Topic: Crypto Checkers - Play checkers competitively placing bets - page 2. (Read 302 times)

Thanks for reply. I would not say, "Bearable", There is some more progress than in the pictures.

And about the license, you are right, I'm not an legal expert, but I had in mind no license, not sure if it's needed since, it's not gambling nor "real betting", it's not like sport where you bet for a team, or you gamble against the casino, not sure if this applies here, here in Spain cryptocurrency is not considered as a currency. Maybe there could be a legal void to workaround? Like using different terms, or buying something in the website that allows you to play, something like coins that have 1:1 value tied to bitcoin, not sure.


I was totally unaware of this, honestly. How could I write a cheating software to detect something like this? maybe like a trust system?

And btw, no one told me yet if its a good idea and if you would use this kind of service, would appreciate this feedback.

Isn't checkers the same as chess in the respect that they can be "move generated"? Aren't their programs online that give you the solution to a certain board, and would help people cheat against other opponents?


Like for example, on chess.com there are anti cheating software that is used to help detect against people cheating, but even then it is not always found.

The game based from the images looks bearable at this point but my main concern about betting games like this is they do need to have a license first before they legally operate in a betting game. So my question is are you already licensed and if you are what is the jurisdiction that grant license for you? Since I didn't see any mention about the legality of your game I am presuming that you are still unlicensed for it so I think you should also manage some time in getting it before you even try to make your website officially running.

Hello, I want to present the project I'm curently working on, I'm aiming to finish the MVP (currently at 80%).

Who am I?
I'm a Software Engineer, currently I have a full time job as Software Engineer (Java, PHP, node.JS, AWS mainly).

What is this project about?
Cryptocheckers is a place where users can play checkers competetively (10x10 board) online against other people (real persons) placing bets. For example, you start a match and get paired, you are in the betting room for (0.0005BTC), let's suppose you win, you will get +0.0005BTC to your account, if you loose, you lost the btc, simple as that. But, the beauty of this is it's not like a casino games where everything depends upon pure luck, and in the long run the casino always wins due the house edge, in this case, it's a skill based game, the more experience and skill you have, the more chances you have to win, its a skill that can be developed and improved.

Team & Time spent developing current state
So, currently I'm the only one and I've been working on this over a year now, since I cant spend all the time I would like to since I have a full time job, but, if this project works and succeeds I will take the decision to leave my job and work on this project fully and even start other skill based games.

Some Images:
Register


Profile (Needs pulishment)



Game Client - Waiting


Fees:
There will be a small fee that only the winner has to pay, the looser won't pay any fee. The fee is not decided but at the beggining it will be very low. Anyway, I'm open to ideas and changes, so lets talk!

Game Client - In Game
- Abandon button needs ui work
- Right panel showing the moves also needs more work



Currently Working Features
Website:
- Login
- Register
- Deposit
- Cashout
- Profile (needs some UI work)
- Referring users - You get paid for users who registered under you and play.

Game:
- Matching engine (match players based on their betting room) - This will also be improved, the pairing system will be done with a ELO ranking syste, to make matches more fair.
- Play the game
- Decide Win, loss, tie by one of the following conditions:
-- Opponent has no more pieces left
-- All opponent pieces are blocked
-- Tie after 25 movements without a piece being eaten
- Recover/Panic mode: The state of all board are stored every 3 seconds, in case a server dies, the state of the boards are stored and can be recovered automatically
- Abandon the game
- Turn timeout
- Strike System, when you miss your turn you get striked, at 3 strikes you get kicked and lose automatically
- Sounds: When your opponent finishes turn you get notified with sound

The Game itself is mostly done, where most of the work needs to be done is on the website and UI.

Missing Features
- Homepage
- Pulish profile
- Add more social elements (like having a friend list)
- Add a chat to the game (maybe?)
- Ideas are welcome (?)
- Add Google NoCaptcha V3 to check humanity without interrupting the user flow

Those in bold are required to deliver the MVP

Infraestructure
- Self hosted rancher+kubernetes solution to orchestrate containers
- Website backend: Java + Springboot
- Game Backend: Node.JS + Socket.IO
- Game Caching: MongoDB
- UI: Bootstrap + VUE.JS
- Domain (.IO), SSL Certificates (https), Quality Email Service (AWS SES - no emails going to spam directly!) all set up.

Business Inquieres
You want to invest? or maybe you are up to a partnership please contact me privately, I'm open to investment, partnerships.

Hiring Frontend Engineers
So, I'm a Backend Engineer, and my Frontend/UI work sucks hard, I can't pay much but maybe we can come up to an agreement, please contact me privately.

Please, I would like to get some feedback from the community, if it's a good idea, if it could work, I also will need some people for beta testing, I will use this thread to let you know when I need beta testers. Don't hesitate to ask questions or give ideas/improvements! I hadn't much time to post more pictures.