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Can Asian cultural IP play a role in the NFT market?

At 18:00 on September 15th, Fan Wei, founder of THE NFT project PaladinPandas, visited THE AMA and had an online conversation with The BlockBeats on the topic of "What is the Imagination space when a head is combined with GameFi".

Paladin Panda is 10000 hand-painted NFT digital identity, holders of this identity can join the alien Expeditions and participate in the game, through combat to win a large number of NFT prizes, can be directly exchanged for ETH. The Palladin panda consists of nine dimensions and more than 150 elements. No two Palladin pandas are the same. They are based on ERC-1155. The first early bird purchases are expected in late September.

Of the 10,000 Paladin pandas, 709 will be airdropped to OHDAT's Genesis players, 91 will be reserved for community prizes such as airdrops and team status, and 200 will be reserved for paladin Panda Alien Expedition game prizes.

The following is the content of this AMA, which is sorted out by Rhythm BlockBeats:

Rhythm BlockBeats:How did you learn about NFT? Why did you come up with the idea for Paladin Pandas?

Pham duy:Hi, I'm Fan Wei, founder of OHDAT. Paladin Pandas is the IP of NFT, our first social avatar. I graduated from Renmin University of China and University of Maryland respectively.

Before WORKING as NFT, I used to be the innovation business director of 52TOYS, a leading fashion brand in China. I was also awarded the 30under30 of 2019 by Forbes, which is the 30 outstanding entertainment industry entrepreneurs under the age of 30.

I have gained a profound understanding and practical experience of the core modules of Chaoplay Blind Box, such as independent research and development and design, IP incubation and operation. During 52TOYS, I cooperated with more than 400 excellent fashion game designers at home and abroad, signed contracts and incubated several influential IP internally, and gained the influence of more than 4,000 core fans in xiaohongshu and wechat communities.

The focus on NFT is also very coincidental. NBA TOP SHOT virtual star card project was discovered during the Spring Festival in February this year. Its dynamic display breaks through the limitations of traditional card collection, which is the unique charm that NFT can bring. Therefore, after a certain period of preparation, I decided to start my own business to do NFT collections in May 2021, and obtained the angel round financing of 1.2 million DOLLARS.

We have a lot of different dimensional design combinations, 10,000 pandas, all different. They have six classes, as well as color and background rarity. Pay attention. More on this later, but I won't go into it here.

Rhythm BlockBeats:Paladin Pandas is one of the world's largest cryptocurrency giants, and its Pandas are Pandas.

Pham duy:For the IP of Paladin Pandas, the team made a deliberate decision.

1) Panda is a representative symbol of Asian culture: There are many well-known and loved general IP in China, and panda is one of the most widely agreed upon. As the background of Chinese creative team, it is easier to promote their own culture and design characteristics to NFT collectors all over the world through Panda

2) Implementation of application scenarios: A mature virtual IP is not only a collection property, but also should unlock the image avatar of the user in the meta-universe through NFT to participate in social interaction and games, so as to enrich the IP. The goal of Paladin Pandas is to create a design that allows you to experience freedom in 2d, 3D, voxel, realistic environments, and other environments in the future.

3) Use global popular elements to make more users unfamiliar with Chinese culture understand:

Cyberpunk is an aesthetic style that has been popular in recent years and has influenced many young people. Paladin Pandas combines the cute panda with Cyberpunk in a cartoon game design.

Our vision is for users to see The Paladin Panda as a symbol of virtual identity, but also find the joy of role-playing in the game, allowing NFT to further open the imagination of people, just as I saw NBA TOP SHOT

Rhythm BlockBeats:Will over-Chinese elements have some geographical restrictions, such as some projects with strong community consensus, Pudgy, Bored Ape, etc., which have no geographical elements? Will over-Chinese elements shield some foreign investors?

Pham duy:From this point of view, no matter which IP is selected, a certain number of collectors will be eliminated naturally, because they are in a subcultural community, and the aesthetics of collectors from different projects are different.

The value of an IP depends primarily on hitting the hearts of many users and establishing a sense of identity as the person in the avatar. There's a lot about Asian culture that we're familiar with but haven't explored yet. "MekaVerse", for example, was a French parody of the Japanese NFT.

This market is only for a few months and there is a lot more to do in the future. Chinese culture can also make good projects, and there are many copyrighted IP that are accepted by the public like Panda. I am fully optimistic about the future of NFT and do not worry about the lack of market population.

Our Overseas Discord communityhttp://discord.gg/8rw5Wr2fYUThere are already more than 4,000. It is not only overseas Chinese who are active, but also a large number of English users from other ethnic groups. We have one American, two Europeans and one from Hong Kong, China, all of whom are interested in pandas. Compared with Ape, which has a community of tens of thousands of people, we are not big enough. However, in the past 10 days, we have increased from 1000 to 4000 people, which is a good start. We will gradually build the largest NFT brand in China.

Rhythm BlockBeats:How does Paladin Pandas build community loyalty through panda poop?

Pham duy:Panda poo is the community points of Paladin Panda. Incubating the IP brand through the community is an effective path that has been verified countless times by the traditional industry. Using the Discord platform, Paladin Pandas is developing a community governance model that integrates human and machine operations.

, its essence is a community of POW, proved by the robot's workload statistics, quantitative, to implement the standardization of community contribution and invite a friend into the group, for example, you can gain 150 panda poop, fan 2 and participate in community activities, also can get a lot of panda poop, in order to establish the outstanding contribution to the community, such as introduction to business cooperation, Writing a song for the community, etc., will be recognized as outstanding contributors and rewarded with panda poop.

Through the setting of role identity and the establishment of privilege, let a community show strong power and execution. As a result, users who were attracted by the appearance level and creativity of the product are transformed into stronger recognition of the organization and IP. This is a complex and participatory system that I think is one of the core thresholds for NFT today.

Through this system, we have accumulated thousands of fans' second creation works within two and a half weeks after the beginning of publicity, which is a huge improvement to our brand culture and unimaginable in the traditional operation path. Here are some of the best fan creative works.

Rhythm BlockBeats:Do you think there is a bubble in the NFT head? Do you agree with the social capital story?

Pham duy:Whether the NFT avatar has a bubble or not depends on when the metasurverse scenario arrives and whether more people are infected with the virtual world. The current situation is definitely very hot, a booming market with a certain bubble is also very healthy, indicating that everyone in this field is optimistic.

I'm a big believer in the concept of social capital, as I mentioned above, but let me elaborate on why I'm a big believer in social capital:

1) The meta-universe is a virtual social and gaming world, and with huge global investments piling up every year and the arms race of giant Internet companies, it's coming sooner than any of us think.

2) When the metasomes come, no one will have a monopoly on social identity, because the huge number of users and their personalized aesthetic will lead to the need for a large number of social asset providers to meet users' unique and unconstrained self-set in the virtual world. So there's a lot of money to be made from social assets.

3) Better creativity and design + Strong community operation and scarce number of NFT create a strong conflict, resulting in demand, making NFT digital identity collection and investment value.

Rhythm BlockBeats:Paladin Pandas GameFi Unlike most GameFi games, the reward is still NFT, not ERC-20. What's the advantage of that?

Pham duy:Of course.

Panda Paladin -- Alien Expedition is a rogue-like game in the role-playing genre, where every adventure is a random map.

You can take 1-3 pandas on each adventure, and the more pandas you take, the stronger you are, the more levels you can go through and the more loot you can win.

Each action triggers a battle or random event, and the sheer randomness of the game makes it exciting to play every time.

Every elite or Boss level before the prompt whether to retreat. Retreating gives you the chance to get what you already have, while continuing to fight gives you the chance to get a bigger prize, but it's also fraught with risk, losing 50% of your loot if you lose

Every time you go back to camp, you can draw paladin pandas through trophies, as well as NFT popular collections in the market!

6 careers:

Paladin pandas have six classes: Ironwall, Raider, Marksman, Mech, medic, and Bard, each with its own unique skills and characteristics

Iron Wall, natural flesh shield, shields Allies, strong defense, but moves slowly

Skitter, the main damage force at close range, can be used with a variety of team combinations

Marksman, the king of ranged output, has a critical strike, but is vulnerable

Mechanical officer, can control the battlefield situation through equipment, balm

Doctors, who often need medical support in a protracted war, are the best choice and easy to target

Bard, greatly increases party output and protects the party from some control effects

The game is RoadMap:

Stage 1 (In Nov.2021), the first phase of development, is expected to go live by the end of November 2021

Panda endless expedition, play while earning, each expedition can be a team of 1-3 Paladin pandas.

One panda can participate in the game, through continuous play, accumulate game coins, exchange a large number of NFT, including the Paladin panda NFT.

Having three pandas will greatly strengthen your team, allowing you to break through more levels and quickly earn rich rewards.

The prize pandas come from the pandas we buy from the secondary market below the floor price, and make them into prizes and give back to the community

Stage 2 (In Jan. 2022) The second phase of development is expected to go live by the end of January 2022

Open equipment and skill system, panda can change skills, equipment, strengthen skills to achieve breakthroughs. Get a hidden class by changing your weapon!

Weapons and skills will become NFT and can be minted and sold to other players

Stage 3 (In Apr.2022), the third phase of development, is expected to go live by the end of April 2022

The panda Home system is open. Apart from adventure, pandas can also rebuild their homes and invite friends to visit and interact with them to share their joy.

Regarding the P2E prize being NFT, we hope to attract more players who are interested in NFT. We provide NFT projects with potential investment value in the market, allowing users to have a chance to get valuable NFT through hard work or lucky draw. Many users love them but the price is too high to buy easily. We give them a chance through the game. At the same time, for users who want to cash out directly, these NFT can be easily traded on Opensea to realize profits.

We hope that through a good economic model, more and more players like NFT will join our community, hold pandas, recognize pandas, and make this IP ecosystem more prosperous. A lot of game models like Ponzi, it seems that the current wave, the future may not be a lasting thing. I think this is our IP thinking and a lot of short-term cutting leek thinking is very different.

Rhythm BlockBeats:Why are races designed? Was it inspired by Axie or A. D.?

Pham duy:We don't really have a race.

Part of the pandas are different in color, which is set up in consideration of allowing users to have the pleasure of drawing hidden money from blind boxes. Few in number, the vast majority or natural black and white pandas.

Our main distinction is occupation. Each panda will follow his weapon and be chosen as a class. By the end of the second phase of our development, The Panda will be able to switch roles by changing weapons, with more interesting game strategies and richer avatar items. Make IP playability greatly enhanced.

Rhythm BlockBeats:Why was dungeon play designed? This pattern is very rare in chain games.

Pham duy:Similar to dungeon play, the world view of the game is mainly an expedition to different planets. Similar to the setting of Borderland 3, the Panda army flies ships to fight on different planets in search of lost bamboo shoots.

The main consideration of a roguelike is to make the game feel random and fresh, and each challenge is a new adventure. Making the game more playable, combined with P2E mechanics, is a good game that has a chance to explode.

Rhythm BlockBeats:Do you think Play To Earn is a necessary way To Play online games?

Pham duy:For now, yes. It's not a scam. It's the future.

The traditional game market itself has been competing to a very fierce state, if pure from the art, buy volume and other traditional game thinking, it is certainly not competitive.

The new relationship between game operators and players brought by chain games, the status of players has been enhanced, such as in-game props and skins, all belong to users.

It is this revolution that liberates ownership that should be noted. NFT is just one carrier of this revolution, and we want to be a part of it. Linked games break the traditional game model and let users experience in-game recharge, which is no longer pure consumption, but NFT is used repeatedly in different games and social scenarios. The P2E is only the first manifestation of this change.

This is happening in games and social, and we're all looking forward to it and embracing it.

Rhythm BlockBeats:What are the future plans for Paladin Pandas?

Pham duy:We will continue to invest in building IP along with the ideas I just mentioned, so that more people will recognize the value of PANDA NFT.

For example, from the perspective of IP brand and social assets, we will have cooperation with entertainment stars and more media exposure in the future, so that Panda IP will receive more attention and recognition in the NFT world!

Let this IP and physical, and virtual world can appear in front of everyone. From the perspective of games, we will continue to purchase a variety of new and interesting projects in the market NFT to get the game to reward players and feed the community. Let IP from the community to expand the motivation more full, more vitality.

Community is the core of NFT IP incubation. Wechat group is also the position we will focus on. If you are not familiar with NFT, you can follow us and integrate into the big family of NFT without borders. From the perspective of other application scenarios, we will design more 2D and 3D content of panda, which can be connected to other NFT games or meta-universe interfaces, so that users can realize the experience of free shuttle with panda NFT!

There's a lot more to do, and an IP NFT release is just the beginning.