Show HN: Open-source online board gaming platform build atop blockchain tech

https://apps.saito.network/arcade

by adrian_saito • 7 years ago

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Blockchain is an ideal way to free physical board game makers from the constraints of manufacturing and big-brand contract conditions.

Here at Saito we have released an online Arcade powered by the Saito Game Engine (SaGE) — a fully distributed, fully on-chain platform, currently featuring classics such as Chess, WordBlocks, and Twilight Struggle as examples of what can be done.

All games run directly in a browser and communicate using Saito’s blockchain as a peer-to-peer network.

Would love to connect with anyone interested in developing on our platform, or those open to discussing the use and ideas of blockchain tech more generally.

Thanks for your time, and any feedback or thoughts you can share.

saintPirelli• 7 years ago

Not trying to be a jerk, these are all serious questions and I am thankful for insights, because I seem to be blind to the benefits of blockchains in that regard.

How is a Blockchain better here than just a SQL database? How is it the blockchain exactly that frees you from 'the constraints of manufacturing' a physical board? How is playing chess on your platform any improvement over playing it on lichess, chess.com or chess24? Why would a developer of a game want immutable and distributed data?

stfwn• 7 years ago

Not OP, but I could see the fun and value in an immutable and distributed record of a board game. Cheating would be very hard, and I imagine a passionate player feels good knowing the platform will exist for as long as there are players, and about having an eternal record of all of their games ever. Pro leagues can refer back to the chain for scores and arbitrage, customized game clients can hook up to the chain (perhaps tagged with a hash of the client so players can agree on subgenres of 'legal' clients), players can easily pick up and play any game in history from any state..

I don't know about being 'freed from the constraints of manufacturing'.. But a game on a blockchain might be one of the few uses of blockchain I can think of that actually sounds useful.

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Show HN: Open-source online board gaming platform build atop blockchain tech

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