{"signature": "0xa51ccffddfda8150c4b91607e6c39a8a993cca201fc117a2225d78a31f5be2515d40280cb7713557296975ca0ec906a05f21a5a2e8da07f5811141c558619db91c", "application": {"round": "0xf31b4a3a742b4d5611cac6542aa0f96493b0b3d0", "answers": [{"type": "email", "answer": "DreadKnight@FreezingMoon.org", "hidden": true, "question": "Email Address", "questionId": 0}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "@Dr3adKn1ght", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram Handle", "questionId": 1}, {"type": "link", "answer": "https://discord.gg/x78rKen", "hidden": true, "question": "What is your project's public community chat link?", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "About $30.000 from family, donors, sponsors, grants, token sales, ad space.", "hidden": true, "question": "What funding sources have you secured to date?", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the ethical standards and Gitcoin's Quid Pro Quo Policy (https://support.gitcoin.co/gitcoin-knowledge-base/gitcoin-grants/general-questions/what-is-our-quid-pro-quo-policy)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We're poking at all 3 given time, in that order, given time and resources, as the project matures and community and player base scales. Ancient Beast is free open source, very accessible eSport, meant to scale and adapt. By the people, for the people.", "hidden": true, "question": "Which of the listed gaming focus areas does your project primarily address?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Ancient Beast introduces quite a few new coders to open source. Pretty soon it will introduce a lot of people to crypto / blockchains / wallets / DeFi.\nWe'll also have an expansion that will involve alliances and tokenomics!\nAnd most importantly, this game has been in the works for 2 decades now, it was carefully crafted to be easy to learn, very replay-able, fun, hard to master, while not having any chance based elements! A lot of people figured that out so I've seen talks on BitcoinTalk forum, mentioning in threads now and then how cool it would be to duel others in Ancient Beast matches for crypto (or even NFTs!).", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your game create unique value for the Avalanche gaming ecosystem?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We have very replay-able prototype that was heavily tested in hot-seat mode. There's also online multiplayer feature in the works (it was tested for a while as well) and even bots, though we need more resources to get things in good shape and eventually release those for the masses. https://AncientBeast.com has prototype above the fold, no installation required!", "hidden": true, "question": "What is your current development status and playable demo availability?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Since the project is open source, it draws in a lot of creative people (coders, artists, composers) as they're looking to get experience and build their portfolios / get credited; we have token bounties, which introduce quite a few people to crypto. We're also developing an expansion that has castle building with unit dwellings, sieges, alliances and tokenomics, which will be season based, requiring purchase of a ticket that gives access to 7 spots in different realms (virtual estate), but it's more efficient for the buyer to pick a spot and gift out the remaining ones to players, forming an alliance that will have a different play-style and numerous benefits.\nThe game combines elements from quite a few famous games, mixing them together nicely to create something better, while fixing the flaws.\nSince this is designed to be without chance based elements, it's a proper eSport, which will cater to professional players, which will have fans and sponsors; we'll have those roles properly implemented within the game, creating a sustainable ecosystem; streamers will also be at home, being able to play versus their fans/watchers, as a collective.\nCreative people are rewarded tokens and bounties for contributing to the project. Eventually we'll have a NFT based market place, so artists for example will be able to create unit skins or combat locations and receive royalties, being usable within the game.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your player acquisition and retention strategy.", "questionId": 8}], "project": {"id": "0x216cc27aa429f7f75f91798ebe674d61f95c17ac3ba832b87f1f5202144db72d", "title": "Ancient Beast", "logoImg": "bafkreibpunpmjalpet36cmozqpj7znd7rwgkppob4nzgljhaz3su3chd3q", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreie3mncf6ygdrseori2bef57vlc4laxyqsvndqm4ewhpnmsactuxlu", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://AncientBeast.com", "bannerImg": "bafkreifyuzmehpnyxcusps6hkulcubeweldrbqlzxkqzrc3ncqmh5r6qfi", "createdAt": 1682105496712, "userGithub": "DreadKnight", "credentials": {"github": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..H3uhfedv53AYFchlH5SzTb6lVAzfFJKn_O5psmrTn8Fehfzn_4UWVlYeEy3SnXH5nH8DHzHMdqVYN-jRbGkMAQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-08-12T21:04:20.872Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-08-12T21:04:20.872Z", "expirationDate": "2023-11-10T21:04:20.872Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x21f53DB4D2eAcde70a2E4F0407D073C971eC1A33", "hash": "v0.0.0:WIWUJL2XqPz4QAnsbL4Nj0zFz0BrDxXJbUUM/GNiZg0=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextGithubOrg#FreezingMoon#587487"}}, "twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..ufeFevMfRNH-JeeKewaq0tvjedjh44kgqGGuipA2TBQ3R7UzapU3faZpxF49UQobHT-mBERG9vGsAZVw63W6BQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-08-12T21:05:45.080Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-08-12T21:05:45.079Z", "expirationDate": "2023-11-10T21:05:45.079Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x21f53DB4D2eAcde70a2E4F0407D073C971eC1A33", "hash": "v0.0.0:n3Q72/Bj7v5Q3+z1dN39uhDzd1BCYjVw+lC7A0SyILQ=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#AncientBeast"}}}, "description": "**Ancient Beast** 🐺 is a turn based strategy video game, played against other people (or bots 🤖) in hot-seat or online modes, featuring a wide variety of units to acquire and put to good use in order to defeat your opponents in battle ⚔️🛡️\n\nThis project was crafted to be easy to learn, fun to play and hard to master 🎮🕹️\n\nIt's the game that you'll love to play for decades to come against friends, future friends and even your enemies altogether 🥳🍕\n\nIt was predicted by Star Wars, as you can see Han Solo playing versus Chewbacca at times throughout the franchise 👨🏼🐵\n\n![Ancient Beast symbol hand](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreezingMoon/AncientBeast-Website/master/images/hand.png)\n\n- turn based strategy\n- free and open source\n- browser based game\n- 1vs1 or 2vs2 matches\n- top accessible eSport\n- duel others for crypto\n\n![1vs1 Dark Forest](https://raw.github.com/FreezingMoon/AncientBeast-Website/master/multimedia/screenshots/v0.3%20Dark%20Forest.jpg)\n\n![2vs2 Frozen Wall](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreezingMoon/AncientBeast-Website/master/multimedia/screenshots/v0.3%20Frozen%20Skull.jpg)\n\nWork in progress!\nPlease support the project so that we can achieve the following highly requested features:\n\n- online multiplayer\n- AI practice bots\n- unit animations\n- web3 accounts\n- blockchain logs\n- NFT marketplace\n- crypto/NFT duels\n- player sponsors\n\n![Dark Priest](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreezingMoon/AncientBeast-Website/master/images/We_Want_YOU.jpg)\n\nGive us a star ⭐ on our [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/FreezingMoon/AncientBeast) and please donate 🪙 You are awesome 😎", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "FreezingMoon", "projectTwitter": "AncientBeast"}, "recipient": "0x21f53DB4D2eAcde70a2E4F0407D073C971eC1A33"}}