Protonia — Web3 Gaming Platform

Overview

Protonia is a Web3 game ecosystem built around blockchain-based assets and wallet-native onboarding, live at protonia.net.

Problem

Typical Web3 games force players through a wallet-first flow before they ever see the product — install an extension, buy gas, connect, approve — a wall most gamers never cross. Assets are also frequently bolted onto an existing game rather than designed as part of the core economy.

Solution

Protonia is built frontend-first as a normal web app, with wallet infrastructure handled through Privy for embedded/social-login wallet creation rather than requiring a pre-existing browser extension wallet, while asset ownership is genuinely on-chain via Solidity contracts on the Base network.

Architecture

• React
• TypeScript
• Vite
• Solidity
• Web3.js
• viem
• Privy Wallets
• Alchemy
• Base Network

• React + TypeScript + Vite frontend, the same client architecture pattern used across SharapovLab projects.
• Solidity smart contracts deployed on Base define the on-chain asset logic.
• viem and Web3.js handle contract reads/writes and chain interaction from the client.
• Privy provides embedded wallet creation and authentication, lowering the barrier for non-crypto-native players.
• Alchemy serves as the RPC/node provider for reliable chain access.

Features

• Blockchain-based in-game assets with genuine on-chain ownership.
• Embedded wallet onboarding via Privy — no mandatory external wallet extension.
• Built on Base for low transaction costs relative to Ethereum mainnet.

Technologies

• React
• TypeScript
• Vite
• Solidity
• Web3.js
• viem
• Privy Wallets
• Alchemy
• Base Network

Gallery

none yet

Videos

No walkthrough video published yet.

Roadmap

1. Core wallet onboarding + asset contracts

2. Live at protonia.net

3. Expanded game economy

Challenges

Balancing genuine on-chain asset ownership against the UX expectations of players who have never used a crypto wallet shaped the decision to build wallet creation into the normal sign-up flow rather than requiring MetaMask or similar upfront.

Lessons

Treating the wallet as an implementation detail of authentication — not a precondition for using the product — matters more for adoption than which chain or contract standard is used underneath.

Future

Growing the on-chain game economy and asset variety on top of the existing Base infrastructure.

GitHub

This is a private repository — the codebase is not public.

Demo

Live at protonia.net.

FAQ