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ID: Idea #419150

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Milkomeda Game #2

Problem

Currently, most blockchain-based games are not actually running on-chain. Instead, they run on centralized servers and the only blockchain component are NFTs and tokens used by the game

Solution

We will make a 2nd game for Milkomeda that operates entirely on-chain without needing to trust a centralized server, and do so in a more gas-friendly way than traditional gas-hungry on-chain games

Total so far

This is the total amount allocated to Milkomeda Game #2

Total Funds Requested

$80,000

Distributed

$80,000

Remaining

Project milestones

4/4 milestones complete

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About this idea

blockchain dapps gaming nft smart-contract startup

More detail

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

We will create a blockchain-based game that does not depend on centralized servers to operate and introduces minimal new trust assumptions. We have already built a first prototype game based on this concept (funded by a previous Catalyst proposal) which did a lot of the initial R&D work for the new blockchain-based game engine we developed. We will use and improve this engine in the context of building a 2nd game which we plan to be a tower defense game

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

We believe the novel technology in this game will bring adoption to Cardano through the growth of GameFi

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

We are developing a new blockchain-based game engine with some new concepts that (as far as we know) is not being used by any other project. That means that beyond the standard R&D risks of developing the game itself (delays, overbudget, etc), there is an additional R&D risk for the new technology that we are building for the game engine. Additionally, there is a risk the game is not a market success (standard product risk)

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

Deploy the game to Cardano via Milkomeda. Expected launch will most likely be Q4/Q1

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Funds will be split between contract work for the game development and the R&D for the game engine

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

Robert Kornacki is leading the team

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

Not for this game, but depending on public feedback we may create a 3rd game in the future

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

For v1, we will be tracking progress of code required for the game engine and the game itself. Post release, we will track user growth

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

Success is the continued development of the game engine and positive (and sustainable) growth of the game's userbase

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

Yes, continuation of https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/400666

Completed outcome

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Monthly report

June 20, 2023 Progress report

Status: Launched

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

The highly anticipated launch of Paima Wrath of Jungle: Tower Defense is finally here! Prior to its official release, we conducted a public beta for our dedicated Paima OGs. The game has received an overwhelmingly positive response from the Cardano Community, and we couldn't be prouder and more grateful for the support we've received from the Cardano Catalyst community in bringing this project to life. We're excited to announce that the game has been deployed and is now accessible to all users. 📊100hr stats of our new onchain Tower Defense game 🔥Over 1500 games played! 💯 Over 10,000 transactions Currently we are also additionally running The first Wrath of the Jungle: Tower Defense tournament has With 69 players from multiple ecosystems/wallets vying for $2000 in prizes, this is the largest cross-chain & on-chain tournament to date!

Evidence

https://twitter.com/paimastudios/status/1668692915319869440?s=61&t=k5OieJsRXVZ491CFOADngw https://paimastudios.com/tower-defense https://tower-defense.paimastudios.com/

Explanation

1. Game Announcement 2. Game Page 3. Game link

May 18, 2023 Progress report

Status: Completed

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uZV9-ALp5NFrNIL3mAz7Usups-WzQdPP https://drive.google.com/open?id=12LsTlUU7u4VKpxyQyeUcAGuHUSfKcn3w https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tlzGjAxEix0YRk3YKI3gJxQ7L_HkkV1K https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nkAOTloUiH2jbpPmHOuciN6PyTEjsXFN https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xb1oq_3pTrDaldHFK0c7-at_UzutvYAF

Summary

We are excited to announce that the Paima Team is preparing for the public release of their 2nd game in May or early June 2023! All the necessary work on the user interface, backend, smart-contracts and Paima-Engine has been completed. The game is fully playable and requires no further development. Currently, Paima team is focused on implementing various QA test suite scenarios and making minor fixes, if needed. Additionally, the UX&UI and Frontend team at Paima are diligently working on a dedicated webpage specifically designed for Wrath of the Jungle Tower Defense. We are delighted to provide you with a sneak peek of this page as a proof of evidence. Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that prior to the public release on the mainnet, exclusive access will be granted to Paima's Discord OGs, who will have the opportunity to participate in the private beta testing phase.

April 20, 2023 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TqM9bUBLLnm3a2HDNQbseKdxaQY2-UwP

Summary

In March, the Paima team made an exciting announcement about the upcoming mainnet release. Currently, the team is working diligently to prepare the release candidate, with a primary focus on the QA test suite for both the frontend and backend. Here is a summary of the progress made during the previous reporting cycle: - New Home Screen UI - Improving the UI when a round starts - Handling breaking input fields in WebGL build - Randomizing unit's position and animation - Improving game units balancing - Handing the edge case when assets are doing unexpected damage (multiple attacks) - Fixing Sloth tower stopped doing damage with too many units - Improving argument exception in room screen - Fixing when the game plays in the background and froze - Testing Crypts buff - Reworkinh Snapshots into GameEvents - Homogenization of Middleware events - Guess return of GetLobbyState during room creation - Changing the block duration to 2 - and much more :) Paima started also working on official game webpage.

March 18, 2023 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1u5HdY-lXMxjH6xrb5Te2HT5tP4tzJKrj

Summary

Following the announcement of Milkomeda Game #2, our team has been diligently preparing for the Mainnet Release. We are thrilled to reveal that our game will now officially be named "Wrath of the Jungle: Tower Defense". Our team has made significant progress in testing the Tower Defense backend and connecting it with the Paima Engine Middleware, while also enhancing the SFX. Additionally, we are excited to announce that we will be featuring a Tower Defense showcase on the new Paima Engine Page, which is set to launch tomorrow. Among the various tasks we have been working on are: -New official game name and logo creation (in progress) -Fixed "Out of memory" error -Deployed Game backend # TD Game Tick Events documentation (to be shared on Catalyst request): -Structure Events -Build Structure Event -Repair Structure Event -Upgrade Structure Event -Salvage Structure Event -Unit Spawned Event -Unit Movement Event -Damage Event -Defender Base Update Event -Actor Deleted Event -Status Effect Applied Event -Gold Reward Events # TD Middleware Events documentation (These endpoints facilitate interaction with the user's wallet. -Endpoint `userWalletLogin` -Endpoint `getLatestProcessedBlockHeight` -Endpoint `getUserLobbiesMatches` -Endpoint `getOpenLobbies` -Endpoint `getRandomOpenLobby` -Endpoint `getUserStats` -Endpoint `getNewLobbies` -Endpoint `getLobbyState` -Endpoint `getRoundExecutionState` -Endpoint `getLobbySearch` -Endpoint `getMatchWinner` -Endpoint `getUserWalletNfts` -Endpoint `getUserSetNFT` -Endpoint `getNftStats` -Endpoint `getRoundExecutor` -Endpoint `createLobby` -Endpoint `joinLobby`: -Endpoint `closeLobby` -Endpoint `submitMoves` -Working on the balance in Tower Defense, reworked the balance a bit (we made significant improvements to the game balance, which among other features also reduced the amount of effects displayed on the map - which by itself significantly cleared the map. -We've also made a 1.5x smaller map size (16x9, old size: 22x13) for basic testing. -Worked o on integration of the new middleware, implemented new SubmitMoves syntax, implemented GetMapByName on Frontend -Changed the scale of the towers and units; changed a little bit the animations of the units; -adjusted visual effects like attacks of the towers; created new attack animation for Macaw and added some visual effects for that -UI Sounds: all UI sounds are in the game audio loops for buildings added improved scripts for audio randomization and voice number limitations improved ambiences, reverb and attenuations -new SFX's added for buildings, units and actions -Exporting logs -Searching in lobbies list -Fix hover popup -Round calculated incorrectly on Middleware -Macaws attack animation

February 20, 2023 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

We recently released Milkomeda Game#2 to the public and have received a positive response with over 25,000 views and quite good social media activity. Despite ongoing tasks such as improving our Paime Engine and creating documentation for developers, our team has been focused on developing new features and bug fixes for the Tower Defense (Milkomeda Game #2). These features include enhanced music, graphics, user experience in game lobby etc. Some of the things we were working on : - New UI sounds added - Added audio positioning and randomization for specific sounds to make the game more interesting in terms of audio. This also allows players to feel the position of surrounding structures/objects (added as a PoA) - Also allow user to change music in Settings -Working on 2nd soundtrack - Pirranha tower - 3d ui improvements - Fixed popup scaling - Defender now moves first - Fixed bugs on low FPS - QA Test suite (positive) : round times, scaling upgrade popup, order of movement - QA Test suite (negative) : rewatch, reloading map - Working on fixes - Working on database and backend improvements - balance config tweaks - Finishing Tower Defense backend, we will start connecting it to Middleware in next days. - show tower statistics - user can click around on field -towers shooting -> hit units after delay, when projectile hits, so it makes sense visually - confirmed fixes: hover, click towers while waiting, settings button 2x, ability to rewatch, - animals are hit at correct moments - Small refactoring of repeating logic for Attacker and Defender

Evidence

https://twitter.com/PaimaStudios/status/1a617961261165334531 https://drive.google.com/file/d/10LtRwtizpaXqfmjcwpUsHqGxE6XieITF/view

Explanation

1. Game Announcement 2. New UI Sounds

January 19, 2023 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jwSNRh07Yvc3arbIs8IYLbnrwodF6z4u

Summary

In previous month we reported on progress made in the development of our Unity frontend build, with a key objective of demonstrating video proof of gameplay. This month we've implemented a full-fledged replay player which has support for video-like capabilities of fast forwarding, jumping back and forwards to any point in the replay, pausing and restarting the replay, and even changing camera view of the replay. Other improvements: Fixing a lot of minor bugs in Tower Defense UI Fixed sorting in My Games and Join screen Changing the order to defender --> attacker --> defender first Changing the tower info from info icon to hover Testing visual all effects in Tower Defense match Fixing minor bug for the round indicator Implemented "Hurt and slow", "Instakill" and "Deflector shield" actions for towers and units Fixed bug when sometimes destroyed towers and units were still emitting events Fixes in tower defense middleware Improving Tower Defense balance updates In addition, a new gameplay video is added to the report as Proof of Evidence. In the near future we will be ready to provide report for the next Proof of Milestone.

December 20, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x1Ha9TziUw2xXIXWtZS9xUCAPdwebUXu

Summary

Over the past month, our team has made significant progress in the development of our Unity frontend build. One of our key objectives during the Proof of Milestone was to demonstrate video proof of gameplay featuring both attacker and defender structures and units. I am pleased to report that we have successfully achieved this goal. Attached to this report is a short video showcasing the gameplay at its current stage. In the video, users can see the attacker's structures producing attacking units and the defender's structures destroying those units. Overall, the game is already fully playable from both the attacker and defender perspectives. This is a major milestone for our team and a testament to the hard work and dedication of our frontend developers. We are excited to continue building and improving upon this foundation as we move forward.

November 24, 2022 Progress report

Status: In progress

On track: Yes

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

Currently, we are still working on developing the environment and game logic, but the first internal demos are achieving very good results and we are pleased with the progress of the team. We are presenting some graphics to keep the vision of the game a secret before the first official announcements.Th

Evidence

Explanation

Links to graphic assets/units/maps

Team

The team working on the game has been involved with designing scalability solutions like L2s and so have experience with coming up with new architectures for scalable computation in blockchain environments with introducing minimal new trust assumptions

Sebastien Guillemot

nicoarqueros

dcSpark

Website

https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/419150

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