Distribution of your game depends highly on the platform you are using. With Solana, there are game SDKs you can build for IOS, Android, Web and Native Windows or Mac. Using the Unity SDK you could even connect Nintendo Switch or XBox to Solana theoretically. Many game companies are pivoting to a mobile first approach because there are so many people with mobile phones in the world. Mobile comes with its own complications though, so you should pick what fits best to your game.
Casual games commonly use energy systems, meaning that actions in the game cost energy which refills over time. In this guide we will walk through how to build one on Solana.
Getting started with your first Solana game
Tokens on Solana can serve various purposes, such as in-game rewards, incentives, or other applications. For example, you can create tokens and distribute them to players when they complete specific in-game actions.
The gaming space in the Solana ecosystem is expanding rapidly. Integrating with Solana can provide numerous benefits for games, such as enabling players to own and trade their assets via NFTs in games, building a real in-game economy, creating composable game programs, and allowing players to compete for valuable assets.
Interact with Anchor Program from Unity
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are rapidly gaining popularity as a means of integrating Solana into games.
When you have written a solana program you now maybe want to use it in the Unity Game engine. Fortunately there is a code generator which lets you port a anchor idl (a json representation of a solana program) to C#
You can use Solana block chain to save the state of your game in program accounts. These are accounts that are owned by your program and they are derived from the program Id and some seeds. These can be thought of as data base entries.
Unity SDK
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