Primer: Leandro is a familiar guest on the Zima Red podcast. In this episode, he updates listeners on what has he been up to lately: (1) NFT Studios, (2) CryptoMotors, (3) Tom Sachs' Rocket Factory Project, and more.
Updates Since Last Podcast
Found a name for their NFT company: NFT Studios
Structured their company into 3 parts:
Service cluster
Product cluster
Suite cluster
Service Cluster
Help onboard communities and artists into the space
Services range from 3D modeling, custom smart contract development, to Web3 development
Building things for the WHALE community
Tech lead for E1337, the clothing brand by WhaleShark
Creating the technology for Tom Sachs, an artist who will be releasing his project called Rocket Factory soon
Getting Clients
Introductions from someone who knows both parties
Interested parties could also contact them directly
Product Cluster
Building on CryptoMotors, PixelChain, and Voxel Architects
Rarigotchi is still not launched. Currently working on the whitepaper and the launch is imminent
Suite Cluster
Creating a suite of software tools
Cross-chain tools
Communication between wallets
NFT minting
Payment gateway
Storefronts, Web3 templates
"What we're trying to build, you can compare it with like, G Suite, like Google suite, but for NFTs and for blockchain in general." - Leandro Bellone
Tools are interoperable with one another
Targeted at the mass market, easy to access with no premium cost
Some tools are going to be free while premium tools require a small fee
Assembling His Team
"One of the things that I hear from so many entrepreneurs, and so many people building the space is that they cannot find enough people to hire, because there's just so much activity going on. So how were you [Leandro] able to get these people together to build all these amazing applications?" - Andrew Steinwold
Started slow. Didn't scale up from day 1
Nahuel is very experienced in tech and had lots of contacts
Offered competitive rates
Tom Sachs' Rocket Factory Project
WhaleShark and Jeff introduced Tom Sachs to them
They loved Tom's idea and started work on it
Rocket Factory
Have many components (which are NFTs)
3 of these components can be assembled (and burned) to form another NFT, a rocket
Holders can schedule a rocket launch
"You can schedule your launch, like, Tom will literally build a rocket, like a physical rocket, and he will launch it in the day that you scheduled." - Leandro Bellone
Everything for this project is on-chain
CryptoMotors
The Leading Luxury Automotive Brand From The Metaverse
Will be releasing gameplay footage soon
Working with the REVV Motorsport team. Both games will be interoperable with one another
Very close to releasing the new GEN1 Roadster
"Because if you own your asset, you shouldn't be limited on where to use it. You need to have as many options, as many possibilities to enjoy it, and to use it as you can." - Leandro Bellone
Gameplay
A racing game
Initially, players race against the clock to beat their records and earn rewards
Eventually, it will be developed into a multiplayer game
Their focus is on having beautiful graphics
Game is planned to launch in September 2021
Interoperability Between Games/Metaverses
To make games interoperable, they recreate the assets in the specifications of the other game
Their NFTs are upgradable so that they can add in metadata of other games that want to partner with them
Both teams are equally responsible on building interoperability
Creating a racing game in Sandbox Game
"That's why it's so hard to create interoperability, you know, because you need two companies or two parties has to come together to push that forward." - Leandro Bellone
Incentives To Promote Interoperability
Need to have two different communities coming together and bridge the gap
His Grand Vision
To be one of the key players in the NFT space
To build different tools that power the growth of this space
Build high quality products that the space is proud of collecting or playing with
Encourage communities and artists to leave a mark in this space
Favourite Video Game
Zelda and Pokemon
Most Difficult Aspect About His Work
To always stay updated with trends
To always have his vision and values in mind
Most Controversial Thought About NFTs
Too many avatar projects are being launched right now
Concerned that people will lose money
If You Could Snap Your Fingers And Change Something In Crypto
Would want Ethereum 2 to launch
NFT Studios In 3 Years
Hope to be a very big company
To help as many artists and communities as they can
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