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I generally like the idea of "data ownership" and decentralisation here, but it comes with some concerns of mine, still - which are technically (oh god I can see the bots coming already) are somewhat addressed by blockchains: how do we prevent players from just _saying_ they have savegame xyz?

I think you would still need some authority (aka centralised thing) to "sign" your game data that prevents others from copying your state of a game. Maybe add support for dedicated Servers or "other entities" to distribute this verification? Such verification would then bring us back to square 1...

, making save game data potentially more "readable", but not necessarily "usable" after the signature Server/Authority is abandoned. If people are given the chance to change their save game data arbitrarily, they will. Which sucks for competitive integrity. Great for freedom, bad for integrity.

Better question here is why do I care? Just let them lie. If Dougie wants to tell the world he 110%ed fonkey Kong xtreme 2 weeks before it came out because his uncle works at Nintendo just let him.

If it's a Single-Player game and not in a speedrunning or other competitive context: Perfectly fine. As soon as you have Leaderboards or are looking to verify things for speedruns: if people are given access to fabricate high scores, they will. Many people do not know how to create arbitrary...

The link the Game Industry Labeler on your article doesn't resolve btw

Very cool! Always dreamt of a decentralised steam alternative. Would be very fun to build a client for if the goal is to really open up the protocol. Do you have a github repo where we can do RFCs?

I have a repo for the lexicons that will work for protocol RFCs! I’d love to see other clients building on this work. 😁 If you’re serious, DM me (here or @trezy on Discord) and let’s talk!

Amazing write up. Thanks for the SO!

Thanks for being awesome and making amazing games! 🥰

Oh please don’t confuse me with someone who has made a game that is not me. Just an advocate 🫣