    etherplay's "infinite games" framing; scene definitional debates

  33. the 0xparc autonomous worlds residency · techflowpost.com · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-techflow-daw · Other public citations of this URL

    aw residency sept–dec 2022, stipends; lists "moving castle" as resident team

  34. autonomous worlds: misusing the money machine · thejaymo.net · 2023-11-25 (day) · original ID: src-ci-thejaymo-misusing · Other public citations of this URL · jay springett

    awassembly report; "nascent industry"; crypto industry baffled; thanks mc

  35. the awassembly event thread · threadreaderapp · 2023-04 (month) · original ID: src-ci-threadreader-awa-thread · Other public citations of this URL

    event thread noting gvn908 world-building workshop

  36. three eras of world generation: worldbuilding, worlding, world-weaving · aw.network · 2023-08-09 (day) · original ID: src-ci-three-eras · Other public citations of this URL · gvn & arb

    gvn & arb; worldbuilding→worlding→world-weaving; confined-sandbox critique; wow/vitalik anecdote

  37. deploy uniswap v3 on redstone · gov.uniswap.org · 2024-04 (month) · original ID: src-ci-uniswap-rfc-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    race to mainnet apr 4–30; launch tokens incl. tcm

  38. towards a metaphysics of worlds · contraptions.venkateshrao.com · 2023-11 (month) · original ID: src-ci-venkatesh-metaphysics · Other public citations of this URL · venkatesh rao

    rao on awassembly talk; "a 'what are you smoking' aspect to the idea"

  39. @movingcastles_ on x · x · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-ci-x-profile · Other public citations of this URL

    "mc", joined dec 2021, 2,851 followers, 24 posts; zero post ≈16 replies/34 reposts/411 likes/~38k views; daemons post ≈1/16/81/~7.3k views

  40. the tcm analytics dashboard · dashboards.yeomen.ai · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-yeomen-tcm-dashboard · Other public citations of this URL

    community onchain analytics for tcm ($bugs holders, dau, orders)

  41. zero (mc001) · movingcastles.world · 2026-09-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-zero-report · Other public citations of this URL

    mc001 "zero" training report; full pipeline, eval, mech-interp

  42. agnes cameron's news log · agnescameron.info · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-agnes-news · Other public citations of this URL

    cameron's log: tcm launch 2024-05-03, aw assembly talk, siena reading group, interview link

  43. a chatroom with legs: indirect communication and conversational worlds · aw.network · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-hp-aw-chatroom · Other public citations of this URL · agnes cameron

    agnes cameron essay on game dialogue systems

  44. autonomous worlds n1 on metalabel · aw.network · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-hp-aw-n1 · Other public citations of this URL

    aw n1 anthology on metalabel; contributor list

  45. aw_research on this cursed machine · bitget.com · 2023-11-23 (day) · original ID: src-hp-aw-research-tcm · Other public citations of this URL

    aw_research (jojo/kaikai): tcm intro, eda playtest 2022-12-04, go.lem details, gvn talk

  46. autonomous worlds n1 in traditional chinese · aw.network · 2025-01 (month) · original ID: src-hp-aw-translation · Other public citations of this URL

    traditional chinese edition, nowhere publishing taipei

  47. what onchain gaming learned in 2025 · bankless.com · 2026-01 (month) · original ID: src-hp-bankless-2025review · Other public citations of this URL · nejc (focgers)

    rat.fun in 2025 onchain-gaming review

  48. basescan: the $rat token · basescan.org · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-hp-basescan-rat · Other public citations of this URL

    $rat token on base; "game about having fun and drugging rats"

  49. devs on devs: gvn on autonomous worlds · coinlive.com · 2024-06-13 (day) · original ID: src-hp-coinlive-devsondevs · Other public citations of this URL

    devs on devs transcript: gvn on aw philosophy; project list

  50. redstone mainnet launch insights · cryptobriefing.com · 2024-04-04 (day) · original ID: src-hp-cryptobriefing-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    redstone may-1 launch slate incl. tcm

  51. art in the age of the metaverse · debalie.nl · 2023-03-11 (day) · original ID: src-hp-debalie · Other public citations of this URL

    co-founders + studio composition + gvn bio

  52. idle heroes at visite · deimagerie.be · 2019 (year) · original ID: src-hp-deimagerie-gvn · Other public citations of this URL

    gvn908 "idle heroes" (2019) screening + ig handle

  53. this cursed machine: onchain game post-mortem · archive.devcon.org · 2024-11-13 (day) · original ID: src-hp-devcon-tcm · Other public citations of this URL

    devcon 7 bangkok talk record, speaker arb

  54. the dotlit log, august 2021 · dotlit.org · 2021-08-13 (day) · original ID: src-hp-dotlit · Other public citations of this URL

    contemporaneous link to miniverses essay

  55. the moving castles gmbh registry entry · firminform.de · 2026-09 (month) · original ID: src-hp-firminform · Other public citations of this URL

    gmbh hrb 265203 b, leuschnerdamm 13, 10999 berlin

  56. how to repair a spaceport · paragraph.com · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-hp-folklore-spaceport · Other public citations of this URL

    cites "bugs in, sludge out" talk, 2023-11-15

  57. a moving castle crosses the ridge between private and public · gitcoin.co · 2022-08-29 (day) · original ID: src-hp-gitcoin-mc · Other public citations of this URL · gvn & arb

    rewritten miniverses essay; mascot streams detail

  58. the clearnetparanoia repo · github · 2025-03-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-clearnet · Other public citations of this URL

    godot game repo; sole contributor alexdeclino

  59. the nanoclaw fork · github · 2026-03-10 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-nanoclaw · Other public citations of this URL

    fork of containerized claude-agent assistant

  60. the moving-castles github org · github · 2022-11-23 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-org · Other public citations of this URL

    org + 20 public repos, contributor lists

  61. pyranoid — a parry port · github · 2026-09-02 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-pyranoid · Other public citations of this URL

    parry (1972) port, "routine for routine"

  62. the rat.fun repo · github · 2025-01-09 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-ratfun · Other public citations of this URL

    rat.fun: mud contracts + llm server (anthropic), sanity cms, replicate

  63. the shulgin.engineering repo · github · 2024-11-04 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-shulgin · Other public citations of this URL

    svelte site; likely rat.fun-related (inferred)

  64. the sybil.gg repo · github · 2025-01-24 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-sybil · Other public citations of this URL

    unreleased project, sole contributor pwrstudio

  65. the this-cursed-machine repo · github · 2023-07-29 (day) · original ID: src-hp-github-tcm · Other public citations of this URL

    tcm source; contributors pwrstudio/manegame/dk1a/frolic/agnescameron

  66. rat.fun: the filthiest llm-driven roguelike game is live · gmgamers.substack.com · 2025-12-12 (day) · original ID: src-hp-gmgamers-ratfun · Other public citations of this URL · nejc (focgers)

    rat.fun launch coverage; "this week" → ~dec 8–12, 2025; base

  67. redstone is racing to mainnet · gmgamers.substack.com · 2024-04 (month) · original ID: src-hp-gmgamers-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    "this cursed machine 2.0 coming may 1st"

  68. the movingcastles/zero model card · huggingface.co · 2026-07-18 (day) · original ID: src-hp-hf-zero · Other public citations of this URL

    model card, lineage, usage notes; 36 downloads

  69. ultraface · hybrida.space · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-hp-hybrida-ultraface · Other public citations of this URL

    ultraface by gvn908 & alex murray; ultraface.xyz

  70. clearnet paranoia on itch.io · movingcastles.itch.io · 2025 (year) · original ID: src-hp-itch-clearnet · Other public citations of this URL

    godot game page; 2021 essay description; "no generative ai"

  71. moving castles at kabk i/m/d · world-quake.kabk.nl · 2022-03-28 (day) · original ID: src-hp-kabk-lecture · Other public citations of this URL

    i/m/d lecture "moving castles by gvn908, arb"

  72. start your engines: redstone live · lattice.xyz · 2024-05-01 (day) · original ID: src-hp-lattice-redstone · Other public citations of this URL

    redstone mainnet launch; mc "indie studio based in berlin"

  73. arthur röing baer on linkedin · linkedin · 2026-09 (month) · original ID: src-hp-linkedin-arb · Other public citations of this URL

    arb: ceo moving castles gmbh since aug 2021; foam roles

  74. the rise of micro-studios · loaf.coffee · 2023 (year) · original ID: src-hp-loaf-microstudios · Other public citations of this URL

    mc listed among aw micro-studios

  75. daemons (mc000) · movingcastles.world · 2026-07-01 (day) · original ID: src-hp-mc-daemons · Other public citations of this URL

    mc000 manifesto, pivot to "daemons"

  76. the movingcastles.world index · movingcastles.world · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-mc-index · Other public citations of this URL

    site index: mc000/mc001 listing, contact links

  77. moving castles: modular and portable multiplayer miniverses · movingcastles.world · 2021-08-03 (day) · original ID: src-hp-mc-miniverses · Other public citations of this URL · gvn & arb

    founding essay, gvn & arb

  78. roles at moving castles · movingcastles.world · 2026-09 (month) · original ID: src-hp-mc-roles · Other public citations of this URL

    "r&d lab for new subjectivities"; hiring; berlin

  79. the mirror interview with arb and alex declino · world.mirror.xyz · 2024-06 (month) · original ID: src-hp-mirror-tcm-interview · Other public citations of this URL

    original interview (dead/403; linked from agnescameron.info)

  80. nanoclaw · github · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-hp-nanoclaw-orig · Other public citations of this URL

    upstream project mc forked

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