Soul Magic Game Development Proposal

by 0xd91db432d98d80e9467206cab3b9c46081795f0d (Mazzak)

Should the following Tier 5: up to $120,000 USD, 6 months vesting (1 month cliff) grant in the Gaming category be approved?

Abstract

Soul Magic is a magic-themed play-to-earn role play game in Decentraland. Players can earn in-game resources and NFTs. Soul Magic was selected to join the first P2E incubation program of Decentraland in early 2022. Since the public alpha launch, it has become one of the most popular games and consistently stays at the front page of places to visit in Decentraland.

Our team has been building Soul Magic since late 2021 and aims to make it one of the biggest and most enjoyable games in Decentraland. In order to expand Soul Magic and grow the magic community, we are applying for this grant to accelerate the pace of our development. We wish to make Soul Magic more than a game, but also a popular place in Decentraland for metaverse experiences.

Grant size

119,997 USD

Beneficiary address

0xd91dB432D98D80e9467206cab3B9C46081795f0d

Email address

hello@soulmagic.io

Description

Soul Magic is a magic-themed role play game in Decentraland. Since the public alpha launch, we have achieved the size of around 400-700 weekly players and 1,000 weekly sessions. We aim to develop it to be one of the most popular places in Decentraland.

Highlights of the project achievement so far: -Completed the first play-to-earn incubation program of Decentraland -Launched private alpha in September 2022 and public alpha in October 2022 -OG wearable NFT (Learning Hat) curated and distributed to mining contest winners -Developed game plays including mining (ores and magic stones), farming and storage -Child Z NFT holders can unlock the private room in our scene with special utility -Server optimization and performance enhancement -Over 17k Discord members and growing

Events launched: -Mining contest at public alpha launch and OG wearable giveaway -Metatrip visit hosted by Polygonal Mind -Tenshi Akuma NFT giveaways to 100 participants -Goldeneye soft launch campaign and NFT giveaways

Our team is committed to devoting ourselves to the expansion of the game and community. We planned to enhance the game features and functions, ultimately let the player have fun in Decentraland and attract new players to join the Decentranland community.

With the help of this funding, it allows us to expand our project team and also upgrade the game server, to achieve the goals listed on the roadmap below, and deliver major game updates to the community following the expected timeline.

Website: https://soulmagic.io Discord: https://discord.gg/soulmagic Twitter: https://twitter.com/soulmagicnft

Specification

Public Alpha version

We launched the alpha version of the game on Decentraland in September 2022. The alpha version involves the following game setup and features:

Environment in Decentraland scene: -5-floors magic school including the lobby, school hall, classroom, laboratory and private room -Magic forest surrounding the magic school containing farmland, mine and magic circle

Game features: -Inventory system involving storage chest box and backpack carried by player -Players plant various seeds to gain crops from harvest. Player trains farming skill-level from farming activities -Players mine rocks to gain various ores from mining. Player trains mining skill-level from mining activities -Currency system to include in-game currency “Gold Midas” -Players can display their NFTs collection in the private room of Elswyth Magic School

With the help of the grant, we plan to develop the following game functions:

-Additional skills for players to train when they collect and process resources, including but not limited to Botany, Alchemy, Runology, Crafting, Meditation -At least 20 additional items for players to collect in the game as the scale of the game expands -Morality System - players can make choices which will be turn their souls into light or dark side by performing actions and making decisions in quests -Marketplace - to let players trade resources in exchange for the game currency Gold Midas or other resources -Items and wearable NFT crafting using the resources collected in the game -PvE and PvP - for players to fight against NPCs and compete with other playersin the game for getting rewards -Spell Book for players to train their magic skills related to resources collecting, crafting and combat

We are also in discussion with other NFT and metaverse projects (3 events in the pipeline), with an aim to promote metaverse adoption and assist creators to be on-board in Decentraland.

Proposal budget breakdown - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fiiS5a7dGmb7HSqK62qZVG373vpQnutBbMn9-Wv-A-U/edit?usp=sharing

Tech Stack - Blender, Unity, Node.JS, cloud server

Personnel

Mazzak - Co-Founder and Game Designer DDD - Co-Founder and 3D artist Louis - Storyteller and Game Design Ken - Project Manager Gary - Fullstack Developer Matthew - Backend Developer Michelle - Software and Blockchain Developer Ash - Graphic and 3D designer

Roadmap and milestones

December 2022 to February 2023 Deliverables -Additional skills - Botany, Alchemy, Crafting, Runology and Meditation -Morality system - Actions and quests that would affect morality level -Marketplace for resources trading

March 2023 to May 2023 Deliverables -Spell book -Items and wearable NFT crafting -PvE and PvP -Additional items

Vote on this proposal on the Decentraland DAO