The challenge addresses the problem in the game industry that users do not actually own playable items, skins or in-game currencies. Players do not have the ability to control, sell, or trade their items in a limited and very difficult way. The blockchain solution is intended to put an end to this. The user gets more control by connecting a wallet, by creating NFTs for the items or skins which are assigned to the wallet of the player. This simplifies the interaction of in-game items between players In this case, it is a play-to-earn web browser game. Video games are played all over the world after Corona more than ever. Good play-to-earn games that are well received by the audience could attract an enormous number of new users, increase awareness and grow the community. In this case, the proposal would provide a kind of product that the user would consume and be rewarded for. Furthermore, through well-designed play-to-earn games, there is the possibility to draw the attention of large game producers and studios to the advantages of blockchains and thus provide a kind of entrance door for larger projects and games. That's why I see this niche as a great opportunity to grow the ecosystem. The team has given some thought to possible risks and is trying to find solutions to them accordingly. Of course, there are X-factors that could occur or risks that they may have overlooked. For this, the team is open to addressing possible risks and finding solutions that the community identifies. Several communication paths have been established to be in contact with the community and to receive feedback.

The idea of ​​this proposal is very interesting that traditional games previously did not allow users to use their in-game content. That's why the author created a new game that can allow users to spend thousands of hours playing and not have any control over their playable items. This problem fits the current challenge, it is possible to extend this model to solve future challenges. The author has clearly identified the problem that they are going to build Lovelace Saga, an NFT play-for-money game built on Cardano. Incorporating Blockchain into games allows users to own their in-game assets and gives users more control. The author has also listed a lot of risks that affect their progress:

1. Improper communication and clarification of the desired outcome from all team members.
2. Market volatility and ADA price volatility.
3. Timeline goal not met.
4. Users lack understanding of how to use the platform. However, for these risks, the author adds specific methods to address those risks. The author is also open to suggestions from the community for any additional risks and any mitigation strategies we should consider to increase the success of this project.

The proposal meets the challenge requirement. I think the team put a lot of work into developing a Play-to-Earn game that will be this high quality. In Cardano it's not about quantity, but quality is important, so I welcome the project. All information about gameplay, game features have been presented in quite detail through the attached video. To be able to integrate blockchain education into the game, you should find a way to categorize the gaming audience, some come to the game just to make money, some of them also have a lot of knowledge. So I'd like to know how to identify new users and methods of prioritizing education fully and effectively.

Video games are a huge industry, growing exponentially. So every video game has a potentially huge impact in attracting more people to the Cardano network. But that doesn't mean that any video game made on the network is a project worth funding. It will depend on the quality of the game and the fact that it is free to play is a big plus. This game is not free to play because you have to buy a character to play. And about the quality of it I can't speak, because I have tried to test it on their website https://lovelacesaga.com and the game doesn't find opponent. There is no gameplay video either. So I don't have enough information to know if it is a good or bad project. I would recommend incorporating a video with gameplay as well as a game mode against bots, even if its A.I. basic, in order to test the game to potential players.

The Game industry is one of the largest entertainment industries in the world. In recent years it has grown strongly both in terms of users and technology. The NFT game is no stranger to many people, especially in the crypto world in general and the Cardano ecosystem in particular. Lovelace Saga will be an NFT-based blockchain game built on Cardano. With the addition of this game to the Cardano ecosystem, a large number of potential users can be introduced to Cardano and blockchain technology. This is a play-to-earn game, so I will also be interested in the "earn" part and what is the minimum amount of capital expected to be able to start playing the game. I hope the team will provide more information on this. The proponent has outlined some risks that the team may face when implementing the project and has a solution to reduce that risk. Those risks are: the risk of improper communication and clarification of the desired outcome from all team members; market volatility and ADA price volatility; timeline goals not being met; Users lack understanding of how to use the platform. However, I find that the risk of competition is also important because there are many play-to-earn game projects in the game market today. So the team can highlight different highlights from other projects to attract new players as well as professional gamers. In another aspect, a number of scam game projects emerged in the trend only to scam, suck investors' money and then die. This has lost the confidence of players and investors, making them more careful in choosing the next game project. So, for the better, the team can add a solution or commitment to this problem.

This proposal is building a play-to-earn game which addresses the challenge of building products on the Cardano ecosystem. It encourages more builders in the Cardano ecosystem. The risks and solutions provided is sensible. But there are other risks I could see such as 1) need teamwork and keeping each other accountable to develop the game as all are working at different time zones 2) someone unable to deliver or continue the project and need to find new person, which could affect the project delivery dates and team dynamic (Both can be solved with more team building). This game can be scaled globally with the right marketing and constant engagement with Cardano community.

Lovelace Saga is an NFT driven blockchain game that allows gamers to own their in-game assets. The proposal outlines that it will be a web based game where players earn the assets by playing the game in the form of NFTs. The proposal does not provide any sufficient depth on exactly what the game is about and how it works. It appears to be an action game and based on the information provided. The proposers should have added details on what exactly players do in this game and what is novel and what is similar to existing games of the same genre. A game is only impactful to the ecosystem if it is fun to play and there are people who want to play that game. If it is a multiplayer game then it needs to sustain a number of players to be viable. From the information provided I don't have any confidence that this game is appealing to play because a lack of information was provided. The proposer has covered how it applies to gaming and the Cardano ecosystem and how it uses the technology to a sufficient depth. In terms of the risks they mention improper communication and clarification of results, market volatility, missing timeline goals and complexity for end user. These risks are fairly high level and apply to many proposals however also still make sense. A risk to this game that I would have liked to have seen is the risk the game is not fun to play or the game is not sustainable in terms of the play to earn model. Both of these risks are very relevant to this game, if a game is not fun it makes no difference if its easy to use or is delivered on time. How is the team interacting with the end user to ensure the game mechanics are fun to the user? Is the play to earn aspect with NFTs the main innovation or are there other novel game mechanics that will also help attract gamers who like the same ?genre? Overall more clarity is needed on exactly what the game does on a functional level and why that will be enjoyable to play for the end user, the proposers have articulated well why it relates to the Cardano ecosystem but not what they are intending to deliver and why it will create impact to potential gamers.

There is clarity in the description of the problem, the solution, and how the proposal aligns with it. A roadmap and progress in development have been clearly established and can be easily reviewed and shared with the community. Other than that, some thought has already been given that goes beyond the development of the game. The KPI's and metrics were very well chosen by the team to evaluate the project, give an overview of the current development and possible information for the future. After all, the most important indicator for a game are the players. Also, monitoring and evaluating the activity of social media is not a bad idea in itself and can give clear information and especially feedback.

The metrics detailed by the author help us see if the platform is reaching our target audience and whether they have a good experience playing the game. no, whether the game is gaining momentum with the Cardano ecosystem and broader gaming community The team is a diverse team of entrepreneurs with over 20 years of experience integrating emerging technologies with existing systems from FinTech, E-Commerce, Marketing, Nonprofits and Legal The developers of the proposal have experience with web-dev and blockchain technology Team members are: Pritesh is a longtime member of the Cardano community, Game Development Team - DevTeam.Space is a moderated community of expert development teams, Alex Sk - Account Manager, Gleb Zadorozhnyy - Project Manager, Valeria Bogdanova - Game Designer / Illustrator, Sergey Golubev - 3D Artist / Animator, Denys Popov - Developer Backend/Blockchain Development, Yulya Krivson - Frontend Developer. This is a powerful team and very passionate about their current job. The funding required for this proposal is $250.000. The budget is broken down by the author into reasonable amounts that are suitable for the challenge set out.

The project focuses on community development, so metrics to measure project success are reasonable when it comes to examining growth and engagement on social media or platforms. . I love this, it will have a very positive impact on attracting communities to Cardano. The proponent also provides links that allow the community to track progress as the project progresses, this is the audit I want, I hope you'll update the full project progress as the project progresses. I'm not asking for anything more in this section.

The roadmap is somewhat repetitive, and with little explanation of what they are going to develop. Continuing development in Unity, is repeated at each point in the roadmap, a total of 5 times, except for the final point which is when they release the game. When they release the MVP version, they should detail what this version includes. It is also quite strange to go from an MVP version to the final version without going through an alpha or beta. In the "Steps we will take to implement the development of Lovelace Saga", there is no mention of gameplay except in point 13. What kind of game is Lovelace Saga? There is no information in all the Proposal about what the genre of the game is. On metrics, they mention the number of engaged players reaching the target audience. But there is no mention of what that target is. 100? 1.000? 50.000?

I agree with the author's way of measuring and tracking project progress. Those indicators are: the number of active players in the game for a given period of time; the number of communities participating in their Twitter, and Disco; the number of people participating in community events such as tournaments. Each metric has a purpose to track the progress and development of the project. This is a brand new project that has not received any funding in Catalyst before. The success of the project is also clearly defined in attracting new users with more than 100 new users coming to the ecosystem every week. The Cardano community has a fun and engaging platform that attracts new participants from the traditional gaming community…

The proposal provides the auditing AFTER the game is complete. This is not enough. The community would like to monitor the PROGRESS i.e. DURING building phase of the game. A consistent update by the proposer regarding the progress of the game will help the community to audit in some way. Suggestion on how this can be done: 1) the proposer can provide short videos about the development of the game in a bi-weekly or monthly update 2) having open-source documents for the community to monitor & check such as game-codes in github, roadmap, and google sheets publicly available for hitting milestones or not 3) having Twitter space or Discord AMAs about the progress of the game development 4) providing more information/utility about the NFTs that was purchased from minting or secondary market. If the proposer is more transparent and keep engaging with the community with the progress of the game development, the success rate will be higher with on boarding and bringing new players once the game is finished developing.

In terms of tracking progress of the proposal they mention the growth of the platform and overall engagement of the game. They state they will track whether the user is matching their target audience but this opens up the question is their target audience just Cardano users? or gamers of a certain genre or something else? And then how will they track personal information to track this? They also mention tracking community growth looking at statistics such as for Discord or Twitter. It would have been good to have any mention of how they will do updates with the community and share development progress. They could have mentioned if anything from this project would be made open source for others in the community to benefit from in developing their own games or applications with a Github repository link. Success for the project is shared as bringing 100 new users to the ecosystem each week that are enjoying and engaging in the platform being created. Success also would mean benefiting the Kaizen crypto NFT holders that would receive other opportunities due to the growth of the ecosystem. If this game is successful this outcome would make sense, it would be interesting to know what the proposers think is achievable in terms of sustainable metrics for these play-to-earn values as that helps to give more confidence on what they are defining as a success story in terms of changing peoples lives. These incentives and mechanics are vital to understand to know whether this game will be a viable business model. Overall there is moderate clarity in the proposal, a better explanation of exact game mechanics and functioning of the game could have led to making it easier for the community to audit exactly what is being delivered so it is clear on what they will receive if they vote for this proposal and it succeeds. In future proposals if the team can share how they can help the wider ecosystem with open source contributions this would also be appreciated by the community.