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Beyond its value as a high-quality game that shows off the best IP on Sei, Sei Wars offers:\n\nEasy Sei Onboarding\n\t\u2022\tNew players are automatically given a Sei \u201cgame wallet\u201d used to store winnings and make in-game purchases\n\t\u2022\tPlayers are automatically sent Sei gas when they make their first in-game transaction\n\t\u2022\tGame wallets can easily be installed in players\u2019 favorite Sei wallet apps or extensions\n\nOn-chain Transactions\n\t\u2022\tGacha mechanics and other in-game purchases will generate real on-chain transactions by real players, no blockchain knowledge required!\n\t\u2022\tThe new \u201cSeith Lords\u201d NFT collection will stimulate trading activity and may migrate liquidity from other ecosystems\n\nMore Gamers on Sei\n\t\u2022\tAs new projects enter the Sei ecosystem and we promote them in Sei Wars, fresh content will showcase the best of Sei to a gaming-focused audience on platforms like X, Discord, and Telegram\n\t\u2022\tGenuinely fun and challenging gameplay will keep true gamers active", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project create value for the Sei Web3 gaming ecosystem? Please provide specific examples.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Sei Wars comes with unique community engagement features and effective community marketing strategies, including:\n\nEngaging Team Play\n\t\u2022\tTeam-based strategy forces players to strengthen connections with their fellow Sei community members\n\t\u2022\tDiscord-native gameplay makes for a truly social experience on a familiar platform\n\t\u2022\tDaily actions keep players returning every day\n\nWeekly Prizes\n\t\u2022\tPrizes are distributed to top teams and players each week, encouraging new players to join and existing players to stick around\n\t\u2022\tLimited time prize pools will amplify engagement through tent-pole marketing and spotlight new Sei projects\n\nIncentivized Growth\n\t\u2022\tSocial sharing giveaways encourage players to show off their game achievements on X\n\t\u2022\tFree-to-play mini games help new players earn their way into Sei Wars\n\nHigh-quality Content\n- Featuring web3 gaming legend Alliestrasza as the face of every Sei Wars video, our content quality will surpass expectations and attract viewership from both web2 and web3 gamers\n- Collaborative content with the best new Sei games and projects will boost visibility for ourselves and others", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe your project's approach to community engagement and self-marketing within the Sei gaming ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Mason Geyser, CEO\nMason Geyser is a life-long competitive gamer with over a decade of experience leading and consulting for early-stage companies. He now consults for Parallel, a top web3 trade-card game. Mason\u2019s head-up product management style and critical problem-solving capabilities help him expertly navigate business development as Play Alchemy\u2019s CEO.\n\nJoseph Mah, Lead Developer\nJoseph Mah brings the magic to Play Alchemy as our Lead Developer. Joseph\u2019s automation engineering expertise has been honed for nearly a decade through his work at SurveyMonkey, Amazon, and Gloomshot, his growing automated video production agency.\n\nAlex Finden, Creative Director\nAlex Finden is an award-winning film director, cinematographer, and writer who previously founded \u201cTwitch for nature\u201d Mammalz, where he managed operations throughout four years and three rounds of investment. Alex leverages his rare mix of creative, social, and technical skills as Creative Director of Play Alchemy.\n\nAlliestrasza, Content Lead\nAllie \u201cAlliestrasza\u201d Macpherson is quickly becoming a legend in web3 gaming. As a Twitch streamer of 8+ years with >200K followers and Parallel\u2019s current Creator Program Manager, Allie has the reach and expertise we need to get top gaming KOLs interested in Play Alchemy titles. Allie is also the face of all Play Alchemy promotional content, game trailers, and tutorials.", "hidden": true, "question": "Provide details on your team's expertise and history.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This is a new project to Sei but is part of Play Alchemy's ongoing initiative to build the most epic Discord games.", "hidden": true, "question": "Is this a new project or an ongoing initiative? If ongoing, please provide details of any existing contributions to the Sei gaming ecosystem.", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Discord hosts millions of gamers from around the world. Discord servers have become the central gathering place for web3 communities of all types. With Sei Wars, the Sei gaming ecosystem will have an engaging hub to onboard new gamers right on the platform they already call home.\n\nAnd we can prove it.\n\nAlready, we have built three games using our Discord engine: a Final Fantasy-inspired AI-powered RPG called \"Battle for Ankhos\", a Clash of Clans-inspired idle faction warfare game called \"Cosmic War\", and a Team Fight Tactics-inspired rogue-like autobattler called \"The Lunatics\". The Lunatics was a commissioned game built for our first studio client, SHRAPNEL, the highly anticipated web3 extraction shooter.\n\nBattle for Ankhos saw 500+ players over several months of tournaments and lead us to victory in Solana's 2023 NFT Showdown.\n\nCosmic War has hosted hundreds of weekly active players for nearly 1 year on Solana, generating >600K in-game transactions by thousands of wallets.\n\nWe raised $100k from our November 2023 mint of the \"Alchemy Gods\" NFT collection. A year later, we maintain a company treasury of >$400,000 as well as an active community of supportive holders.\n\nThe Lunatics has seen 2,000+ players since its launch in late July of this year and maintains a ~15-20% monthly retention rate.\n\nOver $10K in prizes have been distributed to players on Avalanche by SHRAPNEL, who continues to incentivize The Lunatics gameplay.\n\nOur games have continued to see bigger player bases and higher retention metrics. With a launch on Sei, we feel confident we can skyrocket those metrics.", "hidden": true, "question": "How does your project demonstrate the potential to grow the gaming ecosystem on Sei?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We will be the first Sei game to capture the Discord gaming audience and offer collaborative, massive-multiplayer gameplay.\n\nWe also have an expert duo, Alliestrasza and Alex Finden, who will produce Sei gaming social content beyond quality expectations.\n\nAnd to give us a head start, we have an active community of hundreds of web3 gamers who have shown strong interest in playing additional titles by Play Alchemy.", "hidden": true, "question": "Describe the uniqueness of your application and/or content.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "Clark", "hidden": true, "question": "If you were referred to this program, please provide the referrer's information (optional).", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "Please confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the ethical standards outlined in the eligibility criteria, including 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": 11}, {"type": "dropdown", "answer": "Yes", "hidden": true, "question": "If selected, will you commit to providing regular updates via Karma GAP on project progress and milestone achievements and participating in Sei community events to present your progress and outcomes?", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Our developer is familiar with Sei technology and we have already built a game engine for Discord, so Sei Wars will be up and running in a matter of weeks!\n\nWe're very excited to bring a new wave of gamers into the Sei ecosystem from across the globe.\n\nTo see what we've already done for Solana and Avalanche:\nhttps://youtu.be/4eBxIZqqyiU\nhttps://youtu.be/L80GU7FvB00", "hidden": true, "question": "Is there anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other affiliations? Is there anything else you'd like to add that may help determine project eligibility?", "questionId": 13}], "project": {"id": "0x067f1530c5999126a7f298f3b00ce78af90289df6697a8347fcb8772548b7b99", "title": "Sei Wars", "logoImg": "bafkreicrogrc6qptnz3izeio4xm2uf4mizde342cye6sj4yhdjrgdl6fze", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreidqwtzqz4m5hxakj5aljknjobxln2r3ejbvhr5rlesfzsegaxrqnu", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://www.playalchemy.io/", "bannerImg": "bafkreicfegmxlne526vqcin5ozehzp2aaisg4e733s533wxwqn5h46nxeq", "createdAt": 1727938889353, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..lNMsSxfotibqLR-wBNKsicm3TtQiRLyinCCuM4oKZW75H7MRAEugrYYqzDMdrUwhJB7e-jrmHZ_4WpkSEVdRBw", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-10-03T07:01:20.115Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-10-03T07:01:20.115Z", "expirationDate": "2025-01-01T07:01:20.115Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xD137A68fA3Dac4D53df889E13eb81AA34c46a5b8", "hash": "v0.0.0:sUwhqjgbDdGfQfK8p7VgGj3E+lZxlKawrbqUmAx9ojI=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#play_alchemy"}}}, "description": "\u201cSei Wars\u201d is a team-based fighting game that celebrates the best of Sei. Designed and run by the founders of Solana\u2019s \u201cCosmic War\", Sei Wars pits characters from popular Sei projects against each other in weekly battles for prizes.\n\nSei Wars uniquely runs on a Discord bot and is played from any device. Players collaborate and compete for one of four \u201cterritories\u201d, each of which is themed to showcase a featured Sei project.\n\nOnce per day, players will command their \u201cSeith Lords\u201d to summon fighters, attack territories, and climb the week\u2019s leaderboard.\n\nWill you collaborate with your team at all costs? Or will you stab them in the back to earn the biggest prizes for yourself?\n\n# Engaging Team Play\n\n- Team-based strategy forces players to strengthen connections with their fellow Sei community members\n- Discord-native gameplay makes for a truly social experience on a familiar platform\n- Daily actions keep players returning every day\n\n# Weekly Prizes\n\n- Prizes are distributed to top teams and players each week, encouraging new players to join and existing players to stick around\n- Limited time prize pools will amplify engagement through tent-pole marketing and spotlight new Sei projects\n\n# Incentivized Growth\n\n- Social sharing giveaways encourage players to show off their game achievements on X\n- Free-to-play mini games help new players earn their way into Sei Wars\n\n# Stacked Support\n\n- Already, top Sei KOLs and founders are supporting Sei Wars\n- Legendary web3 gaming creator Alliestrasza will be the face of all Sei Wars content\n\n# Experienced Team\n\n- Mason, Conix, and Alex of Play Alchemy have developed three Discord titles to date\n- Our fully developed game engine will expedite our time to market\n- \u201cCosmic War\u201d has hosted hundreds of weekly active players for nearly 1 year on Solana, generating >600K in-game transactions by thousands of wallets\n- \u201cThe Lunatics\u201d - commissioned by AAA web3 shooter Shrapnel - saw over 1,000 unique players in its first week and has awarded >$10K in prizes on Avalanche\n\n# Links\n\nCosmic War gameplay (Play Alchemy on X): https://x.com/play_alchemy/status/1727450051033903390", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "play_alchemy"}, "recipient": "0x8f42DE2b1c14267495912c0ae581da0375d8bb5E"}}