❗Getting Started

Step-by-step guide for the overall approach to implementing Craftware with links to relevant pages in each step.

Intended Audience: Both product managers and developers will benefit from this step-by-step guide. Product managers will have visibility on the possibilties provided by Craftware, as well as who to engage from within their team, and developers will find a convenient summary of references needed to get their job done.

1️Create an Account

Start simplifying the development of your game's item crafting by visiting the sign up page and clicking on the Sin Up button in the top right corner. You will be able to enter information that will allow us to customize your experience, such as the development platforms used, and this is where you will agree to our terms and privacy policy.

2️Add your Game

From the top left corner of your console's interface, select the drop-down menu and click Add Game.

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A new instance of Craftware dedicated to your new game will spawn and will initialize within 5 minutes. A tag will appear on the drop-down menu displaying the status of your new game's initialization.

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3️Install and Setup the SDK

Download and Setup the SDK that corresponds to your development environment. We are constantly adding more compatibilities over time.

These guides make it easy for you to pick up your SDK and get started:

Unity3d

You can install and set up the Craftware Unity3D SDK by visiting the guide on the Unity3D SDK Guide page.

Golang

You can insteall and set up the Craftware Golang SDK by visiting the guilde on the Golang SDK Guide page.

4️Connect to our Cloud

Now that you have added the Craftware SDK to your environment, you will be able to utilize the crafting logic available to you on the console.

Find your API Keys under the API Keys tab of your Account Settings, and add them to the SDK configuration here.

For more details on the Account Settings, please visit this Account Settings page.

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5️Add your First Asset

Now, you can get to the fun part and start building the assets and Crafting Recipes for your game.

You can find details on how to add Assets and Crafting Rules:

Resources

You can find details on adding, editing, and removing Resources from the Resources page.

Items

You can find details on adding, editing, and removing Assets from the Items page.

Currencies

You can find details on adding, editing, and removing Currencies from the Currencies page.

6️Add Recipes and use more Craftware Features

Now that you have your in-game assets set, you can start chaining Crafting Rules:

Crafting

7️Inter-operate with other Games using Blockchain

You are now all ready and set up to jump to inter-operability with other games using the Craftware blockchain-based solutions:

Onchain Interoperability

Important concepts you want to keep in mind are:

Port Protocol

The Port Protocol allows you to:

• Import items from other games,

• as well as export yours, using the Blockchain.

You can visit the Ports Protocol page for more details.

Crafting Protocol

The Crafting Protocol allows you to combine input tokens in order to generate output tokens.

You can visit the Crafting Protocol page for more details.

The Crafting Protocol requires its input tokens to use Craftware's ICraftableIn library. For more details, please visit the ICraftableIn Library page.

The export funcionality of the Port Protocol is compatible with Craftware's ICraftableIn library. For more details, please visit the ICraftableIn Library page.