I find myself very fascinated by the blockchain space and eagerly looking for ways to contribute with skills that are more natural to me.

I am not an artist, and while I recognize the financial implications of the blockchain - I do not feel that is where my development impact lies in the space. I do not have a background in finance. I AM a gamer tho :)

This project will take place in a number of phases, as I am learning Unity alongside many of the gaming integrations of the blockchain simultaneously - my experience entering this project lies in C/C#/C++ and in Autonomous Vehicles, particularly image processing and sensor integration.

By the end of this project, the goal is to have an RPG game that is: familiar in feel, unique/organic in mechanics, and uses DLL imports or similar plugins to integrate Rust smart contract and RPC calls into the C# game environment.

Learning Unity

In order to learn Unity, I have purchased a course on Udemy. I am familiar with the platform, having used it to learn ROS (Robotics Operating System), and enjoy the variety of courses to choose from to find the best one for you. I am following Learn to Create a 2D RPG Game. Once I have learned substantially, I will investigate acquiring my own assets and adding some blockchain/NFT related functions.

Building Game Features that require the blockchain

After I've built out some core functionality for the game following the tutorial, I will explore ways to include the blockchain. This could include:

• Player profile/team information read from NFT Metadata
• Framework for on-chain player accounts (stored as NFT account info?) and game state saves used in pve (maybe pvp) interactions = pluggable into other unity games?
• In-game payments (FRICTIONLESS & not marketplace extractive)
• In-game messaging system that extends outside of the game environment using on-chain messaging ideas, protocols, or techniques
• Ability to send game state info to friends that is non-reliant on player account info

Integrating the Blockchain into our game

This comes the fun stuff - writing scripts to handle some of these unique game feature ideas in Rust and import those as C# scripts in Unity to attach to GameObjects.

Upgrading and Iterate

Once we have a basic game working with a few blockchain features integrated and some fun playable modes, its time to refine. Make better games/challenges. Source better assets. Make cooler mechanics. Iterate. Things to consider:

• Update art assets to original assets that expand the capabilities of our game
• Update the stack with Unity Mobile modules? Solana Mobile Stack
• Add NFT infrastructure around the Player Accounts that enables ecosystem expansion
• Integrate social media sign-ons to share game achievements, offer in-game incentives/events tied to social interactions, in-game art clips as banners, PFPs, Phone Wallpapers, etc.
• Explore 3D engines???