[Mission Request] Accelerating Game Development in the Superchain

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Delegate Mission Request Summary

Provide Indie Studios, Game Development Teams, and Solo Game Developers with tools, support, and resources to build, migrate, or deploy video games in the Superchain Network.

Intent 3 Grow application devs on the Superchain

Proposing Delegate/Citizen

Joxes / SEED Latam

Total grant amount

300,000 OP (up to 100k per applicant)

Should this Mission be fulfilled by one or multiple applicants

Multiple applicants

How will this Mission Request help accomplish the above Intent?

This proposal targets game development studios to build, migrate, or deploy games on the Superchain by leveraging existing OSS Game Development Frameworks (GDFs) to accelerate development and reduce onchain integration friction. This mission aims to provide flexible deployment options within the Superchain or their own L2 or L3, the initiative aims to increase the number of high-quality games and developers in the ecosystem, ultimately positioning the Superchain as a leading onchain gaming platform.

What is required to execute this Mission Request?

  • Game development studios and developers with at least one year of experience in game development to build, migrate, or deploy one or multiple video games in the Superchain.

  • Use OSS Game Development Frameworks (GDFs)already built in the Superchain to accelerate development and reduce friction in the onchain integration.

  • Integrate Account Abstraction to reduce UX friction.

  • Deploy the games in the Superchain or their own L2 or L3.

How should governance participants measure impact upon completion of this Mission Request?

Milestones

  • RFP issuance and studios/game selection.

  • Form Superchain Advisory Team.

  • Set a development roadmap for studios/teams/solo devs and a calendar for advisory sessions.

  • Coordinate launching campaign in the Superchain.

Metrics

  • Number of game development studios or teams onboarded to the Superchain

  • Number of games playable in the Superchain

  • Number of players in the Superchain

  • Number of games’ smart contracts deployed in the Superchain

  • Gas Fees spent on Superchain games

  • Number of L2 and L3 dedicated for single games

Impact

  • Push the Superchain as the leading onchain gaming platform.

  • Growth of the number of game development studios/teams/solo-devs building in the Superchain.

  • Increased adoption of the Optimism technology stack and the Superchain game development frameworks.

Has anyone other than the proposer contributed to this Mission Request?

@habacuc.eth @Joxes

Which metric will the success of this Mission Request be evaluated against?

The North star metric against which this Mission Request should be evaluated is the total amount of gas fees generated from the grantee’s contracts, because this Mission Request sets out to increase the aggregate demand for blockspace on the Superchain through a larger program. The total gas fees generated from this program act as a healthy indicator of its combined downstream performance. This metric was suggested by the Foundation and approved by the Grants Council.

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@SEEDGov @Joxes I would like to sponsor this Mission Request if we could reduce the amount of OP to 300K as it reduces the risk of this initial experiment and if this strategy is proven to work we can always use this to justify a larger portion of funding in future seasons. This would still enable at least 3 projects to get funding (100k per applicant)

Also could you remove the “intent 1” from the application and just bold the “Intent 3”?

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Thanks for the feedback. We’ve adjusted the budget since we agree with your suggestion. The proposal now includes these changes.

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As a member of the grants council I will be sponsoring this mission request to move it to token House vote

@SEEDGov can you tag me as the sponsor in the " Proposing Delegate/Citizen" field?

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A North Star Metric has been added at the bottom of this Mission Request in an effort to enable the Collective to make data-driven decisions. By using a single metric for each Mission Request, the Collective is better able to evaluate the performance of all the Season 6 missions in a standardized manner, which will be critical when the Collective makes decisions about Intents, budgets, or other critical components of governance.

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Quick note, even if the mission request talks about The Superchain. All grants applying for this mission request must focus on OP Mainnet which is the intent this Mission Request is covering.

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