CNFT Alliance DAO & Launchpad

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem.

The CNFT Alliance will build a DAO that brings the NFT and gaming sector of the ecosystem together, and, in phase 2, we plan to build a launchpad platform that would utilize this DAO.

[GENERAL] Summarize your relevant experience.

Co-founder (CF)/Game Design: Alex

CF/Marketing: Conward

Sr Programmer: Dirk

Projects Coordinator: Sam

Assistant PC: Jye

Narrative Design: Chris

Game Programmer: Simon

Artist: Dilara

Illustrator: Ann-Kathrin

Producer: Christian

SFX: Rudi

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[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

The CNFT Alliance proposes that a CNFT Alliance DAO be built to facilitate governance over the CNFT Alliance that will be partnered with a multitude of different NFT projects, DeFi, gaming, and many other projects.

The goal of this solution would be to create a community DAO that would function for governance of the CNFT Alliance, most importantly for the Alliance’s phase 2 of building a Launchpad for NFT, gaming-based, and NFT DeFi projects.

Though, there have been multiple projects that have attempted to do this to varying degrees of success. An example would be Flickto. Though, we would be creating a strong foundation with a strong business and sustainability model that would ensure the successful development of this DAO.

With our highly capable team with over 50 years in coding and project management related experience, the CNFT Alliance’s goals are to not only provide value through the development of this DAO, but to provide a method of growing out the Cardano Ecosystem for projects and users alike!

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

The CNFT alliance address the challenge by providing effective collaboration management platforms that organize the community’s intentions and actions. Beyond creating a hub for NFT & gaming projects to seek resources and governance, the CNFT Alliance would be working to de-clutter project Catalyst by providing an alternative avenue for funding within the Cardano Ecosystem.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

The main challenge would be funding. We have many industry experts and individuals who are ready to build the CNFT Alliance DAO, but funding is needed to keep these individuals employed with the CNFT Alliance. Though, this is why we are seeking Project Catalyst funding.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

-- Q3 of 2022 --

• Implement the CNFT Alliance Tokenomics
• Begin Public Sale of Token
• Begin development of DAO governance functionalities/contracts

-- Q4 of 2022 --

• Finish Token Distribution
• Finish DAO platform and UI

-- Q1-2 of 2023 --

• Continue to develop upon the DAO UI/UX
• Have the first projects voted on and funded through the launchpad platform.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Concept Art: $1000

Webpage Development: $4500

Coding: $21,000 (210 @ $100/hr)

Marketing: $5500

Legal: $3000

Total: $35,000

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Game Design: Alex is the head of Game Design and Co-Founder of the CNFT Alliance. He has worked as a creative director at Ubisoft's campus and as lead developer of Faith and Honor Barbarossa. He has considerable experience researching psychological and neurological sweet spots in game-based learning. With over 4 years of experience in game design, Alex is geared to bring the best gaming experience to Cardano!

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-cimpeanu-b9507a112/))

Marketing:

Conward is the lead of marketing and co-founder of the CNFT Alliance! He has

been within the Cardano Ecosystem for 3 years. He is the host of The Cardano

Convo Podcast, and he is an avid gamer at heart. After noticing the increasing

number of rug-pulls in the CNFT Ecosystem, he began putting together the ideas

that would define the CNFT Alliance!

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/conwardswift/))

Coding:

Dirk worked for Ubisoft, founded two gaming studios as a Dev Lead, and is

currently working as a Technical Architect. He is the go-to guy, well-versed in

everything tech-related, with 20 years of experience!

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirk-potulski-71313428/))

Narrative Designer: Christopher Smith is a highly experienced writer, and when he is not working on his writing company, Lazy Kid Imaginings, he is building out the questlines, storylines, and dialogue that breath life into the inhabitants of Flooftopia!

(LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-smith-783b6b93/)

Game Programmer: Simon Latusek studied in game design and worked as an application

and videogame programmer for over 5 years and is proficient in a variety of

languages including C#, C++, Lua and CIL as well as the Videogame engines Unity

and Unreal. Worked previously with Alexander Cimpeanu on several projects

including two titles with Ubisoft Campus and as Technical Lead on Faith &

Honor Barbarossa at encurio. Further co-created the Harmony library for a

high-level approach of altering compiled code in memory for .net framework

applications at runtime.

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-latusek-094728143/)

Project

Coordinator: Samantha has many years of experience managing projects ranging

from small businesses to even city functions. It is these skills that she has

honed over the years that will help keep all partners and projects within the

alliance well informed and working smoothly!

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthacampbell1/)

Assistant

Coordinator: Jye Tran gathered adequate experiences in his previous employment

as Assistant of Sales to now assist Christian and Samantha with the

coordination of the different teams and projects.

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jye-tran-918a08154/)

Audio/SFX

Designer: Rudi Veiguinha is an accomplished musician with over 10 years of

professional experience in advertisement, for entertainers, in the videogame

industry and as a solo artist. After his latest solo album release, he decided

to focus exclusively on soundtracks for blockchain related videogames. In regards

to this pursuit he achieved WWISE Certification and is currently undergoing

advanced Certification regarding Integration with popular Videogame Engines.

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudi-veiguinha-3a016710b/)

Artist:

Dilara Bozkurt worked for years as a contract artist proficient in a variety of

different art styles, settings and character types. Ranging from mood paintings

over landscapes to character concepts she is capable of rapidly visualizing

different concepts and ideas.

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilara-bozkurt-2925a1188/%20as%20concept%20artist)

Producer:

Christian Zehetmeier is the Head of Production of 3D Animation Studio

Woodblock, working with Netflix, Universal, Riot Games and 343 Industries. He

is proficient in the management of multiple teams in a multitude of different

projects across various timelines and will be responsible for ensuring that all

teams have the relevant resources required to realize their projects.

(LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zehetmeier/)

Together, we have decades of Cardano and business experience. We know that the Cardano DAO ecosystem can be upgraded with our proposal, so we set forth to build the CNFT Alliance DAO. 

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

Though we have a plan/roadmap to get the Alliance to a point of sustainability, we will, most likely, have to apply for further funding in future rounds.

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

We know that timelines can have fluctuations, and this could happen with ours due to the many different methods of token distribution that we could use. That being said, we could use a more milestone based approach towards the end-goal of a functioning DAO and launchpad.

Though, specifically we would also be measuring:

• The number of participants of the CNFT Alliance DAO.
• The number of holders of the CNFT Alliance Governance Token.
• The number of projects funded and number of projects completed.

Most of these metrics would be easily trackable through the token policy ID and estimates of ownership of the token could be estimated by the number of wallets holding the token. The number of participants could be, equally as easily, obtained through the voting process.

Importantly, we would be able to provide this information quickly and, in some cases, in real-time.

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

Success for this project would be the successful and seamless implementation of a CNFT Alliance token that holds its value and utility. Developing phase 2, the launchpad, within a year and having the first proposals being funded within a year.

Overall, we’d use the metrics listed above to measure our levels of success, but having a sustainable DAO, with a governance token that is valued, and, ultimately, a launchpad capable of funding projects that the community votes on would be a great marker of success.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

This is a new proposal on Project Catalyst.