Retro Game Development Overview

Dolphin provides specialized tools for blockchain retro game development, enabling you to create retro env's with Python while leveraging Solana's performance and Casino of Life integration for agent training.

Retro Game Development Features

🎮 Game State Management: Define and manage game state on-chain
🤖 Agent Training: Train AI agents to play your games
🎰 Casino Integration: Connect to the Casino of Life framework
🧪 Testing Tools: Simulate and test game dynamics

Basic Retro Game Structure

A typical Dolphin game consists of:

from dolphin.prelude import *

@program("Your-Program-ID")
class MyGame:
    @account
    class GameState:
        authority: Pubkey
        player: Pubkey
        score: u64
        high_score: u64
        last_play: i64
        is_initialized: bool

    @instruction
    def initialize(self, state: GameState, authority: Signer):
        state.authority = authority.key()
        state.is_initialized = True
        
    @instruction
    def play(self, state: GameState, player: Signer, 
             clock: Clock = CLOCK_SYSVAR_ID):
        assert state.authority == player.key(), "Invalid player"
        # Game logic here
        state.score += 1
        state.last_play = clock.unix_timestamp

Game Development Workflow

Define Game State: Create accounts that store your game's state
Implement Game Logic: Write instructions that handle gameplay actions
Train Agents: Use Casino of Life to train AI agents for your game
Test & Deploy: Test your game thoroughly, then deploy to Solana

Casino Integration

The Casino of Life integration allows you to:

Create retro game environments for agent training
Define reward structures for reinforcement learning
Track game state between sessions
Deploy trained agents to the Casino ecosystem

Getting Started with Game Development

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from dolphin.prelude import * @program("Your-Program-ID") class MyGame: @account class GameState: authority: Pubkey player: Pubkey score: u64 high_score: u64 last_play: i64 is_initialized: bool @instruction def initialize(self, state: GameState, authority: Signer): state.authority = authority.key() state.is_initialized = True @instruction def play(self, state: GameState, player: Signer, clock: Clock = CLOCK_SYSVAR_ID): assert state.authority == player.key(), "Invalid player" # Game logic here state.score += 1 state.last_play = clock.unix_timestamp