So guys I am really excited to bring you this interview this is a brand new game that is going to be launching soon but not only has he agreed to this interview he will also be appearing on the Nifty show tomorrow evening . This project has everthing gangsters , drugs even bullets I am so excited to be bring this to you guys.
Hey man how's things ?
Great! What about you?
Nice I am good . Do anything exciting today ?
Watching champions now . Haha
Has to be done . Did you do any work on the project today?
Created the packs basically and keeping testing the alpha game . Which works quite well .
Brilliant when will the packs be dropping . Will there be public beta ?
Depending on what you mean by public - in the sale we're going to drop 5000 passes which will give access to the alpha . So in a way that's public, but closed to Pass holders ! Then the beta will be public
Ah nice so there will a closed beta and open one !!!!
Yup . We call the first one Alpha but yes, it's a Beta .
Ah understand so where did the project all start from ?
One of the first uses that were made of the blockchain was to create Silk Road, an underground market where it was possible to buy everything, including drugs. The epilogue of that story saw all the protagonists in handcuffs. My idea was to do basically the opposite of Silk Road. We hope that users enjoy and earn from our blockchain game, not that they end up in jail, playing and earning without doing anything illegal.
Of course and how did you come across crypto in the first place ?
I think I've started like everyone, with a friend telling me about then got interested as I'm a developer and Blockchain I think it's definitely something that will stay around
And do you come from a tech background or are you a self thought developer?
No no, very technical actually studied IT engineering.
Really so why did you choose WAX for your project ?
Oh that was just because I think the target is more appropriate but WAX is only the first one we are using .
Where you collecting on wax before you started your project ?
Yes, I think I was following a twitch and they spoke about Alien Worlds . Then started playing and realized that I could finally develop a game I wanted . Since I was playing an old MS-DOS game
Ah so your aim was always to build a game ?
Uhm well, I have many ideas and then I implement them when everything aligns . Let's say .
Get you so when did you create the project ?
Started myself alone at around may then created a team in June .
How many is on the team ?
Now we're almost 15 between everything 3 main developers, then 4 creatives designers and so on Legal, etc.
Oh wow that is some team are you all based in Holland ?
Oh no no
So global ?
México, Italy, USA, Australia . Yes, I've been traveling around and working also and I still know someone from that time .
Oh wow and have you meet any of the team face to face yet ?
Some of them are friends, so yes someone no, but mainly because of Covid .
Of course . When was the first NFT launched ?
Somewhere around mid may .
What was it ?
Amnesia Haze And Outdoor Bio 2 types of weed .
Il take your word on it lol .
Haha no I mean 2 types in our game .
How did the community react ?
At that time the community was small but the hype has been constant more or less, and they always suggest improvements . Which we try to accommodate !
When do you think the community stood up and started following the project?
I think when we started to do events they were really fun a lot of work for us but the community could understand our project better and also the drops I'm not sure how many free NFTs we gave away
Of course how many NFTs have you brought out so far ?
20k maybe? Of course the smallest amount, MD, which is 1/10 of 1 GR .Now we released also the henchmen and tools so there are quite some templates over there .
How many templates do you think ?
200 something like that
Oh wow and is there a favourite for you ?
The Baron .
Some off your characters are very mafia looking was that on purpose ?
Yeah well, we talk about drugs I think it's in line with mafia Haha
Ha ha ha so what is the process of making a character ?
We are collaborating with several artist each one drawing 1 "family" this is the Testa family
https://play.non-fungible-d.io/
The new Play-2-Earn on WAX Blockchain!
Oh wow how are they creating them what programs ?
Photoshop but the sketch I think is hand drawn at the beginning then coloring in PSD .
How long does it take between the hand drawn pic to a finished NFT ?
2 days .
That's quite quick is there room in the game for collabs of different NFT artist ?
Yes definitely! we are already ready with the second family and we need 2 more.
Is there an NFT artist you would love to work with ?
Oh well, so many out there! But I think it must fit also with our game in general for example, this is a member of another family different style,
But the game must remain coherent .
Of course . Who is your favourite NFT artist ?
I started all of this from Crypto Punks, so those but also my next project will be amazing .
Oh there is another project planned?
Ha ha well, only in my mind but something more artistic, not a game
Ah . Is the plan to go full time in creating soon ?
Not sure honestly I will see .
What has been the hardest part of creating this project ?
The beginning, understanding everything while developing the website, creating the first NFTs, creating the community and talking with them
What has been the best part ?
Seeing the reactions of people and all the messages that I got in DM during the last months amazing, really without having spent a single cent in advertising.
That's really brilliant . So when your not working on the project what do you like to do to unwind ?
I meet friends, cook, prepare cocktails, play pool, play chess, read books, watch movies haha once I was also going to the gym corona ruined also that .
Hahaha So tell us some complete random about you ?
Lol well many years ago, I said "nah, Bitcoin would never be a thing in the world"
I think we all said something like that . Where can the community keep up with the project ?
Mainly on Discord and Twitter major updates are on the website .
https://twitter.com/non_fungible_d?t=ZXDhDg2t2kjy_sA5MG3yZw&s=09
Where can we buy your NFTs ?
The Alpha Sale will be on NeftyBlocks, this coming Saturday at 5pm UTC or else, there is a secondary market because at the moment we don't have any paid drops around .
https://neftyblocks.com/c/nonfungdrugs
Any chance of a competition or a drop for the readers ?
Of course!
Perfect . So before we finish I suppose Il say Il see you Friday for the show but is there anything you would like to share with the readers ?
https://non-fungible-d.io/whitepaper/NFD_WHITEPAPER.pdf
Brilliant thank you so much for your time .
Thank you! Talk soon
Of course .
Here is a sneak video
And don't forget to check out the youtube show tomorrow the links will be posted on Twitter .
This is going to be a huge success from the things I have read.