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A very, very rough draft for "App Frames".  Feedback welcome. 

Our goal is to keep the best things about frames while making it easy to build great user experiences. 

https://warpcast.notion.site/App-Frames-Public-12a6a6c0c101805f84f0ca8bb27047d6?pvs=74

dang I really like this design, neat culmination of all the frame/mini app experiments over the past few months

tldr; you get the in-feed exposure of a frame but then can quickly load a mini app and even return content back into the frame for some sort of success state(or other use cases)

but yeah really excited about this and you should check out the rough "App Frame" spec below!

https://warpcast.com/v/0x9b6f7a25
https://warpcast.notion.site/App-Frames-Public-12a6a6c0c101805f84f0ca8bb27047d6

> The biggest difference between “app frames” and frames is that instead of rendering multiple frames in a row, you can just open up a browser and render whatever UI you like,

For /sands-of-sumaii I have icons for each spell (like all RPGs). Does this mean I can now make the frame buttons icons instead?

For example, this is the Priest Fortitude spell - I'd love to make this the button instead of a grey box that says "Fortitude"

>This loads very fast because it doesn’t rely on images. It will also have context about the user so you can personalize the page for them. 

Does this mean the user is signed into FC when they interact?

Would be sick to integrate profile pages at https://www.sandsofsumaii.xyz/profile/chasesommer.eth

For example, mine looks like this:

I have a couple questions that you might understand better than I:

building products in web3, hacking /farhack, yapping /dylan | dylansteck.com

I have a couple questions that you might understand better than I:

https://warpcast.com/chasesommer.eth/0x1042db9d
https://warpcast.com/chasesommer.eth/0x78ef7d30

Creator of /sands-of-sumaii - the Farcaster MMORPG | Game Designer

dev, founder. For fun /milo /artist. For funds
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If you feel like you have a grip on the changes - would love to jam on it over a call one of these days :)

I think I understand, but not 100% sure what's possible

You can just have your entire experience live in a mini-app that’s triggered by an App Frame. “rpg quest” is the app frame, everything else, including user context, happens in your mini app experience. Basically you’ll have a mobile friendly web interface that can still interact with Farcaster. It’s dope.