Sonic is the first atomic SVM Layer-2 designed to enable sovereign game economies that roll-up to Solana. Powered by HyperGrid, developed by Mirror World, Sonic enables developers to deploy custom Sonic Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) chains that provide significant advantages for game developers.
Sonic has surpassed 100,000 unique wallets and processed over 17 million transactions within a week of launching its Sonic Testnet Odyssey.
Key highlights:
Over 100,000 unique wallets added in one week.
More than 17 million transactions processed.
Significant engagement with integrated games driving high transaction volumes.
Sonic Testnet Odyssey has hit a milestone with 100K wallets and over 17 million transactions! Huge thanks to all you legends out there. 🎉🩵 We’re proud to be the first Solana L2 to achieve such traction via testnet. Stay tuned, big things are coming. ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/cwFS9SHvsu
— Sonic (Odyssey Now Live ⚡️) (@SonicSVM) June 26, 2024
Revolutionizing on-chain gaming on Solana
Sonic is a pioneering protocol designed specifically for gaming on the Solana blockchain. It takes advantage of Solana’s speed to deliver fast on-chain gaming experiences and includes features like customizable gaming primitives, a sandbox environment, and extensible data types.
The Sonic Testnet Odyssey launched with impressive stats. As revealed on X (formerly Twitter), it hit 45,000 wallets and 3.2 million transactions within the first 36 hours. The quick adoption highlights the demand and potential for Sonic’s L2 infrastructure. Soon after, they revealed that they reached 100,000 unique wallets and processed over 17 million transactions, mostly from user interactions with games built on Sonic. These games are part of the Odyssey campaign, which rewards users for making transactions within the games. Some of the popular games are Jogojogo, Fomoney, Rage Effect, and Lowlife Forms.
Why Solana?
Solana is recognized for its friendly blockchain environment, easy onboarding and incentives from its meme coin boom. However, gaming on Solana has yet to reach the success of launched meme coins projects, DeFi, NFTs, and SocialFi. Sonic aims to change that with tools for developers to deploy their own fast SVM chains to support GameFi projects on Solana.
Built by Mirror World Labs, a GameFi infrastructure company, Sonic has launched several growth initiatives like ecosystem grants and accelerator programs to help developers onboard quickly onto the Sonic SVM and the HyperGrid Framework. HyperGrid simplifies deploying game engines and virtual machines on Solana, making it easier to support new games.
Plans for future
Sonic recently completed a $12 million Series A funding round led by BITKRAFT, with participation from Galaxy Interactive, Big Brain Holdings, and other investors. This funding will fuel further development and scaling of Sonic’s infrastructure.
The protocol has already seen successful game deployments, including Snake Lite, a Telegram-based tap-to-earn game. Sonic has also upgraded its Testnet Odyssey to improve speed and stability.
Sonic’s team is gearing up for a busy summer, partnering with RateX for the Solana Kick Off: Shenzhen event and participating in the Kyoto Web3 Gaming Summer event during #IVS2024.
Wrapping up
Sonic's early success with its Testnet Odyssey highlights the strong demand for gaming infrastructure on Solana. With substantial funding and strategic partnerships, Sonic is well-positioned to revolutionize the gaming experience on the blockchain.
