<p>Pixels founder Luke Barwikowski recently revealed Stacked during an AMA on March 11. Barwikowski previously shared the new initiative with a retention dashboard on March 10, which fueled a 268% percent&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/why-pixel-pump">$PIXEL token pump</a>.</p><p>Stacked is a three-part platform combining a consumer rewards app, developer SDK, and an AI agent layer that functions as an automated game economist. The system runs on machine learning models built from&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/games/Pixels">Pixels</a>' four years of player data.</p><p>Barwikowski positioned Stacked as an SDK that can turn any game into a&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/top-10-play-to-earn-games-in-2025">play-to-earn game</a>. The platform handles reward distribution and budgeting for external developers. Games can integrate Stacked without building their own crypto infrastructure or managing compliance risks around real-money rewards.</p><h2>AI Game Economist with Live Reports</h2><p>Barwikowski also shared a LiveOps report produced by Stacked's AI that analyzes Pixels player behavior over seven days. The report found that extractors and spenders in Pixels overlap by 98.8 percent.</p><p>The AI identified session depth as the key differentiator. Power users average 57 minutes per session compared to extractors' 32 minutes, driving 87 times more PIXEL spending. The agent layer can query player segments, recommend new offers, and generate detailed behavioral analyses.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">sneak peek of the new <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24pixel&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$pixel</a><br><br>👉 an SDK that makes any game play-to-earn (sustainably)<br>👉 an AI game economist that makes live suggestions/tweaks<br>👉 powered by proprietary models, data, and thousands of experiments<br>👉 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24pixel&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$pixel</a> staking integration<br>👉 new app, new game<br><br>coming SOON <a href="https://t.co/45gDwtl6q8">pic.twitter.com/45gDwtl6q8</a></p>— Luke Barwikowski 🚜 (@whatslukedoing) <a href="https://twitter.com/whatslukedoing/status/2032170326499700895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Barwikowski framed Stacked as a solution attempt to the challenges he outlined last month, discussing how&nbsp;<a href="https://funjible.games/news/pixels-founder-says-web3-gamings-core-values-were-wrong">Web3 gaming’s core values were wrong</a>. Stacked targets specific player segments with personalized offers instead of rewarding all players equally, which aims to fix revenue cannibalization for developers.</p><p>Game devs can integrate Stacked via an SDK similar to those used by analytics platforms. The SDK logs in-game events, allowing Stacked's models to build player profiles and suggest offers based on data.</p><p>Stacked supports multiple reward types, including in-game items, in-game currencies, cryptocurrencies, and off-chain points redeemable for USDT or PIXEL. Developers can choose to run entirely non-crypto rewards or integrate blockchain assets.</p><p>"Teams that don't have any rewards or loyalty programs or play-to-earn mechanics might want to use Stacked," Barwikowski said during the AMA. He explained that games integrating Stacked can lower customer acquisition costs while increasing player retention without building proprietary reward systems.</p><p>Stacked is set to launch on Ronin first, with plans to expand to other blockchains later. Chubkins, Pixels' multiplayer Tamagotchi-style game entering early access in the US, will be the first ground-up Stacked integration.</p><p>"The Pixel Foundation has the goal of advancing Web3 gaming, of getting more people into play to earn,"&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/pixels_online/status/2031807419345715439">Barwikowski said in the AMA</a>.</p><p>Over time, Pixels also has plans to transition its rewards systems into Stacked. According to Barwikowski, the PIXEL token could function as “stake only” with USDC handling rewards and spending. Revenue generated from Stacked would also flow to the PIXEL Foundation.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZCFIwEgRtI?si=9ggCYsnRIKzb2qft" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

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