CyberBrokers Monthly Update: January 2022
From launching Mech Reveal to gearing up for Mech Assembly - time flies when you're building future-proof, metaverse-ready assets 😎. In this project update, we'll be recapping all the important highlights and filling you in on what's been keeping us busy.
Moving forward, we’ll be sharing these longer-form updates on a Version-basis, meaning roughly every four months. For quick weekly catch-ups on all things CyberBrokers, check out our new live video show, Paradigm Live. Let’s dive in!
Milestones
- Launched Mech Reveal, an experience on The Core website where anyone can Reveal their old, unrevealed parts for nice, shiny new Styled Mech Parts! Meet Pretty, The Paradigm’s premier mech looter and digital fence, to see for yourself. Read the full write-up on Mech Part Reveal and instructions here.
Events
- Held a virtual Mech Reveal LIVE party hosted by our Founder & CEO Josie Bellini. The event included a walkthrough of the Reveal process on Pretty, giveaways, special guests J1mmy, Carly Reilly, Bharat, and Bryan Brinkan, the latest alpha on Mechs, and more! Marketing even convinced Josie to participate in a mukbang…
- Kicked off Paradigm Live, a weekly livestream show on YouTube and Twitter hosted by CarTarL and Lady Diamond Hand, where we keep the community informed on all things CyberBrokers. Learn about what happened in the previous week, get a preview of upcoming events, announcements, special guests, and participate in live Q&A sessions.
Community Engagement
- Livestream with @reneil1337 to learn about the mission, features, and services of Museum of Crypto Art (MOCA).
- Held 2 Mech 101 Twitter Spaces (1, 2) after Mech Part Reveal launch to help get the community up to speed and answer questions.
- Held 3 Game Nights, an opportunity for community members to have some fun playing an online game together, such as Among Us and Gartic. Join us every Wednesday at 8pm CST in Discord!
Lore
- Released our first story of Version Beta, Pandora’s Pox. Read it now here.
- Started our Utopia Quest series in our Lore Channel, an interactive Choose Your Own Adventure-style event.
- Hosted 3 Wardrobe Wednesday events, where community members helped craft the lore and backstories behind iconic CyberBrokers items.
- Released 3 CyberBrokers AR Filters as a part of our Fashion Friday series. Try them out now!
- Hosted 2 Writers' Room calls, where volunteer writers from our Discord helped our writing team create storylines driven by what YOU want!
Current Writers’ Room volunteers are as follows:
- Dot_the_bot
- Ethersea
- Itsterris
- Jtobcat | Justin Tobin
- Little | Likelong (@Little20211130)
- Lologramz | Graceful Cryer
- Mags (@Procrastin4tor)
- Merk | Jpg2exe
- Ojas
- Venus | N. Guerrero
- W1ngman
Pixe Bolt AI
Pixie Bolt AI is an artificial intelligence-powered text-to-image service in the CyberBrokers Discord, sitting at the intersection of artwork, collaboration, and creativity; empowering our community to become their own storytellers.
- ~100 holders created ~1,000 visions of TPL in January using Pixie Bolt AI.
Community Fund
In March, we allocated $174K to a Community Fund to support community-led projects. “Bounties” are projects we are actively looking to fund, while “Creations” refer to any project, big or small, seeking funding to extend the CyberBrokers universe. To submit a Creation or apply to a Bounty, use the official Community Fund Submission Form. For full details on how the fund, submission, and selection process works, head to Community Fund Overview.
At-a-Glance:
- Starting Balance: $174,000
- January Expenditures
- Pixie Bolt AI monthly usage fees
- Completion of Version Alpha Lore translation for Mandarin & Spanish
- Unannounced project #1
- Unannounced project #2
- Remaining Balance: $120,717
New Bounties:
- Shitposter Bot - bringing one of our CyberBrokers to life as a Twitter “shitposter”, giving them a backstory and Twitter account to post from. But here's the twist - we want to involve the community in the fun by creating a Discord bot that allows anyone to suggest ideas for the posts!
- Broker Survivor - a Survivor-inspired, interactive game that will keep you on the edge of your seat! This idea was proposed by one of our community members, Delso, and a lot of thought and planning has gone into making it a reality.
Building…
- Continued production on Mech Asssembly.
- Continued production on the upcoming CyberBrokers web-based game.
- Continued production on Crafting & Resourcing capabilities on The Core.
And that’s another month in the books, brokers! Thanks for riding along with us. Until next time - don’t get d’mezzed!