My Project Ideas for NostrHack

Are you ready for NostrHack? I am! In this post, I'll be sharing my project ideas for the hackathon.

At first, I thought of working on my Savior Bitcoin Wallet project, which I built recently. This is a non-custodial hierarchical deterministic wallet developed with Flutter and BDK. For the hackathon, I wanted to integrate Nostr NIP-06 to generate public and private keys from the mnemonic phrase stored in secure storage. I also had the idea of integrating NIP-04 to enable users to request Bitcoin from their contacts using an end-to-end encrypted chat.

However, I stumbled upon Zeus Wallet, which is developing something similar to my first idea. So, I decided to put it on hold and focus on my second idea for NostrHack.

Drumroll, please...

I plan to develop a multiplayer game based on Nostr! I think Nostr is the perfect stack to use for developing multiplayer games due to its WebSocket capabilities, which relays expose to which clients can connect. Although player connectivity might be an issue, but I think that relay management can solve it seamlessly.

I'm also thinking of adding a sats winning methodology to the game, but I'll figure that out after developing the game.

Of course, I'm not an expert in Nostr development. In fact, I'm participating in the hackathon precisely to learn more about it and challenge myself. As a beginner, I went through some NIPs and even did a simple Nostr tutorial, which taught me how to send a GET request to the endpoint of relays.

My plan is to develop a simple 2D fighting kind of game using some game engine. I want to make it fun and engaging, with the added twist of a sats-winning methodology. I've done some similar projects in the past, like a Tic-Tac-Toe game called BitsnSats for the Shock The Web 2 Hackathon, but this time I want to take it to the nostr level! (dumping node.js, express.js, and mongodb)

If you're interested in seeing some of my past games, check out my itch.io game. (2019 stuff)

Well I also came across a similar project called jester, which is a chess-based game based on Nostr. I enjoyed the game and its idea, but for my project, I'm thinking of adding some sats-winning methodology to make the game more fun and engaging for the players. The winning methodology will not be based on ads or anything, but rather on the outcome of the game (win or lose sats).

At this point, my project is still untitled, and I'm not sure how things will go during the two weeks of the hackathon. However, I'm optimistic and eager to see what I can accomplish.

If you have any suggestions or ideas, please share them in the comments below. Let's make NostrHack an unforgettable event!