Cross-Chain NFT Gaming Platform

🚀 Overview

This is a Cross-Chain NFT Game where players can:

• Select characters and mint NFTs
• Interact with NPCs for trading and battles
• Engage in multiplayer interactions (trade, chat, battle)
• Use an in-game economy powered by ERC-20 tokens
• Access a marketplace for NFT trading
• Earn Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) as achievements

🎮 Gameplay Features

Game Flow

1️⃣ User Launches Game → Connects wallet via Privy authentication
2️⃣ Character Selection & NFT Minting → Players select a character, input a location, and mint 5 pseudo-random NFTs
3️⃣ NPC Interaction

• Trade NFTs: NPC offers an NFT for a price in ERC-20 tokens
• Battle NPC: Users can challenge NPCs to negotiate discounts
  • Winner is determined based on NFT rarity & skill level
    4️⃣ Multiplayer Mode
• Players can trade, chat, and battle other players in real-time

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🛒 In-Game Economy & Marketplace

• NFT Inventory → View & manage owned NFTs
• Marketplace → Buy/sell NFTs using ERC-20 tokens
• Wallet → Displays ERC-20 token balance
• Achievements & Soulbound Tokens → Earn Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) for completing milestones

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🔀 Cross-Chain NFT Transfers

• Mint on One Chain, Burn on Another → NFTs are transferred by burning on the source chain & minting on the destination chain

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📌 User Flowchart

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• Next.js, Phaser.js → Game Interface
• TailwindCSS, Shadcn → UI Styling
• Three.js → 3D Interactions
• Privy → Authentication

Backend & Smart Contracts

• Solidity, Foundry → Smart Contracts (ERC-721 NFTs, ERC-20, and SBTs)
• IPFS, Pinata → Decentralized Storage
• Socket.io → WebSocket-based Multiplayer Communication

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

📦 Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Av1ralS1ngh/Aura-Land.git
cd Aura-Land/game-client

# Install dependencies
npm install

🏗️ Running the Project

# Start the frontend
npm run dev

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🔮 Future Improvements

• 🔹 Enhance Cross-Chain Logic → Implement trustless transfers using LayerZero
• 🤖 Integrate AI Agents → AI can play and earn NFTs for the user
• 🔑 Account Abstraction → AI Agents will have dedicated accounts to earn NFTs and transfer them to players
• 🎲 True Randomness → Use Chainlink VRF for truly random NFT minting