Hi Sandbox DAO Team and community!
I am writing to submit a proposal for an exciting project that aligns with Sandbox DAO’s mission and goals. The project aims to “Enhance user engagement through interactive Phygital experiences across the island of Madeira”.
I am confident that this initiative will contribute significantly to the Sandbox ecosystem and would be thrilled to discuss it further.
We want to use Madeira Surfland as a pilot test for creating phygital touristic experiences around the globe, making it a scalable solution to deploy in many different locations.
Submission Details
SURFLAND
Proposal Banner
Surfland: An Adventure in Madeira
Dive into the adventure of a lifetime in Surfland, where you’ll embark on thrilling quests to explore the stunning landscapes of Madeira Island. Collect unique items, surf the legendary waves, and craft tools to aid your journey. Immerse yourself in this captivating experience designed to showcase Madeira’s natural beauty and tourist attractions, while entertaining gamers with a rich and engaging world.
TLDR;
|What|
A 1x1 gamified experience featuring the most iconic attractions of the Island of Madeira.|
|Why|
- Promote Sandbox in a popular tourist and digital nomad destination
- Create a great tangible educational content on the platform
- Foster a good relation with the entrepreneurs on the island as well as the island administration
- Serve as a launchpad and prime example of how Sandbox can work with real life locations
- Have a chance to win an all inclusive surf trip on one of the most popular surf destinations in the world|
|How|
Creating a 1x1 Sandbox experience which features different tourist attractions in Madeira. See details of the experience in the Appendix Section.
- Reaching out to Madeiran Administration to promote the experience
- Reaching out and possibly participating in a blockchain event happening in Madeira, to promote the experience. Event here: https://madeirablockchain.com/
- Providing all inclusive accommodation and surf lessons|
|When|
- Development to start in September 2024.
- Possible participation in a blockchain conference in November 2024, featuring the WIP experience
- Experience to be launched in early January 2025. Contest to end 2 weeks after the experience is launched.
- 2 weeks after, winner to be announce and details sent for the All Inclusive Trip
For more details, see the detailed Implementation Plan.|
|Who|
Details about the submitter/author
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Leandro Bellone, CEO, NFT Studios
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@BelloneLeandro
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George Bileca, Producer, Voxel Architects
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@George_VArch
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Antonella Efficace, Sandbox Project Manager, Voxel Architects
SIP Details
Problem Description
Sandbox has been a major player in the blockchain space for the past few years and has proven time and again a pioneer in the blockchain gaming industry. However, most of the experiences developed in Sandbox have mostly provided digital-only benefits to its players.
Nowadays, with the increase in popularity of RWA (Real World Assets), Sandbox has the opportunity to further expand into a still untapped market, by leveraging real world locations and creating a stronger synergy between real and the digital.
Moreover, by leveraging real world locations, our proposal will also showcase the potential of educational gaming content within the platform.
Solution Proposed
We suggest developing an immersive Sandbox experience centered around a real-world location, such as Madeira Island. This experience would highlight several iconic sites, each with its own mission for players to complete while gaining insights about the location. To further enrich the interactive aspect, we will implement QR codes placed strategically at these real life sites.
Benefit to The Sandbox Ecosystem
There are multiple benefits associated with a project like this:
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Madeira is a very popular tourist destination, especially for digital nomads and crypto enthusiasts. It is already part of Portugal, which is well known for its openness to crypto tech startups.
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The Madeiran Administration is known to support projects that promote the island. This project could be a launchpad for such experiences, not only forming a long lasting relationship with the island, but also promoting Sandbox on a local level. This project could serve as a prime example of cross digi-physical collaboration, which could in turn be implemented in multiple other locations around the world.
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Madeira is host to numerous conferences, where Sandbox can be a main exhibitor. Due to its high count of digital nomads, events on Madeira could provide massively beneficial for the Sandbox. One of such events will be hosted this November, where Sandbox is a welcomed exhibitor.
What will the community get:
- Aside from all these benefits, we will offer a prize to the winner of the experience. One of the lucky players that has completed the experience will enter a raffle to win an all inclusive 2 weeks SURF TRIP. Accommodation, food and surf lessons will be provided during the trip. Flight tickets not included
Risk analysis
Since this campaign is mostly about cross promotion, the results will not be as tangible as a concrete product, but rather focused on the number of acquired users. Still, this is a subjective matter where we cannot guarantee a specific outcome. However, since we ourselves are part of the Madeiran ecosystem, with our business physically existing there, we can ensure that Sandbox will get maximum visibility on the island.
Secondly, if no one from the Sandbox team can attend specific events in Madeira, we take on the responsibility of representing The Sandbox. With our 4+ years of experience building and actively being part of the Sandbox ecosystem, we strongly believe we can directly help and represent The Sandbox on any relevant event in Madeira.
Last but not least, for the grand prize, we have already ensured the all inclusive beachfront accommodation for the lucky winner. However, since the winner can be from anywhere in the world, we cannot ensure flight tickets nor guarantees for VISAS (if required).
Budget requested
Overall cost: 100,000 SAND
| Project Management | 10,000 | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Level Design | 15,000 | SAND |
| Voxel Assets | 25,000 | SAND |
| Game Maker Assembly | 10,000 | SAND |
| Animations | 10,000 | SAND |
| Quests Programming | 25,000 | SAND |
| QA | 5,000 | SAND |
| Total | 100,000 | SAND |
Implementation Plan
Milestones
1) Design & Blockout
-Generate a blockout of the map based on the design documents
How do we measure success?
A successful voxel representation of the design documents. We will provide to the evaluators:
-The reference design documents
-Access to the Game Maker file
-Any relevant voxel files
-The reference design documents
-Supporting Images & Videos
Expected completion date
Kick Off: Monday, 2nd September 2024
Duration: 2 weeks
Delivery:Friday, 13th of September 2024
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25,000 SAND
2) Modeling and assembly of structures and assets (2.5 Months)
-All assets modeled
-All assets assembled in Game Maker
How do we measure success?
A list of voxel assets and the completed environment within the game maker. We will provide to the evaluators:
-Access to the Game Maker File
-A detailed spreadsheet containing all the assets that have been developed
-Supporting Images & Videos
Expected completion date
Kick Off: Monday, 16th September 2024
Duration: 2.5 months (11 weeks)
Delivery:Friday, 22nd November 2024
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25,000 SAND
3) Animations & Programming
- Animating the assets
-Programming of the Quests & Games within the Experience
How do we measure success?
A functional experience, with all the quests and functionalities in place. We will provide to the evaluators:
-Access to the Game Maker File
-Supporting Images & Videos
Expected completion date
Kick Off: Monday, 25th November 2024
Duration: 1 month months (4 weeks)
Delivery: Friday, 20th December 2024
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25,000 SAND
4) QA & Launch
- Testing & Bug Fixing of the experience
- Creation of a page for the experience within the Sandbox Website
- Public Launch
How do we measure success?
A bug free experience, for everyone to enjoy. We will provide to the evaluators
-Link to the experience page
-Gated Access (only to specific people chosen by the DAO) to the deployed experience, for testing purposes.
Once we receive the ok from the evaluators, we will open the experience to the public for everyone to enjoy.
Expected completion date
Kick Off: Monday, 23th December 2024
Duration: 3 weeks (working weeks accounting for international holidays)
Delivery: Friday, 17th January 2025
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25,000 SAND
Team/Author Background
Author
Leandro Bellone
Meet Leandro, a serial entrepreneur, crypto investor, professional Alias 3D modeler, and Industrial Designer with over a decade of experience in designing cars for some of the largest automotive companies worldwide, including Rolls Royce, BMW, Hyundai, KIA, Piech, and Mini.
As an early pioneer in the NFT industry, Leandro has founded and led several successful companies, including CryptoMotors, Voxel Architects, and PixelChain. In these roles, he has assembled and managed teams of over 60 people to tackle challenging projects, partnered with leading startups in the space, and actively engaged with the community through massive events and social platforms.
Today, Leandro is co-founder and CEO of NFT studios, a holding company dedicated to creating high-quality digital assets, and decentralized services for the entire crypto community. With a passion for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the NFT space, Leandro is focused on leveraging his expertise and experience to build the next generation of digital assets that will redefine the way we think about ownership and value in the digital age.
Game Producers
Voxel Architects
Since 2020, we have been shaping the Metaverse with custom 3D buildings and immersive experiences. Our seasoned architects, modelers and coders merge creativity with expertise to craziest ideas to life.
Voxel Architects has been one of the first studios to ever build in Sandbox, and has worked on numerous projects in the Sandbox, some of the most notable being: Elvis Presley Avatar Collection and Social Hub, Sophiaverse (based on Sophia The Robot), OliveX (The Fitness Metaverse), MetaResidence (The Real Mansion Featured here on NBC news), among many others. You can find our portfolio here
Voting Options
State the options members can vote for:
- Yes, No
APPENDIX
Alternatives Considered
We have considered this as a long term project, where we could create an experience per each touristic attraction. However, this will require a significant monetary and time investment. We would rather start small, and if this experience gets tracktion, we can expand each mini location to a full blown experience.
Amendments
We are open to community feedback. If you have any ideas how to make this proposal better, please reply in the comments before the voting ends.
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