209 | How Stacked reinvents P2E gaming rewards

209 | How Stacked reinvents P2E gaming rewards

From Blockchain Gaming World by jon jordan

March 26, 2026 · 35 min · Season 7 · Episode 5

About this episode

Jon Jordan interviews Pixels' CEO Luke Barwikowski about the new P2E rewards platform Stacked.

Jon Jordan talks to Pixels' CEO Luke Barwikowski about Stacked, the company's new P2E rewards platform. [0:56] Introducing Stacked, the new rewards app from Pixels. [2:02] Pixels still believes in play-to-earn for web3 gaming, notably using data-driven rewarded play. [3:44] Stacked is the productification of Pixels' reward system that any game can plug into. [5:09] It allows you to distribute your onchain assets in a smart way. [5:19] The player-facing element is the Stacked app. There's also a b2b element, including an SDK. [7:41] This is like an ad network that categorizes player types using segmentation and reward testing. [9:29] You can also run an AI agent to help create new rewards to drive retention and engagement. [12:35] P2E is sustainable in Pixels right now in terms of Return on Reward Spend metric of 3. [16:10] F2P/P2E games require all different user types, from free to midcore spenders to whales. [18:54] Launching Stacked allows Pixel's game designers to not have to worry about rewards. [21:50] The PIXEL token will become a stake-only token, with other assets used for rewards. [24:20] Other companies, including web2 games, will be able to use Stacked as a…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Jordan

Guest: Luke Barwikowski

Topics covered

  • P2E gaming
  • rewards platform
  • web3 gaming
  • data-driven rewards
  • game design
  • asset trading

Keywords

  • P2E
  • Stacked
  • Pixels
  • rewards
  • web3
  • gaming
  • PIXEL token
  • asset trading

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pixels

Products: Stacked, PIXEL token

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