How artists are discovered

Art in OWW is discovered through DAISY, a proprietary art discovery AI that learns each player’s individual taste in art and shows art they’d like even if they don’t know what they’ll like. Now in its 3rd generation, we are very proud of how far our AI has come and our future plans to improve DAISY. Even with AI we still leave the door open to chance, some of DAISY’s suggestions are purely random. Furthermore, players are not limited to using DAISY alone, art can also be acquired by visiting other player’s galleries and via in-game chat (yes, chat in OWW supports sharing artworks).

How art works in OWW

When a player finds an artwork they like they can ‘buy’ it with in-game currency (called cubes). It is not ‘real money’ but is valuable in the game and when a player buys an artwork it means they really like it, because they chose it over another one.
Players have a wishlist they use to keep track of art they liked but couldn’t afford at the time they saw it. Each artwork page shows all of those stats in KULTURA.

Who are Patrons? (A future feature)

We plan to charge $9 per artwork upload (soon) for many different reasons (see below). However we understand that not every artist can afford these costs, so we created Patrons. Patrons are individuals who are passionate about art and want to help others discover art and the artists who make it. They will be able to buy special packs of upload codes, that they can later offer on social media (or our discord) to artists whose work they like. Patrons will have a KULTURA page like an artist, however on the individual artwork page, there will also be a patron field showing the name of the Patron who supported the upload of that specific work, clicking on the patrons name will show a special KULTURA page showing all the art that specific patrons codes helped to upload to OWW. We think this is super exciting and a very affordable way for people to become art patrons.

Is the art promotion AI (DAISY) really agnostic and treats all art as equal?

Yes! We designed it especially with this in mind. Due to the nature of probabilities (which underpin the black magic of AI) there may be a very slight ‘advantage’ to artworks and artists who join the platform earlier than others who join later. However, we designed DAISY to handle millions of artworks so in the long term this slight ‘advantage’ is negligible.

Why do we charge $9 per upload?

DAISY, the AI that makes the magic happen (finds you followers, connects players to artworks they’d love, etc). Is very expensive to run and eats GPUs for breakfast, not to mention the server costs. We need to keep the lights on and a steady supply of coffee. The alternative is to bring advertising into OWW which is a big no-no. A big part of our vision is that we don’t want to be gatekeepers and judge what art is ‘good’ or ‘bad’- we trust DAISY to show art to people who will be inspired and in some cases not show it to those who won’t. This means that everyone who uploads art will tick a few boxes saying they are an artist, the artwork uploaded is theirs and they allow us to feature artwork in-game (and on social media as players often share their galleries outside of the game). Sadly the internet is full of trolls, and if uploads were totally free we would drown in ‘dic pics’ and memes not to mention worse things. We feel that charging would dramatically reduce the number of ‘troll uploads’, leaving us more time to improve the overall game and AI. We understand this is a contentious decision and that some artists may not agree.. We gave it a lot of thought and had many heated debates within the team. As previously mentioned the only other viable alternative would be to introduce advertising to the game, which we feel very strongly against as advertising is literally (and figuratively) the opposite of art.

What art can I upload?

Most art is absolutely fine, however, there is a small number of artworks we can't accept:

• Memes from the internet - Memes you make with your own work are ok

Why can’t I upload fan art/memes/etc this is censorship!

The main reason is copyright laws, if you create a beautiful painting of Luke Skywalker (for e.g.), the copyright is likely owned by Disney, so unless you can get written permission from them, we can’t have it in the game :(

Artwork Specification Requirements

We pride outselves on providing the best possible quality for all artworks added into OWW, on the downside it does mean there are a few restrictions.

• Files should be between at least 1200px preferably 4k for the best quality

What is Kultura?

KULTURA is our art portal where you can have a page with your bio and links to projects, sites, social profiles, or even crowdfunding campaigns. On your artist page, you can see real-time information about how many players interact with your works, placed them in a gallery, zoomed in for a closer look, and commented on them. Example of artist to followers notification in KULTURA (in game would be similar) (A future feature)

Do I keep my copyright?

Yes! The artist retains all copyright to their artworks. To upload art to OWW, there are three simple check boxes.

I'm not an artist, can I buy codes and gift them to an artist I like?

Yes! All codes bought can be shared and used by others.

Do upload codes expire?

No, codes do not expire if not used within a certain amount of time. A code can only be used once though.