Core integrations to support the fast-growing onchain games and autonomous world segment

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

Additional applicants

Nicolas Arqueros

Robert Kornacki

dcSpark

Paima Studios

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

No dependencies

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

Although all these tools will generally be open source with templates available for projects to use, we cannot guarantee every single component of these tools will be open source

[METADATA] Category of Proposal

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

This proposal is the combination of thee separate tasks

• Shinkai Visor AI LLM to allow onchain games to leverage decentralized AI components - 40k link
• Virtual Wallets so users don't need a crypto wallet installed to play, and potentially just play with something like Apple FaceID - 60k link
• Social login for Paima (Google login, Microsoft account, etc.) - 30k link

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

Building out this tooling will position Cardano as a leader in the growing field of onchain games and autonomous worlds

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

Each tool has its own success metric embedded inside its document, but generally revolve around usage metrics of the tools

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

Each tool has its own plan embedded inside its document, but generally include integration of these tools into the Paima ecosystem

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

dcSpark and Paima Studios are well renowned companies in the Cardano ecosystem that have a long history of delivering on Catalyst proposals. You can find progress on grants we have previously received at https://dcspark.io/grants

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

Each tool has its own goal and feasibility embedded inside its document, but generally speaking the goal is to greatly improve user experience for onchain games to avoid common issues such as having to constantly sign wallets or having to own a Cardano wallet beforehand

[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.

Each tool has its own milestone breakdown embedded inside it

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

Each tool has its own deliverable list embedded inside its document, but deliverable generally include the writing of the tools and their integration into Paima Engine

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

Each tool has its own budget embedded inside its document

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

Each tool has its own rationale embedded inside its document, but each tool will increase the usability of games in the Cardano ecosystem, which will drive transaction volume, NFT volume and grow the number of entrepreneurs in the ecosystem

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.