Grant Name: Arbtirum Game Launch Support
Questbook Proposal: 2025–2026 Grant Proposal (Questbook)
Executive Summary
Wayfinders successfully completed all milestones under the 2025–2026 Arbitrum Gaming grant, meeting or exceeding all required deliverables and KPIs across three milestones. The program focused on competitive tournament series and community events, resulting in strong performance against targets. All milestones were completed and paid.
Wayfinders partnered with Arbitrum Gaming to drive awareness, engagement, and player onboarding for Arbitrum-based games. Each milestone was anchored by a dedicated game partner campaign Wildcard, My Pet Hooligan, and Alternates with a full tournament series (qualifiers + finals), Spike livestreams, short-form and long-form video content, and coordinated social announcements. The grant enabled Wayfinders to distribute $11,000 in prize pools directly to community players across all three series.
Grant Objectives
The primary objectives of the grant were to:
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Increase awareness of Arbitrum-based games
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Onboard new players through creator-led content and competitive events
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Drive measurable engagement across social and community channels
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Execute repeatable tournament events aligned with Arbitrum Gaming partners
2. Performance Against KPIs
Milestone Requirements (per Milestone)
Each milestone included the following minimum deliverables:
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8 Spike livestreams
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4 Spike short-form or long-form videos
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4 community tournament events
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Social announcements on Twitter/X and Discord
KPI Targets per Milestone
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150,000 impressions across Spike / Wayfinders content
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1,000 referral clicks to participating Arbitrum game partners
Performance Summary
All milestones were completed and met the stated deliverables and KPIs. Across the full grant period, overall performance exceeded targets:
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Over 474,000 total impressions (target: 450,000)
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24 Spike livestreams delivered
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12 Spike short-form and long-form videos delivered
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12 community tournament events executed
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$11,000 in prize pools distributed to community players
Games Supported
During the grant period, Wayfinders ran dedicated campaigns for the following Arbitrum-based games:
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Wildcard
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My Pet Hooligan
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Alternates
3. Qualitative Impact & Community Feedback
The most significant outcome of this grant was the creation of structured competitive communities around three Arbitrum games. Each campaign ran a full bracket-based tournament series, giving players a recurring reason to engage with the game and the Wayfinders community. Tournament participation grew series-over-series, with the Alternates campaign seeing 24 teams competing in a single qualifier event.
Each series generated organic social activity from participants — players posting match results, tagging game studios, and recruiting teammates — extending reach beyond core content deliverables.
4. Financial Summary
Grant funds were allocated across the following categories, in alignment with the approved proposal:
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Tournament Production & Prize Pools
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Content Creation & Distribution
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Operations & Coordination
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Community Management & Outreach
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Platform & Tooling Costs
A greater portion of resources went toward tournament production, reflecting strong participant demand and the success of the competitive format across all three campaigns.
5. Future Plans & Continued Ecosystem Alignment
Wayfinders has continued executing on this strategy beyond the grant period and remains active in supporting Arbitrum-based games.
The community infrastructure built during this grant the recurring player base, tournament pipeline, and live streaming setup is now in place and will support future activations at reduced cost. Wayfinders intends to apply for future Questbook rounds and continue building competitive communities around Arbitrum game partners.
6. Additional Remarks
Wayfinders thanks the Arbitrum Gaming team and the broader DAO for their support. This grant enabled a consistent, tournament-driven approach to ecosystem growth and demonstrated the effectiveness of combining creator content with competitive community events.