Description

The initial goal of the Virtual Library is to offer engaging educational material about different individuals and organizations in Decentraland. We have created a method for streamlined production and also will release a process for others to submit videos/courses to the Library. While the course material is currently focused on DCL, we plan to accept all kinds of courses in the future to include other material. **Needs / goals that will be satisfied:** • Decentraland is growing rapidly and every experience has different components and requirements to participate (tokens used, social medias to engage with, event schedules, game mechanics, etc.). For example: o DG has multiple currencies on multiple chains and participating in $ICE Poker requires specific wearables, staking, activations, delegation and more o The Decentraland Report uses Xpand as their social media platform, has tokenized music NFTs, $REPORT tokens, and more o This results in a high barrier to entry for most individuals as it requires learning about completely new concepts and items for every experience they want to participate in • Developing high-quality onboarding videos is very time consuming and often takes a backseat to the continued development work of DCL experiences **This grant will fund:** • The creation of educational onboarding videos for groups across Decentraland • Creation of gamified educational experiences in the CurationStation with future plans for gamification across Decentraland that encourage users to learn and explore what DCL has to offer • And will foster growth within DCL communities by breaking down complex ecosystems in easily digestible ways to onboard users **Description of feature / content:** • The current Library floor plan will be expanded and include new functionality (e.g. moveable ladders, integrated virtual courses, NPCs, item spawn points, and games) • Talking to the Librarian, users can complete an initial quest to receive a Library Card which gives users access to an introductory set of courses • Users can then complete additional quests to receive Library Credits and access additional virtual courses • Initially, courses (~1-5min) will be created by DCL Curations in partnership with the organization that the course covers – at no cost to the organization – and includes: o Script development and review with group o Audio recording o Visual recording o Video editing o Final review and edits o Course upload / Hosting in Library • Later, courses will also be able to be submitted to the team for review to ensure content accuracy. Accepted courses will be integrated in the Virtual Library & the creators will receive a cash reward from the Grant Course Creation Budget (payment amount TBD) **Skills / experience that will contribute to success:** • We have a team of top DCL Advisors and developers with design, modeling, SDK, and backend architecture skills that are working together to deliver a seamless experience to the DCL community • We have created a 10-part educational series for Decentral Games which is representative of the courses we will be creating for other DCL groups • Our current understanding of the inter-workings of many prominent groups in DCL allows for quicker development / review of video scripts **Links** Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCLCurations LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dclcurations/ Website: https://www.dclcurations.com/