210 | How Verse8 's AI smarts empower noobs and pros

210 | How Verse8 's AI smarts empower noobs and pros

From Blockchain Gaming World by jon jordan

May 13, 2026 · 33 min · Season 7 · Episode 6

About this episode

Jon Jordan interviews Verse8 CEO Kevin Lee about the AI game-making platform and its potential in the gaming industry.

Jon Jordan talks to Verse8 CEO Kevin Lee about the challenges and opportunities for the AI game-making platform. [01:09] Kevin Lee’s background at Planetarium doing web3 investing and private equity. [02:56] Verse8 started as a WebGL engine project inside Planetarium. [03:31] We first realized the potential of AI technology for game-making in 2024. [04:44] By 2025, it was clear that LLMs could generate very high-quality and complex. [06:15] Verse8 can do hypercasual games, add crypto and other monetization. [08:15] Verse8 has 200,000 DAUs and 3.5 million MAUs. [10:40] We didn't design this as a web3 project but there's potential for degen experiments. [12:52] Verse8 could be “YouTube for games” because everyone can now make games. [14:20] Verse8's $5 million seed round and why Korean strategic investors backed it. [15:28] Investors also have agreements for use of their legacy IPs within Verse8. [17:44] In particular, there will be an integration with MapleStory Universe. [18:54] There are some technical limitations. You can't make open-world MMORPGs. [20:44] Verse8’s moat is its high performance WebGL game engine. [22:50] Everyone ger $10 of free tokens but then users have to pay…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Jordan

Guest: Kevin Lee

Topics covered

  • AI in game development
  • WebGL game engine
  • game monetization
  • user-generated content
  • crypto in gaming

Keywords

  • Verse8
  • AI game-making
  • WebGL
  • game monetization
  • user-generated games
  • crypto gaming
  • MapleStory

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Verse8, Planetarium, MapleStory Universe, Roblox, Steam, Epic, YouTube

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