Realms Of Aether
Realms of Aether a 2D Action RPG.
Created on 30th June 2025
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Realms Of Aether
Realms of Aether a 2D Action RPG.
The problem Realms Of Aether solves
Problems Solved by Realms of Aether
Gaming Industry Issues Addressed
Lack of True Asset Ownership
Problem: Traditional games restrict players to renting digital assets within closed ecosystems. Players invest time and money but never truly own their items, characters, or progress.
Solution: Blockchain-verified asset ownership ensures players maintain full control over their digital possessions. Items, experience points, and character progress are permanently stored on-chain.
Unfair Random Number Generation
Problem: Game developers control random outcomes, leading to potential manipulation of drop rates, critical hits, and reward systems. Players cannot verify fairness.
Solution: Chainlink VRF provides provably fair randomness that cannot be manipulated by developers or players, ensuring transparent and verifiable game outcomes.
Centralized Game Economies
Problem: Game economies are controlled by single entities, subject to arbitrary changes, inflation manipulation, and server shutdowns that destroy player investments.
Solution: Decentralized economy powered by smart contracts creates transparent, immutable economic rules that operate independently of centralized control.
Progress Loss and Account Restrictions
Problem: Players lose years of progress when games shut down, accounts get banned, or data corruption occurs. Progress is trapped within single platforms.
Solution: Blockchain-stored character data and progress ensures permanence and portability across platforms, protecting player investments from external factors.
Lack of Interoperability
Problem: Digital assets and character progress remain isolated within individual games, preventing cross-game utility and ecosystem development.
Solution: Standardized blockchain protocols enable asset portability and potential integration with other blockchain-based games and applications.
Challenges we ran into
Development Challenges Faced
Technical Implementation Hurdles
Smart Contract Framework Incompatibility
Challenge: Brownie framework integration with OpenZeppelin libraries resulted in dependency conflicts, import path errors, and compilation failures. The testing environment was fragmented and unreliable.
Impact: Complete codebase migration to Foundry was required, causing two-week development delay and loss of initial testing infrastructure.
Inventory System Architecture Failure
Challenge: ScriptableObject-based inventory system proved fundamentally flawed for dynamic item management. Runtime instantiation caused memory leaks, serialization failed unpredictably, and cross-scene data persistence was unreliable.
Impact: Entire inventory system required redesign using C# classes with JSON serialization, representing weeks of refactoring effort.
Enemy AI Performance Degradation
Challenge: State machine implementation for enemy behavior created exponential performance issues. Pathfinding calculations executed every frame caused frame rates to drop from 60 FPS to under 30 FPS with 100+ active enemies.
Impact: Fundamental AI architecture restructuring was necessary, implementing frame-rate independent updates and behavior optimization.
Blockchain-Unity Integration Complexity
Challenge: Bridging Unity's synchronous game loop with asynchronous blockchain operations created timing conflicts. Event processing, transaction handling, and state synchronization required sophisticated coordination mechanisms.
Impact: Extensive custom integration layer development was required to handle Web3 communication, event listening, and error recovery.
Chainlink VRF Implementation Difficulties
Challenge: Chainlink VRF v2.5 integration demanded precise subscription management, gas estimation accuracy, and robust callback handling. Testnet limitations caused intermittent failures and debugging complications.
Impact: Random number generation reliability suffered initially, requiring comprehensive event handling system development and fallback mechanism implementation.
Cross-Platform Authentication Issues
Challenge: Web3Auth integration with Unity presented platform-specific compatibility problems. Private key management, network switching, and transaction signing workflows varied significantly across desktop and mobile platforms.
Impact: Authentication system required platform-specific implementations and extensive testing across multiple device configurations.
Tracks Applied (2)
Onchain Finance
Avalanche Track
Avalanche