ProposalsProposal 318
ProposalsProposal 318
🕹️ Imagine a gaming website full of Nouns games ...
🔎 ZOOM 50 Years of Video Games
❗ Just 1 mobile game has been funded: Nouns Run
This side-scroller was funded for 2 ETH by a Prop House win - 2 years ago
Nouns Bowling is a new 3D bowling game built with CC0 assets from the 3D Nouns and Noun Sounds projects. This game is LIVE on the iOS App Store today!
Bowling is popular on all gaming platforms and can blaze a trail for publishing multi-platform Nouns games. Bowling is an approachable, universal game and appeals to all age groups.
WATCH VIDEO: Nouns Bowling trailer
⭐ Includes new 3D bowling alleys for Nouns communities:
As we build Nouns Bowling, we'll create the Nouns CCO Gaming Toolkit:
No traditional games business would release 3D characters, environments and gaming IP into the public domain. What if Mario was a CC0 brand? 🤯
🕺 Game-ready 3D Nouns ready to rock
🚧 3D model of the Rose Parade Float - as seen in Nouns Bowling 🚧
⭐ Just one example of a useful Nouns 3D gaming asset!
Competition in games is fierce - only the top games in each genre survive. Two ways to win: be a top game in an existing genre, or create a new game genre.
Lots of prototyping, with rounds of cuts, is the method used by savvy game businesses.
This game publishing pipeline is designed to deliver a stream of prototypes to playtest, while attracting new builders to Nouns.
This proposal delivers 12 prototypes and 6 winners will be pubished as iOS apps.
🕹️ You can play these game prototypes at nounsgames.wtf
Imagine a web gaming site like Poki.com where ALL games are Nouns games!
These web games will run on mobile devices in a browser! ... this is a solution for mobile gaming without App Stores
NOTE: we will also publish iOS apps with advanced features
The marketing fund (24 ETH) will be used to onboard new players to Nouns through games, while providing insight into customer preferences.
Gaming metrics - engagement and retention - help make decisions on:
Round by round, games evolve, and small experiments guide the way.
Evolution rules.
Discord is the best place for:
The Nouns Virtuous Cycle calls for "consumer apps the whole world wants to use"
Did punk4156 foresee a gaming future? 🤔
Here are 5 genres of game with broad appeal
👉 3D snowboarding runs in Safari on iPhone!
Designed with specific Nouns communities in mind
Run measurable advertising experiments to inform design
We are asking for a total of 199 ETH
Upon successfully passing the prop, 199 ETH will be sent to a 6 person multi-sig requiring 3 signatures for each send:
👉 10 ways to capture attention and create value for Nouns:
Generate revenue for Nouns communities by minting gaming collectibles
Games can increase auction prices of NFTs by adding in-game utility
Traditional in-app purchase model for digital items on mobile
Game-enabled toys capture attention and increase toy sales
Sell games for $USD on traditional gaming marketplaces
Subscribe to the gaming website, or for individual games
Rewarded video ads and other non-intrusive methods only
Completing a collection of digital items across games
Clothes and accessories with QR codes to load in-game
Play games to win a spot in real-life tournaments (like bowling)
Kwik — Game developer with 36 shipped games (20+ year career in games) Here are 12 picks (click to watch YouTube videos)
👉 WATCH GAME VIDEOS: Gameography on YouTube
kerimbonia — Artist, Animator and creator of Nouns Animated Spritesheets
"Professional 3D artist with over 20 years of experience. Previous clients include Lamborghini, Nintendo, Warner Bros., Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, and Rihanna to name a few."
July 2023 - March 2024
There will be no DAO for this project. Here's why:
Running annoying ads between levels ruins a lot of good games. But rewarded ads and sponsorships can work. In-game ads can also promote other Nouns projects.
Running video ads featuring Nouns in other people's games is one advertising strategy. Nouns get video views AND game installs.
Hot take: Nouns games should AVOID play-to-earn cryptocurrency models. Gone wrong, they can do more damage to the Nouns brand than good. We don't plan on issuing a token or using play-to-earn tokenomics.
Decentralizing games across communities through collabs. This is big.
Objective is to bring ambitious gaming proposals to NounsDAO, for example:
Games Meets Toys Funding to connect games and toys, loading toys into games, AR features
Collabs with other Nouns Projects Games x Nouns opens up new opportunities for Nouns communities
Publishing Games to PC and Consoles Publish games for Mac, PC, Steam, Epic, and consoles (hello Nintendo)
Game Dev Hackathons Funding for hackathons to create new prototypes and web games
Scaling Up Nouns Proliferation with Games Onboarding people to Nouns with games, by scaling up successful advertising experiments. Proliferation on demand, to desired audiences, with measurable ROI.
Decentralized web games for Nouns communities unlock new business models
Nouns Game Publisher helps NounsDAO make smart investments in games
Game publishing pipeline and CC0 toolkit attracts new talent to Nouns
A network of Nouns games is less expensive to advertise. For example:
When a new game proposal is brought to the DAO, a game should:
Funding risk is lower, success is more likely. NounsDAO can scale up successful games to proliferate Nouns anywhere in the world.
Mushrooms, bombs, stars, clouds ... they already exist as Nouns 🤯
Play this prototype (and more) at nounsgames.wtf
we should fund dev of an indie game like fez instead and stream and make a film about it and watch it earn a cult following in real time
sent from voter.wtf
I'm a strong "For" on this prop. I think the crossroads of Nouns and games is one of the areas that can be ultra fruitful in many ways in the years ahead, so I think laying the groundwork with this sort of experimentation now makes a lot of sense. I'm desperate for it even. Is this the perfect gaming prop? No. Is it good enough to start breaking ground here? Yes imo. "Aye" here is my two gwei.
sent from voter.wtf
reVoteWithReason from krel.eth
I would love to support a game-related proposal but this approach does not work for me. I don't quite know what an exciting gaming prop looks like, but i think the guiding star should be to go narrow and focus on quality, not broad/quantity. Forget about distribution or proliferation for a moment and just make an incredible (indie) game. (Something Fez-like comes to mind as directionally interesting.)
sent from voter.wtf
My thesis as a delegate is: “Nouns has a unique role in the ecosystem as a gathering place around public goods.”
DAOs should be bottom-up, not top-down. Nouns should not fund a Nouns game publisher. Instead, Nouns should use the excellent existing mechanisms (like Prop House that the proposal references) to let ideas get funded in a more distributed fashion.
I would support a subset of this prop, like the CC0 game asset toolkit. But right now this prop feels like everything but the kitchen sink. It should be broken up into separate smaller proposals, so that Nouns can decide on each piece and do what it does best.
Also not a fan of the proposal's framing of Nouns gaming efforts as an "investment". Nouns should be funding public goods that benefit the ecosystem without any expectation of return. Nouns should not be trying to make gaming investments - there are many existing sources of capital for that.
sent from voter.wtf
(noun40 voting via agora proxy)
feel similarly to yitong, krel, and bower. low quality / high quantity “platform” feels like the wrong approach.
reVoteWithReason from ccarella.eth
I would prefer a smaller Prop that funds just the Nouns CC0 Gaming Toolkit and a decentralized game jam. sent from voter.wtf
sent from voter.wtf
interesting idea but would like to see a smaller scope/ask as an initial pilot
FOR - 28 VOTES
benbodhi | "This approach to games for the nouniverse is really powerful imo. I do believe we should be funding games and I think this model is a great way to do it."
eltonpenguin | "Would prefer to see more synergies between these games (e.g. reusing assets, building a common framework, etc.), but overall supportive."
profwerder | "This is a new direction for Nouns but I think it will drive attention from the brand side. The games are fun and addicting! And Kwik clearly knows the gaming industry and has his pulse on web3 developments in the industry."
AGAINST - 14 VOTES
bigshotklim | "@kwik knows what he is doing and I think he is a solid candidate to make nouns gaming a reality"
ABSTAINS - 2 VOTES```
I would prefer a smaller Prop that funds just the Nouns CC0 Gaming Toolkit and a decentralized game jam.
sent from voter.wtf
I think gaming is a great area for a prop. The scope seems pretty wide.
I would love to support a game-related proposal but this approach does not work for me.
I don't quite know what an exciting gaming prop looks like, but i think the guiding star should be to go narrow and focus on quality, not broad/quantity. Forget about distribution or proliferation for a moment and just make an incredible (indie) game.
(Something Fez-like comes to mind as directionally interesting.)
100% think Nouns should explore investing in games. However, as with most first time efforts, I'd much rather see a dedicated effort at making a single instance well instead of trying to pitch a platform.
Much as I'm open to working directly with tennis players, but against a Tennis platform (at least at first). I'd be very excited to fund a compelling nounish game (especially an onchain one that leverages the NFTs somehow), but against an elaborate partnership with a publisher.
Unfortunately the Nouns bowling game trailer simply does not meet my quality bar as a standalone game effort.
I appreciate the team for proposing and invite them to revise and try again 💛
Taken from my newsletter - https://paragraph.xyz/@thebower/nouns-dao-active-governance-10
Thank you to the proposers for working on this project, I appreciate the time dedicated and the interest in Nouns, but I see some major issues with this proposal.
Quality. I believe we should be striving to build a very high quality game for Nouns, instead of many "throw-away" mobile games. From what was shown on the proposal the quality just isn't there, it looks a bit amateurish to be completely honest.
Budget. No clarity on how the funds are going to be used. The figures seem high and arbitrary. Also denominated in ETH which I don't think fits this proposal.
Audience. The proposed website and games feel like a dated model. I'm not sure we would see much use of the website at all.
Again, appreciate the proposers but I don't believe this is the right fit for Nouns.
sent from voter.wtf
thanks to the people who put forth this well-thought-out idea. i see nouns as a perfect canvas for turning dreams into reality. imo, with nouns, you can create endless possibilities. if building games is your passion, then build the dream game you've always wanted to play. maybe start small with a basic version of your product, pouring your passion into it. show progress and some degree of PMF. i'm almost sure you'll continue to get funding after an initial MVP prop that generates good results.
what does it take to make an awesome game? if there were no limits, how would you go about it?
i'm eagerly waiting for the first nouns-powered game that people can't stop playing.
sent from voter.wtf
🕹️ Imagine a gaming website full of Nouns games ...
🔎 ZOOM 50 Years of Video Games
❗ Just 1 mobile game has been funded: Nouns Run
This side-scroller was funded for 2 ETH by a Prop House win - 2 years ago
Nouns Bowling is a new 3D bowling game built with CC0 assets from the 3D Nouns and Noun Sounds projects. This game is LIVE on the iOS App Store today!
Bowling is popular on all gaming platforms and can blaze a trail for publishing multi-platform Nouns games. Bowling is an approachable, universal game and appeals to all age groups.
WATCH VIDEO: Nouns Bowling trailer
⭐ Includes new 3D bowling alleys for Nouns communities:
As we build Nouns Bowling, we'll create the Nouns CCO Gaming Toolkit:
No traditional games business would release 3D characters, environments and gaming IP into the public domain. What if Mario was a CC0 brand? 🤯
🕺 Game-ready 3D Nouns ready to rock
🚧 3D model of the Rose Parade Float - as seen in Nouns Bowling 🚧
⭐ Just one example of a useful Nouns 3D gaming asset!
Competition in games is fierce - only the top games in each genre survive. Two ways to win: be a top game in an existing genre, or create a new game genre.
Lots of prototyping, with rounds of cuts, is the method used by savvy game businesses.
This game publishing pipeline is designed to deliver a stream of prototypes to playtest, while attracting new builders to Nouns.
This proposal delivers 12 prototypes and 6 winners will be pubished as iOS apps.
🕹️ You can play these game prototypes at nounsgames.wtf
Imagine a web gaming site like Poki.com where ALL games are Nouns games!
These web games will run on mobile devices in a browser! ... this is a solution for mobile gaming without App Stores
NOTE: we will also publish iOS apps with advanced features
The marketing fund (24 ETH) will be used to onboard new players to Nouns through games, while providing insight into customer preferences.
Gaming metrics - engagement and retention - help make decisions on:
Round by round, games evolve, and small experiments guide the way.
Evolution rules.
Discord is the best place for:
The Nouns Virtuous Cycle calls for "consumer apps the whole world wants to use"
Did punk4156 foresee a gaming future? 🤔
Here are 5 genres of game with broad appeal
👉 3D snowboarding runs in Safari on iPhone!
Designed with specific Nouns communities in mind
Run measurable advertising experiments to inform design
We are asking for a total of 199 ETH
Upon successfully passing the prop, 199 ETH will be sent to a 6 person multi-sig requiring 3 signatures for each send:
👉 10 ways to capture attention and create value for Nouns:
Generate revenue for Nouns communities by minting gaming collectibles
Games can increase auction prices of NFTs by adding in-game utility
Traditional in-app purchase model for digital items on mobile
Game-enabled toys capture attention and increase toy sales
Sell games for $USD on traditional gaming marketplaces
Subscribe to the gaming website, or for individual games
Rewarded video ads and other non-intrusive methods only
Completing a collection of digital items across games
Clothes and accessories with QR codes to load in-game
Play games to win a spot in real-life tournaments (like bowling)
Kwik — Game developer with 36 shipped games (20+ year career in games) Here are 12 picks (click to watch YouTube videos)
👉 WATCH GAME VIDEOS: Gameography on YouTube
kerimbonia — Artist, Animator and creator of Nouns Animated Spritesheets
"Professional 3D artist with over 20 years of experience. Previous clients include Lamborghini, Nintendo, Warner Bros., Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, and Rihanna to name a few."
July 2023 - March 2024
There will be no DAO for this project. Here's why:
Running annoying ads between levels ruins a lot of good games. But rewarded ads and sponsorships can work. In-game ads can also promote other Nouns projects.
Running video ads featuring Nouns in other people's games is one advertising strategy. Nouns get video views AND game installs.
Hot take: Nouns games should AVOID play-to-earn cryptocurrency models. Gone wrong, they can do more damage to the Nouns brand than good. We don't plan on issuing a token or using play-to-earn tokenomics.
Decentralizing games across communities through collabs. This is big.
Objective is to bring ambitious gaming proposals to NounsDAO, for example:
Games Meets Toys Funding to connect games and toys, loading toys into games, AR features
Collabs with other Nouns Projects Games x Nouns opens up new opportunities for Nouns communities
Publishing Games to PC and Consoles Publish games for Mac, PC, Steam, Epic, and consoles (hello Nintendo)
Game Dev Hackathons Funding for hackathons to create new prototypes and web games
Scaling Up Nouns Proliferation with Games Onboarding people to Nouns with games, by scaling up successful advertising experiments. Proliferation on demand, to desired audiences, with measurable ROI.
Decentralized web games for Nouns communities unlock new business models
Nouns Game Publisher helps NounsDAO make smart investments in games
Game publishing pipeline and CC0 toolkit attracts new talent to Nouns
A network of Nouns games is less expensive to advertise. For example:
When a new game proposal is brought to the DAO, a game should:
Funding risk is lower, success is more likely. NounsDAO can scale up successful games to proliferate Nouns anywhere in the world.
Mushrooms, bombs, stars, clouds ... they already exist as Nouns 🤯
Play this prototype (and more) at nounsgames.wtf
