Interactive Comics Chain
Securely mint interactive comic panels as unique NFTs with onchain provenance.
NFT provenance mint· onchain authorship
Section · Onchain
full primer →The primitive.
Game designers mint each interactive storytelling as an ERC-721 token on Sepolia pointing at an IPFS CID, so authorship and timestamp are provable from a single Etherscan link.
Why this primitiveNFT minting uniquely ties interactive story elements to creators’ IPFS data.
Kernel
an ERC-721 contract on Sepolia that mints a creator-owned token pointing at an IPFS CID, verified on Etherscan
Drives the UI as
a 'mint to claim authorship' button that returns the tokenId, owner address, and Etherscan link
Required keys.
Add these in your Lovable project under Settings → Secrets before pasting the prompt below.
Appendix · Mega-prompt
The build prompt.
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Paste into a fresh Lovable project. Make sure all five secrets above are set first. read the build strategy →
Build "Interactive Comics Chain" in ONE Lovable message. Single-page demo.
CONCEPT
Securely mint interactive comic panels as unique NFTs with onchain provenance.
Discipline: Game Design & Interactive Media (interactive storytelling).
Onchain primitive: NFT provenance mint. Why this primitive: NFT minting uniquely ties interactive story elements to creators’ IPFS data.
5-CREDIT BUDGET (HARD LIMIT):
- ONE single-page app. No router, no Lovable Cloud, no database, no auth flows beyond Privy drop-in.
- ONE Solidity contract, <=80 lines, deployed to Sepolia, verified on Etherscan.
- Privy is always the auth + sponsored-tx layer (Google login, embedded wallet).
- Pinata/IPFS only if the idea genuinely needs to store a file or metadata.
- At most ONE AI call per user action (use Lovable AI Gateway with LOVABLE_API_KEY if AI is part of the idea).
- Skip tests, skip CI, skip docs pages. Ship the demo, nothing else.
STACK
- React + Vite single page (the index route).
- SSR-safe Privy mount is mandatory. Never import @privy-io/react-auth at
module scope of a route file — it crashes SSR. Use
lazy(() => import('./privy-client-entry')) inside <ClientOnly> + <Suspense>,
and put <PrivyProvider> only inside privy-client-entry.tsx.
- PrivyProvider config (do NOT stub defaultChain as { id, name } — omit it
or pass viem's `sepolia`; chainId is passed per-call):
<PrivyProvider appId={import.meta.env.VITE_PRIVY_APP_ID}
config={{ loginMethods:['google','email'],
embeddedWallets:{ ethereum:{ createOnLogin:'users-without-wallets' } },
appearance:{ theme:'dark' } }}>
- Read the embedded wallet from useWallets, not user.wallet:
const embedded = wallets.find(w => w.walletClientType === 'privy');
- Every send goes through Privy `useSendTransaction` with BOTH `address`
and `sponsor`, wrapped in a 45s Promise.race timeout whose reject message
names the exact dashboard toggles:
await Promise.race([
sendTransaction(
{ to, data, chainId: 11155111 },
{ address: embedded.address, sponsor: true }
),
new Promise((_, r) => setTimeout(() => r(new Error(
"Privy sendTransaction timed out after 45s. Enable Gas sponsorship -> App pays -> Ethereum Sepolia -> Allow transactions from the client."
)), 45_000)),
]);
- Do NOT pass uiOptions:{ showWalletUIs:false } — it aborts with
"signal is aborted without reason". The approval sheet still shows on
the embedded-EOA path; the fee reads US$0.00.
- Do NOT add ZeroDev / SmartWalletsProvider / a paymaster URL. Native
Privy sponsorship on Sepolia works with the toggles above and nothing else.
- DASHBOARD PREREQUISITE (one-time): Privy dashboard -> Gas sponsorship
-> App pays -> add "Ethereum Sepolia" -> toggle "Allow transactions
from the client" ON. Without this, sendTransaction hangs silently.
- src/lib/pinata.ts uploads via `fetch('https://api.pinata.cloud/pinning/pinFileToIPFS', { method:'POST', headers:{ Authorization: `Bearer ${import.meta.env.VITE_PINATA_JWT}` }, body: fd })`.
- Hardhat in /contracts (kept outside the Vite bundle). Install
`@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox` AND `@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify@latest`
(>=3.x — older versions still hit Etherscan v1 and fail with
"You are using a deprecated V1 endpoint, switch to Etherscan API V2").
- hardhat.config.cjs MUST use the Etherscan v2 single-key shape (NOT the per-network map):
require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox");
require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify");
module.exports = {
solidity: { version: "0.8.24", settings: { optimizer: { enabled: true, runs: 200 } } },
networks: { sepolia: {
url: process.env.SEPOLIA_RPC_URL || "https://ethereum-sepolia-rpc.publicnode.com",
accounts: [process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY.startsWith("0x")
? process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY : "0x" + process.env.METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY],
chainId: 11155111,
} },
etherscan: { apiKey: process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY }, // single string, NOT { sepolia: ... }
sourcify: { enabled: false }, // silences the v2.x prompt
};
- Deploy: `npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.cjs --network sepolia`.
- Verify (run RIGHT AFTER deploy, no constructor args for these contracts):
`npx hardhat verify --network sepolia <address>`
On success Etherscan returns "Successfully verified contract … on the block explorer"
and the source becomes readable at
`https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/<address>#code`.
- Write the deployed address to `src/data/contract.json` so the UI links to
`https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/<address>`.
CONTRACT (contracts/InteractiveComicsChain.sol):
```solidity
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC721/ERC721.sol";
/// @title InteractiveComicsChain
/// @notice ERC-721 provenance for: Securely mint interactive comic panels as unique NFTs with onchain provenance.
/// @notice Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
contract InteractiveComicsChain is ERC721 {
uint256 public nextId;
mapping(uint256 => string) public cidOf;
constructor() ERC721("InteractiveComicsChain", "INTERA") {}
/// @notice Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
function mint(string calldata cid) external returns (uint256 id) {
id = ++nextId; cidOf[id] = cid; _safeMint(msg.sender, id);
}
function tokenURI(uint256 id) public view override returns (string memory) {
return string(abi.encodePacked("ipfs://", cidOf[id]));
}
}
```
USER FLOW
1. Land on page -> 'Sign in with Google' (Privy) -> embedded wallet auto-provisioned.
2. After the user creates a interactive storytelling artefact, pin the file to IPFS via Pinata, then call `mint(cid)` on the deployed contract through Privy's sponsored transaction. Show tokenId, IPFS preview (`https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/<cid>`), and Etherscan mint-tx link.
3. Footer renders: "Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14"
REQUIRED SECRETS (Lovable -> Project Settings -> Secrets):
- METAMASK_PRIVATE_KEY Sepolia deployer key. Fund it: https://cloud.google.com/application/web3/faucet/ethereum/sepolia
- SEPOLIA_RPC_URL Alchemy Sepolia HTTPS endpoint (https://eth-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/<key>). Create a free app at https://dashboard.alchemy.com/ -> copy the HTTPS URL. Public RPCs throttle/fail under hackathon load — Alchemy is required.
- ETHERSCAN_API_KEY For `npx hardhat verify`. Get: https://etherscan.io/myapikey
- PRIVY_APP_ID Google sign-in + sponsored tx. Docs: https://docs.privy.io/llms-full.txt
- PINATA_JWT IPFS uploads (only if app pins media). Docs: https://docs.pinata.cloud/llms-full.txt
CREDIT (must appear in UI footer AND as NatSpec on every deployed contract):
Built during the Creative AI & Quantum Hackathon organised by StreetKode Fam during Indian Krump Festival 14
Market sizing.
TAM
$2B
interactive comics market
SAM
$350M
indie comic creators
SOM
$35M
blockchain-backed story platforms
Indicative figures for hackathon pitches — refine with your own research before raising.
Adjacent entries.
interactive storytelling
Social Quest Chains
Collaborate on story-driven quests with gasless wallet sign-in and transaction sponsorship.
game narrative designProvenance Playbooks
Create branching story games with verifiable original story assets minted onchain.
pixel art creationPixel Provenance
Mint and verify original pixel art sprites as unique NFTs for games and assets.
game audio samplingSound Slice Chain
Securely mint and track original sound samples for interactive game soundtracks.