Studio Avant is the home of multimedia artist Psy-Sci. This page is dedicated to the NIPD and uses it as a case study example of psy-sci's experience with web3 marketing, 3D modelling, community management, CC0 content creation, and founding of an IP.
The Original playable NIPD avatar created by psy-sci
Psy-Sci founded the NIPD to explore 3D asset creation for web3 gaming and became one of the top 10 most creative communities on the platform and one of the most active web3 gaming communites in the space. 3D art by Psy-Sci was featured in the marketplace and is a playable asset and collectable.
The community expanded into 110+ members when they minted out their first NFT and launched an open edition access token to recruit new members. The NIPD continues to develop new tactics and content for their expanding community on Nifty Island.
Visit the community page at Official NIPD Nifty Island Community
Theme song created by confideath in collaboration with Faux Nasty
Psy-Sci created a playable weapon that was featured in the Nifty Island Marketplace and offered for purchase with the in game currency for bonus Bloom Rewards. It has become a collectible along with other Nifty Island feature bloom reward items that were minted during the P2E(Play to Earn) campaign before TGE (Token Generation Event).
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NIPD baton that was featured in Nifty Island Marketplace.
View of NIPD HQ island that was co-created with the communities top builders.
NIPD helped organize a world build event where community members were asked to help build the NIPD headquarters and the games there. Live on stream users helped build the island on Nifty Island that helps feature the many NIPD 3D assets that were created by Psy-Sci and other community members.
We created an access token with Autominter for token gated experiences on Nifty Island.
By holding an NIPD badge one has the ability to join the NIPD community on Nifty Island. The mint took place in March 2024 of 110 Editions (1 per wallet) in 6 varieties and sold out in a little over a month. Final art reveal took place after the collection minted out, revealing badges that matches the rarity tiers for the Nifty Island Legendary Palm NFT collection. The Community was built up organically within Nifty Island converting the holders into the community on the Nifty Island Platform.
Revealed NIPD Badge rarities.
NIPD event promo.
The NIPD holds events for their community members as well as quests coordinated with the Nifty Island team. These prove the opportunity for the community or the rest of the Nifty Island to earn assets that were created as giveaways or NIPD badges that help grow the community. This tactic ensures the community is rewarded for participation and that the community grows organically with the most active and talented gamers on the platform.
The NIPD is created under the Creative Commons 0 licensing model, giving the ability for the community to create their own works under the NIPD brand. This doesnt only give the community the ability to create their own content using any of the NIPD assets. They are able to make NIPD stuff their own and build it into their own lore. Projects like MisfitPixels and Percy created avatars in their own pixel style as NIPD officers.
One of MisfitPixels NIPD avatars.
A chat with the AI Agent on NIPD HQ.
An AI Agent that starts game lobbies for people with too much aggression. This Eliza clone is programmed to initiate a game within Nifty Island if you insult them or are too negative in general along with openAI chat capabilities. One can visit the AI Agent live on Nifty Island to interact with it as an 3D avatar.
Apart from the general content creation one would expect, the NIPD goes above and beyond in an attempt to keep all of web3 safe and fair.
They engage their community in innovate ways that use gameplay, ugc, and a daisy chain type of engagement with socials.
X post showing Nifty Island users using the NIPD assets in their own builds.
Charl3s (founder of Nifty Island) holding a NIPD badge at an NFT.NYC afterparty.
It all started in a chat between @benivel and @psysci in a discord brainstorming session. Psysci ran with the idea and would formulate a whole community around it. Community members joined in and helped it to grow until it became Nifty Island lore. Players often larp as police officers and choose NIPD avatars and assets for this tactic.