# About the Project

## The Vision

Arcadian Tales is a passion project currently run by a team of two, plus one amazingly supportive and helpful community.

It is, first and foremost, **a game**, blending the styles of Dungeons and Dragons and a JRPG. Our goal is to make a fun RPG and an immersive world, while utilizing the Algorand blockchain for the game economy.

* **Customizable Protagonists.** Choose a super cool character and make it your own: name, level up, choose a class, and equip things.
* **Open World.** Not as fancy as Skyrim or Breath of the Wild, but you can explore the world of Arcadia and its distinctive locales. In the future, there will be quests, location-based events, and hidden locations to discover.
* **Community-based.** Game events, game development, and Easter eggs are all rooted in community. The blockchain also lends itself to a decentralized player economy, which will ramp up when crafting is released.
* **Play to earn, not pay to win.** The game is intended such that one initial purchase of a Protagonist is enough to play and have fun. After that, coins and equipment (and even more Protags!) can be earned through playing.

![Come for the art. Stay for the adventures... and the friends you make along the way.](https://3028780875-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FH8sXICb8IbKKOa0EsgYh%2Fuploads%2FUTu1C6Hg8RHKVwKHi74F%2Fcyrus_cropped.png?alt=media\&token=b644ec00-55aa-4e38-bd5a-4a51972b9b01)

## What to Expect

In short: Expect a game with its art, writing, and mechanics made with a lot of heart and a lot of sweat/blood/tears, made with consistent feedback from the community. The progress **will take time** (I repeat, it will take time), but we do have cool plans as outlined in the rough [roadmap](https://arcadiantales.gitbook.io/rpg/about-the-project/project-roadmap).

It won't be an AAA game, neither do we expect our ASAs to be the next BAYC. If you so desire, you can probably make a decent profit off of playing and selling your loot to other players. But our hope is that you have fun.

Now, what is this game?