Whoop Hoop – A 2023 Wam Jam entry

• If web3 wallets don't work on Itch.io, try playing the game here  https://wamjam2023.netlify.app instead.

Controls

• Drag your finger, or mouse, to throw balls. Throw as many balls in the hoop before the time runs out.
• The game becomes increasingly difficult the more points you score
  • Gain 1 extra second for each point you score
  • Gain 6 extra seconds for every 10 points (up to 200 points)
• Login to your wallet to save your highscore

Challenges

Web3

• Add wallet login through WalletConnect
• The leaderboard/scoreboard is a smart-contract deployed to the Polygon Mumbai (testnet. See polygon scan here: https://mumbai.polygonscan.com/address/0xEB792581Ad60e49c4afffE27C422F47dFcaaEECD)
  • We can see a call to `Update Score` when we get a new high score with our account. 
  • The transaction itself is made on behalf of a test account to prevent the user from having to sign the transaction
  • The transaction itself is made on behalf of a test account to prevent the user from having to sign the transaction

AI

9  out of 10 basketballs are made using AI tools:

• DALL-E https://openai.com/dall-e-2
• Dream Studio (Stable Diffusion)  https://beta.dreamstudio.ai/generate
• Here are some of the images I got the the text-to-image AI tools, which I turned into basketballs.

Background Music is made with https://creators.aiva.ai/

The buttons in the menu are made with the help of ChatGPT. I asked them to create orange buttons with a highlight on the top, and a shadow in the bottom.

Things to add Post Jam

• A crowd in the background that cheers if you're able to score many times in a row, or land a trick shot
• Unlock new balls as you progress through the game
• Buy or mint NFT balls
• Unlock Player skins as you progress through the game
• Buy or mint NFT characters
• Create an "Accuracy mode"
  • Score as many points as you can from a pool of balls (could be implemented as an online multiplayer tournament)
  • See how many points you're able to score in a row (unlimited time)
• New polished UI
• More juice! 
  • Slightly stretch the balls based on speed, and squash on impact
  • Subtle animation/shake when hitting the rim
  • Some indication that the time has increased after scoring goals
  • Subtle pop animation on the scoreboard when scoring points 
• Improve mouse aim (maybe, since game should mainly be played on mobile)