The Splintern Story: How 5 College Students Built an NFT Marketplace for the #1 Blockchain Game in the World | SplintX.com Splinterlands Exchange

over 3 years ago (Edited)

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🤓 The Splintern Story 💯

"The Splinterns" consist of 5 college students from around the world who participated in the Splinterlands Summer Internship Program. Splinterlands Co-founder/CEO Jesse “aggroed” Reich assembled the Splinterns in Discord and presented us with our goal for the summer: build an NFT marketplace for the #1 blockchain game in the world, Splinterlands.

During the internship period, The Splinterns met every weekday on Discord voice channels to discuss the project and ensure the team remained on the same page. Aggroed filled our Discord with some of the top minds in the space to act as advisors and point us towards resources. Huge thank you to

dev advisors: gerber, cryptomancer, danielsaori, eonwarped, Mike C & stoodkev
content advisors: carrieallen, chrisroberts & splinterlore

Meet The Splinterns:

Name: Arjun
Role: Marketing
Born/Raised: India
Education: University of British Columbia
Program: Economics

Name: Farzan
Role: Data Science
Born/Raised: Pakistan/Canada & Italy
Education: McMaster University
Program: Computer Science Co-Op

Name: Felix
Role: Full-Stack Developer
Born/Raised: Canada
Education: University of Waterloo
Program: Honors Computer Science, Co-Op

Name: Forrest
Role: Full-Stack Developer
Born/Raised: China/Canada
Education: Western University
Program: Computer Science, Business

Name: Jack (notswizz)
Role: Marketing
Born/Raised: USA
Education: Auburn University
Program: Entrepreneurship & Business Development

Moving forward, we’re going to continue to develop and promote SplintX, as much as we can in between classes, because we believe we have even more value to add to the Splinterlands ecosystem and player experience. We want SplintX to be the one-stop-shop for all Splinterlands information; we plan on adding in depth card, player, market and game statistics, as well as new player and strategy guides among other features.

The “Splinternship” Program is just another example of the many ways Splinterlands is innovating. Blockchain gaming is an important avenue to mainstream adoption and it’s up to students like us to carry the torch so the flame can continue to grow. We believe it is crucial that resources are invested into the next-generation of crypto builders/users.

We’re thankful for the support we have received from the gracious Splinterlands community since the inception of the project. What seemed like a long-shot at the beginning of Summer is concrete reality and we’re all grateful for the opportunity Aggy and Splinterlands have given us.

Dev Log:

0.1.0

Hive keychain login
View My Collection
View Market
- Buy cards
- Filter
  - Foil, type, rarity, edition, splinter
- Sort
  - A-Z, Mana

0.2.0

Price tags
- Lowest list price
- Lowest price/bcx
Sort market/card listings by price and price/bcx
Display DEC balance
Display account name
HTTPS secured

0.3.0

Multi-select
- Input desired BCX or $ to spend to select cards at lowest price
Cards stats panel
Market/Collection list view
Default initial market load to only display Untamed cards
Changed “show gold cards” to “Foil - Regular or Gold”
Changed border color from gold to color of Splinter
- Ex. water -> blue border, fire -> red, etc.
Login window close automatically after login
Sort cards by # cards on market

1.0.0

My Collection actions
- Transfer
- Burn
- List for sale
My Collection values
- Total collection value
- Total card value
  - $/BCX * BCX owned
- Sort by value
Indicators
- cool down
- On market
- Leased
Summoner level caps