Hello, this is cryptBBQ, official STEPN ambassador! I will share the contents of the recent July 26 WebX side event and July 29 Official MEETUP Yawn AMA in this article.

I will also post the QAs that were omitted from the official MEETUP due to time constraints.

Please note that the answers to the side event may not include all of the answers given on site that day.

WebX Side Event MOOAR AMA

Q1
What user experience or value do you expect through MOOAR?
A1
We want MOOAR to be a fun place to trade and make NFTs. For NFT trading, we are now reviewing the platform and in process of implementing more interesting and engaging features for rewards and user trading journey. For NFT making, we are quite happy with GNT v3.5 and FairMint process that allows user to make NFT with little graphic design or blockchain experience. Overall, we want to focus on the fun experience of our trader and maker.

Q2
I feel MOOAR has two challenges. Do you have any improvement ?
(1) MOOAR user maily comes STEPN and MOOAR unique users seems very limited.
(2) Compared to other similar image generation AIs, the resolution is low. Do you have any reference projects or benchmark ?
A2
1. Yes. We were too hash on user onboard that requires them to use GMT to trade NFTs, hence we were only able to target to STEPN users. Unfortunately, we are not at the stage of planning new features to encourage SOL/ETH traders to use MOOAR.
2. On the resolution, this is fixable, but we are actually more into fixing the utility of NFTs. In that way, we can actually use the NFTs people created.

Q3
Is MOOAR pronounced "moore" ? Is it "Moore" ?
A3
MORE

Q4
Would you like to be able to do GNT on your phone?
A4
Make a mobile version is something we are considering. But before that, we want to make the desktop version working and stablised. There are still many changes and user experience improvements we need to do.

Q5
In GNT, I enter an animal or a specific object in the prompt and may not be able to casually generate an image. Why is this? Is there any way to improve this?
A5
This is because the way prompt is worked, you need to be able to describe it in greate detail. We also only trained the GNT engine for making PFP, so the input might not work for animal picutures. We will see what we can do to add different animal head images to our training engine, because we need also find enough images of a specific animal. For example, we tried to create a sneaker head model but because there is not enough photo of sneaker head, the end result wasn't good and hence we didn't implement the sneaker head PFP idea.

Q6
Mr. Yawn, I have a question for you. You have been involved in innovative projects such as STEPN and MOOAR, but what was your "dream of the future" or "what you wanted to be" when you were a child?
A6
Biologist I have been interested in the mechanisms of life since I was a child. I was interested in the nature of life in the natural world, etc. I graduated with a degree in Biology, but I could not find a job, so I moved to Marketing. If I had found a job then, I wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be in the web3 world.

Q7
How did you choose the "style" feature of GNT (the ability to resemble BAYC or Azuki's PFP)? Do you plan to add more styles in the future?
A7
Yes. Adding style is scalable and we just need find projects with great future growth or traction and we can work with the project to add their derivative art.

Q8
Why have you released so many collaborative skins with STEPN recently? Do you have any strategy?
A8
We have only done the Catalina Whale and GITS(ghost in the shell) skin recently and for GITS, it has been a journey over a year to seal the deal. We are now shifting our focus on Achievements and Badge now.

Q9
What is the next stage of MOOAR development? What is your roadmap?
A9
In the next couple months, we will start revamping MOOAR to make it: easier to use (remove all the barrier of entry), fun to use (add new features and mechanics), and build engaging community via Discord.

Official Meet Up AMA

Yawn's AMA on STEPN can be found in Iolite's article on the event.

It also serves as an event report, so you can get a good idea of how the event went!

This article contains Yawn's answers to questions that could not be asked on the day due to time constraints, and which were answered by Yawn in advance.

Q1
Can you tell me the background and development story behind setting the probability of Gem Upgrade at 35% success? Also, was it a gift from your team to set it to 100% success at higher levels?
A1
The data modelling is set by Jerry. The purpose is to provide sufficient token sink. What we learn from our game producers is that we cannot provide 100% chance certainity, otherwise the cost of Gem to everyone will never be the same.

Q2
In FSL's product deployment strategy, why did MOOAR and GAS Hero follow the introduction of STEPN and DOOAR? We'd appreciate insights into the top priorities and strategic thinking of Yawn and the leadership team behind this product sequence.
A2
STEPN needs marketplace and DEX, hence we used to use ORCA and then migrate the liquidity to our own DEX. But we cannot migrate the marketplace because it requires everyone delist Sneaker and migrate. We cannot guarantee the transition is done fully, this means we will eventually end up with two Marketplace to manage. But we built the marketplace anyway because we can use the technologies for our future products. So MOOAR must be released before GAS HERO.

Q3
One of the main theme of STEPN is CO2 reduction. On the other hand, Gas Hero was created in cloning manufacturing laboratories where natural gas is the power source. Why is natural gas, which emits CO2 when burned, used as an energy source in Gas Hero? Gas Hero is a fictional setting and a separate product from STEPN, but shouldn't there be a unifying theme for the FSL product line?
A3
I think there must be a translation issue, because the GAS HERO is set to be in the future, which the gas is a future invention to enable the people to clone old genes, it is not natural gas. As for the connection with STEPN, we feel it is important to keep the in-game context making sense, instead of making it sync with other products we built.

Click here to watch the official Meet Up AMA video

The entire Official MEETUP is uploaded to the official STEPN Youtube account.

Meanwhile, please note that there will be no video upload of the side events.

That is all for this article! Thank you very much.

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