Luca’s Builder Journey

[recule556688]

Introduction

I’m Luca, a second-year student at Epitech Lyon. I’ve been passionate about computing since day one—I run my own servers at home and code in Python and C. This year, I’m expanding my toolkit and aiming for proficiency in Go and Gno.

Week 1:

• Completed a thorough review of Gno.land documentation. Worked through Go and Gno tutorials, supplemented by a targeted Udemy course to accelerate onboarding.

Project:

• Initiated development of Conway’s Game of Life in Gno. Current status is a prototype with basic logic implemented.
• The next objective is to finalize the game logic and begin work on SVG rendering for visualization.

Initial assessment:

• Tooling and workflow are not as efficient as I would want need to improve that . No significant technical obstacles encountered.

• Next steps include increasing project complexity, testing edge cases, and delivering a robust, interactive demonstration.

[recule556688]

[michelleellen]

Hey @recule556688 have you also seen this implementation? https://github.com/gnoverse/game-of-life might help.

[recule556688]

Update

Wrapped Conway’s Game of Life in Gno. Core logic implemented, tests green. My pull request is open and awaiting review.

This stage has been a rush: first PR, real project, real feedback—high‑value learning.

I spoke with David about the next build. I’ll decide today, then finalize the plan and start execution.

Concept to explore: on‑chain geographic data (inspired by Place’s Been).

• Share integrity‑checked, verifiable geo events (e.g., “11:00 airdrop at this coordinate”), optionally gated by password.
• Prove presence/attendance via scannable QR.
• Gno render idea: a world map showing where each address has been.

This needs refinement. Plan:

• Build a minimal POC (Gno smart package + basic read/write + simple map render).

Feedback welcome—especially on the Game of Life PR and priorities for the geo on‑chain track.

[recule556688]

Update

Since my last post, I’ve nearly completed the on-chain geo project implementation.
Core logic and data flow are now functional — events can be created, stored, and retrieved on-chain.

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Current Challenges

• QR Code Integration — generating and verifying QR codes directly from Gno to prove attendance.
• Blockchain User Address Handling — ensuring user identification and ownership logic are implemented correctly and securely.

Both areas are helping me deepen my understanding of how Gno manages accounts and off-chain interactions, especially around verifying real-world actions (like scanning a QR) with on-chain data.

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Next Steps

• Finalize the QR generation and validation logic
• Refactor address management for clarity and security
• Prepare a minimal public demo once both are stable

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Any feedback or tips on best practices for handling QR codes or blockchain addresses within Gno would be very welcome.

[leohhhn]

@recule556688, can you please link to the repository where you're working on?

[recule556688]

I'm going to push it today to the gnoverse/community repo, just like my Game of Life project. Does that sound okay, @leohhhn?