Roguelite NFT Game - Cavern Carnage

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Grandjean Aurélien, Probst Werner-John

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

Individual

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

6

[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)

Nous allons créer un jeu compétitif avec en son coeur l'utilisation, l'échange et le commerce de NFT.

[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

No, we plan to develop a finite game. We are ready to receive community feedback, but the project has no reason to be open-source.

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

For more information about our project and designs, please refer to our GitBook. 

Our proposed solution is designed to revitalize the Cardano network, particularly focusing on ADA, by introducing interactive NFT games. At the core of our strategy is a competitive game that builds on our strong community base, leveraging our established Discord's channels.

Our proposal allows participation in a game that will have a real economy thanks to NFTs. We have also implemented mechanisms that ensure players will need to continue minting new equipment to prevent activity from collapsing once players have obtained good equipment (such as by introducing durability on items).

By introducing a demanding game, we believe we can spark players' curiosity and create a strong community that will compare, quarrel, and compete to be at the highest level.

A new active community on the Cardano blockchain can only be beneficial, especially if it uses other applications such as NFT marketplaces, which are currently underutilized.

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

For the global Cardano community, it is crucial that blockchain technology not only continues to be utilized but also remains a topic of discussion and retains its allure.

We are convinced that developing a game represents an effective strategy for attracting new users and drawing attention to other existing projects within the ecosystem.

Marketing

We believe that games can be promoted more effortlessly than other types of projects. Additionally, since players are already familiar with platforms like Discord and Twitter, it becomes simpler to foster a community and engagement around our project. Finally, we already have a discord community with several thousand users to which we could promote our game.

We believe that introducing a challenging game will generate attention, reactions, and create a competitive atmosphere on our social networks that will help strengthen the community. We will roll out a PvP version for the daring players who have managed to finish the game so that they can compete against each other and further enhance the excitement around our game.

[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?

The core team has a background in finance and computer science (University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)). In fact, we're going to hire EPFL students to co-develop the project, which will bring bright new developers from one of the world's top engineering schools into the Cardano ecosystem.

We'll be working at decentralhouse Geneva ( https://decentral.house/ innovation centre to promote Cardano to the Geneva entrepreneurs and support them with proposing impactful and meaningful (development) projects on Catalyst), where we'll be able to get help with the interactions and contracts with the Cardano blockchain.

We are aware that such a project requires the advancement and recall of several elements. For the game part, Aurélien Grandjean has already had to create a game during his studies at EPFL. The NFT part should not pose any particular problems. We are currently scouting students from EPFL who are capable of handling the Dapp. Coordinating the different facets of this project will require a lot of coordination and will be managed by Werner-John Probst and Aurélien Grandjean, who have already had managerial experiences.

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

Create a detailed draft of the concept, including the mechanics, community building, and complete team assembly.

Prepare a prototype item for the NFT collection

two month from the project's initiation

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Game with all waves completed, Alpha lunched to allow for monster balancing.

4 months after project launch.

This section will be quickly expanded.

Release of the game to the general public

This section will be quickly expanded.

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

Werner-John Probst (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/werner-john-probst-60b86322a/)

Is a student at the University of Geneva studying International Relations. Alongside his studies, he has been working in commodities trading at Arab Bank for over a year. Arab Bank is a notable institution in Switzerland, particularly recognized for its involvement in Web3, organizing numerous cryptocurrency events, and financing NFT collections across Europe. Werner-John also served as the president of the Geneva University Investment Club, where he led about 60 students in weekly sessions focused on finance, investment, guest speakers, and blockchain expertise.

Since his foray into the cryptocurrency sector in late 2017, Werner-John has developed a comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem. His experience underscores the critical importance of developing real-world applications to facilitate widespread adoption of blockchain technology.

Aurélien Grandjean is currently pursuing a second bachelor's degree in computer science at EPFL (first bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Geneva). He began showing interest in and investing in cryptocurrencies as early as 2017, which over the years has allowed him to become familiar with a significant number of projects and to observe the evolution of the crypto sphere. He would now like to contribute to the development of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

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

Answer: 

Ressources envisaged:

• Specification development: 15'000 ADA
• Documents and reports: 5'000 ADA
• Deployment and hosting cost: 15'000 ADA
• Marketing: 5'000 ADA
• Total: 40'000 ADA

We also aim to secure a desk at the Decentral House, which costs $500 per month (x2), to immerse ourselves in the Web3 community and receive direct advice from Storm Partners.

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

The number of active addresses on the Cardano network has significantly decreased since its peak in early 2022. Our project has the potential to spark a revival in activity and interest within the blockchain, thereby rejuvenating the entire ecosystem.

Additionally, our involvement would attract highly skilled developers to the ecosystem, who could then contribute to the development of other projects.

Our game is designed to generate a significant amount of activity on the network, potentially hundreds or even thousands per day, thanks to the NFT destruction system we will implement, staking, and also through the exchange and resale of equipment.

Given these factors, we believe our funding request is modest in comparison to the significant value we aim to add to the Cardano ecosystem.