Resources to get started

Game dev resources

Magic block gaming resources

https://github.com/magicblock-labs/solana-gaming-resources

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Helius gaming article:

https://www.helius.dev/blog/gaming-how-solana-is-changing-the-playfield

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Solana Game Dev Resources:

https://solana.com/de/developers/guides/games/getting-started-with-game-development

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Unity SDK

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• NFT support
• Candy machine integration
• Transactions
• RPC functions
• Phantom deep links
• WebGL connector
• Reliable WebSocket connection support
• Mobile wallet-adapter
• Sessions keys for auto approving transaction
• Anchor client code generation and more.

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Godot SDK

• 10 Video Tutorial series:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xxMkRZIY98

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• SolanaUtils
• SolanaClient
• Account
• Transaction
• WalletAdapter
• ComputeBudget
• SystemProgram
• TokenProgram
• MplTokenMetadata
• AssociatedTokenAccountProgram
• MplCandyMachine
• MplCandyGuard
• AnchorProgram

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Phaser SDK

• Js Games frame work
• https://github.com/Bread-Heads-NFT/solana-phaser-template
• Has a google email login via tiplink now: https://x.com/breadheads_nft/status/1800994784749748492
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• Non-Custodial Wallets
• No seed-phrases. No passwords
• Minting Game Assets
• Branded Marketplace
• Credit Card Payments

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Solana Labs Game Shift

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Easy to use API to create users and mint compressed nfts with checkout.

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https://gameshift.solanalabs.com/

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https://solplay.de/cubeshift/index.html

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https://twitter.com/solana_devs/status/1723004132678623463

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https://github.com/solana-developers/cube_shift

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Thread on resources

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https://x.com/SolPlay_jonas/status/1731776024310903087?s=20

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https://www.helius.dev/blog/gaming-how-solana-is-changing-the-playfield

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Tiny adventure

Anchor - JS - Unity

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https://github.com/solana-developers/solana-game-starter-kits

Lumberjack

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npx create-solana-game <name>

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City Builder

Anchor - Unity

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https://github.com/magicblock-labs/Solana-Unity-Chess

Chess

Anchor - JS - Unity

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Auto approve transactions

Auto approve transactions

1) Solflare auto approve burner wallets

2) Create a local keypair

3) Gum session keys

4) Durable nonces

5) Clockwork threads

6) Sign in the backend

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Sol flare out approve

pro

• per app
• rescured by the wallet
• works on all apps

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contra

• Need to teach ppl how to set it up
• Needs to be funded before usage
• Only works with solflare

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Create local keypair

pro

• Nice ux
• Easy to setup
• works for all programs

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contra

• Can get lost when player clears cache
• Is saved in browser db which can eventually leak
• Can lead to player loosing his game state when not handled properly

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Gum session keys

pro

• Nice ux
• Easy to setup
• Token has expiry

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contra

• Is saved in browser db which can eventually leak
• Sol can get lost when refund is not handled properly in the client

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https://solplay.de/solana-2048/

Durable nonce

Use durable nonces transactions and sign a bunch in advance and trigger them when needed. Havent tried yet.

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pro

• Easy to use
• Nice ux

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contra

• Hard to program?!
• Potentially dangerous since the could be triggered later

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https://solplay.de/solana-2048/

Clockwork threads

Just an idea by now. Make threads send transactions and take the fees from a PDA

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https://solplay.de/solana-2048/

Sign in backend

pro

• Easy to use
• Nice ux

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contra

• You pay the fees
• Game only playable as long as your backend is alive
• Not really on chain

https://solplay.de/solana-2048/

Resources

• https://github.com/magicblock-labs/solana-gaming-resources
• Solana 2048 :
• Seven seas: https://github.com/solana-developers/solana-game-starter-kits/tree/main/seven-seas
• Zero copy example:
• https://beta.solpg.io/tutorials/zero-copy
• https://github.com/solana-developers/anchor-zero-copy-example/blob/main/README.md
• Randomness example:
• https://beta.solpg.io/tutorials/battle-coins

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• Clockwork: https://www.clockwork.xyz/
• Example idle game: https://github.com/solana-developers/solana-game-starter-kits/tree/main/idle-game

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