Continued growth of Wilderness P2E and $ELO Chess Club

by 0x4262f8bb5bd9ad132782d2a7279b532a1dc6bcbf (0xChamp)

Should the following $77,500 grant in the In-World Content category be approved?

Abstract

Launched in Dec 2021, Wilderness P2E is a thriving magic combat RPG with a dedicated community in Decentraland, maintaining 100+ Daily Active Users (DAU) in harsh market conditions and a high of 800 DAU in Feb 2022.

In March 2023, our team introduced $ELO Chess Club, an exclusive and relaxed chess club for Decentraland's elite players. $ELO Chess Club has already captivated 420+ users in its first month.

With the requested grant, our objective is to continue developing and expanding both Wilderness P2E and $ELO Chess Club, ensuring that our community enjoys engaging gameplay and experiences.

Grant size

77,500 USD in DAI

Project duration

6 months

Beneficiary address

0x4262f8BB5bd9Ad132782D2a7279b532A1DC6BCbF

Email address

ryan@wildernessp2e.com

Description

Wilderness P2E : Website | WhitePaper | Discord | Twitter

$ELO Chess Club : Twitter | Discord

Wilderness P2E : Highlights

• Magic Combat gameplay with 4 spell types, 4 spell classes, 3 NPCs, clans, PvP and Blood Hour events
• 3D In-World Bazaar: Explore and buy Wilderness P2E NFTs in-world.
• $WLDY Coin: The official P2E currency of Wilderness P2E, listed on a CEX (CoinStore) and DEXs.
• Website and Marketplace: Buy and Manage Wilderness P2E Wearables via dapps
• Automated Rewards: Seamlessly receive rewards for achievements and gameplay milestones.
• Skills and mini-games : Endless Runner Parkour, Potion Brewing, Baking and Goblet of Gambles
• WAP Tokens : Custom attendance tokens for Wilderness P2E events and Achievements
• Additional Activities: Lake,Parties, Events and interacting with Bob (AI-enabled).

Wilderness P2E Achievements

• A thriving community of 1,100+ on Discord and 4,100+ on Twitter.
• Over 38,000 unique visitors.
• Consistently among the most visited scenes

$ELO Chess Club Highlights:

• 2D & 3D Interface with AI & PvP game modes
• $ELO Currency: P2E currency awarded to the top 10 players in weekly tournaments.
• Socialize at Pool Parties & NFT Gallery.
• Betting and Knockout Tournaments on Discord.

$ELO Chess Club Achievements:

• 420+ users in the first month and 50+ users on Discord.
• First Knockout tournament underway.
• Launch of the inaugural set of wearables.
• 2 Collaborations in its first month

Partnerships and Collabs

• BNV (Digital Fashion House based in Hong Kong)
• NTZNS (Digital Luxury Fashion House in Milan)
• DripWear (Fashion Brand in Decentraland)
• OldGuyBBQ (Brand in Decentraland)
• Red Shilliz (NFT Brand)
• DCL Brasil

Media Coverage

• Decentraland Blog: https://decentraland.org/blog/announcements/introducing-wilderness-p2e-a-virtual-world-of-wizards-magic-and-fantasy
• The Week Magazine: https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2022/04/21/the-promise-and-potential-of-play-to-earn-games-with-wilderness-P2E.html
• Play to Earn Diary: https://playtoearndiary.com/wilderness-p2e-is-now-available-in-decentraland/
• NFT Plazas: https://nftplazas.com/neyha-from-wilderness/
• Play to Earn Diary covering Wildditch Parkour Launch: https://playtoearn.net/news/wilderness-p2e-launches-wildditch-world-cup-in-decentraland-with-60k-wldy-in-prizes

Sustainability

We generated a peak revenue of 2000$ in a month through collaborations so far. We believe that with right market conditions, we can reach a break-even point by the end of this grant period.

Roadmap and milestones

May - July 2023

Wilderness P2E

• Quests v2: Address bugs, introduce new quests and enhance scalability
• AI NPC: Improve AI-enabled abilities for the much-loved character, Bob
• Wearables Launch: Release 2-4 new wearables with P2E bonuses
• Integrate the new Referral System in-game
• Cloud Cost Optimization: data cleanup, streamlining data pipeline
• Collaborations and Events with brands within DCL and outside

$ELO Chess Club

• New Gameplay modes : Daily PvP tournaments, 3 minute (bullet) gameplay mode
• Launch of In-game wearables display shop
• Implementing an AI NPC for an engaging gameplay environment

Aug - Oct 2023

Wilderness P2E

• Wearables Release: Release 2 new wearables with P2E bonuses
• Launch a Player DAO based on $WLDY
• Migration to SDK 7 and re-organizing codebase
• v2 of in-game tutorial : v2 will expand the tutorial to all 4 skills and add next steps for the players to follow.
• Collaborations and Events with brands within DCL and outside

$ELO Chess Club

• New Wearables Launch : the 2nd collection for $ELO Chess Club with $ELO P2E bonuses
• Adding Milestones/Challenges and Rewards
• 2nd Knockout tournament : A 2nd Knockout tournament with $ELO and wearable NFT prizes.
• Create a Learning repository for new players

Apart from the milestones mentioned above, we will continue to maintain existing features of the games, support the community and carry out regular operations to keep growing the ecosystem

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