How to Build a Game Dapp Like Cryptokitties?

First of all we have to understand what is cryptokitties?

WHAT IS CRYPTOKITTIES ?

Cryptokitties is an ethereum based dapp which is made up of a game nature, where anyone can buy, sell and breed charming virtual cats and kitties in exchange of ethereum. This dapp run on ethereum blockchain which is launched on November 28, 2017, by a Canada based software company Axiom Zen Inc.

1. Headquarters - Vancouver, British columbia (Ref : Owler.com)

2. CEO - Roham Gharegozlou

3. On December 6th, 2017, there were around $6.7 million have been spent on this game by its users.

4. Here the kitties are categorized as gen 0, gen 1, gen 2 and etc.
   This means the gen0 kitties are first generation cats and are classified as virgin cats, this kind of cats cost up to 246 ETH, In 2017 this was cost nearly $113,000. Ref: DevTeam.Space

1. While writing this article there were around 82364 active players and 2894 were from last month that is of March - April 2019. (As of April 25, 2019)

2. Crytpokitties uses genetic algorithm to create genetic based kittens

3. Each kitty have been developed with Unique ID

4. As these kittens are virtual, smart contract plays a huge role in defining the characters, and appearance of a cat. It includes the cat eye, ear, nose, body, color and etc.

5. There were totally 38,015 kitties as of December 2018, and every kitty is unique from others.

6. Between Jan 2018 to December 2018 The total number of auction volume was $9,0625,23.16 (i.e) around $9 Million US Dollars.

7. During the fundraising stage, cryptokitties have raised around $12Million.

8. The all-time Total Sales is 554097, and the total sales volume of ethereum is 57225.58. (As of April 25, 2019)

Hope you have gone through some interesting facts on cryptokitties dapp, now let us discuss how to build a dapp like cryptokitties.

How to build a dapp like cryptokitties?

You can create a dapp like cryptokitties in two ways.

1. Using the open source code
2. And by leveraging a blockchain like TRON Which favors creating entertainment-based dapps.
3. Using Open Source Code:

You must have some basic development skill to understand the cryptography algorithm and must have the basic knowledge to develop a dapp in the blockchain.

Skills required :

1. Expertise to handle Development tools
2. Must be capable of writing smart contracts and auditing it.
3. UI/UX Design
4. Testing skills

Steps To Create A DApp In Ethereum

1. Create an account on ethereum dapp
2. Setup dapp development tools
3. Review the smart contracts of cryptokitties
4. Code your own smart contracts
   5 Test, and Run Your Smart Contracts

WHY TRON CAN BE A BETTER OPTION TO CREATE A DAPP LIKE CRYPTOKITTIES

We know the crypto kitty has been created on the ethereum blockchain, but the TRON is a blockchain just similar like ethereum which favors the developer to create entertainment-based dapp on TRON network.

There are a lot of Crypto collectible dapps on TRON you can check it out here -> TRON DApps.

Check out this article to learn about How to create a dapp on TRON?

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