World of Pirates

[IMPACT]

World of Pirates is a fast turn-based strategy online card game, which aims to bring regular gamers to the Cardano blockchain environment offering a smooth transition/entry into blockchain technology.

Our game is free to play, so no new gamer will need to buy any of our NFTs, only when they really like the project, then they can invest in esthetics items, that offer no better performance than the standard ones!

We focus on creating a fun game that any gamer will love to play another match to win points and get rewards. The rewards can be in-game consumables items or NFTs, that can help the player to earn some money once they are ready to learn more about the blockchain.

We want to put the player first and offer him an amazing game with incredible lore that makes the player come and play the game again.

Because we care about the player, we believe that our planet needs to be cared for and we want to make players see that too. That's why we run a campaign to raise funds to protect wildlife, fight against climate change and improve our planet, especially our seas and oceans. If the number of gamers is increasing, we need games that make the gamers aware of their surroundings and problems that they are missing see!

For this fund, we are searching to boost our game development and reach an alpha version of the game faster.

With our game, we will improve the Challenge KPIs by bringing more gamers to the Cardano blockchain and increasing the total users of gaming based on applications build on Cardano. Our focus is on gamers who are not familiar with crypto gaming / Cardano blockchain.

Automatically we will contribute to the number of gaming-based applications built on Cardano and hopefully, our game will stir the interest of regular gamers too. For our game, right now, we have minted already over 2000 CNFTs and this number will just increase in the future (KPI: Number of CNFTs made specifically for gaming).

In the future, we foresee creating fungible tokens, that players will be able to use to set up their battlefields to help with their strategy (KPI: Number of fungible tokens made specifically for gaming).

This is our 3rd proposal submitted to this challenge (1 Fund7 & another 1 Fund 8 - KPI: Number of proposals submitted to this challenge)

Anyone can join our social media and follow our development, ask us questions and interact with our community.

Needing more resources to develop the game. Currently, besides the fund, we are investing our knowledge, time & experience, but also our own money. Finding the right formula to create an enjoyable game is pretty hard and AAA companies sometimes don't find it, with way bigger teams and funds.

In order to mitigate that risk we already are building a community, we plan to use tools to test our concept, design, and later on the game that big companies are using, by getting in touch with these projects and getting startup/indie studios discounts.

Another way to mitigate the risk of failure we will hire two additional senior game developers with expertise in the areas we are missing (3D Modelling, Sound SFX) to help us create a better game.

[FEASIBILITY]

Q1 2022 - concept & game design development, concept A/B testing + survey focus groups, NFT sales, Marketing.

Q2 2022 - prototype development, prototype A/B targeted testing, prototype playtests, NFT sales, Marketing.

Q3 & Q4 2022 - alpha version development

Q1-Q3 2023 - beta version

Q4 2023 / Q1 2024 - final release

Q2 2024 - E-Sports tournament

Playtestcloud.com video tokens = $3,500 (30+)

Animator/3D Modelling developer = $6,400 (~130h)

Combat, AI, and Interactive Object = $6,000 (~120h)

Music Composition/Sound SFX = $4,300 (~90h)

Localization in other languages = $1,200 (Japanese & South Korean - leading TBS/Strategy playing countries)

We are a team of 5 people with experience of many years in web2 & web3 development, blockchain development, illustration & art concepts, marketing, startup growth, and promotion.

Edwin Tuzar - Founder of WOP - Avid gamer with a great passion for the ocean and aquatic life. Brings 10 years of experience in software development, blockchain development (Plutus Pioneer), DevOps, and consulting in DACH industries.

Alicia Mehlich - Illustration & art concept - Brings experience in communication and graphical design, illustration, and art concepts from the gaming industry.

Torben Poguntke - software developer for automation smart factories, blockchain developer (Plutus and Atala Prism Pioneer), and experience in research and building safety systems for the past 20 years

Praveen Pinto - Serial entrepreneur, a Crypto researcher/investor, bringing over 24 years of experience in putting together global marketing/growth strategies in digital.

Cristian Iordache - Senior game developer, creating games for global companies and indy companies for the past 15 years.

We are working also with freelancers (Marketing, Game developers, Artists, Storytellers) for creating the best game.

[AUDITABILITY]

• how many NFTs are sold
• new followers on Twitter (from the date we start the campaign)
• how many engagements do we have on social media (Twitter, Facebook & TikTok)
• new members on Discord & Telegram (from the date we start the campaign)
• how many websites hits we have
• new features implemented (running a scrum base development)
• team number

Short-Term Success: June 2022

• Build game prototype with Cardano blockchain wallet integration.
• Increase community numbers (Discord 1000 users, Twitter 1000 followers).
• Increase the number of engagements on social media to 300k.
• Increase awareness of Cardano/ADA/NFTs/Blockchain Gaming through World of Pirates.
• Increase the number of sold NFTs to 500.
• Testing results / Poll results.

Mid-Term Success: December 2022

• Increase the number of sold NFTs to 1000.
• Increase the number of engagements on social media to 1 million.
• Release alpha version of the game.
• Release the PVP mode.
• Complete successful Pawn of The Month campaigns & funds raised.
• The game starts to be self-sustainable.
• Increase team number.
• Testing results / Poll results.
• early in-game metrics (tutorial completion, session lengths, no. of sessions, etc.)

Long-Term Success: December 2023

• 2000 installs (mobile)
• community numbers ( 10k+ Discord users, 100k+ Twitter followers, >5M social engagements)
• 5k+ NFTs sold
• TAU (Total Active Users)
• Total number of payers
• Release Beta version
• Complete successful Pawn of The Month campaigns & funds raised.

Previous unfunded proposal: https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/384265#idea-tab-comments.

In the previous proposal, we needed the funding for the whole prototype, but now we are starting that without the funding. However, we foresee that we will need additional funds to accomplish our next development step faster.

SDG Rating

SDG goals:

Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

SDG subgoals:

14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

14.4 By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

14.5 By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

14.6 By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation4

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

14.2.1 Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas

14.1.1 (a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density

14.4.1 Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

14.5.1 Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

14.6.1 Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

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