Orbiter 8 is a decentralized space game designed for the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Features

• EVM Blockchain native gameplay, fully on-chain
• Lightweight browser-based game client
• Dynamically generated galaxy
• Massively multiplayer
• Ownable ship and planet assets as ERC721 NFTs
• In game current as ERC20 tokens
• Intergalactic tading system
• Temporal chat, uses "broadcasts"

Awards

• March 2022: Polygon Studios Grant Winner
• April 2022: Moonriver Grants Hackathon Winner
• Arugust 2022: Bobabeam Hackathon Winner

Version 0.3.0

This version of Orbiter 8 is the final manifestration of the original prototype. Work in this demo realizes the final alpha demo on the roadmap to a beta. There will be few (or no) updates to this repository as we focus on beta production using a refresh stack including Vue 3, EhtersJS, and Solidity 8.

Test Network Deployments

• Sepolia (Ethereum)
• Binance
• Mumbai (Polygon)
• Arbitrum
• Moonriver
• Moonbase
• Bobabase
• Godwoken
• Metis
• Metal

More Information

The official Orbiter 8 website: https://orbiter8.com

Source for a fully built version of the Demo 3 client: https://github.com/Partavate-Studios/orbiter8-demo3-client

A Github hosted instance of the Demo 3 client: https://partavate-studios.github.io/orbiter8-demo3-client/

Gameplay tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL30sFMYi6A

Technologies Used:

• Truffle Stack 5: https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle
• Eth-Vue Truffle Box: https://truffleframework.com/boxes/eth-vue
• Vue.js 2: https://vuejs.org/
• Solidity 5
• Node.js v8 (will not compile with newer versions)
• Metamask browser plugin: https://metamask.io/

Project Setup

1. Clone the git repository

git clone git@gitlab.com:partavate/prototype.git

2. To setup the truffle stack stuff, from /prototype

npm install

3. To setup the client stuff, from /prototype/orbter-client

npm install

Design Goals

On-chain turn-based gameplay with all game logic handled via Ethereum smart contracts.

Web based game client with no external depdencies other than access to Ethereum.

Dynamically generated game board (galaxy) democratizing the cost of recording the map data to the chain.

Common Commands While Developing:

Truffle

# Check Contract Size
truffle run contract-size

# Start Truffle Dev Environment
truffle develop

# Optionally monitor RPC activity while the dev environment is running:
truffle develop --log

# Redeploy contracts
migrate --reset

# Get a contracts address
AvatarControls.address

# Getting the Galaxy Up and Running
AvatarControls.deployed().then(function(instance){return instance.createAvatar('The Federation');})
Orbiter8.deployed().then(function(instance){return instance.genesis();})
Orbiter8.deployed().then(function(instance){return instance.makeSolarSystem();})

# Run smart contract tests
test

# Verify contracts
truffle run verify Orbiter8 AvatarControls AvatarLibrary PresetLibrary StarSystemLibrary PlanetLibrary ShipTokens PlanetTokens Credits --network arbitrumTest

Node Client

From the orbiter-client diretory:

Inpm install

# Serve with hot reload at localhost:8080 (donno the difference)
npm run serve

# Build for production with minification
npm run build

# Build for production and view the bundle analyzer report
npm run build --report

# There are no client tests

Accelerated Learning

The Crypto Zombies tutorial is a fun way to understand the basics of Solidity https://cryptozombies.io/

This is a dapp, you need a wallet

Running smart contracts requires some kind of Ethereum wallet. This project assumes you use the metamask wallet available as a plugin for both Firefox and Chrome Web browsers.

Note: You will also need to configure Metamask to work with your local development environment. Truffle provides 10 private keys to accounts with 100 Ethereum to use for development and testing.

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Lovingly crafted by Partavate Studios

Shared under the GNU Affero General Public License

#LibertaGalactica