Table of contents
- The Kernel Gaming Track
- 💡 Week 0 - Brainstorm
- Week 1 - Project Pitches
- Week 2 - Game Design and Player Motivation
- Week 3 - Chainlink Oracles + Bringing Free-to-Play Players to Blockchain Games
- Week 4 - Bringing Free-to-Play Players to Blockchain Games
- Week 5 - NFTs for Humanitarian Outcomes and Community Inclusion Currencies
- Week 6 - Avoiding Gas Fees via Sidechains
- Topic Backlog
In Week 0 of the Kernel Genesis Block, the participants of the Gaming Guild started mapping out topics that we'll both learn and build on during the 8 week program. This is a draft syllabus based on the brainstorm.
We envision this being a participatory community where different guild members sign up to learn about and then present on topics that interest them. Below is the format of what you need to do when you sign up for a topic:
Format¶
Spend time learning about your topic.
Document things to share with the group. This can be as simple as putting links and a few sentences describing the links in a google doc.
3-5 days before our meeting send to the group your documentation (optional for the group to read) and 15 minutes of media to prepare them for your discussion. For example:
- A medium post
- A video
- A game to play
Be prepared to give a short presentation on the topic or lead a participatory activity.
- Power Point
- Brainstorm
Be prepared with questions to lead a discussion.
Week 1 - Project Pitches¶
The first week of the guild had the members pitch their projects and work on their Substack Newsletters. These can be found in the ⚾ Curveball Section
Week 2 - Game Design and Player Motivation¶H/T Paul Gadi
Crafted Reading¶
Group Report: Prosocial economics for game design
The Chemistry of Game Design
Engines of Play: How Player Motivation Changes Over Time
Curated Material¶
Week 3 - Chainlink Oracles + Bringing Free-to-Play Players to Blockchain Games¶Chainlink Oracles¶
H/T Leon Prouger
Crafted Reading¶
Curated Material¶
Create Dynamic NFTs using Chainlink Oracles
Devcon 5 Chainlink Presentation
Genie Platform: Meet The Genie
H/T Wade Kimbrough
Crafted Reading¶
Re-Fungible Tokens: What happens when a Bonded Token owns an NFT?
The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
H/T Wade Kimbrough
Crafted Reading¶
Week 6 - Avoiding Gas Fees via Sidechains¶Topic Backlog¶
The Technology¶
- NFTs, ERC-1155s
- State Machines
- Dynamic NFTs
- Re-Fungible Tokens
Moving Beyond NFTs¶
- What other affordances does blockchain bring games?
- What kinds of mechanics can we only do on blockchain?
- Crypto-economic primitives (e.g. refungible tokens)
- New Monetization Models
Learning Games¶
- Through play users learn about blockchain
- Through play users learn about smart contracts
Network Effect and Games¶
- How To Bring in new players
- How To Bring in new developers
- How to build more prosocial web3 games