Gaming DAO Grant Program (January)

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Gaming DAO Announces Launch of Grant Program!

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Hello NEAR community! I am pleased to announce that after a long time, Gaming DAO will begin its work to support the NEAR and Aurora gaming industry. After approval from House of Merit Gaming DAO joined NDC V1, and plans to conduct the first funding of gaming projects in January!

About Gaming DAO:
Gaming DAO is an organization built on the NEAR blockchain, representing a decentralized autonomous community focused on developing the NEAR gaming ecosystem. The Gaming DAO team consists of three consuls who work on the development of the NEAR gaming ecosystem, including organizing hackathons, tournaments, providing connection support, and fostering gaming media.

Our Mission and Metrics:
The main goal of Gaming DAO is to increase the number of games and players in the NEAR ecosystem, with User-Activity-Week (UAW) being the key metric. When applying for a grant, the following metrics and objectives are considered:

Objective (OKR): Support NEAR Gaming Ecosystem

  • Key Result (KR): Increase in the number of developed games
    • KPI: Number of games launched
  • Key Result (KR): Grow active gaming audience
    • KPI: Growth in Unique Active Wallets (UAW)
  • Key Result (KR): Enhance community engagement
    • KPI: Social media engagement metrics

Objective (OKR): Foster Innovation through Hackathons

  • Key Result (KR): Attract top talent to the NEAR ecosystem
    • KPI: Number of hackathon participants

Objective (OKR): Support Emerging Gaming Projects

  • Key Result (KR): Increase in projects receiving support
    • KPI: Number of supported projects

Objective (OKR): Strengthen User Engagement with the KeyPom Strategy

  • Key Result (KR): Convert new users to active participants
    • KPI: Percentage of new users spending additional funds
  • Key Result (KR): Enhance user retention
    • KPI: User retention rate

Objective (OKR): Elevate NEAR’s Brand Awareness

  • Key Result (KR): Expand NEAR’s online presence
    • KPI: Social media growth metrics

January Launch of Grant Program:
In January, we plan to allocate $35,000 in grants to support ambitious and innovative gaming projects on NEAR and Aurora.

For Developers and Gaming Enthusiasts:
We invite you to present your projects that can make a significant contribution to the NEAR ecosystem. Whether you are building a game on NEAR or Aurora, or wish to contribute to the development of gaming on NEAR, your participation is valuable to us.

How to Apply:
To participate, fill out our application form. Each proposal will be carefully reviewed by the Gaming DAO team. We will contact the best projects for further discussion of collaboration and determination of the next steps.

Join Us!

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Hi! Owen here from VEX Esports. We are a community-focused Esports betting project. You can find more information about the project here: https://linktr.ee/vexfoundation

Would our project fall under the scope of the Gaming DAO’s Grant Program?

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Hello Owen :wave:

you should definitely give it a try and submit an application. The Gaming WG will thoroughly review your submission and provide feedback based on the details of your application.

Good luck!

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2 questions

  1. Do betting/gambling projects count as games to be funded by the gaming dao?

  2. For gaming marketing initiative like the Boneyard gaming podcast based on MDAO feedback they were asked to submit a proposal to gaming dao for funding instead since they are doing gaming content. Do all gaming content now go through Gaming dao or should social media content creation go through marketing dao no matter from which type of vertical.

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  1. Such projects are not a priority, but they can also fill out the form.
  2. For gaming marketing initiative - Geming DAO should cover this, please apply
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Is the gaming grant program expected to get a second, third etc… rounds if the KPIs are achieved? I’m thinking about bringing our game to the Near ecosystem if there are enough incentives but I’m worried the funding could last only the first part of the deployment, I’m planing to apply to Horizon as well and maybe marketing DAO but that may also be a gamble.

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Yes, there will be more grant programs from Gaming DAO

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Is $35K available in total funding or $35K per project?

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@Danielzo, we have just applied!

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It is total funding for all project per month