How to combine achievements and coins in a game through a Marketplace?
In the world of video game development, the integration of reward systems can be a fundamental pillar to keep players' participation and interest active. Imagine being able to link an achievement system with an in-game currency: achievements act as goals or trophies, and coins as rewards. Let's delve into how you can implement a decentralized Marketplace to buy and sell in-game achievements using smart contracts.
How to solve the challenge of achievements and coin issuance?
The first step to achieve integration was to increase the issuance of coins if a player has already acquired an achievement. This mechanism is verified thanks to the balanceOf
function in the contracts, which tells us how many tokens an account owns. If the balance is greater than zero, it means that the player already has an achievement, and therefore the reward is doubled.
How to model a decentralized Marketplace?
To create an achievement marketplace, a separate contract is needed to handle the transactions. This contract will reference the interfaces of fungible (ERC20) and non-fungible (ERC721) tokens, which optimizes the contract by making it more lightweight.
In the Marketplace, the key functions are publishing and purchasing:
- Publish: Validate that the ID of the token to be published is not already registered and that the publish value is greater than zero.
- Purchase: Ensure that the user has sufficient funds and that the token is published and available for sale.
Example of implementation of validations and transfers.
The Marketplace contract must handle approvals to transfer tokens when selling achievements. Next, check if the selling account has authorized the Marketplace to manage the token.
require(getApproved(tokenId) == address(this), "No permission to transfer");
Upon completion of the validations, the token transfer and registration of the transaction is performed.
IERC20(tokenContract).transferFrom(msg.sender, ownerAddress, salePrice);
IERC721(achievementContract).transferFrom(ownerAddress, msg.sender, tokenId);
Test implementation and future challenges
With the contract deployed, it is critical to assign the correct addresses through a constructor, ensuring correct initialization of variables. Test these operations by ensuring the proper permissions are in place before each transaction.
Finally, we propose an exciting challenge: transform this Marketplace into an auction model, thus elevating the platform to a new level of interactivity and strategy. Review these concepts and continue learning - the world of blockchain-based game development awaits you!
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