Based Run
A fake-game turned real on Base.
Created on 1st September 2025
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Based Run
A fake-game turned real on Base.
The problem Based Run solves
Our purpose is simple: make being onchain fun.
When we first got into Web3, 4 years ago, everything was finance and transactions. Important, yes — but as students, it felt hard to really be onchain. We believe Base + Farcaster are the best platforms to flip that, and make onchain more fun than being online.
Based Run is our latest Trenchverse mini-app — a viral TikTok “fake game” turned real on FC:
👉 Hand-written math logic in Unity
👉 Fully functional 3D player model
👉 Particle effects, shading, secondary effects
👉 Enemy AI inspired by CoC-style defenses
👉 A custom Unity level engine, built from scratch
We’re not porting Web2 games into Web3 — we’re building the games we always wished existed, and shipping them onchain. 💜
Challenges we ran into
Since Based Run is a fake game turned real, there was no existing playbook. All the “similar” games online were just clickbait to push downloads, so we had to build all the logics ourselves — designing obstacles, hand-crafting mathematical gates, building in-game elements, and more.
Because designing every level manually wasn’t scalable, we built a custom Unity level engine from scratch.
And since there’s no native WebSocket between the Base onchain kit and Unity WebGL, we also had to create a custom bridge for data flow and payment integration.
Smart Contract Address(es)
Our project does not deploy a new custom smart contract. Instead, we integrate directly with the official USDC contract on Base (0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) to handle in-game payments. All other game logic (leaderboard, scoring, Farcaster integration) is currently managed off-chain in Unity and our React bridge. This design allows us to leverage a trusted stablecoin contract while keeping gameplay logic fast and lightweight.
The Basescan link below (with filters applied) shows the transactions triggered when a player buys a $2 chance. Each player can only purchase once every 12 hours.
Other Onchain Proof
This screenshot was taken on 15th September, showcasing the mini-app metrics.
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