Reaper Actual Foundation Alpha: Your First Drop into Marova

The countdown is almost over. On October 6, 2025, Distinct Possibility Studios will open the doors to the Foundation Alpha for Reaper Actual, the highly anticipated open-world persistent shooter built on Etherlink.

If you haven’t been following along, Reaper Actual drops hundreds of players onto the war-torn island of Marova, where rival NPC factions and player-built bases turn every corner into contested territory. Foundation Alpha is the first time players will be able to step into this world, secure their own base, and test drive Reaper characters ahead of the game’s Early Access launch in 2026.

Foundation Alpha is an early access and also an invitation to shape the game with your feedback. Players who grab a Foundation Bundle will join the earliest playtests, unlock a dedicated role in the community Discord, and give direct feedback to the dev team as systems and maps evolve.

Foundation Bundles (limited supply):

• Standard – $29.99

  • 1 Base: Bunker

  • 1 Reaper: Havoc

• Charon’s Pact – $49.99

  • 1 Base: Bunker

  • 2 Reapers: Havoc & Luna

• Stygian Oath – $79.99

  • 2 Bases: Bunker & Warehouse

  • 4 Reapers: Havoc, Luna, Thor & Vibora

For players opting into the Web3-enabled version on Etherlink, these bundles come with tradable assets, letting you own, collect, and exchange Reapers, bases, and cosmetics through the game’s marketplace. Importantly, this optional layer never impacts gameplay balance, but adds a layer of ownership for those who want it.

John Smedley, CEO of Distinct Possibility Studios, put it simply: “Foundation players who purchase directly through our marketplace will receive tradable items, enabling ownership and the ability to trade Reapers, bases, and cosmetics with other players. We believe this offers the widest range of choice for players.”

With Foundation Alpha, the studio is setting the stage for what Reaper Actual will become: a living, evolving battlefield shaped by both devs and players. Quantities are highly limited, so if you want to be part of the first wave, you’ll need to be ready on October 6 at 12 PM EST / 4 PM UTC.

Explore Foundation Bundles 
Register for later waves

Eyes up, Reapers. The island of Marova is waiting.

This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem

Tezos at Token2049: Sights and Sounds from Singapore

Given how Reaper Actual sets the stage for what’s possible in Tezos gaming, it was fitting to see the project featured in Arthur Breitman’s remarks at Token2049 in Singapore. From there, the spotlight widened to show how Tezos is capturing attention across gaming, art, and finance.

Arthur joined the panel “The Race to Scale: Who Will Power the Next 100M Users?”, sharing perspectives on how scaling is largely solved for, why consumer-facing brands matter, and the use cases that can bring Tezos to millions of new users. Games, art, and finance all featured heavily in his comments with Reaper Actual called out as an example of how Tezos-powered gaming is breaking new ground. You can catch key snippets from his talk in this thread from our friends at TZ APAC.

The Tezos booth also drew plenty of attention thanks to Sogni Protocol’s AI photobooth, which let attendees strike a pose and walk away with custom AI-generated prints. It was a playful reminder of how Tezos continues to always lead in key pillars like gaming and art.

With a full week of panels, gatherings, and new connections, Token2049 showed just how far the ecosystem has come. The week will close out on October 3 with the Tezos Breakfast Club, a relaxed morning meetup with good coffee, familiar faces, and space to reflect on it all. RSVP here.

Previewing Protocol T: Block Times Headed to 6 Seconds

Wrapping up this week, the focus now turns back to core development and the next protocol upgrade on the horizon. Nomadic Labs has previewed the upcoming T proposal, which aims to cut block times from today’s 8 seconds down to 6 seconds.

That means quicker transactions and faster finality. At 6 seconds, layer 1 finality would shrink from 16 seconds to 12 seconds, an important step for both apps and everyday users.

To make sure the change can be handled by the network, Nomadic Labs simulated mainnet-like conditions across 260 bakers and tested everything from consensus and bandwidth to hardware performance. The results show that:

• Bakers consistently produced blocks at round 0.

• Block quorum was reached in under 3 seconds (half the block time).

• Bandwidth use came in at ~5 Mbits/s per baker.

• Storage needs rose ~30% in line with more blocks being added.

• DAL commitments and attestations behaved as expected.

The key takeaway: 6-second blocks worked safely on the test network, including on modest setups like recent Raspberry Pi models. Minimum recommendations have been updated to ensure smooth operation, especially for bakers who are also running DAL nodes.

Protocol T is set to enter stabilization on October 14, with a governance injection about a month later. Bakers and community members are encouraged to share their setups, raise questions, and leave feedback.

Join the discussion here: Agora thread

Tezos Community Events

Art on Tezos: Berlin

Happening November 6–9, Art on Tezos: Berlin is set to bring together over 200 artists, curators, galleries, and platforms for a multi-day celebration of digital creativity, collaboration, and community. It’s the first time so many contributors from the Tezos art ecosystem will gather under one roof and the result promises to be a rich, diverse portrait of the culture that’s been growing since 2021.

With participants like objkt, bitforms, Galerie Met, Office Impart, and The Second-Guess, the event features everything from interactive installations and live performances to film screenings and special curatorial projects. Highlights include:

• A performance by Berlin-based artist allapopp

• TeleNFT’s newest showcase is turning live teletext into on-chain artworks

• Immersive exhibitions and guided tours across the venue

Art on Tezos continues to evolve, and this Berlin event captures the heart of that movement. Make sure you RSVP to attend before space fills up!

🔴 Now Streaming: Kevin Mehrabi on Stablecoins, USDtz, and Tezos DeFi

We trace Tezos from a grassroots “revolution” in 2017 to a concrete plan for DeFi growth that links governance, stablecoins, and the art economy. Kevin Mehrabi shares how USDTZ prepared for U.S. clarity under the Genius Act and why Etherlink should bridge value, not hype.

• 2017 fundraiser, community-led governance shift, and decentralization as a standard 
• choosing Tezos after deeply reading the white paper and rejecting hard-fork risk 
• LA community building, the rise of Tezos art, and what “punk” really means for culture 
• lessons from launching USDTZ early: integrations, trust, reserve-backed design 
• why the Genius Act matters for compliant, treasury-backed stablecoins 
• surplus as an on-chain financial battery: grants, art, hackathons, DAO treasury 
• Etherlink strategy: export L1 value, import EVM liquidity, bridge interest-bearing assets

Watch the full episode on YouTube.