A Moon Based Metaverse on Cardano

Building a moon based metaverse will allow users to virtually experience space travel and everyday lunar life

Founder - Operations and Product experience in crypto exchanges

Advisor - Plutus Pioneer Program Cohort 2 Graduate

Carda Station - A Metaverse on the Moon

Vision

The vision of Carda Station is to have a blockchain based, lived in world where residents and visitors can interact with each other and their novel surroundings as a character in the in-engine environment. You will be able to own your unique land, residence, vehicles or entire domes, all of which will be fully customisable. Carda Station represents a unique opportunity to explore a piece of our world that very few have (or will have) the opportunity to do in real life. Host/attend events on the moon, set up a business or just hang out with friends. 

Gamification will play a big part in Carda Station. Explore the dark side of the moon, go on lunar treasure hunting adventures, map out the moon's surface with your rover or maybe grow some lunar crops. The team is constantly adding new ways to make this world as engaging and dynamic as possible. 

Hop on the the Carda Station Shuttle and experience space like never before. 

Who is this for?
Early adopters will be space enthusiasts who want to experience spaceflight and living on another solar body. This will also include sci fi gamers who want to own their own assets by storing all in game objects in their Cardano wallets.

As we build out the virtual world, we expect a wider reach of players to onboard to make use of the virtual space to host and attend events in a unique out of the world experience.

Key Members of the Team

The team have already demonstrated their ability to execute in development, marketing and operations by selling out 1000 NFTs in 3 days. The key members include:

Ralph - Years of experience gained working for one of the biggest exchanges in the world within Operations, Product and Strategy. Has also implemented crypto solutions for one of the most established Fintechs in the space
https://twitter.com/Ralph_CNFT
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralf-schudt-621522102/

Erich - Software developer with over 10 years experience within finance and financial technology. Founder of two companies and experienced CTO. Erich is also a Plutus Pioneer Program Cohort 2 Graduate and Machine Learning enthusiast
https://twitter.com/eschudt
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erich-schudt-93098324/

Lainer - Years of experience in design with a focus on sci-fi concept art and 3D models
https://lainer.artstation.com/

NgenGames game development studio 

Roadmap

Q4 2021

• Launch of website and social media
• Hire key members of the team
• Construction series NFT drop (launched 24th November 2021) - 1000 NFTs SOLD OUT
• Reveal Carda Station Map
• Build inventory system
• Reveal the virtual world - https://cardastation.com/virtualworld

Q1 2022

• Platform demo
• Public land sale
• Player avatars

Q2 2022

• Platform for creators to build on Carda Station
• Offering of additional land, residences, vehicles and other real estate in Carda Station
• Optimise multiplayer concurrent users (CCUs)

Q3 2022

• Public Release (Pre-alpha)

Success Indicators

Near Term Success (3 months)

• Sell out all 1000 Construction NFTs (ACHIEVED)
• Reach 500 twitter followers by end of Q4 2021 (ACHIEVED)
• Reach 500 discord members by end of Q4 2021 (ONGOING)
• Successful launch of public land sale in Q1 2022 

Medium Term Success (6 months)

• Successful inventory system by connecting all types of wallets
• Smart contract based marketplace in the virtual world
• Successful sale of additional land and other assets in the virtual world
• At least 1000 real twitter followers and 1000 real discord members

Long Term Success (12 months)

• Successful launch of creators platform to allow users to build their own scenes and experiences
• Able to creatively handle over 1000 CCUs
• Ensure virtual world is decentralised by storing all assets, scenes and inventory on the blockchain
• Successful launch of the metaverse in Q3 2022

KPIs against Challenge Objectives

By end of Q3 2022 (tracking along the way), we expect:

• 20,000 NFTs minted to keep track of land ownership
• 40,000 NFTs minted to keep track of player inventory
• 5000 Cardano wallets registered as players in the virtual world
• 3 games created in the virtual world with at least 1 tournament 

Key roles to hire

• Additional game developers with strong multiplayer background
• Plutus developers to help build smart contract market place and inventory system within the virtual world
• Backend and frontend developers to focus on the creator's platform

Use of Fund7 Funds

In January we expect to have an internal version of the virtual world that can handle up to 100 CCUs. At this point, we would need additional team members to focus on different areas of the virtual world. The fund7 fund will be used as follows:

• $18,000 - 2x developers (1FE & 1BE) for creator's platform for 3 months
• $12,000 - Plutus developer for 3 months in different parts of the virtual world
• $5,000 - Freelance 3D artist when needed for inventory and building models
• Total: $35,000

The funds from fund7 will help ensure the roadmap set out above will be achieved by streamlining the different development areas needed to achieve the goal of a public release of the virtual world in Q3 2022.