February 2nd, 2021

I think the first RoamGames challenge was a bit too large, and poorly scoped. We need something more concrete, and an urgent deadline so you aren't tempted to procrastinate So, new challenge, with awards of $10,000 in cash, or Roam Stock (if legal) granted over the next 5 days February 7th, 2021

Context: Roam is far from done - so when hit profitability last year, our focus shifted back towards to R&D the open questions we have around Collective Intelligence. New folks keep signing up though - we keep adding new features - and we keep NOT providing onboarding

We've felt pretty good leaving things this way. Without a doubt, the best tutorials, guides, case studies, and explanations of what Roam is have all come from the [[roamcult]] But when we saw @roamhacker's Roam42 was obvious we needed to follow their lead

Roam42 does two things

Challenge has 2 parts - you can enter with a full answer, or with just a portion.

The thing that is great about Roam42 is that it is obviously a collage of work built by the community. One of the things we're trying to figure out is how to align incentives in a remix economy, where we build on each other.

So - if you are entering into this challenge - then - along with your submission - we encourage you to cite (via quote tweet, or link out) the people whose work inspired you or you built on. If you win, everyone you cited, and everyone who cited you, will share in your reward.

No idea what will happen with this - does feel strange to offer folks money for something so similar to what they have been doing for free... but my gut tells me there is something here.