# Underware

> A game studio building on-chain games and autonomous worlds

Underware is an on-chain game studio building games and autonomous worlds on Starknet using the Dojo engine.

Underware is a game studio that creates on-chain games and autonomous worlds using the Dojo engine on Starknet. The studio focuses on building meaningful, atmospheric gaming experiences with novel mechanics that push the edges of what is possible on distributed systems. Underware is aligned with the Realms.World ecosystem and BibliothecaDAO, creating games that extend and complement the Realms autonomous world with new mechanisms and an expansive underground realm.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Gaming
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2023-09-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Underware

## Products

- [Pistols at Dawn](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Underware): Pistols at Dawn is an on-chain PvP dueling game on Starknet where players face off in Western-themed pistol duels. Players create and own Duelists as ERC-721 NFTs, choosing when to shoot and dodge across ten paces, with every duel permanently recorded on the blockchain. The game features strategic card-based mechanics for shots, dodges, tactics, and blade rounds. (Game, Live, Main Product)
- [Underdark](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Underware): Underdark: Lair of the Slenderduck is a generative on-chain 3D dungeon crawler built on Starknet using Dojo. Players explore procedurally generated dungeons, manage limited light resources, and collect treasure while avoiding the Slenderduck. Maps are deterministic with gameplay proof submitted to contracts for verification. (Game, Open Beta)

## Links

- [Main](https://underware.gg)
- [Documentation](https://docs.underware.gg)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/underware_gg)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/underware-gg)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/Pistols_gg)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/underware-gg/underdark)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/underware-gg/pistols)

## Relationships

- [Loot Underworld](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Loot_Underworld): Subsidiary
- [Realms World](https://thegrid.id/profiles/realms_world): Subsidiary

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- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
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- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
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- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP