The story of Ford
Building imaginary worlds in a tiny village
Ford grew up in a village of roughly four hundred people, where the local school eventually closed because too few children remained. His parents worked on a government farm and still found ways to provide toys and a first computer. Allergies limited some outdoor play, so games became a larger window into worlds beyond the surrounding fields.
He played open world titles, combined Lego sets into original structures, and once asked for a transparent toy helicopter to be broken so he could study its gears. When the Star Wars set he wanted was unavailable locally, he improvised his own version from the pieces he had. Those habits formed his practical view of creativity as a skill strengthened through experimentation, curiosity, and repeatedly making something beyond the supplied instructions.
Learning creative work with limited tools
As a teenager, Ford wanted a future beyond the farm and tested many forms of online work, including copywriting, marketing, web design, coding, and video editing. He accepted his first editing job before knowing the software, learned through online tutorials, and worked around an internet connection so slow that lessons had to buffer before he could watch them. Finished videos sometimes required a drive to the nearest city so he could upload them through a phone.
A client request introduced him to animation, and the process of giving motion and personality to static art immediately fit. He later became an animator at a mobile game studio, where he learned how carefully teams study player behavior, interface placement, pacing, rewards, and monetization before visible production begins.
Growing Frankie from collectible art into games
Ford discovered NFTs through a game studio coworker and recognized a digital ownership model similar to game skins without a platform retaining total control. He began minting experimental frog animations on Tezos, teaching himself to draw while refining a modern rubber hose animation style. Collector Coffee Break encouraged him to build a larger project and became his co-founder in Franky's Dinner. The team later chose Abstract because its portal, simple accounts, streams, badges, and connected applications could help newcomers discover more than one game.
Frankie's Adventures became a free, family friendly title with tournaments, collectible skins, and community collaborations. Frankie Go expanded the ecosystem with shorter play sessions, rewards, and planned skill based upgrading. Ford continues developing new seasons, physical products, and partnerships while keeping Web2 player onboarding as a central goal.