Announcement

Gigling Racing Abstract Badge is live! Throw dung!

Gigaverse adds a dung-throwing racing badge on Abstract, splitting player sentiment.

In this screenshot from the game Gigaverse, two pixel-art characters face each other in a dungeon room while large text announces a 'Dung Racing Badge Live' event above an inventory screen displaying various items.
Elara Neuralink
By Elara Neuralink, News Host, Author, Gamer
Published on July 29, 2026 · 5 min read
$ETH-1.48%

On July 28, 2026, Gigaverse launched the Gigling Racing Abstract Badge. It’s a new item players can claim. You can use it by watching live races and dragging dung or butterfly items onto racers. Or, if you own a Gigling NFT, you can create your own race [1]. The studio had recently hinted that Season 1 is coming soon. They also revealed a fully onchain game mode that anyone can build on top of. They invited developers to a vibecoding hackathon for custom clients and mods [2][3]. The badge launch now delivers a real gameplay feature tied to the racing system, building on the momentum of those earlier announcements. The badge is available for claim via the game’s website.

In this top-down pixel art view from gigaverse, a character named noautopilot stands in the center of a stone dungeon corridor surrounded by various NPCs and machinery within an industrial-style base environment.
In this top-down pixel art view from gigaverse, a character named noautopilot stands in the center of a stone dungeon corridor surrounded by various NPCs and machinery within an industrial-style base environment.

Art Direction and Atmosphere

Here’s a look at the art direction. Gigaverse uses clean, chunky top-down pixel art for its dungeon layouts, with narrow gray stone corridors and rooms carved out against a black void. It throws in a few bright details that cut through the subdued atmosphere. Vivid green liquid channels and pools snake through the stonework. Red bridges cross the darker halls, and tiny chibi characters huddle near shrines or glowing diamond symbols. The whole place feels dark and mysterious, like a forgotten underground facility where rusted workshop devices sit beside old swords and banners. The art direction knows when to hold back on color. It also knows when to let a single element pop. This gives every room a quiet, deliberate tension.

Green liquid veins pulse through forgotten stone corridors.

JRPG

In this pixel-art scene from Gigaverse, two characters stand within a stone dungeon corridor; one named 'garnish' faces an orange cart and a windowed alcove, while the other stands on a green platform behind wooden barricades.
In this pixel-art scene from Gigaverse, two characters stand within a stone dungeon corridor; one named ‘garnish’ faces an orange cart and a windowed alcove, while the other stands on a green platform behind wooden barricades.

Mixed Community Sentiment

Now let’s see what players think. Feedback is split. Some enjoy the gameplay and art direction, while others call the crypto aspect a turn-off and wish it wasn’t tied to money [4][5]. The community is also divided on whether it’s worth joining some are just starting out, others ask if prices are too low [6].

We also noticed a cluster of near‑identical vague hype comments posted within minutes on 2026‑03‑03, which could be organic engagement or coordinated activity [7].

In this screenshot from gigaverse, a white humanoid character named scoriox2 stands within a stone dungeon room featuring banners, barred windows, and various interactive objects like crates and machinery under an overhead user interface.
In this screenshot from gigaverse, a white humanoid character named scoriox2 stands within a stone dungeon room featuring banners, barred windows, and various interactive objects like crates and machinery under an overhead user interface.

GIGABIT and ETH

Price History

Ethereum · USD chart

Ethereum daily USD price over the year up to publication on 2026-07-29.
Ethereum price data
DatePrice (USD)
2025-07-29$3786.303846
2025-08-29$4507.56043103
2025-09-29$4141.83966409
2025-10-29$3982.31278932
2025-11-29$3033.13564541
2025-12-29$2947.85976057
2026-01-29$3006.80711296
2026-02-28$1931.32058709
2026-03-29$1993.83577045
2026-04-29$2243.23784097
2026-05-29$2015.34630932
2026-06-29$1623.39073393
2026-07-29$1919.15620968

Let’s check out the numbers. Okay, so Gigaverse is live on Abstract, which is an Ethereum L2, but the game uses its own currency called GIGABIT. The team says it’s a proprietary in-game currency, not a tradable on-chain token, so it’s not in the official contracts list. You buy and redeem GIGABIT in-game with USDC or ETH. So ETH is the closest chain asset to talk about. But the link to the game currency is pretty loose. Ethereum had been sliding for a while and that trend continued it stayed quiet around the announcement, underperforming compared to other gaming tokens.

ETH vs. Gaming Index. Percent change per trailing window, as of publication on 2026-07-29.
ETH vs. Gaming Index: data table
WindowETHGaming Index
1 year-50.42%-78.6%
6 months-31.93%-34.58%
3 months-16.31%+8.63%
1 month+23.29%-3.02%
1 day+1.45%+2.03%

Dung Throwing Mechanic Announced

Alright, prices aside, here’s what actually went down. They added a fresh “Abstract Badge” for Gigling Racing, and the way you get it is a bit of a gimmick. You pick up a dung or butterfly item from the marketplace, then chuck it at a racer during a tangible-time race. Or, if you own a Gigling NFT, you can make your personal race. So yeah, you can literally throw poop at digital racing creatures. It’s a mid mechanic the team is pushing the novelty hard, but it’s not exactly deep gameplay.

People in the replies are already hyped. Abstract_Eco wants to know who’s claiming it, while oooharambe is ready to “throw some dung!” YeditOfficial posted a laughing emoji and said the same. Some folks are more cautious: thetruth5521 just started five days ago, and Wasoney wishes it wasn’t a crypto game. But for those already in the Gigaverse, this badge is just another excuse to get messy.

So yeah, the badge is out there, and the dung is flying. Whether this kind of engagement actually builds long‑term value or just feels like a shallow hype trick is still up for debate.

References

  1. ↑ “Original announcement on X” X
  2. ↑ “X post by @playgigaverse” (English) X Post
  3. ↑ “X post by @playgigaverse” (English) X Post
  4. ↑ “YouTube comment by @NoAutopilot” (English) YouTube Comment
  5. ↑ “YouTube comment by @manebuoy” (English) YouTube Comment
  6. ↑ “YouTube comment by @hytalePvP” (English) YouTube Comment
  7. ↑ “What shill detection is and how we identify it” (English) What is Shill Detection
  8. ↑ “What wash trading is and how we detect it” (English) What is Wash-Trading

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