Buildspace NFT Game

This project was an opportunity for me to take my first steps into exploring build smart contracts with Solidity and a basic React web app that is connected to the blockchain.

You can find the tutorial for this project on Buildspace's website: HERE!

Setup

To be able to run this app on your local machine, you will need NPM. Once you have npm, run these commands on the base folder:

npm install --save-dev hardhat
npm install --save-dev @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle ethereum-waffle chai @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers ethers
npm install @openzeppelin/contracts

Testing on your local machine

To run on a local chain and see test output of the app, use: npx hardhat run scripts/run.js

Deploying to the Blockcahin

Before running the deploy script, you will need to make an account on Alchemy and setup your own app. You will then have to add a .env file to the base folder with your Alchemy key and private key.

The `.env` File

STAGING_ALCHEMY_KEY=<STAGING_ALCHEMY_KEY>
PROD_ALCHEMY_KEY=<PROD_ALCHEMY_KEY>
PRIVATE_KEY=<YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY>

Deploying to Rinkeby Test Net

Once you have Alchemy and the .env file setup, deploy the contract to the Rinkeby test network, use: npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network rinkeby

Deploying to Mainnet

To deploy to mainnet, simply replace rinkeby with mainnet: npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network mainnet

After Deploying!

After deploying, be sure to update the contract address to your deployed address in buildspace-nft-game/client/src/constants.js

Running the React App

Locally

You can run the app locally by installing all the dependencies using

cd client
npm install
npm run dev-start

My Example Website

You can find my NFT Game app up and running on Heroku: HERE!

A sidenote, the app is currently being hosted on a free instance of Heroku and the images on a free CDN, so it may be slow to load at first.

heyskylark/buildspace-nft-game