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ChainCraft

An AI multiplayer game builder and creator economy.

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React
Web3
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Solidity

Description

Link to platform. Play.ChainCraft.Games
GitHub: https://github.com/chaincraftgames/
ChainCraft lets anyone build multiplayer games by talking to AI. No coding, no game dev experience, and no crypto knowledge required. Our conversational builder guides you step by step through game design, asking questions to refine your idea into a playable experience. You simulate it, test it, tweak it, and publish. Your game is then minted as an NFT on Arbitrum, giving you true ownership of what you created.

The entire experience is designed so that someone who's never touched a blockchain can create, play, and eventually earn, all through a familiar chat interface with wallet creation handled seamlessly in the background through ThirdWeb.

We've already completed two major milestones through our Arbitrum Questbook grant: a full webapp with multiplayer and real-time chat, game spectating, and blockchain integration including NFT game minting and token-gated access. Currently, games are text-based, but with the core platform foundation complete, we can now focus on layering in new features, game mechanics, and graphics. The hard part is done.

For this hackathon, we're building three key features on top of our existing platform:

  • Token Duels: Skill-based prize competitions where players compete with tokens on the line. Revenue is shared between the winner, the game's creator, and the platform, aligning incentives so that creators earn when people enjoy their games.

  • In-Game Item Generation: Players earn items during gameplay that are minted as NFTs directly to their wallet. We're starting with a card-based system versatile enough to represent weapons, characters, abilities, and more.

  • Cross-Game Interoperability: Items earned in one game will be recognizable and usable in other ChainCraft games. A sword from a dungeon crawler could become a weapon in a duel. This is the beginning of our long-term vision: an interconnected creator ecosystem where games build on each other.

On our roadmap, we're also developing ways for players to directly support creators they believe in, because we think the most successful platforms aren't built around isolated games with no lasting connection, they're built around communities. We're focused on depth over gloss, and instead of one-shot generation that produces beautiful but broken outputs, our guided conversational flow produces reliable, playable multiplayer experiences with higher success rates.


Progress During Hackathon

On Feb 6th we launched Token Duels internally among the team for the first time. We set up a testnet faucet so the team could acquire tokens, then ran live skill-based prize competitions on one of our existing featured games. This was our first end-to-end test of the Token Duels smart contract flow, from wager deposit through game resolution to payout distribution. Here's what we shipped. Token Duels on Arbitrum Sepolia. Players can create 1v1 games and wager tokens on the outcome. Built with Diamond Pattern smart contracts for upgradeability. Designed so game creators earn a fee when Token Duels are played on their games, aligning incentives across the platform. Testnet Token Faucet. Anyone can grab tokens and jump into a Token Duel immediately, no friction. NFT Character Creation and Minting (Feb 20th). Players can now create and mint characters from games as NFTs. This is the foundation for cross-game interoperability, take your items between games, and opens the path to item, card, and card pack sales in the future. QR Code Invites. On mobile, share a QR code to invite someone to a game in person, instantly. Platform Dashboard. Added admin stats dashboard. 25% AI Cost Reduction. Reduced engine token costs by 25%, improving sustainability at scale.

Fundraising Status

We have received $24,000 through the Arbitrum Questbook Grant Program across three milestones. Milestone 1 (Core Platform Development): $15,900, completed and paid. Milestone 2 (Blockchain Integration): $4,500, completed and paid. Milestone 3 (Documentation and Sustainability): $3,600, submission in progress with a due date of February 28, 2026. The majority of development has been funded through sweat equity and personal investment from the founding team, maintaining an extremely lean operational burn rate. Focusing on non-dilutive funding and revenue generation before institutional rounds.
Team Leader
RRyan Beltran
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GamingAINFT