# moving castles: sources

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

- [aicoin on moving castles' narrative engine](https://www.aicoin.com/en/article/359206) — aicoin.com (undated, community). chinese analysis crediting movingcastles with "narrative engine"/collective storytelling concept
- [an organized labor underground inside rat.fun](https://www.livequote.org/bsky/arkadiy.bsky.social) — bluesky (via livequote) (2026-01-12, community). player-run "organized labor underground" inside rat.fun
- [automation, not autonomy](https://medium.com/@a60909/automation-not-autonomy-rethinking-agent-driven-autonomous-world-766471b0743c) — medium (2025, community). ai-agent-driven aws as "gamefi 1.0"; autonomy vs automation
- [the case for autonomous worlds](https://aw.network/posts/the-case-for-autonomous-worlds) — aw.network, ludens (undated, community). ludens' "blockchains as world technology" formulation
- [the autonomous worlds network](https://aw.network) — aw.network (2026-09-16, reference). autonomous worlds network; awassembly video archive incl. arb/gvn/agnes cameron talks
- [the autonomous world definition survey](https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2104701) — chaincatcher.com (undated, community). aw definition survey; "no clear definition" among builders
- [the bankless autonomous worlds explainer](https://www.bankless.com/autonomous-worlds) — bankless.com (undated, reference). aw overview & reading list
- [ready up redstone](https://www.bankless.com/read/ready-up-redstone) — bankless.com (2024-04-30, reporting). launch preview; "this cursed machine also looks zany"
- [aw_research's this cursed machine playtest brief](https://www.bitget.com/zh-CN/news/detail/12560603844234) — bitget.com (2023-11, community). playtest timeline; go.lem (early-2023 aw hackathon); mud2 migration apr 2023; network states co-prod
- [boris mann's notes on the miniverses manifesto](https://bmannconsulting.com/notes/moving-castles-modular-and-portable-multiplayer-miniverses/) — bmannconsulting.com, boris mann (2021-08-02, community). boris mann quoting the manifesto's opening; dates publication
- [a quick overview of redstone mainnet launch activities](https://www.coinlive.com/news/a-quick-overview-of-redstone-mainnet-launch-activities) — coinlive.com (2024-05, reporting). tcm 2.0 notes; $bugs as erc-20
- [fully on-chain game review: pirate nation and this cursed machine](https://medium.com/coinmonks/fully-on-chain-game-review-pirate-nation-and-this-cursed-machine-cf9da22dd937) — medium (2023, community). hands-on playtest review; tone praised, loading noted
- [autonomous worlds assembly @ devconnect istanbul](https://cryptoevents.global/autonomous-worlds-assembly-devconnect-istanbul-2023/) — cryptoevents.global (2023-11, reference). speaker list: arb (aw network), gvn (moving castles), ludens, hilmar veigar, et al.
- [lattice launches redstone mainnet (syndication)](https://cryptonews.net/news/blockchain/28819718/) — cryptonews.net (2024-05, reporting). mainnet syndication; sky strife test stats (400k tx, 1,900 players)
- [our degenerate town](https://degenerate.town/) — degenerate.town (2026-09-16, primary). announced tcm follow-up; "under contruction"
- [the devcon sea talk listing](https://app.devcon.org/schedule/UBFQ9V) — app.devcon.org (2024-11, archive). same talk listing, devcon sea
- [i survived ethereum devcon 7 (barely)](https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/i-survived-ethereum-devcon-7-barely) — davidzmorris.substack.com, david z. morris (2024-11-25, community). "most exciting thing i saw at devcon"; our degenerate town promo image; "the worst of both worlds"
- [the eat-drain-arson repo](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/eat-drain-arson) — github (2022-11-23, repo). "a tragicomic npc survival sim"; last updated 2023-02-24
- [lattice launches redstone mainnet and unveils first fully on-chain games](https://gam3s.gg/news/lattice-launches-redstone-mainnet-and-unveils-first-fully-on-chain-games/) — gam3s.gg (2024-05-03, reporting). launch roundup; ccp/project awakening context
- [are autonomous worlds dead?](https://gamestx.substack.com/p/are-autonomous-worlds-dead) — gamestx.substack.com, jon jordan (2024-09-24, reporting). jon jordan; quotes lethe's "scene is dead" post; "grant-dependent boys"
- [seeking a new kind of public good: closing the loop](https://gitcoin.co/blog/seeking-a-new-kind-of-public-good-closing-the-loop) — gitcoin.co (2022-08-29, community). names arthur röing baer; frames mc as trust project vs "neo-feudal" dark-forest communities
- [the strongest crypto gaming thesis](https://gubsheep.substack.com/p/the-strongest-crypto-gaming-thesis) — gubsheep.substack.com, gubsheep (2023-10-05, community). crypto-native games thesis; definitional substrate for focg
- [what's the point of autonomous world?](https://guiltygyoza.xyz/2023/12/whats-the-point-of-aw) — guiltygyoza.xyz, guiltygyoza (2023-12, community). insider skepticism; awow critique
- [the movingcastles hugging face org](https://huggingface.co/movingcastles) — huggingface.co (2026-09-16, repo). 9 followers; 5 team members; model publish/update activity
- [hacker news on the miniverses manifesto](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29396749) — hacker news (2021-11-30, community). 43 pts, 10 comments; skeptical/mixed reception
- [the august 2021 hacker news submission](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28130581) — hacker news (2021-08-10, community). 3 pts, 0 comments
- [jacky zhao's notes on moving castles](https://jzhao.xyz/thoughts/Moving-Castles) — jzhao.xyz, jacky zhao (2022-02-12, community). jacky zhao's notes; pairs manifesto with glibert's wizards talk
- [large lore models](https://aw.network/posts/large-lore-models) — aw.network, dmstfctn, eva jager, alasdair milne (2022-12, community). dmstfctn/jager/milne; cites mc "narrative engine"; eda residency demo dated 2022-12-05
- [made from mud](https://mirror.xyz/williamx.eth/M9p3BwEbwPjHJpqA3LBAiGqlHfBjr18hSWQlver9_bc) — mirror.xyz, williamx (2023, community). mud dev experience; lists moving castles among mud games
- [a primer on fully on-chain gaming](https://naavik.co/digest/primer-fully-on-chain-gaming/) — naavik.co (undated, reference). games-industry digest on focg; quotes gubsheep
- [lattice opens redstone chain for developer preview](https://playtoearn.com/news/lattice-opens-redstone-chain-for-developer-preview-ahead-of-mainnet-launch) — playtoearn.com (2024-04, reporting). dev-preview announcement; "berlin-based indie studio moving castles"
- [natural composability](https://ronan.eth.limo/blog/natural-composability/) — ronan.eth.limo, ronan (undated, community). etherplay's "infinite games" framing; scene definitional debates
- [the 0xparc autonomous worlds residency](https://techflowpost.com/en-US/article/13954) — techflowpost.com (undated, reference). aw residency sept–dec 2022, stipends; lists "moving castle" as resident team
- [autonomous worlds: misusing the money machine](https://thejaymo.net/2023/11/25/301-2339-autonomous-worlds/) — thejaymo.net, jay springett (2023-11-25, community). awassembly report; "nascent industry"; crypto industry baffled; thanks mc
- [the awassembly event thread](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1647949252096839680.html) — threadreaderapp (2023-04, community). event thread noting gvn908 world-building workshop
- [three eras of world generation: worldbuilding, worlding, world-weaving](https://aw.network/posts/three-eras-of-world-generation) — aw.network, gvn & arb (2023-08-09, primary). gvn & arb; worldbuilding→worlding→world-weaving; confined-sandbox critique; wow/vitalik anecdote
- [deploy uniswap v3 on redstone](https://gov.uniswap.org/t/deploy-uniswap-v3-on-redstone/23824) — gov.uniswap.org (2024-04, community). race to mainnet apr 4–30; launch tokens incl. tcm
- [towards a metaphysics of worlds](https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/towards-a-metaphysics-of-worlds) — contraptions.venkateshrao.com, venkatesh rao (2023-11, community). rao on awassembly talk; "a 'what are you smoking' aspect to the idea"
- [@movingcastles_ on x](https://x.com/movingcastles_) — x (2026-09-16, community). "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
- [the tcm analytics dashboard](https://dashboards.yeomen.ai/dashboard/tcm) — dashboards.yeomen.ai (undated, reference). community onchain analytics for tcm ($bugs holders, dau, orders)
- [zero (mc001)](https://movingcastles.world/posts/zero) — movingcastles.world (2026-09-15, primary). mc001 "zero" training report; full pipeline, eval, mech-interp
- [agnes cameron's news log](https://agnescameron.info/news) — agnescameron.info (2026-09-16, primary). cameron's log: tcm launch 2024-05-03, aw assembly talk, siena reading group, interview link
- [a chatroom with legs: indirect communication and conversational worlds](https://aw.network/posts/chatroom-with-legs) — aw.network, agnes cameron (2024, primary). agnes cameron essay on game dialogue systems
- [autonomous worlds n1 on metalabel](https://aw.network/notes/note-metalabel) — aw.network (2024, primary). aw n1 anthology on metalabel; contributor list
- [aw_research on this cursed machine](https://www.bitget.com/zh-CN/news/detail/12560603842633) — bitget.com (2023-11-23, community). aw_research (jojo/kaikai): tcm intro, eda playtest 2022-12-04, go.lem details, gvn talk
- [autonomous worlds n1 in traditional chinese](https://aw.network/notes/note-awn1translation) — aw.network (2025-01, primary). traditional chinese edition, nowhere publishing taipei
- [what onchain gaming learned in 2025](https://www.bankless.com/read/crypto-gaming-year-in-review) — bankless.com, nejc (focgers) (2026-01, reporting). rat.fun in 2025 onchain-gaming review
- [basescan: the $rat token](https://basescan.org/token/0xf2dd384662411a21259ab17038574289091f2d41) — basescan.org (undated, reference). $rat token on base; "game about having fun and drugging rats"
- [devs on devs: gvn on autonomous worlds](https://www.coinlive.com/news/philosophical-and-social-considerations-of-games-and-autonomous-worlds) — coinlive.com (2024-06-13, interview). devs on devs transcript: gvn on aw philosophy; project list
- [redstone mainnet launch insights](https://cryptobriefing.com/redstone-mainnet-launch-insights/) — cryptobriefing.com (2024-04-04, reporting). redstone may-1 launch slate incl. tcm
- [art in the age of the metaverse](https://debalie.nl/programma/art-in-the-age-of-the-metaverse-11-03-2023/) — debalie.nl (2023-03-11, reference). co-founders + studio composition + gvn bio
- [idle heroes at visite](https://deimagerie.be/visite-0108) — deimagerie.be (2019, reference). gvn908 "idle heroes" (2019) screening + ig handle
- [this cursed machine: onchain game post-mortem](https://archive.devcon.org/devcon-7/this-cursed-machine-onchain-game-post-mortem/) — archive.devcon.org (2024-11-13, archive). devcon 7 bangkok talk record, speaker arb
- [the dotlit log, august 2021](https://dotlit.org/testing/log/2021-08-13.html) — dotlit.org (2021-08-13, archive). contemporaneous link to miniverses essay
- [the moving castles gmbh registry entry](https://www.firminform.de/unternehmen/Moving-Castles-GmbH-Berlin) — firminform.de (2026-09, reference). gmbh hrb 265203 b, leuschnerdamm 13, 10999 berlin
- [how to repair a spaceport](https://paragraph.com/@folklore-2/how-to-repair-a-spaceport-a-metaphor-for-our-technological-present) — paragraph.com (2024, community). cites "bugs in, sludge out" talk, 2023-11-15
- [a moving castle crosses the ridge between private and public](https://gitcoin.co/blog/moving-castles) — gitcoin.co, gvn & arb (2022-08-29, primary). rewritten miniverses essay; mascot streams detail
- [the clearnetparanoia repo](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/ClearnetParanoia) — github (2025-03-16, repo). godot game repo; sole contributor alexdeclino
- [the nanoclaw fork](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/nanoclaw) — github (2026-03-10, repo). fork of containerized claude-agent assistant
- [the moving-castles github org](https://github.com/Moving-Castles) — github (2022-11-23, repo). org + 20 public repos, contributor lists
- [pyranoid — a parry port](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/pyranoid) — github (2026-09-02, repo). parry (1972) port, "routine for routine"
- [the rat.fun repo](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/rat.fun) — github (2025-01-09, repo). rat.fun: mud contracts + llm server (anthropic), sanity cms, replicate
- [the shulgin.engineering repo](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/shulgin.engineering) — github (2024-11-04, repo). svelte site; likely rat.fun-related (inferred)
- [the sybil.gg repo](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/sybil.gg) — github (2025-01-24, repo). unreleased project, sole contributor pwrstudio
- [the this-cursed-machine repo](https://github.com/Moving-Castles/this-cursed-machine) — github (2023-07-29, repo). tcm source; contributors pwrstudio/manegame/dk1a/frolic/agnescameron
- [rat.fun: the filthiest llm-driven roguelike game is live](https://gmgamers.substack.com/p/ratfun-the-filthiest-llm-driven-roguelike) — gmgamers.substack.com, nejc (focgers) (2025-12-12, community). rat.fun launch coverage; "this week" → ~dec 8–12, 2025; base
- [redstone is racing to mainnet](https://gmgamers.substack.com/p/redstone-is-racing-to-mainnet) — gmgamers.substack.com (2024-04, community). "this cursed machine 2.0 coming may 1st"
- [the movingcastles/zero model card](https://huggingface.co/movingcastles/zero) — huggingface.co (2026-07-18, repo). model card, lineage, usage notes; 36 downloads
- [ultraface](https://hybrida.space/ultraface-1) — hybrida.space (2024, reference). ultraface by gvn908 & alex murray; ultraface.xyz
- [clearnet paranoia on itch.io](https://movingcastles.itch.io/clearnet-paranoia) — movingcastles.itch.io (2025, primary). godot game page; 2021 essay description; "no generative ai"
- [moving castles at kabk i/m/d](https://world-quake.kabk.nl/) — world-quake.kabk.nl (2022-03-28, reference). i/m/d lecture "moving castles by gvn908, arb"
- [start your engines: redstone live](https://lattice.xyz/blog/start-your-engines-redstone-live) — lattice.xyz (2024-05-01, primary). redstone mainnet launch; mc "indie studio based in berlin"
- [arthur röing baer on linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/artroing) — linkedin (2026-09, reference). arb: ceo moving castles gmbh since aug 2021; foam roles
- [the rise of micro-studios](https://loaf.coffee/posts/the-rise-microstudios) — loaf.coffee (2023, community). mc listed among aw micro-studios
- [daemons (mc000)](https://movingcastles.world/posts/daemons) — movingcastles.world (2026-07-01, primary). mc000 manifesto, pivot to "daemons"
- [the movingcastles.world index](https://movingcastles.world/index) — movingcastles.world (2026-09-16, primary). site index: mc000/mc001 listing, contact links
- [moving castles: modular and portable multiplayer miniverses](https://movingcastles.world/posts/modular-and-portable-multiplayer-miniverses) — movingcastles.world, gvn & arb (2021-08-03, primary). founding essay, gvn & arb
- [roles at moving castles](https://movingcastles.world/posts/roles) — movingcastles.world (2026-09, primary). "r&d lab for new subjectivities"; hiring; berlin
- [the mirror interview with arb and alex declino](https://world.mirror.xyz/rkksgs0tK5KQWxvNRfcmo8KYXYLc-Ljr7V1Gt29Z7rA) — world.mirror.xyz (2024-06, interview). original interview (dead/403; linked from agnescameron.info)
- [nanoclaw](https://github.com/qwibitai/nanoclaw) — github (2026, repo). upstream project mc forked


Published by @ben in profile revision 1.
Original document: https://hraness.com/moving-castles/sources
Original credited author: Hraness
AI-drafted at Ben Guo's direct request and credited to Hraness; every claim links to its cataloged source.

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