[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.
Since the Cardano Community already had to come up with NFT skills (which were not the biggest part of our blockchain) and has had minor successes with gaming projects, we still need a really successful Cardano blockchain game that is NOT focused on being an investment vehicle, but first and foremost an entertaining experience.
Not only are we proposing a non-combat (but conflict) cooperative multiplayer crafting game, we've been working on it for 20 months. We met during fund 8 in a catalyst town hall and decided that we should develop a valuable experience first before selling anything for the game, and we did.
We're on the right track, even though we're currently forced to work on Flooftopia in our spare time because the Daedalus turbo permit prevented us from securing funding already there. We are already building, our community is growing, although we are not a financially focused app, so support us to have a winner that attracts and creates a gaming ecosystem on Cardano.
[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?
Solana and Polygon have a game sector with a daily turnover of over 20 million dollars! This doesn't take into account the amount of skills and talent we can't keep because people don't believe it's possible to develop a game on Cardano.
With a successful game, more money will flow into our ecosystem to develop completely different applications, especially when it comes to the infrastructure of the whole ecosystem.
We need to build that part of the industry for Cardano and we've been working on it for years, even helping with other projects, otherwise Cardano will fall behind if we ignore the gaming industry medium, which was bigger than $188.73 billion in 2021 and $199.74 billion in 2022.
[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?
We will release the game and it will be a signal to other game devs that it is possible and Cardano is improving its infrastructure for this sector so the biggest sector for Cardano, the NFTs get the much needed revolution starting right in our ecosystem.
[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?
We wil utilize the ordinary development cycle and use the Alpha and Beta as big show points.
We already did daily screenshots for over a year, we have Demo show offs for our community, youtube videos and twitch events.
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?
Flooftopia when funded will be delivered by an extended team comprised of the employees of FluxusNetwork ( https://cnftalliance.org/ ) that have a combined experiences of over 110 years in game development from AAA to award winning indie games. Their salaries match the industry standards and are connected to fullfiling milestone based work.
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?
Four big main milestones are to be reached.
- pre alpha
- alpha
- open beta
- gold master release
The gold master and therefore the full release of the game is what will show the world that real games can be made on Cardano and bring in the investment interest that is bitterly to our ecosystem
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.
pre alpha (month 1-3)
- onboarding of new staff members
- First two areas and the first town completed
- main story quests until first town completed
- basic sound work completed
Alpha (month 4-7)
- including the next big area with quest build up completed
- main story from the first town up until the first combatless confict to solve for the community to engage on
- profession system with 3 starting professions testable for players
Open Beta (month 8+9)
- all areas including infinifloof tower build completed and playable
- main story up to set players off on free exploration after Infinifloof tower
- soundscape with theme song implemented
- profession system with 9 crafting professions
- gathering professions added
Full release (month 10-12)
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two more areas added for the community to unlock
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npc dialogs and main story for every playable area in place
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all crafting professions available and upgradeable
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all gathering professions available and upgradeable
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first areas of conflict for the community to explore and solve together
[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.
everything listed below can be proven through videos, emails and screenshots.
pre alpha (month 1-3)
- onboarding of new staff members
- First two areas and the first town completed
- main story quests until first town completed
- basic sound work completed
Alpha (month 4-7)
- including the next big area with quest build up completed
- main story from the first town up until the first combatless confict to solve for the community to engage on
- profession system with 3 starting professions testable for players
Open Beta (month 8+9)
- all areas including infinifloof tower build completed and playable
- main story up to set players off on free exploration after Infinifloof tower
- soundscape with theme song implemented
- profession system with 9 crafting professions
- gathering professions added
Full release (month 10-12)
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two more areas added for the community to unlock
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npc dialogs and main story for every playable area in place
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all crafting professions available and upgradeable
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all gathering professions available and upgradeable
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first areas of conflict for the community to explore and solve together
[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.
following calculations are done with 1 ADA= 0,3 $
900.000 = 270000 $
to realize the project we will utilize the convenience we have through FluxusNetwork and partially hire the people that work on the game to keep costs as low as possible.
All salaries are averaged on skill and location. Monthly salaries are calculated for 160 working hours a month since we are located across Europe
Game Designer 6600$/mth 41,25$/h
Narrative Designer 6600$/mth 41,25$/h
Level Designer 6600$/mth 41,25$/h
Gameplay Programmer 8250$/mth 51,5625$/h
Sound Designer/ Composer 3300$/h 20,625
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Sound designer is hired for a total of 960 hours / 19.800$ (6 months full time)
Narrative designer is hired for a total of 480 hours / 19.800$ (3 months full time)
Level designer is hired for a total of 480 hours / 19.800$ (3 months full time)
Game designer is hired for a total of 1920 hours / 79.200$ (12 months full time)
Gameplay programmer is hired for a total of 1920 hours / 99.000$ (12 months full time)
administrative position is hired for a total of 1920 hours/ 36.300$ (11 months full time)
this sums up to 273.900$ for the game development and 1 entire position to ensure we keep in regiular and transparent contact with catalyst and the community without threatening the feasability of this proposal
[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?
We believe in complete transparency towards the community therefore are we willing to add all our linkedIns as credentials:
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Alexander Cimpeanu as Game Designer https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-cimpeanu-b9507a112/
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Chris R Smith as Narrative Designer https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-smith-783b6b93/
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Conward Swift as Administrator https://www.linkedin.com/in/conwardswift/
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Simon Latusek as Gameplay Programmer https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-latusek-094728143/
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Lena Ochmann as Level Designer https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-ochmann/
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Rudi (JusBuu) Veiguinha as Sound Designer https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudi-veiguinha-3a016710b/
[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?
With a successful game and growing infrastructure that we as an ecosystem are building, we only need the precedence case to make our ecosystem attractive for not just the web2 investment that is looking for a home but for the web3 investors that all got burned on blockchains without infrastructure for game developers.
