🎮 Game Design & Interactive Media · game modification metadata

Mod Manifest Vault

Pin and share mod manifests permanently to enable decentralized mod discovery and trust.

IPFS via Pinata· decentralized storage
Section · Onchain

The primitive.

full primer →

Every game modification metadata artefact is pinned to IPFS through Pinata and anchored in a Hedera Consensus Service message; game designers get a permanent CID plus a consensus timestamp instead of a fragile cloud URL.

Why this primitiveIPFS guarantees long-term availability and integrity of mod metadata across platforms.

Kernel
a Pinata JWT upload that pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS and returns a permanent CID, anchored in an HCS topic message
Drives the UI as
a 'pinned to IPFS' chip with the CID, the HCS sequence number and a gateway preview
Appendix · Secrets

Required keys.

HEDERA_OPERATOR_ID
Hedera testnet account id (0.0.xxxxxx). Create and fund it free.
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HEDERA_OPERATOR_KEY
ECDSA private key for that account, from the Hedera portal dashboard.
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REOWN_PROJECT_ID
Free project id powering the HashPack pairing modal.
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HEDERA_RPC_URL
Optional. JSON-RPC relay, defaults to the public Hashio endpoint.
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PINATA_JWT
Pins images / JSON / manifests to IPFS.
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Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.

Appendix · Mega-prompt

The build prompt.

Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →

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Appendix · Market

Market sizing.

TAM
$1B
game modding ecosystem
SAM
$220M
indie mod developers
SOM
$14M
mod distribution networks

Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.

See also

Adjacent entries.