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Growing up I was outside all the time playing with local neighbors and using our environment to fit whatever game we were playing. During those times things like gardening or lawn care were viewed as chores and avoided activities. However, as I reflect back it was a connective tissue to my community and neighbors. I recall meeting one of my closest childhood friends through him offering to help pickup leaves. Now having a home garden and growing vegetables, herbs, and fruits has taught me the health benefits of organic food. With a greater appreciation, understanding for plants and our environment, I'm building WEFA as a way for youth to plant deeper roots and adults to reconnect or better connect with their community and nature.
What is it?
WEFA aims to make cultivating your environment fun whether it's a single plant in a bedroom or a full garden. Now many will ask how can that be fun. Many have tried and failed or downright find plants and caring for them boring. I'll now ask how many play or have played games like Farmville, Minecraft, Pokemon Go, WoW or others spending countless hours? For those who have or do, WEFA is a platform connecting nature and games with Augmented Reality, Blockchains, and AI to create a symbiotic relationship between the two. Helping individuals and communities find short and long term success in health, social connection and sustainability. I've told my story to WEFA, now below is the plot for the initial comic release of WEFA in correlation with the platform and initial game, think Pokemon meets Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Story & Release
A group of college kids find themselves on an unexpected journey where worlds collide. Taking place in 2042 in a recently industrialized town in Nigeria now a part of a larger country called Wau (wa-ooo), with a newly minted university funded by a multinational corporation known as CoeUp. Known for a rare mineral finding almost 100 years ago and since then pillaging the local lands unknowingly causing an imbalance between two worlds. The most brightest & privileged students from all corners of the world are chosen to attend the university, with a few locals allowed. In an unexpected turn during a class forest exhibition the group gain a set of unique abilities when wandering off into a cave and an earthquake hits. Though all coming from different backgrounds they learn to trust each other, forging a deep connection not only to one another but to this new world and creatures they've found through their abilities. To address the issues caused by CoeUp, the group must lean on nature and community to find a solution and restore balance.