🚀 Intro: Bring PEPPER to Life

The Pepper community is spicy, meme-driven, loyal, and now it's getting its own AI-powered companion game.

We’re calling on builders, gamers, AI tinkerers, and degens with taste to help us bring Pepper Companions to life: dynamic, evolving digital characters inspired by the PEPPER coin on Chiliz Chain.

These aren’t profile pics. They’re interactive, talkative, evolving companions that live on-chain, grow with your fandom, and reflect the chaos and creativity of Pepper culture. Each one starts as a simple avatar linked to your PEPPER, but through real-time chat, team memes, staking rituals, and community events, it levels up into something way more personal.

🎯 Your Mission

Across 3 creative milestones, you’ll help us build:

• Pepper Companion Generation — Give every wallet a unique, AI-generated Pepper entity with personality, design, and attitude.
• Growth Engine & On-Chain Memory — Make companions level up through match results, community rituals, and token actions.
• Customizable Marketplace — Launch an in-game store for skins, voice packs, and meme-powered gear, all purchasable using PEPPER or CHZ.

It’s Tamagotchi × Crypto Twitter × Fantasy Football — with a whole lot of chili flakes.

🧠 Milestone Breakdown & Timeline

Each milestone will run as a 2-week build sprint + 1 week of QA/testing. The full project will be completed in 12 weeks.

🔹 Milestone 1 – Companion Generator + Chat Engine

📅 Duration: 3 Weeks

What You’ll Build:

Generative AI avatar system that creates a unique companion per wallet (2D or stylized 3D).

Prompt structure based on wallet data, PEPPER balance, and team affiliation.

Trait metadata: rarity, mood, faction (team), vibe level.

Pepper-themed LLM chatbot that fans can engage with via Telegram or web.

Memory system to track personality growth, inside jokes, and emotional states.

“Pepper Mode” — randomized meme-based reactions or banter triggers during chats.

Tools Expected: Stable Diffusion, LangChain, OpenRouter/LLM stack, IPFS/Arweave, basic frontend.

🔹 Milestone 2 – Progression Engine + On-Chain Evolution

📅 Duration: 3 Weeks

What You’ll Build:

XP system tied to real-world match data (e.g., team wins, red cards, goals).

Quest framework: “Your team wins → gain XP → unlock taunt.”

Integration with a reliable sports API (LiveScore, SportRadar, etc.).

Companion level system with trait evolutions (visual + behavioral).

ERC-4906 or equivalent smart contract logic to store metadata on-chain.

Companion evolution history stored either on-chain or hybrid IPFS chain refs.

Stretch Features (Optional):

On-chain staking hook → extra XP bonuses for active stakers

Fame system that highlights top-companions on a leaderboard

🔹 Milestone 3 – Meme Market & Customization Hub

📅 Duration: 3 Weeks

What You’ll Build:

A fully functional in-game marketplace where users can buy, equip, and showcase unique Pepper-themed items using CHZ or PEPPER. This milestone combines both customization UX and web3 payment logic.

Deliverables:

• Cosmetic store frontend (web/mobile-responsive)
• Items: skins, accessories, sound packs, idle animations, overlays
• Equippable traits that alter companion behavior (e.g., “Angry Hat” = more spice in chat)
• CHZ/Fan Token/PEPPER payment logic
• Optional NFT minting of premium cosmetics (ERC-1155 or 721)
• Community-curated drops (DAO-voted seasonal items)
• Marketplace dashboard for uploading, pricing, and drop scheduling

Social Layer Bonus:

Allow users to post/share their companion’s latest look or evolution

Companion personality badge (e.g. “Level 9, Trash Talker”)

🧩 Who We’re Looking For

You might be a solo dev, creative coder, or lean web3 team who’s:

• Obsessed with AI, gaming, meme culture, or digital identity
• Comfortable with Solidity + metadata standards
• Experienced with image gen/LLM tooling
• Excited by Pepper vibes, spicy UX, and building for fun-loving communities

📐 Evaluation Criteria

• Feature Functionality – Each milestone works and connects together
• Pepper Energy – It feels weird, spicy, and delightful
• On-Chain Accountability – Metadata and item ownership are real
• AI Personality – The companions don’t just respond… they feel alive
• Polish – Animations, pacing, and UI should all feel snappy and intentional

💰 Compensation

• 3 Milestones × 33.3% payout each (CHZ)
• Paid after successful testing + internal review
• Bonus pool available for creativity, early delivery, or viral features
• Full open credit as a core contributor to the Pepperverse

✨ Let’s Make PEPPER Playable

This is your chance to build something that lives between gaming, fandom, and AI storytelling. Not just for clicks; but for culture.

Let’s turn memes into mechanics, banter into bonding, and Pepper into a universe.

👉 Apply now. Let’s ship something spicy.

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