Ace is a trading card game about metaverse mythology and the magic of web3. Funded by Gitcoin and crafted at Zuzalu.

Why donate?

Ace thrives because of patrons like you. Over the past year, I've dedicated myself to this art project, with Gitcoin Grants being its primary financial pillar. While I have started selling cards, the revenue hasn't offset the costs of physical printing, consistent public goods NFT releases with Gitcoin, and community Treehouse Sessions. Ace isn't just a game; it's an educational tool and a valued addition to the public goods ecosystem. If the mission aligns with your values, I humbly ask for your support. Together, we can elevate Ace's impact.

>>GG19 UPDATE!<<

Ace cards are available now! See it in action! Free Ace NFTs are offered weekly at the Gitcoin Community Call (encouraging PGN adoption and community engagement). The Treehouse is our weekly jam session where we generate art and ideas together–join us!

Dive deeper into the world of Ace.

The outside world sees crypto as little more than a decentralized casino but an optimistic counternarrative has emerged around the regen community. This vision reveals that crypto gives us coordination superpowers.

I believe that for the regenerative mission to succeed, we must amplify positive-sum stories that are informative, fun, and accessible to all. Read the full manifesto here.

Overview

As a former Creative Director with Gitcoin, my art helped fundraise over half a million dollars for the Gitcoin Grants Matching Pool since 2021. My focus on regen fiction has now shifted to cultivating Ace, a world of web3 lore, history, and memes. In the project I am proposing, Moloch, Ether’s Phoenix, and the Dark Forest are just the beginning of a new, uplifting mythology.

Crypto is at a critical inflection point. Your choice to invest in this project will help realize a positive-sum future for the following reasons:

Everyone loves a good game. That makes them core infrastructure for the degen to regen pipeline. Unlike linear entertainment, games evoke feelings of freedom, creativity, responsibility, accomplishment, and friendship. These feelings mirror the core values of Gitcoin and the larger regen ecosystem. Ace mirrors reality. Every card has abilities in the game, and every character, technology, and gameplay mechanic also represents a powerful force in the real world. The game presents critical concepts like private keys and self-sovereign identity in a way non-technical folks can grok. Web3 is by nature adversarial. Newcomers consistently fall for the same schemes and OGs can do a better job of passing along the wisdom of past cycles. Ace mythology features relatable characters and lore that orient and guide new adventurers through the cryptoverse. New settlers are not the only people confused about web3; many crypto elders are still unaware that “Ethereum isn’t here to make you rich, Ethereum is here to set you free" (Vitalik Buterin). Beliefs motivate behavior and it is essential we make the regen vision clear and attractive. Public goods awareness needs to increase in the NFT space. The NFT community has an outsized impact on how the world perceives crypto but our PFP frens are generally oblivious to the regen way. The Gitcoin x MetaLabels drop, Creature World collaboration, and PublicNouns projects have made promising headway and Ace is the next step to trojan horse our regen crypto values. For those of us already Greenpilled: Ace represents a celebration of the adventures that have brought us here–and an inspiring vision of what we hope to buidl together next.

Donating to this grant does not get you physical cards!

Bio:

As a Creative Director with Gitcoin, my art helped fundraise over half a million dollars for the Gitcoin Grants Matching Pool since 2021. Ethereum’s culture and values are central to my creative work and I have continued to dedicate my art sales to funding social causes. I have a proven record of project generation, initiation, development, and completion.

• Infinite Garden Coloring Book (forward by Aya Miyaguchi) - 2023
• Gitcoin Creative Director (NFT fundraisers for Gitcoin Grants) - 2021-2022
• Spider-Man Character Artist (Sony) - 2018-2021 Make new cards and get updates and hang with regens. Join the conversation here.