On July 21-22, a unique hackathon conference on the development of games using blockchain technology will take place in Moscow. GameNode will unite the leaders of the gaming industry, blockchain experts and leading developers of the industry on one platform. The event will be organized by
Mail.Ru Games Ventures (MRGV) together with
Expload .
The total prize fund of the hackathon will be more than 1 million rubles. Participants in 48 hours to create a prototype of a decentralized game. The main platform for blockchain development will be SDK Expload.
The hackathon is timed to the launch in early August of the closed testing of the Expload platform at the Central processing chair. About a week before GameNode, access to the public SDK will be open. The essence of the hackathon is the competition of prototypes of games that use the blockchain in their logic and developed exclusively on the basis of the SDK Expload. The choice of technologies for client parts of games is not regulated in any way. Mentors from companies developing various engines will be present at the hackathon, and participants can use their help if they wish.
The Expload platform is something like a crypto-Steam. It consists of several parts:
- Blockchain Tendermint.
- A proprietary virtual machine that executes smart contracts (the conversion from C # and Solidity is now implemented).
- An SDK that allows games of hackathon members to communicate with the blockchain. The SDK is already integrated into several game engines, and the list of integrations will be expanded.
- And a client application like a Steam storefront that is integrated with the Expload platform. It has a built-in cryptographic, forums and a number of other tools.
All projects will be evaluated by an expert jury that will select winners in five main categories: “Best Game”, “Best Technical Performance”, “Best Game Design”, “Best Blockchain Application in Games” and “Most Original Idea”.
In addition, following the hackathon, the investment division of MRGV will consider the opportunity to provide financial support to the winning team and provide resources for the further development of the project.
As part of GameNode, there will also be speeches by leading industry experts. They will share their experience in the use of blockchain technology in game projects, talk about the challenges that cryptogame developers are facing today, and discuss how the blockchain is changing the game industry.
Time and place of the hackathon : July 21-22, Moscow, Yota Arena
You can
register for a hackathon at
gamenode.org .