Open world lunar exploration Massive Multiplayer Online game in Carda Station Metaverse

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Erich Schudt

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

Entity (Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

500000

[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)

Build a sci-fi open world lunar survival game within Carda Station metaverse. By building on an existing platform, a higher quality game with content can be achieved with relatively lower resources.

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

Metrics around the players and their interactions will be publicly available.

Code repository running the game will not be open sourced by the end of this project.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution.

Build an open world lunar survival game within Carda Station metaverse.

By using an existing platform, the game can be achieved in a relatively short time with an already existing community to help test the game. Carda Station already has a Massive Multiplayer Online functionality within the platform, and only requires the addition of the open world survival game.

Players will have to manage their oxygen levels, batteries on vehicles and player vitals as they explore the real terrain on the moon and encounter sites such as the Apollo 11 landing site.

Existing platform can be found here: https://cardastation.com/play

The game will be built in Unity with the game design document already drawn up.

Origin story of the game can be found here showcasing the narrative that will lead players to explore a real life replica of the moon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnsRwvFwJMA

Heavy inspiration is taken from the Expanse TV show and Deliver Us the Moon game (https://store.steampowered.com/app/428660/Deliver_Us_The_Moon/)

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

The Cardano ecosystem will have a 3D massive multiplayer online game which will attract users who like to play MMOs.

The sci-fi genre of the game will also ensure sci-fi gamers have an option to consider on the Cardano blockchain.

[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?

Erich Schudt founded Carda Station which is a live metaverse (pre-alpha) within the Cardano Ecosystem with a public roadmap and quarterly AMAs for accountability.

Erich is also a Plutus Pioneer (Cohort 2) having written smart contracts on the Cardano blockchain.

The team behind Carda Station have many years of experience in game development including projects such as Ghost Recon and Beyond Good & Evil.

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

Month 1 - Design Document + Concept Art of the Open World Feature

• Finalise game design document
• Create concept art for the open world
• Create concept art for all equipment and UI screens
• Lay foundations of the codebase

Note: This is a feature being added to the live Carda Station metaverse (accessible on https://www.cardastation.com/play) but we will still require design documents for this feature.

Month 2 - Open World Development

• 1 to 1 mapping of lunar terrain
• Dynamic loading of terrain
• Integrate models in game

Month 3 & 4 - Game mechanics

• Survival elements
• Interactions with the world
• Interactions with players
• Smart contracts to interact with in game NFTs

Month 5 - Trailer release + Polishing

• Ambience
• Music
• Loading screens
• UI elements

Month 6 - Testing

Month 7 - Launch

• Marketing of the game ahead of public launch
• Release the game

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

Erich Schudt - founder & CTO

15 years experience in software development having worked in finance, fintech & web3. Plutus Pioneer (cohort 2).

https://twitter.com/eschudt

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erich-schudt-93098324/

Colin Favre - Lead Unity Developer

15 years building games including AAA games with Ubisoft such as Ghost Recon Wildlands and Beyond Good & Evil 2.

https://fr.linkedin.com/in/colinfavre

Mansoor Khan - Unity Developer

10 years experience building games in Unity and the main unity developer behind Carda Station metaverse.

https://github.com/mansoor090

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mansoor090

2x Game artists on contract

Marketing Hire

• Experience within Cardano Community
• Experience with social media marketing

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

Development Team - 450,000

• Fullstack developer: 20,000
• 2 x Unity developer: 250,000
• 2 x Game artists: 180,000

Marketing for launch: 25,000

Additional costs (tools, infrastructure, miscellaneous): 25,000

Total: 500,000 ADA

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

A live massive multiplayer online game will be available within the Cardano Ecosystem.

Gamers will now have the option of playing on Cardano instead of having to look at other chains for an MMO.

By building on top of an existing metaverse platform, the project can be achieved with relatively low costs. This will allow Cardano community to learn from end users interacting with an existing MMO game in the ecosystem.

[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