For the BestDApp contest, I would like to write about my own game site running on the Waves blockchain, WavesPlay.com.
I wanted a game for my own Waves tokens for a long time, but the road to accomplish this goal was an expensive one. I hired a developer on Freelancer, who convinced me to communicate over Skype, outside the safe barriers of the former. I was too enthusiastic about getting my own DApp, and paid him a total of almost 1.3 Bitcoins. When I finally realized that I had been scammed, it was too late, the funds and the "developer" with fake name were gone. This was quite hard for me, as I I live off my IV pension, and at that time, the the loss was the equivalent of around $13000, and I had no way of getting it back!
After a while, I decided to give it another try, again on Freelancer, but with strict no outside payment rule, everything had to done inside the official website. I found a woman developer, who started coding and showed me first results quite soon. But her English was not very good, and I was not entirely satisfied with her way of translating my plans into DApp reality. So I finally cancelled the project. Another $1200 loss.
So I had lost almost $15K through my wish to get my own DApp game, with absolutely nothing to show for all that money! I was quite frustrated. But I again decided not to give up, I just must be possible to get my project done. I hired a talent on Freelancer for the third time, but this time I bought assistance from them to find the best suited coder for the task. I already had gotten some proposed freelancers, when Damian S. showed up. He wrote about wanting to learn the Waves ecosystem for games development, after he already had gained experience in the field on other blockchains. He was over my budget, but he agreed to two monthly payments, so I hired him.
He really showed talent, he was affordable and communicated in very good English, no comparison to try number two, and graphical design was included. After around four months of development, I could launch my game, and on 14. November 2019, the first player made the first bet on the coin flip that was available. To be honest, up to today, there only have been four bets made in total, from which also three were won, but it is a start. From the official thread on Bitcointalk I learned that people did not like that they had to login with Waves Keeper (works like MetaMask for Ethereum), and that they could not play on mobile. The latter option, an alternate login, a referral system, a second game (a dice) and minor adjustments are being worked on by Damian and should be done in a few weeks. I am really looking forward to it.
After all this text, you may wonder how the site does look like? Here is a screenshot:
Damian proposed an eighties design, and I really like how it came out. I don't want to bore you with a list of the supported coins, but the most common ones of the Waves system are there, plus my four own tokens, eFranken, eKaulitz, KHADD and Bitcoin Speed. At the time of this writing, you still need Waves Keeper to play, so mobile is not yet supported. I also hope that the design is self explanatory, maybe except the slider. You can use it to set the bet amount, If you don't want to type it in. The "Support" link leads to the official Waves Token Casino thread on Bitcointalk, where I give help and information.
Well, this is it folks. I don't know what to write more, so hit me up on the thread mentioned in the last paragraph if you have questions.
Signing out,
Pascal Parvex
PS: If you want a good, affordable blockchain developer, hit Damian S. up on Freelancer.
