A strategy-oriented Web3 gaming company aiming to bring ownership to all gamers worldwide, and focusing on creating the most enjoyable gaming-based experiences/activations possible within the Web3 space.
TEAM
Founders:
Founder - Nicholas Motamedi/YRNick - https://twitter.com/yrn1ck - 3 year full-time web3 native, previously founded a web3 educational platform with over $1,000,000 in profits
Co-Founder/CTO - Connor Price - https://twitter.com/rhconnor - prev senior engineer @ amazon, 6-year crypto mining & solidity development
Core Team:
Ben McKinzey - https://twitter.com/BenjiSmite - game design lead, former Smite Pro with over a quarter million in earnings, former Smite creative & game designer
Brandon Richard - Lead Designer - prev lead 3d creative for Netflix, Dreamworks, Disney, IMAX, Pixar.
Jwong - https://twitter.com/jwong___ - Partnership/collab manager - prev: 1984, kantolabs, degenpass
Kenji - https://twitter.com/0xKurai - Community Lead - prev: Apocalyptic Apes, Fundaes NFT, StarlightNFT
Strategic Advisors:
Rustin Sotoodeh - https://twitter.com/rust1n - marketing/network/creative - CEO of https://twitter.com/higround, Core team at 100Theives
MishuMan - https://twitter.com/_Mishuman_ - marketing/web3 strategy/network - Founder of https://twitter.com/TheDegenRadio, core team @ Champs, BlackPearl, Vinland
Tma420 - https://twitter.com/Tma_420 - marketing/web3 strategy/network - Founder of https://twitter.com/FunkariNFT
Palis - https://twitter.com/curvethots - Tokenomics/Web3 Creative - Founder of https://twitter.com/gemzy_xyz - CEO of https://twitter.com/tubbycatsnft
Paul Fiore - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pafiore - Legal/Venture networking - Serial entrepreneur, CEO/Founder of Digital Insights, publicly traded company acquired for $1.35B
Important Info:
13 months of game development through AAA contracted studio
$10M valuation pre-seed prior to marketing/product creation Ended up going bootstrapped due to constraints that seed funding puts on the founding team - 400k bootstrapped.
Successfully launched 2 mini-games for WL distribution & proving team competent development-wise:
Links: https://retrohunters.io/retro-brawl / https://retrohunters.io/dont-look-back?gameType=practice
Data: - over 100,000 plays in under 2 weeks (Each play was earned from completing socially-oriented tasks ie: engaging with tweets, referring friends, etc) - 10,750 unique users - 6,500 hours of playtime
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A strategy-oriented Web3 gaming company aiming to bring ownership to all gamers worldwide, and focusing on creating the most enjoyable gaming-based experiences/activations possible within the Web3 space.
TEAM
Founders:
Founder - Nicholas Motamedi/YRNick - https://twitter.com/yrn1ck - 3 year full-time web3 native, previously founded a web3 educational platform with over $1,000,000 in profits
Co-Founder/CTO - Connor Price - https://twitter.com/rhconnor - prev senior engineer @ amazon, 6-year crypto mining & solidity development
Core Team:
Ben McKinzey - https://twitter.com/BenjiSmite - game design lead, former Smite Pro with over a quarter million in earnings, former Smite creative & game designer
Brandon Richard - Lead Designer - prev lead 3d creative for Netflix, Dreamworks, Disney, IMAX, Pixar.
Jwong - https://twitter.com/jwong___ - Partnership/collab manager - prev: 1984, kantolabs, degenpass
Kenji - https://twitter.com/0xKurai - Community Lead - prev: Apocalyptic Apes, Fundaes NFT, StarlightNFT
Strategic Advisors:
Rustin Sotoodeh - https://twitter.com/rust1n - marketing/network/creative - CEO of https://twitter.com/higround, Core team at 100Theives
MishuMan - https://twitter.com/_Mishuman_ - marketing/web3 strategy/network - Founder of https://twitter.com/TheDegenRadio, core team @ Champs, BlackPearl, Vinland
Tma420 - https://twitter.com/Tma_420 - marketing/web3 strategy/network - Founder of https://twitter.com/FunkariNFT
Palis - https://twitter.com/curvethots - Tokenomics/Web3 Creative - Founder of https://twitter.com/gemzy_xyz - CEO of https://twitter.com/tubbycatsnft
Paul Fiore - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pafiore - Legal/Venture networking - Serial entrepreneur, CEO/Founder of Digital Insights, publicly traded company acquired for $1.35B
Important Info:
13 months of game development through AAA contracted studio
$10M valuation pre-seed prior to marketing/product creation Ended up going bootstrapped due to constraints that seed funding puts on the founding team - 400k bootstrapped.
Successfully launched 2 mini-games for WL distribution & proving team competent development-wise:
Links: https://retrohunters.io/retro-brawl / https://retrohunters.io/dont-look-back?gameType=practice
Data: - over 100,000 plays in under 2 weeks (Each play was earned from completing socially-oriented tasks ie: engaging with tweets, referring friends, etc) - 10,750 unique users - 6,500 hours of playtime
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