Description

### Original proposal ### https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dao-3a70282-dark-dungeons-game/18230 ### Changes in resubmission ### ● __Budget: 54 000$ -> 47 500$__ ● __Land Rental: 2000$ -> 500$__ ● __Locations: 10 -> 8__ ● __LAND: 2x3 -> 1x1__ ### Goal ### The main goal in creating this game is to expand the user base of Decentraland and showcase it as a place to have fun! Decentraland has many casinos and other establishments that require financial investments from players. Thus, for an ordinary user Decentraland looks like a place where everyone wants to get money from you - but it is and can be much more than that! [Demo](https://dark-dungeons.herokuapp.com) [Proposal Demo](https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dao-de7fa02-dungeons-and-dragons-decentraland-demo/15603) [Discord Demo](https://discord.com/channels/894658869391933540/1027268770923827320) [CEN Discord](https://discord.gg/U3w9CZRg) We believe the main thing missing in Decentraland is the reasons for an ordinary user rather than an investor to join Decentraland. The main goal of our game is to become such a reason and thereby attract a large number of new users to Decentraland. The game we want to create will be inspired by Dungeons and Dragons but won’t be its copy. We plan to fill the game with popular memes and other humorous content. There will also be cameos with famous pop culture characters. We decided to simplify some mechanics so that the game fits better into Decentraland and is easy to understand for all users regardless of their experience. ### Scope ### The scope of this grant proposal is ~8 months, until about the end of September 2023. Our goal is to release a game in several steps until we have, by the end of this time, a fully working v1 of our game accessible to all Decentraland users. ### Game mechanics ### As we mentioned, we decided to build a roleplaying experience specific to Decentraland. Some of those modifications are: ● A session in D&D lasts, on average, 2-3 hours; in our game, we want to reduce the time of one session to 15-20 minutes. ● An AI (Artificial Intelligence) will perform the role of the gamemaster (host). Players will have a limited number of action options in a given situation. ### How we see the final result: ### 1. 1-4 players in total in one session. 2. Each character has characteristics (strength, charisma, etc.), specific items in the inventory (crossbow, potion, etc.), and other differences. 3. The characters find themselves in a situation where they need to solve a problem or receive a task from a non-player character in the story. (We expect that the comicality of some situations and the integration of memes and pop culture characters will have a positive impact on marketing.) For example, a simple scenario might be that players start their journey in a tavern, and they need to find a villager-werewolf. The main gameplay will lay in the fact that players will choose options for actions, such as: "Inspect the tavern," or "Start talking to the quiet villager” In total, the player will change up to 4 locations during the game. The game ends when the players have completed the task, failed it, or when all the players’ characters have died. Due to the variability, the game has great replay value. Play as another character, take other companions to your team, and the game outcome will be completely different. We also plan to release new scripts regularly.