Turtle Town — the next PFP project to join the ranks of Alien Frens & CryptoMories

A cute, PFP art done right, with over 300+ badass hand-drawn traits.

A gamified whitelist process.

More below 🧵

Recently there’s been a surge of poorly executed launches.

Founders dive into NFT projects with the hopes of raising millions in funding through greedy mint prices, putting the community in hindsight.

Most of the funds are often kept within the hands of unethical founders.

It’s okay to pay yourself out as a founder for your hard work. What isn’t alright is not reinvesting the community’s liquidity back into the project

What’s more, is that they often seek to build a mintlist through unhealthy practices.

NFT degens spend hours mindlessly grinding for a WL spot, with no guarantees of receiving something in exchange.

We’re slowly learning from our mistakes — at least I hope we are.

Enough with the high mint prices and rigorous WL requirements.

Turtle Town stands with the public. It embodies the Minimal Viable Community approach, opting for longevity over quick profits.

How is the team accomplishing this?

Let’s start off with the whitelist process. Instead of grinding for hours, hop in the Fish Game channel and try your luck at catching a turtle.

If you catch a turtle, you get a WL spot.

Although you may think this doesn’t incentivize a tight-knit community, hear me out 👇

6/ Catching a turtle is tough. The chances are low, and it often takes hundreds of tries before you get lucky.

The thing is… it’s fun. You can catch various fish for different amounts of points.

Red Snapper nets you 5 points, a Coelacanth is 10 points. You get the message.

You can go into the Shop channel and spend all your points on bait. Bait increases your chance of catching a turtle.

You can also take a peep at your track record. How many Yellow Perch have I caught? This is where you’ll find your answer.

The beauty behind this game is that it’s simple, yet addicting.

The cool down timer is set for 5 minutes, meaning you can constantly fish between rounds of your video game of choice, or whenever you take a work break.

If you’ve already won a turtle, and you catch another one, you can donate it to a member of the community!

The gamified whitelist is what first got me hooked. But the art is where Nyh’s project shines.

* Quick note, you can’t catch any more turtles due to the upcoming mint date. The team is handing out the final WL spots through Twitter giveaways. Cool to see the team’s whitelist process though. *

It’s not some run-of-the-mill 0x derivative. It isn’t an 8-bit project.

It’s a hand-drawn collection combining fashion traits from various styles, communities, and vibes.

The founder has been working tirelessly on creating the perfect collection.

For the past couple of months, he’s been constantly posting updates on new traits, 1/1s, ideas, etc.

Transparency is vital in space. Nyh has been nothing short of a transparent and active leader.

Another aspect that is often overlooked is the unique emojis, gifs, and commands the team’s built over time.

A community is often stronger when they communicate through peripheral cues.

A simple !gm command particular to the community makes members feel special.

The !chaos command takes the cake. Take a look at what I mean below.

The roadmap isn’t anything special, but then again, I believe roadmaps aren’t all that.

They’re great for seeing the longevity of projects with crappy art. These collections need some sort of utility to thrive, or else they’ll fail.

Turtle Town’s art is where it’s at.

I believe with the Minimal Viable Community the teams fostered from the ground up and Nyh’s meticulous artwork, the project will do fantastic in the long run.

Although this project isn’t too focused on utility, Nyh’s been building a proprietary microverse for TurtleTown’s community behind the scenes.

Get ready for a P2E staking-based game! All the more reason for street turtles to hold their NFT.

If you’re a sucker for roadmaps, Turtle Town is focused on providing airdrops, metaverse integrations, merch, and Save The Turtles donations throughout the year.

Mint takes place February 25th at 6am PST.

Mint price is set at 0.025Ξ + Gas for both presale and public sale.

The first 500 turtles will be dev minted, and thus, reserved for holder giveaways.

After that, the next 1,000 items in the collection will be free to mint. You just have to cover the gas cost.

So that’s pretty much 1,500 NFTs being given out for free!

A cheap mint price is the cherry on top when it comes to this project. Out with the absurd mint prices and in with accessibility for newcomers.

That’s it from me.

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WAGMI frens 🥂

This thread was originally posted on my Twitter account.