To date, Exploding Kittens has sold more than 17 million copies of its 10-plus games, and it has also launched an Exploding Kittens premium mobile app. The gameco recently partnered with Universal Brand Development and Illumination on Exploding Minions, its first licensed game. Winners have the option to either keep their prize, 3D-print the box, or sell the NFT to another collector.

(Exploding Kittens’ card games are known for coming in unique boxes, including one that meows and another that has to be shaved with a razor.) The strategy creates a new way for designers, artists and creators to share their work, according to a release.Įxploding Kittens will give the unique designs away in a free contest on its Facebook and Instagram pages. Only the NFT owner can print the design file-either by using their own Glowforge printer or getting a mail-out print from Glowforge-and the collectible box can only be printed once. In the month that it was live, Exploding Kittens was been backed by more than 219,000 people, generating nearly 8,800,000 (88,000 of. The NFTs, 10 in total, can be used to print a collectible hardwood box that ties into the game for kids ages six and up. The trio launched their Kickstarter campaign on January 19. The companies are introducing limited-edition printable NFTs for Exploding Kittens’ latest card game Happy Salmon (pictured), which launched last November. By Day 4, it had raised more than 3,500,000 from more than 91,000 backers.

It launched with an initial goal of US10,000, but by the end of the first day, the campaign had raised 1,333,586 from nearly 35,000 backers. LA-based game maker Exploding Kittens is blending the worlds of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and 3D printing in a new partnership with Seattle-based 3D laser printing startup Glowforge. As of 2015, Exploding Kittens stood as the third-biggest campaign ever mounted on Kickstarter.

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