In this AMA of IOTA Foundation which took place on August 7, 2024, Jonathan hosted Moonz from DarkMythos to discuss the DarkMythos platform, their integration with IOTA, future plans, challenges, and more! Read our notes below to learn more.

Background

Jonathan Hellweg (Host) – Community Manager at IOTA

Moonz (Guest) – Co-Founder of DarkMythos

DarkMythos – Dark Fantasy auto-battler platform

DarkMythos – Exploring the Fusion of Fantasy and Web3 Technology

• Moonz (Ingo) introduces himself as a co-founder of DarkMythos, along with Michelle (another co-founder) and Valerius (a developer). He mentions that he and Michelle have nearly 35 years of combined experience in marketing and project management.
• Moonz describes DarkMythos as a fantasy universe built with Web3 tech using their Cardery framework on IOTA. He explains it’s a trading card game universe for players, collectors, traders, and fantasy fans.
• Moonz outlines DarkMythos’ mission to transform how trading cards and collectibles are experienced using Web3 technology. He mentions the DarkMythos Explorer as their core platform and talks about developing an online game with automatic battles.
• Moonz says that DarkMythos is a comprehensive fantasy universe catering to various interests. He mentions features for gamers, collectors, and those who love narrative and artistic aspects of fantasy.
• Moonz continues by describing the team behind DarkMythos. He mentions they have five core members and an extended group of freelancers and advisors, totaling 12 people.
• Moonz details the team composition, including three developers with nearly 30 years of combined experience, two project leads with expertise in marketing and IT management, and advisory team members from the IOTA ecosystem.

Exploring DarkMythos: A Web3 Fantasy Universe and Trading Card Game on IOTA

• Jonathan asks about the motivation behind creating DarkMythos and choosing IOTA as the blockchain.
• Moonz explains that they are all gamers involved in eSports, RPGs, and trading card games. They chose IOTA due to early investment, community support, low fees, fast transactions, and commitment to sustainability.
• Jonathan asks about the process of obtaining and using NFTs in DarkMythos.
• Moonz explains that NFTs can be bought during sales on their website, on secondary markets like MagicSea, or obtained through events and giveaways. NFTs allow deeper participation in the fantasy world, such as reading stories or joining collectible events.
• Jonathan asks about DarkMythos’ vision for their game, particularly how they plan to tackle the issue of new cards outpowering old ones.
• Moonz explains that they aim to keep older cards valuable and useful. They plan to balance the game without set rotation, potentially using restrictions on specific card usage or card types. They intend to design new cards that work well with cards from all sets and will work closely with the community to find the best solution.
• Moonz mentions that a future board member with TCG gaming background will strengthen their approach to game balance.

DarkMythos: Migration Plans, Future Vision, and Community Engagement

• Jonathan asks about DarkMythos’ plans for migration and its impact on users.
• Moonz explains that they currently have NFTs on both IOTA Layer 1 and Shimmer EVM Layer-2, with interfaces allowing users to interact with both. They plan to migrate everything to the IOTA EVM in the long term, making the platform multi-chain ready. Users won’t need to take action as the migration will be managed in the background.
• Jonathan asks about DarkMythos’ future plans and vision.
• Moonz mentions an upcoming NFT edition launch, gradual sharing of game development insights with an alpha release aimed for year-end, and two major announcements enhancing the DarkMythos ecosystem within the next eight weeks.
• Jonathan asks about DarkMythos’ experience applying for the IOTA grant.
• Moonz describes the grant application process as smooth, mentioning that they used the grant to fast-track game development and engage users from outside the ecosystem. He advises other projects to prepare well, have a good pitch deck, and detailed milestones when applying.
• YoungMoney69 asks about the team’s plan if there’s a large sell-off of NFTs.
• Moonz explains their strategy to merge Web2 and Web3 worlds, including a starter pack campaign allowing people to explore the universe without an NFT. He assures that a potential sell-off wouldn’t impact game development or the core team.
• Moonz says that new stories will be released as the ecosystem and game progress, mentioning that users can currently read the complete starting saga in the Play edition NFTs.
• Moonz talks about their plan to migrate all NFTs to IOTA EVM Layer-2 in the mid to long term. Valerius adds that their vision includes potential integration with multiple EVM chains.

Check out these important links

• Listen to the Twitter AMA
• Listen to the YouTube Audio
• Follow Jonathan Hellweg on LinkedIn
• Follow Moonz on Twitter
• Follow DarkMythos on Twitter
• Follow IOTA on Twitter
• Follow IOTA on Discord

Show Information

Medium: YouTube (Video)

Show: IOTA Foundation

Show Title: Buildsphere AMA Ep #2 Dark Mythos

Show Date: May 17, 2024