To celebrate our third birthday, we did a thing.
โจ Introducing the NEW #AAVEGOTCHI logo โจ
"Sleek. Frenly. Totally Aavesome."
Watch the video (sound ON ๐) then open the ๐งต to read the full story ๐
Developer updates are an extremely powerful way for crypto projects to engage with community and build trust.
But EVERYONE is doing them wrong.
Here's how to write a ๐ฅ dev update (JULY 2023 EDITION):
yuga's weird off-brand game and the huge L by azuki just shows that none of the "leaders" in this space have any clue what they're doing
we're all just learning how to use the new tech that is NFTs
will @aavegotchi get it right?
IDK, but at least we're doing 3 things right:
1) expanding our IP with games that actually leverage the IP. why yuga didn't make their pets around their actual IP is beyond me, but seems like a misstep. @gotchiguardians is a game in a new vertical (tower defense) but it uses the core Aavegotchi IP that people know and love.
2) no dilution of NFT assets without community consent. Aavegotchi is powered by a DAO, and we actually care about and listen to our community. Issuance of new Aavegotchis, wearables, and even land are all under the auspices of the DAO now.
3) better ways of handling mints. yuga's otherside and azuki's elementals mints were both completely botched. sure, they raised funds, but holders paid dearly. we were the first major NFT project to use #BidToEarn auctions which are provably a better minting experience for everything, including the project. more projects should be using it.
again, no one knows the future and the chances of any of the NFT projects we know and love of succeeding on a big scale is, statistically speaking, pretty low.
if the "leaders" in the space could adhere to these principles better, I think overall the space would be in a much better place.
thanks for coming to my ted talk (and my first long-form thread!)
The art culture in @aavegotchi is insane o.o
Thanks @GMIfrens for hosting FAKEFest this month! Finally done with highlights lol
Full highlights of the event: https://t.co/rWTMHLBkVq
Hey my @aavegotchi frens (and all others ;) ) check out this @FAKEGotchis piece! https://t.co/sPfeNEMdie
I'm trying to get back my lost Gotchis by collecting funds with this awesome creation from @thrax_nft & @bin__laggin and with big help from @8hcraft P.S. art is fire :)