I would like to present the DAO with a roadmap and funding request for the development of Strategotchi (digital version). The proposed budget covers everything from stage 1 - 4 of the roadmap, and excludes the expansion stage, 5.
In the last 4 months, Strategotchi has evolved from a concept into a fully fledged, playable tabletop strategy game. Initially, we created a prototype, then openly invited the Aavegotchi community to play test it in a private Discord server. Our group of board-game geeks, consisted of 14 members of the Aavegotchi community (some of whom were unable to play much due to time restrictions). As a group, we tested multiple iterations and revisions, solving many issues and coming up with a balanced game that is fun and engaging. We are now at the stage where the game is ready to be polished and built out, both as a physical tabletop game as well as a digital online multiplayer version.
We are now seeking a grant of 87,600 GHST (split into 2 installments) for the development of a multiplayer online digital version of Strategotchi. Payment structure would be an initial 50% (43.8k GHST) prior to beginning development and a final 50% (43.8k GHST) upon the successful presentation of a digital MVP. We hope to begin development by the end of Q1 2023 and estimate a delivery time of 4-6 months.
Deliverables include:
- A digital MVP
- Multiplayer mode
- Leaderboards
- Season 1 Guild Cards release
- Fully polished v2 game
- Inaugural Guild Tournament
A New Experience
Building new gameplay experiences around the protocol has always been a paramount goal of our DAO. We believe that these experiences can provide great value to the ecosystem, both financially and socially. With Strategotchi, our aim was to not only stimulate the economy, but also social interaction and community engagement.
We ended up with a game that we believe has the potential to do both; make money and provide an engaging and frenly experience in the form of a game focused around community, alliances, resource management and outthinking the competition (aspects which aline with the Aavegotchi ecosystem).
E-Sports for Guilds
One of our biggest goals from the get-go was to be THE game for our native guilds to compete in. We wanted to make something so epic and in-tune with the culture of the community that it becomes the (un)official e-sport of our ecosystem. A battlegrounds for guild bragging rights as well as big brain individuals and hardcore gamers.
Along with the development of the game, one of our planned deliverables is to host the inaugural Strategotchi Guild Tournament which we hope will be the first of many. With future collaborations with fireball.gg in the works, we aim to push forward as pioneers of Aavegotchi Guilds competition and ranking.
Guild Card Sale
Guild Cards will play an integral role in the economy of Strategotchi. They provide both a pathway for great replay value and variety of play style as well as a means to generate value for the DAO, PC, and the community at large (artist royalties, in-game rewards, trading…)
One of the deliverables of this proposed budget is the creation and sale of the first season of Guild Cards - NFT trading cards with in-game utility and their own rarity system. Guild Cards can be summoned from packs of 3 and players will need to collect and open multiple packs in order to build powerful decks
Future plans and collaborations:
Upon successful completion and delivery of the digital game, our team plans to move forward with the next stage of our proposed roadmap, expansion and collaboration. In this phase we plan to expand the game with new maps and game modes, exploring various parts of the Gotchiverse grid and the Beyond. We also have many collaborations and integrations planned, including the creation and sale of the Strategotchi physical board game in collaboration with PC
Things to look forward to in Q4 2023:
- Produce physical game/merch with PC
- Launch quarterly guild tournament with fireball.gg
- Guild Cards Season 2
- Wearables utility
- Animated promo video introducing new lore (Gotchi Folklore Society collaboration)
- New de-gen game modes (Forge integration)
- New maps (The Beyond, Citaadel, Fud Forest…)
- Strategotchi Legends (Lite) - Real-time strategy game for mobile
link to Introductory Strategotchi Forum post:
Summary
We strongly believe that this project has the potential to open up many doors and create a ton of value in the ecosystem. Our hope is to be able to deliver a fun, community oriented game, that drives both sales and social engagement. We appreciate the opportunity to bring this project to the Aavegotchi community and we look forward to growing the space together with exciting new gameplay experiences.