r/Place meets DeFi -- in 3D.
Stake USDC. Claim a block. Keep it alive.
Every block on the tower is a real USDC stake on Solana. Every block has a face -- a Spark -- that reacts to how you take care of it. Charge it daily and it glows, evolves, climbs the leaderboard. Neglect it and someone else claims it.
The core loop takes 30 seconds a day. That's the point.
Scan with your Android phone
or follow the install guide
SCAN -> See the tower, find your block
ACT -> Tap to charge, claim, or customize
FEEL -> Watch the glow burst, haptic feedback, rank change
DONE -> Close the app, come back tomorrow
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| 3D Tower | 650+ blocks via InstancedMesh with custom GLSL shaders at 60 FPS on mobile |
| On-Chain Staking | USDC vault on Solana devnet -- Anchor program with deposit, withdraw, transfer |
| Spark System | Living faces that evolve through 5 tiers: Spark > Ember > Flame > Blaze > Beacon |
| Charge Ritual | Daily tap with streak multipliers, visual decay, energy feedback |
| Customization | 16 colors, 48 emoji, 11 animated GLSL styles, 7 textures |
| Multiplayer | Server-authoritative game logic via Colyseus, real-time sync across devices |
| Social | Poke other players, push notifications, Tapestry on-chain profiles |
| Leaderboards | Skyline, Brightest, Streaks, XP rankings via MagicBlock SOAR |
| Onboarding | 9-phase cinematic flow from first launch to first claim |
| XP & Progression | 10 levels, combo multipliers, 7 achievement types |
| Content Engine | Remotion pipeline for programmatic marketing videos |
| Layer | Technology |
|---|---|
| Mobile | Expo 54, React Native 0.81, React 19 |
| 3D Engine | React Three Fiber v9, Three.js, custom GLSL shaders |
| Wallet | Mobile Wallet Adapter (MWA) + Seed Vault |
| Smart Contract | Anchor 0.31 (Rust) on Solana Devnet |
| Game Server | Colyseus on Node.js, deployed on Railway |
| Database | Supabase (Postgres) |
| Social | Tapestry Protocol (on-chain social graph) |
| Leaderboard | MagicBlock SOAR (on-chain scores + achievements) |
| State | Zustand (client), Colyseus schema (server) |
monolith/
├── apps/
│ ├── mobile/ # Expo React Native app (Android/Seeker)
│ ├── server/ # Colyseus game server
│ └── video/ # Remotion content engine
├── packages/
│ └── common/ # Shared types, constants, layout math
├── programs/
│ └── monolith/ # Anchor Solana program (Rust)
├── supabase/ # Database migrations
└── tests/ # Anchor integration tests
Key decisions:
- USDC on-chain, game state off-chain -- Ownership and staking verified on Solana. Fast game logic (charge, decay, streaks) runs on Colyseus for instant feedback.
- InstancedMesh rendering -- 650 blocks in 3 draw calls. Custom GLSL with ambient occlusion, subsurface scattering, GGX specular, SDF face rendering, and interior-mapped windows with parallax.
- Server-authoritative -- All game actions validated server-side with Supabase persistence.
- Fire-and-forget blockchain -- SOAR scores, Tapestry social, and Blinks pokes are non-blocking. The game never waits on a transaction.
| Integration | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Anchor Program | USDC staking vault -- deposit, withdraw, transfer. Program: Fu76Eq...gwDh |
| Mobile Wallet Adapter | Native wallet connection via MWA + Seed Vault for Seeker |
| Tapestry Protocol | On-chain social profiles, follows, comments. Cross-app identity. |
| MagicBlock SOAR | On-chain leaderboard + 7 achievement types on claim, charge, poke |
| Solana Blinks | Shareable block action URLs rendered as dial.to cards |
| Mechanic | Description |
|---|---|
| Charge Decay | Blocks lose ~1 energy/hour. Tap daily to restore. |
| Streaks | Consecutive daily charges build multipliers up to 3x |
| Dormant Reclaim | Blocks at 0 energy for 3+ days become claimable by others |
| Gravity Tax | Owning adjacent blocks increases decay (anti-monopoly) |
| Layer Pricing | Higher floors cost more to claim (quadratic curve) |
320+ tests across the stack:
cd apps/mobile && npx jest # 222 unit tests (stores, shaders, math, multiplayer)
cd apps/server && npx jest # 84 tests (room integration, XP, notifications, persistence)
anchor test # 14 on-chain tests (init, deposit, withdraw, multi-user)pnpm install # Install dependencies
pnpm server # Start game server
pnpm mobile # Start Expo dev server (separate terminal)Or with a physical device:
./dev.sh # Sets up ADB, starts server + Expo| Document | Contents |
|---|---|
| Architecture | System design, data flow, tech decisions |
| Game Design | Full game design document |
| Spark System | Spark evolution, faces, energy mechanics |
| Anchor Program | Smart contract design and instructions |
| Tester Guide | How to install and play |
| Setup Guide | Developer environment setup |
| Platform Vision | Long-term roadmap |
Built for the Solana Seeker. Proprietary -- all rights reserved.