The idea is great, about to reach a wider audience by delivering adventures within AdaQuest, which is the game of the team as the product of the funded proposal in Fund5, for PVE (Player Versus Environment), because the first game mode (ARENA) is PVP (Player Versus Player). We need to see what AdaQuest is by clicking into the link https://ada-quest.com/ to see the first mode ARENA, to understand how cool it is (playing free without any paywall, being easy and user-friendly, involving the community into the development). Besides, I found this: after successful implementation of the project ARENA since Fund5, this round of Fund, the AdaQuest authors propose 8 proposals (6 proposals for ARENA mode and 2 proposals for Phase 2 of AdaQuest). I think we should read all of them to understand the AdaQuest project as a whole. They are: https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/404315 (delivering adventures within the game for PVE players – this is the current proposal we are assessing) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/403708 (polishing, balancing & testing the game) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/405445 (enhancing the graphics of the game: re-design, create and enhance characters) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/405317 (marketing strategy) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/404938 (hiring the sound designer for AdaQuest and creating a free sound library for Cardano game projects) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/404893 (creating a module for socializing and housing in the world of the game) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/404544 (creating the concept for Phase 2) https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/405375 (developing a prototype for Phase 2) This proposal not only fits the challenge “Gamers On - Chained” but also add value to the Cardano ecosystem because if it is successful, the project will help to increase: number of users of gaming based applications built on Cardano, number of CNFTs made specifically for gaming, number of fungible tokens made specifically for gaming, which are in the success metrics of the challenge. Additionally, the challenge “Gamers On - Chained” was initiated by the team, so that they are well-known about which proposals will address the challenge, therefore the impact of this proposal should not be a problem.

This proposal aims to add another mode called quest and stories in their game. Adding more variety is good to cater wider audience that leads to more user/player onboard. With the introduction of single player mode also can create more business opportunities for the devs. More users means more transactions which gives more value to the network. As a hardcore gamer myself, I used to spent countless of hours playing RPG games such as final fantasy. It will be interesting to see a blockchain RPG game that is entertaining and also easy to access through mobile app. A pocket adventure game that can be accessed anywhere, anytime. Therefore, this proposal effectively addresses the challenge.

AdaQuest’s project consists in developing a game on Cardano to help attract gamers into our space. This proposal of theirs shows their intent of being a well rounded game catering to all different kinds of tastes from PvP-scenarios to PvE ones. This falls very well under the impact of this challenge.

This proposal’s goal is to create a new game mode for AdaQuest. They are proposing to create a PvE (Player vs Environment) mode instead of just the usual PvP mode already being developed and/or covered by other proposals. The idea is to have a more broad audience since many people prefer PvE over PvP. This is a fair point and something that other game developers on Cardano are also thinking about. And it’s very well aligned with the challenge since this will increase adoption and consequently the number of minted CNFTs, total amount of transactions and all related metrics. The risks and challenges as well mapped and they make sense based on the kind of project they propose to develop, but based on their proposed mitigation and on the team’s experience, I believe they will be overcome without much trouble.

The project is well aligned with the challenge. It demonstrates the need of combining three different game phases into one whole Fantasy World Game Experience. Adding Quest stories to the Player versus Player (PVP) is reasonable to achieve the proposed objectives - cover bigger Player versus Environment (PVE) audience. The proposal seeks to maintain GAME experience First - to keep the community excited and curious, while reaching a wider gamer-centric base and at the same time ensuring the development cycle. The proposal reveals that it will have a huge global impact and it has high level of scalability.

In terms of auditability, there is plenty of content and KPIs to easily check through and verify their work. Not being their first proposal under this project, they are very clear showing all of their progress and previous work. This is an aspiring game project reaching out to different target audiences, they may face delays but as shown through previous funds they are persistent and capable.

This part of proposal is provided in a good level of information, consist of roadmap, milestone, time horizon and KPIs, help us easy to understand what will be measured or monitered. The “success looks like” section is explaned very well for us to understand what result would be expected, give us to have the vision of the project. The team also explains that the progress of the project will be upload on well-known tools like like JIRA, Github and Confluence, so it would be easy for tracking public.

It is well stated how they are going to keep track of the progress internally, using project management tools. What’s missing is some way for external auditing, i.e. how the community will keep track of the development and check if everything’s going well with it. The success definition for the proposal is not well defined, unfortunately, since the statements there are very vague. Even though some metrics are mentioned in the impact section, there are no numeric goals to go after and any way to really measure the success of the proposal. The information provided about previously funded and non-funded proposals in Catalyst is good and improves the project’s transparency.

The proposing team presents a very detailed roadmap with milestones and steps every month up to the final delivery, which makes it quite easy to audit this proposal. The success metrics are very well explained and can help to measure the impact of the proposal, as well as the KPIs, which are very easily trackable and very relevant to the proposal scope, and also aligned with the challenge goals. The auditability of this proposal is very high.

The KPIs, roadmap, milestones are defined. The team intends to provide “well-know”n tools like JIRA, Github, and Confluence to track the progress and success of implementation and I believe its adequate for the purpose.