Hey, today i learned about Godot and it’s use case, that it was funded by catalyst and was build to provide the possibillity to add a cardano light wallet into a game engine.
So i looked around and saw that godot now has its own fan base and also already some games build on it. Now i asked myself, do these indie games even use the wallet and what would be their usecase selling a skin for 0.01$? Wouldn’t it have been better to reach out to bigger sudios and ask them if they would like a blockchain integration etc.
Not Godot itself was funded by Catalyst. As far as I can see, they don’t have much to do with crypto at all. Good for them. https://godotengine.org/
What was funded, was an integration with that engine: https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/12/f12-cardano-open-developers/nmkr-sdk-for-godot
But that seems to be still in progress according to the Catalyst reporting.
The result is here: https://github.com/Odiobill/NmkrGodot
No this catalyst projekt is about the inclusion of NFT’s but a wallet itself should be integrated
Ah, this one?
https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/10/f10-developer-ecosystem-the-evolution/mlabs-cardano-game-engine-wallet-godot-integration
Completed since July according to Catalyst.
Source code here: https://github.com/mlabs-haskell/godot-cardano/
Yes, so it seems i understood it indeed wrong not Godot is funded only the integration of the wallet was.
So back to the question is there even one application using the wallet or was it just a very expensive lesson
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Since one is still in progress and the other just completed, it’s probably a bit early to judge on that.
There were also integrations with other game development engines:
https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/7/f7-gamers-on-chained/cardano-games-assets-for-unity
https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/12/f12-cardano-open-developers/cardano-game-development-sdk-for-unity
But all of them are just offers that game developers could use them if they want to integrate Cardano.
For that, they first have to decide that they want to integrate crypto stuff in their game at all. Why?
And then, they have to decide that they want to go with a still rather niche ecosystem instead of the more prominent ones. Why?
Not sure that it would look much better with larger studios. Some tried it and a lot of users hated crypto bs in their games. Not a lot news on that lately. And then there is still the question if they would not just go with a larger ecosystem.
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Hello! I worked as PM and developer for the Cardano Game Engine Wallet proposal.
@HeptaSean got it right: Godot is an open-source game engine with no relation to Cardano that is lately getting significant adoption from indie developers (as can be evidenced by its growing use in game jams and the occasional indie hits like Dome Keeper). For this very reason, we thought it was a good idea to develop a Cardano framework for it, since its low barrier of entry and open source nature seemed like a perfect fit for a community enthusiastic about decentralized solutions.
As of now, no Cardano-enabled games have been made with our framework in the Godot engine. It should be possible to make a videogame with it: we have demos showcasing the wallet creation features, NFT minting/burning and simple contract interactions. We did not have a particular concept or game feature in mind when making the framework: the idea was to bring the necessary capabilities so that any interested blockchain game developer can experiment and use the blockchain for whatever purpose they see fit.
Admittedly, we haven’t been able to work on the framework since the end of the Catalyst’s funding, so you will find a few open issues and PRs in the project’s GitHub. And we could definitely improve our README and documentation.
If anyone is interested in doing something with the framework (or would like to know more about it), feel free to contact me via this forum or just open an issue at the project’s GitHub page.