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Attention Game is an on-chain NFT social game experiment that endows NFTs with functional properties (Show as a Service or Ads as a Service).

Background

The game is inspired by "Status as a Service" (SaaS) from Eugene Wei's 2019 article, which analyzed the development model of social networks and the desire for status. SaaS focuses on the virtual social economy on social media platforms, which essentially is an ICO behavior. Social networks are essentially a platform for displaying users' identities and social status, with the like and share functions serving this purpose.

The idea was to transform these concepts into an on-chain game experiment. Last year, Vitalik Buterin's article "Decentralized Society: Looking for the Soul of Web3" explored where Web3 was heading and proposed the concept of Soul Bound Tokens to establish a more diverse and rich ecosystem called "Decentralized Society" (DeSoc) - a social relationship based on collective decision-making.

In addition to the essence of social networks, NFTs have developed rapidly in 2022, with new NFT issuance methods attracting attention. Whether it's Nouns' daily auction model or Art Gobblers' Variable Rate Gradual Dutch Auctions (VRGDA) NFT issuance model, they approach the supply model of NFTs from a supply and demand perspective and combine token and NFT issuance.

We also referenced the "Six Degrees of Separation" theory, which suggests that any two people in the world who do not know each other can establish a connection with only a few intermediaries.

What is This Game Like? (the Game Mode)

1. Based on the above background, we designed a game that can issue NFTs and allow NFTs to be pledged.

2. Each NFT is a hexagon, and the game is composed of these hexagonal NFTs (referred to as HexNFTs).

3. At the beginning of the game's genesis, there is only one HexNFT, located at the coordinate (0,0).

4. Subsequent HexNFT issuances can only be linked to existing HexNFTs (Link Mint).

5. The total number of HexNFTs is 10,000.

6. The HexNFTs themselves are blank and can be pledged with NFTs (Ads as a Service), allowing the HexNFT to display these pledged NFTs.

7. These HexNFTs can be bought and sold through the marketplace.

8. Each HexNFT will produce tokens, and the number of tokens produced will decrease with the distance from (0,0).

Token Economics (TBD)

The game will issue its own token, ATT, as a governance token. The daily output of tokens is fixed, and pledging NFTs requires the consumption of ATT tokens. ...more...

What’s Next

Add the functionality for each HexNFT to link to social media platforms like Twitter or Link3/Lens, enhancing their social attributes, similar to a social graph.

Pledged NFTs represent the user's avatar, and each HexNFT is their account space, where they can publish their liked NFT list.

The project was mainly built using frontend and contract technologies, including React and Solidity. These technologies were pieced together to create a robust and user-friendly platform for managing and executing smart contracts. Additionally, we utilized sponsor technologies such as [insert any relevant sponsor technologies here] which greatly benefited our project by providing additional tools and resources.

During the development process, we may have implemented some creative or unconventional solutions to overcome technical challenges. These hacks may have been notable and worth mentioning as they contributed to the successful implementation of the project.