Ephere Football

Ephere Football is a football (soccer) game built on blockchain infrastructure, aimed at internet-connected football fans, with a stated focus on Latin America and other developing regions. The team built a match simulation engine and then developed the surrounding gaming experience publicly alongside an early community over a period of roughly nine months prior to presenting the project at ETHGlobal's ETHBogotá hackathon.

The game centers on player assets represented as NFTs whose metadata is pinned to IPFS via content identifiers, which the team states makes the metadata immutable after minting, including for the company itself. The stated intent is to extend this asset model to all in-game assets over time. At the time of the ETHGlobal showcase the product had not had a formal launch, but the team reported cumulative matches played and daily engagement figures from its existing user base.

Founding story

The founding team left prior startup jobs a little over a year before the ETHGlobal showcase to build a game targeting the approximately 1.8 billion internet-connected football fans, with particular attention to Latin America and other developing markets. Their first build was a match simulation engine, after which they developed the game experience in public with an early community.

Business model

Consumer gaming product in which in-game assets, beginning with players, are issued as NFTs and held by users, positioning ownership and transferability of game assets with players rather than solely with the developer.

Traction

The project reported over 100,000 matches played to date, average daily engagement of more than 40 minutes per user, and power users playing upwards of two hours per day, all prior to a formal product launch. Approximately 70% of users at the time were onboarded through Web3Auth rather than existing crypto wallets.