MyRetroverse is a Multi-Chain Arcade dApp at the intersection of Music, Gaming and Web3 Intersection. Aiming to Onboard GenX, Millennials and Future Degens of the Metaverse.

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Ragav Vagav

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Entity (Not Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Co proposers and Additional applicants

Nick Decosemo

(Global Director Editor Wasted Talent Media https://www.wastedtalent.com/

Jeffrey Spreng

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-spreng-698236114/

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

7

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

No

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

A Cult dAPP Inspired by early digital media and popular culture, featuring NFTs as use cases on Cardano. A fun, educational intersection of music, gaming and crypto.

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

Yes

[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.”

Lemonade.Social

Dora.run

Wix Studio

Spline 3D

Unity 3D

Filmora

Adobe Suite

Figma

Ableton Live

Jam Pro

Chat GPT

Eleven Labs

Mid Journey

Runway ML

.

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

Yes

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

Open Source License Type

• License Selection: We intend to use the MIT License for our open-source components. The MIT License is widely recognized and appreciated in the open-source community for its permissiveness and simplicity. It allows others to freely use, modify, and distribute our code while maintaining the original copyright.

Open Source Components

• Specific Open Source Elements:

1. Core Libraries and APIs: The foundational libraries and APIs developed for interfacing with the Cardano blockchain will be open-sourced. This includes any generic modules for blockchain interactions, smart contract templates, and data handling utilities.
2. Documentation and Guides: All documentation, including setup guides, usage tutorials, and development best practices, will be available as open source. This will assist other developers in understanding and utilizing our project’s components effectively.
3. Community-Contributed Features: Features or enhancements contributed by the community will be incorporated under the same open-source license, fostering a collaborative development environment.

Proprietary Components

• Certain aspects of "Myretroverse," particularly those involving unique intellectual property or specific content elements, will remain proprietary. This includes specific multimedia content, unique design elements of the platform, and certain proprietary algorithms or technologies developed for specialized functions within the project.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution.

The Web 3.0 space has an image problem due to factors like ponzinomics, short term thinking and fad-driven NFTs. This is hindering wide scale adoption of Metaverse Culture, especially with Gen X and Millennials. This problem is compounded by a shortage of interoperable IPs, creating siloed user groups and negative tribalism.

Gamification, storytelling and curated content can help drive user adoption and understanding of web 3.0 potential.

A combination of community-building and group feedback via prototyping, plus documented user research.

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community.

Conducting Guerrilla User Research under the advice and mentorship of

Jaime Levy (Internet/Digital Media pioneer and UX Strategist, https://jaimelevy.com/)

By conducting user research as concise, structured experiments, We aim to quickly validate or invalidate assumptions, guiding UX decision-making efficiently and collaboratively.

(Publish shorts for content through gamified browser based explainers and storytelling. The impact will be measured by the value provided to the Cardano developer community and onboard non web3 users through music,storytelling and NFTs in gamified content inspired by Gacha Games and Puzzles.)

The funds use will be transparent. It will be mainly deployed in Validated User Research,Community bounties to contributers and upgrading studio tools.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

I have worked for 20 years in Advertising and Film industry serving clients in high pressure environments like broadcast have trained us to find creative ways to find solutions and work with close knit creative teams and working on various projects.

I have a D.I.Y mindset for fast prototyping and running feedback. So far I have been self funding the project, with support from like-minded friends or collaborators around the world.

On grant acceptance we will share a more detailed breakdown of the costs specific to the User research. We can integrate smart contracts and the models provided by the Cardano Community to document the project development. We would appreciate contributors from the Cardano Community in creating a frictionless experience for onboarding users.

Studio costs for Design,Audio and Content creation .

14,000 $

Research and Consultancy:

To be Evaluated.

Community Fund:

To be Evaluated.

The Rest would be transparently distributed through proposals and implementing the innovations within Cardano governance.

[Project Milestones] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Q4 2023 (December)

ZINE 404 (Series)

A weekly interactive E-Zine inspired early experiments with digital media and popular culture we feature NFT articles as a valuable foundation to build upon an archive of curated content. From Hypercards to NFTs and Ted Nelson to Lex Fridman we aim to bridge the past, present and future through the synthesis of Culture and Technology.

Website D.I.Y Landing page integrating Wix with CardanoPress.

FORMAL PLAN FOR USER RESEARCH AND PEER REVIEWS PROCESS WITH

• Jaime Levy (Internet/Digital Media pioneer and UX Strategist, https://jaimelevy.com/)

By conducting user research as concise, structured experiments, We aim to quickly validate or invalidate assumptions, guiding UX decision-making efficiently and collaboratively.

• Nick Decosemo is Global Editorial Director of Mixmag, the world’s biggest electronic music and DJ culture editorial brand.

Document Cardano community interactions in the research.

Monthly report.

• Integration of Cardano SDKs with the dAPP.

• Integration of Cardano SDKs with the dAPP.

• INTERACTIVE FICTION SERIES LEVEL 1
• Audio/Video NFT Assets based on Retro Storage Mediums.

.( Bi Weekly Drops)

• A monthly interactive Adventure game series where reality meets fiction in a mind bending meta mission.The player encounters audio-visual relics contain powerful hidden messages embedded in NFTs.From Wax Cylinders to Vinyls.Songs become time travellers and music is a gateway to incredible realms of reality.The interoperable assets become compatible with other music based games.

INTERACTIVE FICTION SERIES

• NFT PFPs,Avatars,Playing Cards.(Bi Weekly Drops).

• The player goes deeper into the LORE of the Retroverse Identity interacting with a range of Avatars and NPCs in this Interactive Fiction Adventure based game.

Final integration into a beta version of the dAPP with Game Engine.

With all previous milestones up and running, we will release a fully functional musical browser based game where users can mint NFTs on Cardano.

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Ragav Vagav

Creator,Audio,Visual,Design,UI and Prototyping.

Jaime Levy

(Advisor and Mentor).

is an American author, lecturer, interface designer, and user experience strategist. She first became known for her new media projects in the 1990s.[1] Her best-known projects include the floppy disk distributed with Billy Idol’s album Cyberpunk, WORD, an online magazine, and an online cartoon series, CyberSlacker.[2][3] We intend to work closely with her advice and experience to be documented in the build process.

Nick DeCosemo

(Creative Director and Contributor).

Is Global Editorial Director of Wasted Talent Media, which includes icon music, style and media outlets like Mixmag, The Face and Kerrang!

Jeffrey Spreng

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-spreng-698236114/)

He has also applied for a grant to build a Rhythm Game Engine which would be the final integration of the NFT assets into the Cardano dAPP built in collaboration with the Dev community and our contributers.

Also participate in the User Research.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

• Hire services of Jamie Levy to conduct the user research.

• Hire contributers from the Cardano Ecosystem and encourage propsals from contributers.

• Upgrade of design tools.I pad Pro and Macbook pro.

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

It accentuates Cardano's culture of value innovation through peer-review and community feedback. It aims to demystify the Web 3.0 space in a gamified, frictionless and fun user experience.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agrees to Fund 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