Unity Game Engine NFT Plugin

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem.

We want to create a Unity Plugin which will be released on the Unity Asset Store for free, that allows for easy management of NFTs and NFT Minting in-game.

[GENERAL] Summarize your relevant experience.

We've built the very first NFT Minting tool on Cardano and since then created the largest NFT Minting API, that has powered over 1.2 Million Cardano NFTs. Our focus is making Cardano development easier for regular developers.

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Plugin

We will create a Unity plugin that can be downloaded from the Unity Asset Store.

This Plugin will allow for multiple functionalities such as

• NFT-Minting
• Wallet Connection
• Querying the metadata of all NFTs from a wallet into the game
• Querying information about NFTs based on their policy ID into the game
• and more

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

This plugin is an effort to make Cardano more accessible to outside developers and since there are only 2 other NFT plugins (on Ethereum and Solana) currently on the Unity Asset Store, it will be a good tool to bring Game Developers into the Cardano ecosystem.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

The main risk lies in the way we connect wallets to the Unity Game Engine. It is not fully decided if we choose to build a native wallet inside of Unity that can be used by the games easily or if we go for an external connector through a website, which might be more easily usable.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

Timeline

• Plugin Prototype: 4 weeks
• Plugin Development: 8 weeks
• Q&A: 2 weeks

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Budget

• Senior C# Unity Developer for 3 months: 35 000 $
• Designer for 1 month: 5 000 $
• Legal assessment: 5 000 $
• Q&A: 5 000 $

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

• Patrick Tobler: Experienced C# Developer, Stake Pool Operator, Founder of NFT-MAKER, Plutus Pioneer
• Sascha Tobler: Senior C# Developer, Lead Developer for NMKR Studio (previously NFT-MAKER PRO)
• Fahim Popalzai: Design Lead
• NFT-MAKER Q&A Team
• NFT-MAKER Legal Team

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

Only if we want to expand this plugin further with additional content.

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

We will create a monthly report and share it with the Catalyst Community.

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

We release a functional Plugin into the Unity Asset Store, that can be used easily by Unity developers.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

A new proposal.