April 2022 — Community Update
Howdy Breakers, April went by in a flash! Or was that just us? After significant team expansion in Q1 of this year, we’ve been working together to not only deliver on the original roadmap, but brainstorming new content and experiences to enhance our project for our holders and growing community. We’re deep in the process of putting together some pretty big beats for May and beyond that we’re really excited about. Join Joshy and I as we say goodbye to April with a look back at key moments.
Gribble Fan Art Contest
We ran our first art contest based on the gribble from Geersart’s “Lunar New Year” sketch that gave us a simple canvas for our community to express themselves. With ~50 submissions, we were blown away by the talent, creativity, and just plain fun that people had. Thanks to everyone who submitted and voted in our contest, and thanks to the little Breakers out there who took crayon to paper! Ultimately, Gimbo’s “Zombie Gribble” took the Grand Prize of a DuskBreakers NFT that will be canonized into the official lore as a permanent character.
Mad Libs Contest
While the Gribble fan art contest was getting underway, we started brainstorming a writing contest. We wanted it to be lighthearted and fun, so we decided on the ad libs/mad libs style for a little nostalgia. This gave our Breakers a chance to put themselves into our story world, or just make some absurd jokes to keep the mood light. Despite only taking a few minutes to enter, this was yet another opportunity for our active community participants to make their mark on the official story with a canonized Breaker character based on one of our NFTs: The Captain!
Corrupted Video #2
Since the first Corrupted video allowed us to create a reusable 3D model for the Corrupted, our team in Taiwan put together a quick shot and then Bernie created a script to call back to some of the top Breakers from our Beast Battler contest. Consider this the beginning of the Breaker Hall of Fame!
We also wanted to make sure to call out Kato who we mistakenly left out.
AMA with Michael Chu, former Overwatch lead writer
On March 31, we were very fortunate to have Michael Chu, former lead writer of Overwatch, join our AMA to talk about building lore for a AAA game. Bernie and Michael had a great discussion on what goes into concepting and delivering great lore.
Team AMA
On April 14, the DuskBreakers team discussed the Gribble Art Contest, updates on partner projects preparing to reveal, and a look ahead at upcoming project developments.
AMA with Alex Chu of Zoofrenz
On April 28, we had Alex Chu, aka MetaOutfitter, of the Zoofrenz team join us to talk about approaching the Web3/NFT space from a game developer + successful art studio point of view. Alex, a great friend of the Metatheory family, gave phenomenal insight into how the Zombot Creative Works team is building for the Metaverse, and how their team is looking to build exceptional experiences.
Big Reveals for some of our recent Partnerships
Cryptowalkers ( https://cryptowalkers.io/weapons ) minted their second NFT collection on April 7th: a set of weapons for their original collection of Cryptowalkers to wield in their upcoming game experiences! We collaborated with their artists to create the amazing M.I.F. DuskTech Rifle, which you can still secure on secondary markets!
Clementine’s Nightmare ( https://clementinesnightmare.io/ ) also minted their V2 collection on April 7th, debuting 30 new characters in their story world! This collection will serve as the “master key” for early access to their game experiences and other holder rewards.
Zoofrenz ( https://www.zoofrenz.com/ ) “Awakened” their original Apefrenz collection on April 14th, allowing holders of their original collection a chance to reroll NFTs that they weren’t in love with into brand new shiny apes with a slew of new traits. Alex Chu, also known as MetaOutfitter and Founder of Zombot Studio, shared his wisdom with us in our most recent AMA, and we look forward to their eventual 3D social experiences!
Bao Society ( https://www.baosociety.com/ ) debuted their first original NFT collection of 3D-modeled Baos on April 12th. Holders will participate in their $BAO token system and take advantage of various food and beverage experiences, as well as 3D and AR social activities.
