The BIG Catalog of Decentraland

by 0x1b35f4d22b2c8bc706bcfcc383a1ca77fb4fc600 (punkpink)

Should the following $165,000 grant in the Platform category be approved?

Abstract

The vast majority of spaces have sterile decorations, making the image of Decentraland seem decadent and uninspiring to visitors. Decorating a scene takes time because there is not enough material, so many lands are unbuilt or with buildings unchanged for years.

Every user who explores Decentraland for the first time mostly sees fields and buildings like these:

A complete catalog will be created with thousands of items that builders can use to complement the scenes. This catalog will have enough articles and so many categories that it will be able to meet the vast majority of users’ aesthetic needs, giving Decentraland a great wealth of variety of visual elements usable by the entire community.

Grant size

165,000 USD in DAI

Project duration

6 months

Beneficiary address

0x8acb9cD89273fB013c544e51d16Fc383e7Ee216e

Email address

punkpinkdcl@gmail.com

Description

Problem

Decentraland has a serious shortage problem, the plots are empty, and many of the built spaces tend to be monotonous and boring, with sterile and sometimes exaggeratedly simple decorations, this gives an appearance of simplicity, poor and not very immersive experiences. The fact that creators do not have access to a quality and sufficiently varied source of resources totally limits the appearance of Decentraland and therefore the user experience.

1 - The lack of items makes many builders create spaces in a much simpler way than what could be done if The BIG Catalog of Decentraland were available, not having resources means that the aesthetics of the spaces remain unchanged for years , creating the perception that Decentraland is a poor and simple-looking, sometimes dying world. With a substantial variety of items, users would modify their plots more frequently and we would have more diversity in the spaces and more aesthetic rotation.

2 - Not having an extensive catalog of 3D items is a barrier for new creators and an obstacle for current ones, designing every detail of a space is not acceptable for the majority, it would be much more beneficial to have immediate availability of thousands of free items to create Decentraland spaces, making decorating a scene a more personalized, fast, easy and pleasant process.

3 - When a creator creates a construction, he builds it in order of relevance: first the structure of the building, then stairs / elevators, then murals, etc. As the project progresses, secondary elements are left for last, and the details are normally not implemented, giving this feeling of abandonment to a large part of the buildings.

Solution

The BIG Catalog of Decentraland will be created, which will have 10,000 everyday 3D objects free to use by the community, being able to provide any place with varied content, transforming Decentraland into a more attractive, exciting and immersive place.

This will allow owners to modify the decoration of their scenes in a few minutes because they will not have to make new objects for it from scratch, simply choose them from The BIG Catalog of Decentraland and later import them into their scene.

Every owner of a plot will be able to create a space with high-quality items that do not overload the scene in a quick and easy way, with a high level of customization.

At the same time, it will facilitate and accelerate the work of creators by allowing them to choose from a large inventory of items to modify, improve or implement directly into a building immediately without having to create them from scratch.

More details: For a more comprehensive understanding of the project, you can refer to the following document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1\_k1X4iPhXFU3DZ0Mq4WqWPJX1TJEdlEx/view?usp=sharing , which provides detailed information on the construction procedure, quality standards, topological limitations, publication, and other relevant aspects.

Benefits

• Decentraland will get a richer, more varied and vibrant appearance.
• The spaces will be more complex and personalized.
• The experiences will be more realistic and immersive.
• Users will be able to create spaces more easily, faster and of higher quality.
• It will be a more attractive virtual world for new users.

Roadmap and milestones

Month 1:

Phase 1: 1,500 items will be designed, built and published. Precise topological limitations and other characteristics of the elements will be determined in detail, selection of the items that will make up the catalog and other organizational and coordination aspects of the project.

Month 2:

Phase 2: 1,700 items will be designed, built and published.

Month 3:

Phase 3: 1,700 items will be designed, built and published.

Month 4:

Phase 4: 1,700 items will be designed, built and published.

Month 5:

Phase 5: 1,700 items will be designed, built and published.

Month 6:

Phase 6: 1,700 items will be designed, built and published.

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp