Oddstronauts White Paper

16 min readMay 23, 2022

Intro

Hey Oddies! 👋

It’s been an incredible journey so far navigating through space and building our community together. The entire team has been working hard the last few weeks to solidify the path that lies ahead for the entire brand and project. We are really excited to share what we’ve put together!

At the moment we, the team, are focused on making sure that Oddstronauts continues to thrive not only as a brand but ultimately as a community. We are focused on building up the Intellectual Property to a high level and showing the world what Oddstronauts has to offer to the world. After all, we’re all a little Odd in our own way.

We have been working hard behind the scenes sharing our goals, making connections, and building up the project’s future. We see Oddstronauts having toys and statues worldwide, being included in movies and tv shows, having a robust game with a booming community, and ultimately having the characters be recognizable worldwide.

With this in mind, we bring you The Oddly Unique Operation.

ODD STUDIO

To carry out the Oddly Unique Operation we’ve created ODD STUDIO.

We’ve onboarded 6 team members so far and have plans to onboard more as our community and project continue to grow. The studio will be responsible for developing the game, comics, animations, and all things creative.

We are currently in the process of starting on the Oddstronauts Comics series, branding for our Boba franchising, ODD-PPARREL, and most importantly the Oddstronauts game.

Ryan / Aylo —

Co-Founder/Director/Producer dude of Oddstronauts. 7% Boba, 60% water, 33% neurons. Ryan works on the business/partnerships, community, and future products side of Oddstronauts.
Portfolio + Instagram

Owen K —

The other Co-Founder dude of Oddstronauts. 90% Boba, 7% water, 3% concentrated power of will. Owen leads the project in all things creative — from the color thematic, looks of the brand, to how an Oddie looks if it ever decides to Asian squat (if that ever happens).
Portfolio

Dots / Augminted Labs —

Dots and the team at Augminted Labs will be helping with all contract related development as well as assisting with some other duties where applicable. Dots and his team are a world-renowned team known for projects such as Kaiju Kingz, Mutant Kaijuz, Augminted Labs Scientists, and more (like The Oddstronauts 😉).
Augminted Labs

Quinton / Reactive —

Quinton is the developer who helped us build, dial, and launch the project thus far. While he fulfills his daily duties as a senior developer at Shopify working on the Blockchain team, he will still remain a part of the team as he oversees front-end development for the project.
Portfolio

HeydoubleU —

CG Artist and programmer with 10 years of experience. Known for making a bunch of streamers cry and winning the hearts of many with his peepo animations.
Twitter

More people from ODD Studio will be introduced as time goes on.

Staking (In the near Future)

We will soon be implementing staking mechanics for current holders. To complement the staking of your Oddstronaut, we’ve created some fun perks. Holders who stake their Oddie will receive the following benefits:

The ability to redeem an exclusive holder’s skin (play as the species you have in your unique NFT). This is exclusive to Oddstronauts 1.0 holders.
Staking will enable holders to receive airdropped items. They may or may not be relevant to in-game items 🤔

Users who have staked their Oddstronaut(s) for 90 days will receive a genesis key, a tool that gives users the ability to create skins for in-game items. The skins created by genesis key holders are NFTs sold for ETH. You can read more about Genesis Key here.

After the launch of the new website, we will begin doing giveaways for users who have staked their Oddstronauts. Giveaways will be held on a bi-weekly basis and include rewards such as:

Odd Bucket Hat
Odd Plushie
ODD-PPAREL
A chance to have your Oddie turned into a 3D figurine and shipped directly to you.
A chance to have your Oddie placed in a weekly comic.
Hardware wallets
More items TBD…

The Game: ODDVERSE —

Description —

Oddverse will be an MMORPG that bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3 players, bringing new Oddies into the solar system.

The galactic Boba shortage has caused the federation mothership to stall out in the Milktea Way. As we are stationary, Oddstronauts are able to socialize within the galactic hub, partake in quests, discover the solar system, explore mini-planets, harvest for resources, and level up their Oddie’s experience. Partake in the mission to help find Boba and fuel the mothership as the federation prepares to launch into another solar system.

Note: As the game continues to develop, we anticipate that we may run into some technical limitations as we seek to bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3. We believe everything we have listed and defined is possible, but note that some details are subject to change.

The Galactic Hub —

We have many areas planned for our map, but we’re happy to reveal some of our current plans. We’ll start by introducing you to The Galactic Hub. The Galactic Hub is where you will find most of your fellow Oddies hanging out, and where you can participate in many different minigames and other social events.

On the top floor of The Hub, you’ll find many new Oddies learning how to play the game. Here, you will begin by taking a deep dive into the game’s mechanics, learning about the lore, and getting comfortable in your space suit.

After you’ve made it out of the top floor, you’ll find some fun areas scattered throughout the second floor as you wait for your ship to be fueled up. The second floor is where you will find the Galactic City, a bustling area reminiscent of Times Square.

In some other areas of the second floor, you will find fun mini-games and social hubs such as the Galactic Boba Bar. Head on in and grab some Boba. But beware! Too much Boba and you might just begin floating into a different level of the map. Here, you will also find some drawing booths where you can hang out and share your artistic abilities with one another as well as a karaoke stage.

Did you drink too much Boba? You might find yourself floating away… but don’t worry, it’s only temporary. After you’ve floated up to the top floor of the Boba Bar, you will find telescopes that allow you to gaze throughout the galaxy and explore destinations unreached. Ready to head out of the Boba Bar and take in some new scenery? You’ll find some conveniently placed slides that allow you to quickly move throughout the Boba Bar.

Want to participate in some mini-games with friends while you wait for your spaceship to be refueled with Boba? Don’t run, FLOAT over to the Arcade and partake in a selection of minigames.

Giant claw machines that allow you to grab plushies and other items.
Whack-an-Oddie
Bowling alleys
And more games being added over time.

Looking to quickly make your way around the second level and have some Boba to spare? Hop on the Oddcoaster for a small fee and quickly navigate throughout the area.

You’ll also find The Odd Park — a nature-lovers dream. At the park you will find randomly placed geysers that may or may not launch you into the air. Tread carefully (or don’t). Take a rest on a bench and let the nature set in as you wait for your friend’s spaceships to be fueled up. There may or may not be some chess boards scattered throughout the park if you fancy a game of chess.

Despite their soccer-ball-shaped heads, Oddstronauts love playing football/soccer. Think you can bend it like Beckham? Head on down to the OddBall field and enjoy some football with your fellow Oddies.

More of the prankster type? You may or may not find some Boba reserves throughout the park. Utilize one of your jumbo straws to pick some Boba up, take aim, and fire away at some of your fellow Oddies. Hitting an Oddie with some Boba leaves a stain on their visor for a couple of seconds. Just enough time for you to jump into a geyser and disappear.

Maybe you’re a bit more… Odd… and you notice your fellow Oddstronauts look a bit *ahem* cheeky. Turn on your ‘Consent’ button to allow a very informal and ODD greeting from your fellow Oddies.

Ready to take off from the Galactic Hub and continue to work on your mission to help launch the mothership into another solar system? Head on down to the bottom floor and summon your ship to take off into the Milktea Way.

PS: Don’t forget to rub the frog statue’s belly for good luck before you depart from the Galactic Hub.

As you navigate through the solar system, you’ll remain at ease as you have a minimap to help guide you back to the main ship. Don’t worry too much about running out of Boba supplies as you navigate through the solar system; You can make a quick pit stop at the Hoppstop for a refill.

Social —

The game will feature proximity chat (via text AND voice). It will also support direct messaging from user to user.

There will be many hubs for players to hang out and socialize as well. We’ve identified one for you all to look forward to — The Galactic Hub

Account Creation —

Players who do not have a wallet can sign up to play the game with a traditional Web2 authentication service such as:

Facebook
Google
Email + Password

Players who do have a wallet have the option of signing up with only their wallet via MetaMask, Rainbow, etc.

These players will have an additional in-game capability, allowing them to purchase skins from the Genesis Store.

Additionally, since we care about security and the protection of our players and their hard-earned assets, each account that gets created will require some form of 2FA, either:

Mobile Authenticator App
SMS Code Verification
Email Code Verification

Spaceships —

Every Oddie that plays the game gets their own spaceship. You can invite other Oddies into your ship to show off the items you’ve collected while playing the game as well as NFTs you’ve collected (not exclusive to The Oddstronauts). Additionally, you can socialize and play mini-games within your ship with other Oddies you’ve invited aboard.

The more levels you earn, the more chances you have of unlocking schematics to customize the interior of your ship and continue to build out your Odd area.

You’ll be able to access the marketplace within your ship at any point, allowing you to purchase items from other players using our game’s proprietary in-game currency (non-crypto). Additionally, you can purchase items from other players who have created their own in-game skins for ETH, as well as purchase skins created by the game’s art team for non-tradable currency that is purchased with USD.

Don’t like visitors? No problem, just toggle the privacy of your spaceship to avoid any unwanted extra-terrestrial beings from joining your ship. Make it invite-only, or make it public; Whatever floats your ship.

Genesis Key —

You might have jumped to this section to understand more about the genesis key, how to get it, how to keep it, and more. I’d recommend going back and reading some of the other things first, but they are not critical in understanding the mechanics of the Genesis Key.

Some basic facts:

The Genesis Key is NOT an NFT.
The Genesis Key is earned through staking.
- You must have had at least one of your Oddstronauts 1.0 staked for at least 90 days in order to first obtain a Genesis Key.
After you obtain a Genesis Key, if you unstake your Oddstronaut or swap it out for one that has not been staked for at least 90 days, you automatically forfeit your Genesis Key.
After obtaining a Genesis Key it will be displayed in the top right of your user interface as an ‘Account Item’ that cannot be removed, sold, or traded. It is automatically bound to your account once you meet the criteria to receive one.
Holding a Genesis Key is what allows you to create custom skins for sale as NFTs to the community. You must first acquire blueprints for those specific skins in game. Once you find the blueprints, you can use the in-game skin-creating tool for the relevant blueprint.

Now that the basic facts of Genesis Key ownership are out of the way, let’s talk about the benefits of creating and selling these skins.

As previously mentioned, the skins that get created are NFTs. They are purchased with ETH, and will show up in the wallets of the buyers. Buyers can buy and sell these skins on the secondary market to other game players as well.

As we’ve not finalized percentages just yet, we will hold off on displaying them, but the current plan for proceeds of sales will be as follows:

A majority portion of the proceeds is directly allocated to the wallet of the creator of the skin.
X% distributed to the Charity Wallet
X% distributed to Oddstronauts stakers based upon how long they have been staking their Oddstronaut (per wallet).
Y% allocated to future game development.
Z% allocated to future business endeavors such as franchising, merchandising, and more.

Marketplaces —

We seek to provide value to the community of not only our holders but also our future game players. With this, we believe we have come up with a solution that benefits everyone.

Parts Exchange:

The Parts Exchange is an in-game item trading marketplace. As you play the game, you will discover items, parts, and schematics for upgrades to your spaceships, suits, and other tools. Through the Parts Exchange you will have the ability to directly list your items for sale for an in-game currency. These items cannot be purchased with a stablecoin or with a crypto coin.

Cosmetic Shop:

The Cosmetic Shop is an in-game shop where players can purchase skins for their in-game items. These skins cannot be sold or traded. Items in the cosmetic shop are purchased with our proprietary USD to Shop Token. Tokens can be purchased in varying quantities at varying prices.

Genesis Shop:

This is where things become a bit more interesting and fun. Have you ever wanted to create an NFT? Well now is your chance. We are creating a unique opportunity for holders with a Genesis Key to create their very own in-game cosmetic skins with our skin-creation tool. Genesis Key holders will have the ability to create skins with a wide array of options that reflect their own personal styling choices, and then sell them in a limited quantity on the Genesis Shop.
These items will be sold in-game for ETH. When another player purchases your custom skin, they will officially mint your generated NFT and now have the skin in their inventory where they can apply it to their in-game items; It will also show up as an ERC-721 token in their wallet.

ODD-PPAREL & More —

Odd is the new normal.

We’re currently working on releasing the first drop of ODD-PPAREL where some items will be free or discounted to holders in late Q3/early Q4. We’ll be sure to include items for non-holders as well, as we look to spread the ODD-GENDA. In the meantime, we’ll have bucket hats, plushies, and custom Oddie statues being developed. Some of these will be found at NFT NYC, while some can be won by stakers, & some raffled via Discord or Twitter.

We’ve partnered up with @OGRE_3D to bring custom sculpted Oddstronauts to our holders! Once we roll out the new site, users will be able to enter a raffle every other week to get their Oddstronauts custom sculpted!

Oddstronaut #1308 (owned by @OGRE_3D) and Oddstronaut #1308 Sculpture by @OGRE_3D

Odd-Tea + Popup Shops + Franchising —

In the coming months, we’ll be putting together a franchising and IP deck for future Odd Tea & More Owners. Our plans haven’t changed and in the meantime, we’ll be doing pop-up Boba shops!

In order to achieve the goal of a massive expansion that will cement the Oddstronauts name in the world of Boba, we continue to focus on strengthening the IP and building the overall brand. Doing this will allow us to correctly portray our brand while supplying capital to accomplish our goal.

Franchising remains our long-term commitment as we continue to innovate and explore ways to implement utility in the realm of free food and drink for Oddstronauts holders.

Oddstronauts Community Effort —

We’re looking for Oddies who are passionate about the vision we have presented to you today. We will be looking for individuals who have stood out in the community with their positive intentions and mindset, ability to speak effectively, act quickly and reasonably, and efficiently, and who remain a positive influence in the space.

We want to support fellow Oddies and help create an official weekly schedule of hosts that Oddstronauts can find on Twitter Spaces and begin to meet and speak with others in the community.

For anyone that is interested, we will have an application posted soon for two unique community roles:

Discord
Twitter

We will be looking through applications on a frequent basis to onboard more people onto the team. As we look into applications, we will be doing a deep dive through your social media interactions, your discord messages, and communicating with leaders of other communities you are a part of.

NFT NYC —

Ever fancied the idea of enjoying some of your favorite Boba with The Creators? Here’s your chance! We’re landing at NFT NYC to bring Boba to all of our Odd frens.

Despite being in a galactic Boba shortage, we’ve tapped into our reserve supply to ensure that there is enough Boba for all of our frens.

Did you say frens? 🤔

That’s right… we’ll be joining Alien Frens at their event! Catch up with us as we bring together the coolest galactic collab that the universe has ever seen. Alien Frens x Oddstronauts

Intellectual Property + Your Rights —

We’ll be releasing information relating to your Oddstronauts’ IP and the rights you have with the tokens you own soon.

We’d add it here, but it’s quite lengthy and we’d prefer to share with you the plans of the future in a digestible article rather than sort through pages of terms and conditions. However, here is a TL;DR to hold you over.

Owning an Oddstronaut gives you the non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use your IP as long as it’s being used in a positive light.
The IP of your Oddstronaut is nullified once you sell or transfer the token.
When making any merchandise, toys, or memorabilia, you are allowed to use only the tokens which you own. You do not have the right to any individual traits; Therefore, you must display your NFT entirely.
For commercial use, you must contact the team with your proposal including all details of how you would like to use the IP.
If approved, further proceedings will be made to grant you access to use the IP commercially.

Website Rebrand —

As we’ve been hard at work identifying where to allocate our resources, we’ve been focused on how we want to build out the Oddstronauts website. We’re focused on creating a unique, yet professional image on the website that allows for flexibility as we continue to grow.

With the addition of staking, the game, and merchandise, we plan to ship upgrades to the website in the near future. We remain committed to the mission of growing the community, the collection, and its appeal to newcomers from all different areas of the internet. We want to become an open environment that welcomes all individuals, encouraging them to understand Web3 as we are firm believers in the technology and want to help become a gateway for mass adoption of the technology.

Closing Thoughts —

We’ll be taking a snapshot in the next few weeks. We’ll be airdropping a surprise to those holders shortly thereafter. This will be a finite drop that has in-game utility.

During the minting process, it was unclear what the direction of the collection would be. We were uncertain if we would ever be able to get to this point. However, the community showed up quickly as the art revealed. You have all stuck with us as we’ve worked towards our goal of building out the ODD mission. We are eternally grateful for this opportunity to make our mark on the world.

Thank you so much for sticking with us, continuing to spread the oddgenda, and most importantly, for placing your trust in this team to deliver on our promises. We appreciate all of you so much for continuing to build with us, to spread love, support, and good vides throughout the Discord server and on Twitter.

To spread the word, we want the community to pull our oddness together and craft out an easy-to-follow graphic that can be used to inform others of the Oddstronauts’ ecosystem. 1 Winner in the community will be hand-picked by the team to receive an Oddstronaut.

Tag @owen_khang @quinton_ch @ryanselkirk !

Thank you all ❤️

— The Oddstronauts Team

Discord • OpenSea • Twitter