BaseLayer - Ep 2: Tara Faulkner (Co-founder, Cat Town)

Tue, Dec 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

Tara Faulkner co-founded Cat Town with her fiancé after leaving traditional jobs to bet on crypto. What started as a three-month experiment became one of Base's most community-loved games where players earn, compete, and give back. In this episode of BaseLayer, Tara shares: - Growing up isolated on a farm in rural Ireland and finding community through technology - Why she and her co-founder gave themselves 3 months to build something - How Cat Town combines cozy life simulation games with onchain economics - The revenue share model that returns value directly to players - Why their community has donated $30K+ to animal charities worldwide - Her advice for builders Play Cat Town: https://cat.town/ Follow Tara: https://x.com/purrfect_pixels Follow Cat Town: https://x.com/CatTownBase