We are a team of artists consisting of 7 people and launched a project called
"Gold Coin By Kim Bum".
While working on the project, we thought about turning this project into something more than just pictures.
Work on the project started in the spring of 2021 and was inspired by the games of Nintendo and Sega. The author of the idea is Kim Bum, who did not believe in the NFT theme and did not develop the project before meeting Michael Ross. December 2021 was the starting point of the project. The RTA team began to form and at that time it consisted of 12 people.
First works
In March 2022, our team appeared on the Mintable website with their first works, but as it turned out, the works sent by "some team members" were stolen from other artists. So the staff was reduced to 7 people, and the account on the Mintable website was deleted.
In parallel with what is happening, Kim Bum and the second part of the team were already working hard on the concept of his personal project. His idea was simplicity and conciseness, but the works had to make sense. So the first gold coins in the style of 16-bit consoles began to appear. Gold coins + 16 bit consoles = a result that is easy to imagine in any game of that time.
NFT for Games
Since each item in the collection was drawn by hand, during the break we played in the Nintendo and Sega consoles. The longer the work on the project lasted, the more as gamers we began to notice some facts and parallels were already beginning to appear.
1. The patch of the first day? This is no surprise to anyone, since most games are released in poor working condition, but why wasn't this before? You can imagine the Super Mario Bros. cartridge. with the purchase of which it would simply not work? And this would be the whole batch consisting of several million pieces? Sounds like a bad joke, doesn't it?
2. Paid DLC ? We are buying a ready-made game, not a demo version. For what reason are pieces of content sold at a price almost comparable to the price of the main game? In most cases, this is unjustified!
3. Paid graphical enhancement for next-generation consoles? Since when does repacking a game with high-resolution files cost the full cost? The work is going on with a ready-made game project and taking the full cost for it (as for the initial development) is ****. But well, you bought the version for the new console, how do you like the situation with the performance of these projects ? It leaves much to be desired, despite the full cost.
4. All the once great games have turned into a conveyor, only the script changes and there are several reasons for this –
Players' nostalgia for the past great parts, players want to believe that the new part of a "certain" series of games will give the same emotions as before. Under this hope, players make good sales and that says it all.
Talented developers who developed the initial concept with a plan to complement the gaming experience in subsequent parts were fired, as the implementation of their ideas inflates the budget and development time, which in turn is not beneficial to investors and company directors.
5. And how do you like the situation with player reviews? Since 2021, popular sites (most likely under the onslaught of large companies) have removed the dislike counter, and negative, but often justified comments from fans of game series are quickly deleted!
6. Microtransactions? In some situations, this is reasonable, but not in games purchased at full cost.
7. Broken economy to buy in-game currency? It's already too frequent
Discussing all these topics, the idea of creating a real independent community flashed more and more often. A community and a site where all people can share their real opinions without deleting comments . A place where, with the help of voting, it would be possible to support any indie developer both financially and through advertising on large resources, including the media. A place where everything will be honest and as transparent as possible.
This is where the idea of turning the "Gold Coin By Kim Bum" project into a kind of shares is born. It is with the help of everyone who agrees with us that we will be able to implement such a large project. However, if we succeed, then this will be the first community that will be able to impose its own rule of the game in this confrontation. We will turn our community into a force whose opinion will have to be taken into account! A community that can put forward really talented indie projects on top of AAA games. A community that will protect talented developers who are getting rid of in large companies. All these issues will be decided by an open vote of all gamers on the planet!
Why is the site currently based on Google? At the moment, we have just started to actively advertise the project. At the moment, you can find us on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, Mixi. VK and Telegram are in development. The main platform so far is Twitter - that's where you can support the project and write your ideas and suggestions. As soon as we find the first investors, work will begin on our own website.
At the first stages, everyone can support us. To do this, just go to the OpenSea website and purchase one item, then put it up for sale for the same price. So you support us and you don't lose anything. At the moment, several coins have already been distributed to large crypto investors, so not all items are available for purchase.