sources
every source cited in the moving castles history, with its date and type.
the catalog
every claim on this site carries source ids that resolve here. type marks the evidence role; dates keep the precision the source gave.
- undatedaicoin on moving castles' narrative engineaicoin.comchinese analysis crediting movingcastles with "narrative engine"/collective storytelling concept
- 2026-01-12an organized labor underground inside rat.funbluesky (via livequote)player-run "organized labor underground" inside rat.fun
- 2025automation, not autonomymediumai-agent-driven aws as "gamefi 1.0"; autonomy vs automation
- undatedthe case for autonomous worldsaw.network · ludensludens' "blockchains as world technology" formulation
- 2026-09-16the autonomous worlds networkaw.networkautonomous worlds network; awassembly video archive incl. arb/gvn/agnes cameron talks
- undatedthe autonomous world definition surveychaincatcher.comaw definition survey; "no clear definition" among builders
- undatedthe bankless autonomous worlds explainerbankless.comaw overview & reading list
- 2024-04-30ready up redstonebankless.comlaunch preview; "this cursed machine also looks zany"
- 2023-11aw_research's this cursed machine playtest briefbitget.complaytest timeline; go.lem (early-2023 aw hackathon); mud2 migration apr 2023; network states co-prod
- 2021-08-02boris mann's notes on the miniverses manifestobmannconsulting.com · boris mannboris mann quoting the manifesto's opening; dates publication
- 2024-05a quick overview of redstone mainnet launch activitiescoinlive.comtcm 2.0 notes; $bugs as erc-20
- 2023fully on-chain game review: pirate nation and this cursed machinemediumhands-on playtest review; tone praised, loading noted
- 2023-11autonomous worlds assembly @ devconnect istanbulcryptoevents.globalspeaker list: arb (aw network), gvn (moving castles), ludens, hilmar veigar, et al.
- 2024-05lattice launches redstone mainnet (syndication)cryptonews.netmainnet syndication; sky strife test stats (400k tx, 1,900 players)
- 2026-09-16our degenerate towndegenerate.townannounced tcm follow-up; "under contruction"
- 2024-11the devcon sea talk listingapp.devcon.orgsame talk listing, devcon sea
- 2024-11-25i survived ethereum devcon 7 (barely)davidzmorris.substack.com · david z. morris"most exciting thing i saw at devcon"; our degenerate town promo image; "the worst of both worlds"
- 2022-11-23the eat-drain-arson repogithub"a tragicomic npc survival sim"; last updated 2023-02-24
- 2024-05-03lattice launches redstone mainnet and unveils first fully on-chain gamesgam3s.gglaunch roundup; ccp/project awakening context
- 2024-09-24are autonomous worlds dead?gamestx.substack.com · jon jordanjon jordan; quotes lethe's "scene is dead" post; "grant-dependent boys"
- 2022-08-29seeking a new kind of public good: closing the loopgitcoin.conames arthur röing baer; frames mc as trust project vs "neo-feudal" dark-forest communities
- 2023-10-05the strongest crypto gaming thesisgubsheep.substack.com · gubsheepcrypto-native games thesis; definitional substrate for focg
- 2023-12what's the point of autonomous world?guiltygyoza.xyz · guiltygyozainsider skepticism; awow critique
- 2026-09-16the movingcastles hugging face orghuggingface.co9 followers; 5 team members; model publish/update activity
- 2021-11-30hacker news on the miniverses manifestohacker news43 pts, 10 comments; skeptical/mixed reception
- 2021-08-10the august 2021 hacker news submissionhacker news3 pts, 0 comments
- 2022-02-12jacky zhao's notes on moving castlesjzhao.xyz · jacky zhaojacky zhao's notes; pairs manifesto with glibert's wizards talk
- 2022-12large lore modelsaw.network · dmstfctn, eva jager, alasdair milnedmstfctn/jager/milne; cites mc "narrative engine"; eda residency demo dated 2022-12-05
- 2023made from mudmirror.xyz · williamxmud dev experience; lists moving castles among mud games
- undateda primer on fully on-chain gamingnaavik.cogames-industry digest on focg; quotes gubsheep
- 2024-04lattice opens redstone chain for developer previewplaytoearn.comdev-preview announcement; "berlin-based indie studio moving castles"
- undatednatural composabilityronan.eth.limo · ronanetherplay's "infinite games" framing; scene definitional debates
- undatedthe 0xparc autonomous worlds residencytechflowpost.comaw residency sept–dec 2022, stipends; lists "moving castle" as resident team
- 2023-11-25autonomous worlds: misusing the money machinethejaymo.net · jay springettawassembly report; "nascent industry"; crypto industry baffled; thanks mc
- 2023-04the awassembly event threadthreadreaderappevent thread noting gvn908 world-building workshop
- 2023-08-09three eras of world generation: worldbuilding, worlding, world-weavingaw.network · gvn & arbgvn & arb; worldbuilding→worlding→world-weaving; confined-sandbox critique; wow/vitalik anecdote
- 2024-04deploy uniswap v3 on redstonegov.uniswap.orgrace to mainnet apr 4–30; launch tokens incl. tcm
- 2023-11towards a metaphysics of worldscontraptions.venkateshrao.com · venkatesh raorao on awassembly talk; "a 'what are you smoking' aspect to the idea"
- 2026-09-16@movingcastles_ on xx"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
- undatedthe tcm analytics dashboarddashboards.yeomen.aicommunity onchain analytics for tcm ($bugs holders, dau, orders)
- 2026-09-15zero (mc001)movingcastles.worldmc001 "zero" training report; full pipeline, eval, mech-interp
- 2026-09-16agnes cameron's news logagnescameron.infocameron's log: tcm launch 2024-05-03, aw assembly talk, siena reading group, interview link
- 2024a chatroom with legs: indirect communication and conversational worldsaw.network · agnes cameronagnes cameron essay on game dialogue systems
- 2024autonomous worlds n1 on metalabelaw.networkaw n1 anthology on metalabel; contributor list
- 2023-11-23aw_research on this cursed machinebitget.comaw_research (jojo/kaikai): tcm intro, eda playtest 2022-12-04, go.lem details, gvn talk
- 2025-01autonomous worlds n1 in traditional chineseaw.networktraditional chinese edition, nowhere publishing taipei
- 2026-01what onchain gaming learned in 2025bankless.com · nejc (focgers)rat.fun in 2025 onchain-gaming review
- undatedbasescan: the $rat tokenbasescan.org$rat token on base; "game about having fun and drugging rats"
- 2024-06-13devs on devs: gvn on autonomous worldscoinlive.comdevs on devs transcript: gvn on aw philosophy; project list
- 2024-04-04redstone mainnet launch insightscryptobriefing.comredstone may-1 launch slate incl. tcm
- 2023-03-11art in the age of the metaversedebalie.nlco-founders + studio composition + gvn bio
- 2019idle heroes at visitedeimagerie.begvn908 "idle heroes" (2019) screening + ig handle
- 2024-11-13this cursed machine: onchain game post-mortemarchive.devcon.orgdevcon 7 bangkok talk record, speaker arb
- 2021-08-13the dotlit log, august 2021dotlit.orgcontemporaneous link to miniverses essay
- 2026-09the moving castles gmbh registry entryfirminform.degmbh hrb 265203 b, leuschnerdamm 13, 10999 berlin
- 2024how to repair a spaceportparagraph.comcites "bugs in, sludge out" talk, 2023-11-15
- 2022-08-29a moving castle crosses the ridge between private and publicgitcoin.co · gvn & arbrewritten miniverses essay; mascot streams detail
- 2025-03-16the clearnetparanoia repogithubgodot game repo; sole contributor alexdeclino
- 2026-03-10the nanoclaw forkgithubfork of containerized claude-agent assistant
- 2022-11-23the moving-castles github orggithuborg + 20 public repos, contributor lists
- 2026-09-02pyranoid — a parry portgithubparry (1972) port, "routine for routine"
- 2025-01-09the rat.fun repogithubrat.fun: mud contracts + llm server (anthropic), sanity cms, replicate
- 2024-11-04the shulgin.engineering repogithubsvelte site; likely rat.fun-related (inferred)
- 2025-01-24the sybil.gg repogithubunreleased project, sole contributor pwrstudio
- 2023-07-29the this-cursed-machine repogithubtcm source; contributors pwrstudio/manegame/dk1a/frolic/agnescameron
- 2025-12-12rat.fun: the filthiest llm-driven roguelike game is livegmgamers.substack.com · nejc (focgers)rat.fun launch coverage; "this week" → ~dec 8–12, 2025; base
- 2024-04redstone is racing to mainnetgmgamers.substack.com"this cursed machine 2.0 coming may 1st"
- 2026-07-18the movingcastles/zero model cardhuggingface.comodel card, lineage, usage notes; 36 downloads
- 2024ultrafacehybrida.spaceultraface by gvn908 & alex murray; ultraface.xyz
- 2025clearnet paranoia on itch.iomovingcastles.itch.iogodot game page; 2021 essay description; "no generative ai"
- 2022-03-28moving castles at kabk i/m/dworld-quake.kabk.nli/m/d lecture "moving castles by gvn908, arb"
- 2024-05-01start your engines: redstone livelattice.xyzredstone mainnet launch; mc "indie studio based in berlin"
- 2026-09arthur röing baer on linkedinlinkedinarb: ceo moving castles gmbh since aug 2021; foam roles
- 2023the rise of micro-studiosloaf.coffeemc listed among aw micro-studios
- 2026-07-01daemons (mc000)movingcastles.worldmc000 manifesto, pivot to "daemons"
- 2026-09-16the movingcastles.world indexmovingcastles.worldsite index: mc000/mc001 listing, contact links
- 2021-08-03moving castles: modular and portable multiplayer miniversesmovingcastles.world · gvn & arbfounding essay, gvn & arb
- 2026-09roles at moving castlesmovingcastles.world"r&d lab for new subjectivities"; hiring; berlin
- 2024-06the mirror interview with arb and alex declinoworld.mirror.xyzoriginal interview (dead/403; linked from agnescameron.info)
- 2026nanoclawgithubupstream project mc forked
- undatedarthur röing baer at the new centrethenewcentre.orgarb bio: trust director, foam 2017–19, strelka, sandberg ma
- 2022trust in conversation with serpentine galleriesnovembre.globaltrust×serpentine; mc "incubated at trust"; arb bio
- 2022why minecraft will be studied by banks and governmentsmediumexplains mc principles; gvn quotes on portability
- 2024-06-12the this cursed machine interview, in chinesenews.qq.comchinese tr. of mirror interview w/ arb & alex declino; tcm core team; may-4 multiplayer launch
- undatedagnes cameron at robidarobidacollective.comcameron bio; "often collaborates with… moving castles"
- 2017-06-16gravity — gvn908 for showstudioshowstudio.com"collective gvn908" fashion film "gravity"
- 2023the network-states-lite repogithub"a project by small brain games, 0xhank, and moving castles"
- undatedthis cursed machine docsdocs.thiscursedmachine.funtcm mechanics glossary; $bugs erc20 minting
- 2023-05-21quite busythejaymo.net · jay springettscene blog noting eda's wired feature
- 2023-10wasd on the small brain ecosystemwasd.mirror.xyzwasd newsletter on small brain ecosystem; tcm teaser; sept 2023 bridge bot
- 2023-05-16autonomous worlds aim to free online games from corporate controlwired · mike orcuttmike orcutt; aw residency london fall 2022; baer quote; gvn pseudonym; primodium = hsieh brothers
AI-drafted at Ben Guo's direct request and credited to Hraness; every claim links to its cataloged source.