Over three years since asserting its huge $200 million funding spherical, US web3 developer Restrict Break has launched its first recreation for testing.
Puzzle Panic has been in improvement for a variety of years, predominantly in Restrict Break’s Japanese studio. That is mirrored within the recreation’s artwork fashion, which additionally leverages its DigiDaigaku NFT assortment of anime women.
Albeit in skinny buying and selling, the announcement that Puzzle Panic has been delicate launched for iOS in New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore noticed the ground worth of DigiDaigaku NFTs double to over 1 ETH, with one uncommon merchandise promoting for over 2 ETH ($2,600).
As for the sport itself, it’s an motion puzzler by which gamers full match puzzles to beat varied duties, that are fronted by totally different recreation women. Duties proven within the video trailer embrace placing out a hearth in a kitchen, breaking wooden with a karate chop, and enjoying basketball. Boss battles are additionally promised.
When it comes to the mission’s standing, Restrict Break says, “For this section, we’re centered on gameplay first. The present construct doesn’t embrace web3 options, our precedence is delivering an important core expertise and studying from actual participant suggestions. In parallel, we’re persevering with to construct our infrastructure and upcoming testnet”.
That is important as a result of, for the previous couple of years, in addition to recreation improvement, the corporate has been constructing core blockchain infrastructure starting from its ERC-721C NFT buying and selling protocol to the Apptoken normal that’s at the moment being utilized by the likes of Pixels, Axie Infinity and Moku Grand Enviornment.
It additionally teased in March 2026 that it might be launching a testnet, though it’s not clear what this could be used for.
In relation to doable web3 options in Puzzle Panic, one ingredient of the metagame highlighted within the trailer is the power to gather and commerce stickers. This form of exercise might simply be prolonged to blockchain belongings in future variations of the sport.
