Frame One

The social network built for game developers. On Frame One, connect with artists & programmers, share your progress, and build your player community. Your vision, realized.

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Inspiration

Everyone on the team is a game developer, competing in game jams and working on our own games on the side. Being apart of this community led us to realize:

50% of indie game projects are abandoned 62% of indie game developers have no dedicated marketing team Many developers suffer from burnout and a lack of support

What it does

We created a social media platform specifically tailored for game developers.

Here you can

  • Meet your team
  • Build your game
  • Share your world

Find people from many fields of game development: programmers, artists, musicians, and storywriters Use feedback from other platform users or flesh out your idea with our chatbot, customized to collaborate with your idea. Share your progress, grow a following, and market your game to an audience that would have otherwise never known about your idea!

How we built it

We used for front end:

  • React, Next.js

We used for back end:

  • Fast API
  • APKit (ActivityPub Kit)

We used for data storage

  • MongoDB Atlas

We used for generative AI

  • Gemini 2.5 Flash

Challenges we ran into

One of the bigger challenges we ran into was the lack of an APKit Documentation. We had to read the source code to use it!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were successfully able to search users from remote servers using the same standard, such as Mastodon.social and Threads.

What we learned

We learned how to use the

  • ActivityPub Web Standard,
  • Gemini API
  • Fast API

What's next for Frame One

We would like to try to add the following:

Post System You can post text, embed image(s), and embed an itch.io game

Interaction System You can comment, like/dislike, share You can comment anonymously but you will not gain any xp We will still track who commented on serverside in case of any inappropriate comments to issue infractions Following People?

Level System Interactions with other users generate xp Interactions from your other users generate xp Using chatbot/ai credits generate xp Profile System Name Level Badges? Certificates Studios Projects/Portfolio Posts Comments Likes? Other Social Links

Free model Free account creations Free posts/comments Ads Limited free credential courses Limited free chatbot credits / month Limited free misc AI services / month | 3D model generator, etc.

Paid Model Everything in Free model No Ads Access to all credential courses Set extra amount of chatbot credits/month Set extra amount of misc ai credits/month

Indie Dev of the week Users can mark their posts to be submitted for indie dev(s) of the week If selected, posts will be featured on everyone’s feed

Partner websites Use itch.io to host games; embed itch.io on posts Use/partner with fab for asset library Creating “Studios” Users can form a “Studio” and studio managers can share content under a studio

Chatbot Designed to ask questions and critique projects while giving feedback on what is done well Contrary to most chatbots that simply output a solution, assuming it has the full context Credit based system

Misc AI Tools Wrapper around 3D model generator Credit based system

Credentials Partner with companies for credentials Linkedin Credentials? Promote Udemy, Coursera courses?

Team Finding Fill out a questionnaire Use questionnaire responses to find potential candidates Set up/guide interactions Create cohesive bonds via bonding activities Set up meeting times online to meet with them and get to know each other better

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