Hack Or Die

In our multiplayer co-op game, players band together to fend off endless waves of enemies in a bid for survival.

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💡 Why we Created Hack or Die

We wanted to challenge ourselves to use tools we were unfamiliar with to build something fun people could play together.

🤠 Bounties We are After!

Bounty Name Description Eligibility
The Future of Gaming Leverage thirdweb’s front-end, back-end, and blockchain SDKs and components (e.g. GamingKit, UI Kit, Gasless Relayers, React SDK, etc.) to create an innovative and user-friendly web3 gaming experience. Leveraged thirdweb's ERC1155 (edition drop) contract for token-gated characters, utilized Contract kit, Gaming Kit (Unity SDK) & UI Kit
Ship Your First Game Best use of thirdweb’s UnitySDK in an innovative web3 gaming build or use of threeJS (or another browser based language) with thirdweb’s SDKs. Utilized thirdweb's UnitySDK to build Hack Or Die. Used threeJS with thirdweb's UI components in the marketplace
HardMode Leverage both ContractKit and GamingKit in a browser-based web3 game build. Used ContractKit for our in game NFTs. Utlizied GamingKit to provide web3 wallet intergration interacting with our deployed smart contracts so players can access character and reward NFTs.
Under The Hood Leverage thirdweb and Coinbase infrastructure in a web3 gaming build to further highlight the GamingKit collaboration. Wallet Connect button is built from thirdweb's UI components that allow users to connect to Coinbase Wallet.

👾 Reasons to play?

  • The initial up-front to play? Zero.
  • Massively multiplayer (bring your friends, or make new ones).
  • Web3 beginner friendly
  • W3BBIE built it.. duh.

👘 Inside Hack or Die

⚙️ Mechanics

Gameplay Physics

  • Movement
    • Standard left, right, up, down.
    • Bound to keys, WASD.
    • Can be used in conjunction with space bar, triggering a jump-move.
  • Auto-lock
    • Player's weapon auto-locks onto the position of the nearest enemy.
    • Player (when auto-locked) is rotated to nearest enemy during auto-lock.
  • Projectile Firing
    • Firing happens via velocity, in direction of target.
  • Enemy Awareness
    • Enemies are position-aware, locking onto the player's position, then navigating to that defined point.
  • Enemy Respawning
    • Enemies respawn in waves, per duration (and targets eliminated).
    • The number of enemies in a respawn is game-defined.
  • Jumping
    • Spacebar vaults the character upwards.
    • A double can be triggered with timely taps of the spacebar.

🎨 Aesthetics

Environment Design

Hack or Die features an array of sectors within a level, each with its own unique aesthetic and gameplay relative purpose. The idea is to provide players the reason to explore.

Character Design

The first set of characters for Hack or Die were designed with the intention of being unique, familiar, and recognizable. Concepts for both BLK and BLU were created using Midjourney and hand modeled in virtual reality.

Interface Design

The interface was designed to be simple, well-organized, and verbose. The key challenge in designing the interace was arriving at a design system which could expand with the game. Also important?Having the interface feel like an element of the game, and not a "default" and / or "design afterthought."

Sound Design

The sounds of Hack or Die aim to round out gameplay on a macro and micro scale; Hack or Die's entirey was taken into account when the soundboard was created. Also, a theme of journey and exploration are relayed via Hack or Die's core soundtrack.

🛠 Technology

  • Unity
  • Figma
  • NextJS
  • TailwindCSS
  • Thirdweb UI Components
  • Thirdweb React SDK
  • Three JS
  • Framer Motion
  • Midjourney
  • ChatGPT
  • Ableton

* Gravity Sketch

🚧 Development

Areas Of Development

  • Hack or Die Game Server
  • Gameplay Environment
  • Gameplay Physics
  • Wallet Connect
  • Smart Contracts
  • User Experience
  • ThirdWeb Character Assets
  • Off-chain Marketplace

🏁 Milestones

Milestone Name Date Reached
Two players on seperate devices in an environment in browser. 2023 / 01 / 27
All 3d assets for game created (environment, characters, etc). 2023 / 01 / 30
Built easter eggs into level one. 2023 / 02 / 12

🐞 Known Bugs

Bug Name Description Date of Recognition Severity (1-5) Fixed
Respawn bug Enemies respawning outside of environment. 2023 / 01 /30 3 Yes.
Projectile Trigger Unable to shoot; player takes stance but never fires. 2023 / 02 / 13 5 In Progress.
Wallet Connect Guest-only forced even if wallet connected. 2023 / 02 / 13 5 In Progress.
Marketplace MetaMask skips login, asks to create/import account. 2023 / 02 / 13 3 In Progress.
Unlockable Character "Blue" is claimable, yet error message displays otherwise. 2023 / 02 / 13 2 In Progress.

Note: Submit future bugs via Issues. This is only a temporary bug tracker.

👽 Future Plans for Hack or Die

  • Build environmental-based hacks into level one.
  • Build time-based hacks into level one.
  • Build time-based multipliers into level one.
  • Build server-based multipliers into level one.
  • Establish leaderboard system.
  • Complete the interface from design system prototype (HUDs, pause/play states).
  • Enable adjustable physics to influence and create play styles.
  • Refine gameplay loop
  • Add more playable characters and weapons

* Intergrate social features (text and voice chat)

🦾 Team W3BBIE

Name Role(s)
Kyn Adams Server, Tester
Tabari Humphries Environmental Design, Level Design
Jack Lester UI, Technical Documentation, Music & SFX
Travis Rice Project Manager, Character Design
Sailesh Sivakumar Marketplace, Smart Contracts
Chris Smith Gameplay Physics, Level Design

Built With

  • chatgpt
  • framer
  • gltfjsx)
  • midjourney
  • nextjs
  • react-three/drei
  • tailwindcss
  • thirdweb-react-sdk
  • thirdweb-ui-components
  • threejs-(react-three/fiber
  • unity
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