Department of Serious Play
6/10 sections recovered · name · leaderboard description · match catalog cover · match catalog tags · match catalog funding · leaderboard submissions · match catalog
$8,982 displayed raised · 4 fund applications (1 curated) · 2 seasons · best rank #251 in Season 7
Cards designed to be passed from person to person. Turning the world into the playground.
ConnectionGamesIrlLovePlay
Project details match catalog
About
A deck of cards that turns creates beautiful moments. Each card is a tiny quest: give a compliment, sit in silence, text an old friend. Do it, then pass the card to someone else. The world becomes a playground. Cards are traceable with QR codes.
Impact
"The cards make you see the world differently because you're constantly seeking ways to make someone's day" said a user. On a larger scale, the whole world is spreading love to each other in small ways. Everyone is taking play very seriously.
Progress
46 Cards are designed and thousands in circulation, currently passing between strangers. MVP decks sold-out. Instagram/TikTok growing organically (1 viral video). First deck ships July 2026. Securing partnership with major festival.
Team
Finance and NGO -> Berkeley MBA -> VC at Menlo & Binance Labs -> crypto founder (raised $1M, lost it). Was completely burnt out. Took a sabbatical and started this as a fun travel project because its aligned with who I am. Now time for next steps.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $165 | $0 | $165 | $56 | $220 | $0 | $10 | $66 | 0.0x | 0.3x | 0.4x | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $1,550 | $2,840 | $4,390 | $3,800 | $8,190 | $300 | $10 | $6,950 | 2.0x | 4.5x | 4.5x | $8,982 | — |
| Total | $1,715 | $2,840 | $4,555 | $3,856 | $8,410 | $300 | $20 | $7,016 | — | — | — | $8,982 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | WildSeed Creators Fund | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 6 | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living | submitted | 2026-05-21 |
| Season 6 | MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction | submitted | 2026-05-20 |
| Season 6 | Fund of Infinite Yes | submitted | 2026-05-22 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/department-of-serious-play
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction +1 | $14,777 |
| 2. | Element of Chawaza Artistic fusion of culture, landscape, sound and tech that evokes a profound sensory expe… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction +1 | $1,356 |
| 3. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction +1 | $563 |
| 4. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction +1 | $234 |
| 5. | MetaGraff Gallery & Hall of Fame Gateway web3 gallery for graffiti art to gather and generate sales from anywhere, anytime. | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction +1 | $120 |
| 6. | Hands of Hope Foundation Extending Hope, Restoring Dignity. | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction +1 | $0 |
| 7. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | Fund of Infinite Yes, MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction, WildSeed Creators Fund | $215,046 |
| 8. | Grandmatopia A community homestead project and wildlife preserve builds a future to inspire artists an… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Fund of Infinite Yes, WildSeed Creators Fund | $128,014 |
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