AdaQuest Mobile - Tournaments

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Marcin Kugla

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

zwerg@red-potion-studios.com

Additional applicants

Christian Hayungs, Alexander Cimpeanu

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

2

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

No

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

No

[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?

No

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

AdaQuest mobile is NOT an open-source project for now. From the Game Design In order to finally be able to act independently in economic terms we need to hold the code internal. However, the whole AdaQuest project is designed to open up parts of the game to the modding community in the future.

So the plan is to make it at least partially open-source!

[METADATA] Category of Proposal

Gaming

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

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

As one of the first games projects at Project Catalyst, we have acted as ambassadors within the games industry since Fund5.

We've been developing AdaQuest ever since with the message --> make people have fun and make them stay!

Put more simply;

We onboard players and developers to Cardano!

(see our latest cooperation with an IndieStudio: TRISTOPIA)

FUND10 Gaming Proposal

But we want to achieve MORE for the Cardano ecosystem and finally attract more users from the classic gaming community!

Therefore we need progress and Free2Play as mechanics in our mobile ARENA game.

Tournaments bring exactly these features. It is quickly implemented and costs less than 75K ADA.

With this integration, the added value is more than given for the Cardano ecosystem.

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

The KPIs for this project are the standard in the mobile gaming industry.

We need the following indicators to measure our success:

• Overall registered users since Tournaments launch @ada-quest.com (ORU)
• Daily active F2P users (DfAU)
• Daily active users (DAU)
• Weekly tournament participants - overall (WTP-O)
• Weekly free tournament participants (WfTP)
• Weekly premium tournaments participants(WpTP)
• Monthly active users (MAU)
• Monthly paying users (MPU)

Additionally from now on, we will measure as well the developers, partners, and sponsors we bring to the Cardano Community. Which we never have done before!

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

Since our team is publicly known and doesn't hide behind any weird pictures ;) We will communicate news via Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook. We also like to be present at the Catalyst Town Halls and tell about the progress.

 

In addition, we plan to use YouTube and Twitch or Kick streams to inform the community about the progress of the project and the final result.

 

Of course, we will continue to attend various Indie Developer events to continue preaching the benefits of game development on Cardano!

Last but not least, we will use our Discord Server to spread the word about the development and interact with the community. Join us ALREADY today!

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

We continue to develop as best we can, even in these difficult times.

AdaQuest has already brought us to the attention of Cardano community leaders.

We are known to the Project Catalyst leadership team and regularly use the weekly Town Hall to share our progress.

So far, we have done a very good job of staying free of any major negative news. 

Our mobile ARENA alpha and dungeon crawler prototype have shown that we are at least publishing the projects we are developing and not just leaving them as concepts on paper!

As you will see further in the proposal, all team members have made their LinkedIn profiles public. Red Potion Studios is a registered entity.

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

Our main goals for the project are definitely to increase the number of active AdaQuest users by more than 50%.

We hope to achieve this with the daily and weekly challenges.

The tournament mechanics and especially the possibility for classic players without crypto knowledge to test AdaQuest should increase the number of users.

Ultimately, this will lead to higher revenue in the medium term, allowing us to increase our development budget without having to rely on additional funding.

[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.

Since the UX/UI and Game Design for this mechanic are already done the most work has to be done by our coders

November 2023 - Milestone 1 - Two Sprints (2 weeks each)

• Sprint 1
• Integrating F2P Basic Player (Coding)
• Bugfixing (Coding)
• Polishing visuals & UI (Art+Coding)
• Module testing (Testing)
• Sprint 2
• Integrating Basic Items & Gadget Shop (Coding)
• Bugfixing (Coding)
• Polishing visuals, UI, and assets (Art+Coding)
• Module testing (Testing)

December 2023 - Milestone 2 - Two Sprints (2 weeks each)

• Sprint 1
• Implementing Tournament mode (Coding)
• Implementing Player Profile & Achievements (Coding)
• Polishing visuals, UI, and assets (Art+Coding)
• Sprint 2
• Final Testing (Testing)
• Conduct comprehensive testing of the mechanic, including all implemented features
• Fix any remaining bugs or issues.
• Final Bug Fixing (Coding)
• Final Polishing visuals, Ui, and assets if needed(Art)

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

Milestone 1 - Basic Player & Items

Deliverables:

• Basic Player option inside the game is selectable
• Basic Items & Gadgets are available within the in-game shop
• Full Ingame shop functionality
• Visuals are polished
• No Crypto Wallet is needed to play!

Outcome: New game Version without the need for NFTs - Onboarding new players

Milestone 2 - Tournament mode & Player profile

Deliverables:

• Free Tournament mode selectable
• Premium Tournament mode selectable
• Player Performance Profile(stats) viewable
• Achievements, Badges, Title viewable
• All Visuals from both milestones are finalized
• All bugs are fixed
• Testing is finalized

Outcome: New game Version with our first monetization (Premium Tournaments)

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

Milestone 1 Budget Breakdown - 4 weeks

1 Backend Coder part-time == 1750$

1 Frontend Coder full-time == 3000$

1 UI/UX Designer part-time == 1500$

2 Testers part-time == 1000$

Milestone 1 Budget Breakdown - 4 weeks

1 Backend Coder part-time == 1750$

1 Frontend Coder full-time == 3000$

1 UI/UX Designer part-time == 1500$

2 Testers part-time == 1000$

Additional testers will be early adopters & community members = free

Additional: ADA prices include a 20% margin for volatility - this will be added on top

OVERALL BUDGET incl. taxes + Ada volatility needed 20,706$ == 70,000 ADA (0,3$/ADA)

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

The value to the Cardano ecosystem is actually settled with the question of mass adoption.

Because this is exactly what our game project delivers --> Increased attention in the classic web2 gaming community.

The fact that we make it as easy as possible for gamers to get in touch with blockchain can be added to that as well.

Finally, we are also ambassadors at various events, presenting the benefits of digital ownership with Cardano. All this together is cheaper and sometimes more effective than a multi-million marketing campaign :)

[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.

I Accept