Autonomous Game Engine

The IC42N game engine runs continuously in the background and is responsible for turning Solana epoch transitions into finalized game outcomes.

It is implemented as a set of AWS Lambda functions (Rust) and supporting infrastructure (EventBridge schedules, DynamoDB, S3/Arweave publishing, and queues where applicable).

Responsibilities

• Monitor epoch progression and determine when a round is ending
• Enforce cutoff times (open → closed)
• Resolve a round deterministically using canonical Solana data
• Compute winners and payout amounts
• Publish a signed/archived result record (for independent auditing)
• Support claims (including protection against duplicate/replay claims)
• Handle rollovers and accounting across epochs (if applicable)

Design goals

• Deterministic resolution
• Idempotent execution (safe to retry)
• Observable (logs + metrics + traceable artifacts)
• Minimal trust assumptions