The past few weeks on Hive were positively motivating. The CommentRewarder (CR) project came together quickly from ideation to production launch. Upon launch, CR probably gained more adoption than any of my other Hive-related projects in the past five years -- and, there have been many projects.
I have been reflecting on the CR launch a bit. One thing that helped get things together was how @acidyo and I communicated the project details. After seeing the idea, I offered to work on it and wrote up a design document (DESIGN.md) based on what I understood. We went back and forth on some of the details, and having it written down made it easier to think about corner cases and areas needing more attention. After a couple of days of revision and thinking, the core design was settled, and it was easier to bang out the code based on that agreed-upon structure.
Later, as we built, iterated, fixed, and gathered community feedback, the DESIGN.md was revised and updated. The document lives with the source code so that other future developers or I can reference it and understand how the system is meant to be put together. This documentation process was very lightweight, and I plan to reuse this method for future projects.
All those older Hive projects, including RedditPosh, helped with execution speed. The learnings from each project compound and build upon each other, enabling new opportunities. It seems that even RedditPosh is growing in momentum, and more sharing is happening. I'm happy to see the tools being used every day. I'm hoping this positive shift of tides continues for months to come.
One of my other favorite projects was BurningZa. The idea is that you can burn some fractions of PIZZA tokens to paint pixels on a grid, to create letters, pixel art, or whatever you want. Several rounds of this were completed, turned into NFTs, published in @nftshowroom, and given to contributors who helped paint it.
Here are four examples of community-crafted pixel art from BurningZa
BurningZa (BZ) is a semi-decentralized game; with some work, it could be more decentralized. The "painting" happens via hive-engine token transfers to @null with a transfer memo that includes extra data about location and color for painting instructions. The BZ interface was clunky but functional and left much room for improvement.
I want to revive this idea under a new name and vision. The project is called @pixelswarm (PS). (A hive account has already been created.)
As a lifelong gamer and recently a semi-competent developer, I have been thinking about game development more seriously lately. PS could be an excellent opportunity to learn and experiment with some Web3 game ideas. The basic concept of BZ reborn and expanded in PS will also be a way to try out some new technology.
For example, PS could be one of the first functional apps to use VSC lite accounts. It would be beneficial to allow players into the game without requiring a complete Hive account. I'm actively talking to @vaultec from the VSC team about the building blocks needed for this. At a minimum, we need a way to authenticate a user with VSC and a way to subscribe to VSC transfer operations.
I fear a novel app like PS could fail to attract attention and usage. Then, the hours invested would not have a good ROI. After the CR launch, which surprised me with attention and usage, I think it's worth it to keep taking the risks. Even if few people use/play the game, some knowledge is gained, and new relationships are built along the way, which are both very valuable.
One of the reasons CR works so well is that you don't need to leave your Hive favorite front end to use it. It works with PeakD, Ecency, Hive, blog, etc. out of the box. It won't be easy to achieve the same for PS unless I can convince @asgarth or other devs to add my mini-app to their existing apps. This can wait until later.
I think PS could become valuable for the whole Hive network, including various communities and games integrated with Hive. I'm excited to explore some of those ideas in future posts and code. Stay tuned!
Note: 10% of rewards are routed to @commentrewarder for this post. Please let me know your thoughts on these ideas in the discussion thread.
Nice, I had missed the earlier version but a long time ago someone did something similar but was using comments for each pixel which made it super spammy. :D This sounds like a much better way to go about it!
It could get interesting! Would some crazy VSC user burn wrapped BTC to paint pixels?
Guau you have been working hard, here could you please talk with themarkymark maybe you can help us with our nft, same as I show you, to development a game or a proyect for using them as a parameters for building something interesting.
I am only saying, could be Crazy idea or maybe not.
Best regard.
I already have too many ideas and not enough time for building. You can build! Good luck
I will try but my problem I am not programer, but I will in the future could try.
I think everything related to games is excellent. I have a daughter who is very good at playing. I would like to know more about the project. I will be attentive.
Without a doubt, CR has been giving off great vibes, at least for me and those who consistently comment on my posts. I believe it will gain more traction in the future as more people realize they’re earning extra rewards through their engagement.
You've done a fantastic job with CR, and I think you're on the right track with PS too. Offering lite accounts and the ability to integrate with all frontends is definitely the way to go. I’ll be sure to follow your future announcements to learn more about PS.
Thanks for continuing to build such cool features for the chain! 🙏🏻
!PIZZA
What do you think of the name PixelSwarm?
Love it! 🤩 It's very well suited for a blockchain-based game. Especially the "Swarm" part, because it feels like Hive but with a more exciting, game-like tone. 👍
I see a lot of discussion about CommentRewarder (CR) and even people using it but BurningZa (BZ) is new for me that I am not aware of..
absolutely and this is one of the best parts of it.
Feel free to reach out on Discord whenever you have time to explain what would be required on our end to better support this. Maybe it's not a crazy amount of work :)
I'm a casual gamer of the Tetris and Pac-Man variety so for me it would be nice to see some simpler games on Hive that I could enjoy too 👍
It is a great idea and i followed a bit the story of burnZa and people were super happy to contribute on that… i see this idea moving further since you are aiming a way to burn hive tokens which most of the people in here would be happy in doing that… since we will have more people participating i am curious how the nfts will look like! I remember that many people replaced my pixels in the burnZa
An idea I have is to increase the cost each time the pixel is replaced. So it becomes more expensive to compete for space
Looking forward to see how PS materializes using VSC.
It could be great, VSC just made a post about their account system also.
Always excited for new stuff popping up on Hive, looks like you are passionate about what you do and this gives you my support automatically.
Passionate creators is what pushes us (HIVE Community) further in the crypto world.
Keep up the great work!
To play PS I have to have pizza tokens right?
And once I have those tokens I can go to the game and paint a picture however I want?
That's correct. Each pixel costs a tiny fraction of a PIZZA token.
Great, I'm getting it. gracias
Loving the momentum, enthusiasm and effort you are sharing, fostering and creating!
The commentrewarder project is key and clearly deserves the traction it’s receiving! Big ups!
I’ve yet to set up, but will be!
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Thanks! It's a great time to build
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The CommentRewarder is a nice initiative to bring more engagement and I see people started using this. Every new project and idea is great to have at hive and brings more value to the community.
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