Council recommendation

Positive 🙂

Category

Platform

TLDR;

What

Request that the Sandbox Product Team prioritizes inserting a filter for player inventory within Game Client. This filter would give players the ability to quickly sort through equipment in their inventory.

Why

As of Game Client version 0.10.9, searching through one’s inventory is difficult. The icons do not always fully load, and equipment must be manually clicked to see the type of gems and attribute points. A simple inventory filter would make it easy for players to select whatever they want for that play session, such as only Legendary chest equipment that has a speed gem.

How

The Sandbox Product Team will have to prioritize the feature in their backlog. When The TSB team would fully implement this within the next two releases of the Game Client

Who

Request from Lanzer @MetaWorlds, a Sandbox Trusted Partner that publishes mini-games to the Sandbox and hosts the SANDDAO Podcast. Publisher of Floor Droppers, Lava Defense, and the upcoming Portal Run.

SIP Details

Problem Description

It takes players a long time to click through the many equipment items that they have. About 25% of the time, the icons for the equipment doesn’t load, so players are reduced to individually clicking each item to see which one they have selected. This delays gameplay and makes it less fun.

Solution Proposed

We want a simple filter inserted into the Inventory module of the Game Client. The final design will be determined by the Sandbox Product Team, but the functionality described below would be acceptable.

The entire inventory shows initially and a filter box is visible with checkboxes. Clicking once will change the checkmark to an X mark, meaning it would hide those things. Clicking it agains would change it back to a checkmark, meaning it would include those things.

The filter would be able to hide or show catalysts (Legendary, Epic, Rare), attributes (Power, Defense, Speed, Magic, Luck), and slots (Head, Chest, Arms, Right Hand, Left Hand, Legs). The filter also has a “sort by highest” and “sort by lowest” checkboxes that sorts the shown inventory by their numerical catalyst value.

Benefit to The Sandbox Ecosystem

This makes the playing experience of each Sandbox gamer easier and they spend less time sifting through inventory.

In 2022, Sandbox reported that 1M players played the Sandbox. In June 2024, NAMRIA estimates that Sandbox currently has 2.3K daily players. There are 100K+ players playing over 500+ experiences during a busy Builder’s Challenge 2. This filter will benefit every gamer who plays the Sandbox Game.

Risk analysis

This could offset the priority for other fixes. As we do not have access to a Roadmap of future improvements, we cannot know what this offset would be.

Implementation Plan

As we are not members of the TSB Product Team, we do not have relevant insight into its development practices. The TSB Product Team would determine the specific tasks required to implement these improvements as they deem best.

Resources required

Budget: 0 SAND

The Sandbox Product Team

Metrics for Success

The “Definition of Done” is when users within the Sandbox Game Client can access the inventory module of the game, and filter their inventory to quickly find the items they want to equip.

Team/Author Background

Lanzer is a long-time contributor to the Sandbox. He found his way to Sandbox midway through Season 1 as a gamer, then expanded into avatar holder, landowner, Experience publisher, and now DAO participant. He is President of MetaWorlds Studio, which has published Floor Droppers (ranked 7 of 682 during Builder’s Challenge 1), Lava Defense (GMF 2023), and is projected to publish 1 more experience before September 2024. Recently, he published the SANDDAO Podcast to explore the community’s reaction to the Sandbox DAO. Lanzer has a 13+ year professional background in Contract Writing, Program Management, and Business Entrepreneurship. He has extensive experience in negotiating $100M+ contracts, leading 15+ person subject matter expert (SME) teams, and running $1B+ program portfolios. He co-founded a community-led organization that broke a Guinness World Record, a record still held today. He holds a master’s degree in Acquisitions and his career certifications include Project Management Professional (PMP) & Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB), among others. Most importantly, he is a proud SandFam, MocaFam, BOTB, Other Page, & Open Campus member and believes in the Sandbox’s vision to be the capital of the metaverse.

Donsun is a founding member of MetaWorlds, an avid gamer and crypto enthusiast. After being introduced to the Sandbox as a gamer, Donsun teamed up with Lanzer to take on their passion projects; the development of Floor Droppers and their two ongoing experiences for the Sandbox Builder’s Challenges. He worked alongside Lanzer to develop the proposal package which got their project funded by the Game Makers Fund in 2023. Donsun has a professional background as a Contracts Manager, Project Manager, and Entrepreneur. Having run his own businesses, Donsun has extensive experience running everything from $320K+ projects to $350M+ programs. This includes drafting proposals, developing project specifications, budgets, timelines, and leading project teams of 15+ people.

Keisha is a philosophy graduate with a strong background in research. Her analytical skills and dedication to thorough investigation make her well-equipped to contribute to the proposal development process, where she delivers insightful analysis into the complex topics of the Sandbox DAO Improvement Proposals.

Alternatives Considered

The alternative is to keep the manual searching functionality that we have at this time.