I’m selling my former company’s crypto-gaming mobile app as a NFT
By: Aaron Cesaro
Tags: Sgame Pro, Mobile Games, Blockchain, Nft, Software Development

I’m selling my former company’s crypto-gaming mobile app as a NFT

And I bought it in the hope someone can buy it from me and bring it back to life Aaron Cesaro Aug 10·5 min read

Sgame Pro

Before discussing what I’m selling, I’m going to give you some context.

From 2017 to 2019 I worked for a Swiss startup named Sgame. The idea behind its product (Sgame Pro) was quite simple:

“The first mobile application to enable players to be rewarded with crypto while simply playing the world’s most popular mobile games”

Our slogan was: PLAY MINE EARN

PewDiePie — Sgame Pro promotional video

If you want to better understand what Sgame Pro is you can always check the PewDiePie promotional video [link], download the Sgame White Paper [link] or simply try the application concept on Invision [link].

My team and I have been working tirelessly for months to develop the mobile app, all the games, and to deploy the Smart Contract on the Ethereum blockchain [etherscan link]. Everything seemed in place to switch from the beta to the official world launch, but suddenly the management decided to use our money in a very questionable way, throwing every single penny in marketing contracts, advertising, events, and influencers.

The result? The company ran out of money, leaving thousands of users and investors angry and unsatisfied.

Back then, we were in the middle of the crypto-boom with hundreds of new ICOs starting every single week. Many of those failed brutally, leaving their investors with a bunch of shitty-coins with no value in their hands. As you can imagine, when we went broke just before the official launch everybody thought that Sgame was just another scam… The truth is, it really wasn’t. It was just financial mismanagement.

Who I am

Well, I‘m Aaron, the former application blockchain developer and Scrum Master who personally contributed in developing the mobile app, the Smart Contracts, designing the blockchain model, and managing the application and gaming teams.

That’s me :)

I have to admit, at the time I was one of the greatest Sgame Pro supporter and I liked the product idea from the very first time I’ve heared about it. In addition, during the first year of development everything was great, the team was young, highly skilled and motivated, and for the first time I felt that I was in the right place at the right time. But like the song says “all good things come to an end”.

So, now I’ve decided to buy the mobile application from the company with all its related games, Smart Contracts and documentation, and try to sell it as NFT for two reasons

1. I would like to bring Sgame Pro back to life

2. I want to prove that NFTs can be used in a smarter way than just for gifs and images

What you are buying

How can source code be minted? Well, like almost every artistic NFT I did not mint the source code itself. I used IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) to store it in a peer-to-peer network and simply put the IPFS address (CID) in a hidden field (unlockable content) that only the NFT owner can reveal. What I really minted (stored in the Ethereum blockchain) is the Sgame Pro logo along with code base and documentation metadata.

Here’s what you’ll find inside the .zip archive (if you win the auction).

There are two folders:

Documentation

SgamePro-Platform-Codebase

SgamePro.zip root folder

In the Documentation folder there are all documents related to the mobile game application development and token economy. I’ve exported and collected every single document from our Jira Confluence and put it in this folder.

Documentation folder content

The most useful document for continuing the application development is SGA-Documentation. Here you’ll find any information related to the platform, from architecture and database tables design, to API specifications.

SGA-Documentation file content

In the SgamePro-Platform-Codebase folder there are several repositories. Using the provided documentation you should find by yourself which repositories you’re going to need to continue the application development but I want to list here the main ones that you’re going to need to doing so.

SgamePro-Platform-Codebase folder content

Main repositories brief description:

SgamePro.Backend-development (mobile application backend)

SgamePro.Mobile-development (mobile application frontend)

SgamePro.WebView-development (WebView implementation to play mobile games inside Sgame Pro application)

Sgame20.ClientJS-master (SDK to handle JavaScript games logic)

Sgame20.ClientUnity-master (SDK to handle Unity games logic)

Sgame20.TokenValue-development (Backend service to handle SGM token value) and related database files

Sgame20.TXQueueCore-development (Backend service to handle SGM token transactions) and related database files

Sgame20.TXQueueAdminAPI-development (Backend service for transaction administration) and related database files

Sgame20.TXQueueAdmin-development (Frontend for transaction administration)

Sgame20.TokenSmartContract-master (Ethereum Smart Contract for SGM token logic)

WordPress-backup-2018–03–03 (SgamePro website Wordpress codebase)

In addition there are 8 JavaScript and Unity games already integrated inside the application. So you’ll get all games codebase as well:

SgamePro.7Notes-master

SgamePro.DodgeIt-development

SgamePro.GalaxySwarm-master

SgamePro.Polysmash-master

SgamePro.StaircaseBounce-master

SgamePro.UnlimitedJourney-master

SgamePro.WallSmash-SgameSkdIntegration

SgamePro.TwilightRunner-SgameProSKDIntegration

The repositories not listed here contain older code. But in my opinion, as a new code owner, you have the right to own them as well.

Where you can buy it

After some research I’ve decided to sell it on OpenSea.io because it has all features I need to create a good product to sell.

Check out the NFT on this link

Conclusion

Maybe not all good things have to come to an end… sometimes some good things from the past can be revived.

Perhaps someone who made some decent money with crypto and wants to invest them in a real product can be interested in buying something that can have real users and generate real earnings every month. Unfortunately, I don’t have the knowledge and the financial strength to start a company, hire the right people and continue this project. So instead of letting it die, I prefer to sell it to someone capable of completing it.

I hope this article has been of your interest and you will be the next Sgame Pro owner!

Thanks for reading :)