# Substrate Asset Game Engine (SAGE)

Hello, I am Rosťa and I am bringing You a revised proposal for SAGE.

I will address a few comments that we have received and I will try to explain why I think SAGE is valuable for Polkadot Ecosystem.

I do not want to repeat myself, so at the bottom, you can find the original proposal.

## Target audience

Junior Developers and Junior Game developers.

## Impact

The .net development ecosystem in Polkadot has been growing and it is now used by many projects secured by Polkadot that depend on it.

Projects like Xcavate, Ajuna, PlutoFramework... (Those are only open-sourced projects that I know of. There are certainly many more closed-sourced ones too)

By supporting this proposal, you will help all of these projects by improving the tooling they use. Teams will spend less time figuring out low-level shits and they will have more time to focus on the final product. This has been proven multiple times at hackathons over the past 2 years.

## Proven team and proven tooling

Cedric (The main developer behind SAGE) and his company Ajuna have proven themselves with the development of **incredible open-sourced** tooling for .net ecosystem and also with the development of most technically advanced fully on-chain games.

Unlike many other teams, Cedric and Ajuna have followed the web3 core principles and made all of their work open-sourced. This was also beneficial for them, because many developers that used these tools have also contributed back!

The help from Cedric and everyone maintaining always immediate. Take a look at the [github issues](https://github.com/ajuna-network/Substrate.NET.API/issues?q=is%3Aissue) other dev's made and notice that the responses came just a few hours after the issue was made. Many times Cedric stepped up and coded his own solution of the problem, like in [this issue](https://github.com/ajuna-network/Substrate.NET.API/issues/44) and [this issue](https://github.com/ajuna-network/Substrate.NET.API/issues/101).

One of the most important things for toolings is not only to have them, but also having them maintained. Polkadot is well known for it's forkless upgrades, however frequent updates also require frequent maintenance of tools. Cedric and Ajuna also have not disappointed and delivered all of the updates needed on time.

Elegance of the .net tooling developed by Cedric and Ajuna could be seen on Hackathons. Over the past 2 years, there has **always** been at least 1 project which used Substrate.Net.Api and won the main prize. Here is a list of the hackathons and prizes won:

Polkadot Global Series 2023 (Europe) by AngelHack - Second place

Polkadot Global Series 2023 (APEC) by AngelHack - Second place

Polkadot Winter Hackathon 2023 by OneBlock - First place

Polkadot Global Series 2024 (North America) by AngelHack - Third place

Polkadot Summer Hackathon 2024 (Singapore) by OneBlock - First place

This would not have been possible if the tooling would not been so effective and simple to use. In fact, it is very powerful.

## No need for marketing

Developers are clever and very mindful of their time. If they want to build a c# application that is secured by Polkadot, they will use google/chatgpt and search what are the existing options for developing a c#/unity application/game with Polkadot. They will easily find Polkadot Unity SDK, Substrate.Net.Api, Substrate.Net.Toolchain... on the first page of google search. All of them are well documented, with a lot of working examples. Developers will find what they need just because it is very useful to them.

Personally, if the tooling would not have been there, I would probably give up and move on to a different ecosystem/different projects.

Also, you can not market something you do not have. It is hard to say that development on Polkadot is easy when in reality it is not. SAGE tries to address this by developing a full-featured solution for game developers that are not really familiar with the inner workings of blockchains.

## Value brought

I will not try to persuade anyone into thinking that the value is large. It probably is not. However, it is proportional with the amount requested.

Cedric is asking for \~0.0014% (as of time of writing) of the treasury funds and I think the impact for the ecosystem is already reaching >1% (Projects that **rely** on using Substrate.Net.Api for their parachain secured on Polkadot) and the potential for growth is even larger.

## Not just c\#

SAGE brings:

\- Substrate pallets

\- JavaScript SDK

apart from just Unity SDK integration.

## Original Proposal

https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1509

Propose and approve a spend of treasury funds.

## Dispatch Origin

Must be [`Config::SpendOrigin`] with the `Success` value being at least
`amount` of `asset_kind` in the native asset. The amount of `asset_kind` is converted
for assertion using the [`Config::BalanceConverter`].

## Details

Create an approved spend for transferring a specific `amount` of `asset_kind` to a
designated beneficiary. The spend must be claimed using the `payout` dispatchable within
the [`Config::PayoutPeriod`].

### Parameters
- `asset_kind`: An indicator of the specific asset class to be spent.
- `amount`: The amount to be transferred from the treasury to the `beneficiary`.
- `beneficiary`: The beneficiary of the spend.
- `valid_from`: The block number from which the spend can be claimed. It can refer to
  the past if the resulting spend has not yet expired according to the
  [`Config::PayoutPeriod`]. If `None`, the spend can be claimed immediately after
  approval.

## Events

Emits [`Event::AssetSpendApproved`] if successful.

- **Problem Statement:** Addressing the need for improved tooling for .net development in the Polkadot ecosystem, particularly for junior developers and game developers.
- **Significance:** Enhancing tooling through SAGE will save time for teams, allowing them to focus on final products, proven by successful hackathon projects.
- **Proposed Solution:** Support the SAGE proposal led by Cedric and Ajuna to provide advanced tooling for .net ecosystem, ensuring maintenance and updates are consistently delivered.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Increased efficiency in development, with SAGE offering Substrate pallets, JavaScript SDK, and Unity SDK integration, benefiting projects relying on Substrate.Net.Api.

#1543 Substrate Asset Game Engine (SAGE) revised

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