“If you wanna build a game, you’ve gotta build an actual game,” says Branch CEO Dayton Mills. (Branch Photo). A lot of Web3 video games have built their systems around the sale and trade of NFTs. Castaways, on the other hand, simply gives them away, and it’s rapidly grown its audience as a result.Made in Seattle by the startup company Branch, Castaways is a massively-multiplayer, free-to-play survival game for web browsers that’s currently in alpha. Players enter the in-game world as shipwrecked survivors on a small, remote island, with a goal to build a home for yourself and others. It’s a peaceful game that’s equal parts Animal Crossing and Minecraft.Castaways plays its Web3 integration remarkably low-key, particularly by comparison to other games in its lane

Branch.gg, founded by Dayton Mills, has secured a $12.5 million seed funding to expand its team and enhance its web3-based social and fun gaming platform.