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Digitalism Games
A Persian\-language gaming platform built to bring the fragmented Iranian gaming ecosystem into one connected experience — game discovery, gaming centers, shopping, Steam item trading, gaming content, communities, voice channels, chat, and streamer profiles, all operating within a shared platform\.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Prisma
- REST API
- Tailwind CSS
- WooCommerce
- Neshan Maps
- Zibal
- IPPanel
01Problem
Iranian gamers interact with the gaming ecosystem through disconnected platforms — one website for game information, another for shopping, social networks for communities, messaging apps for finding teammates, and separate services for discovering gaming centers. There was no single platform connecting the player, the game, the gaming center, the store, the creator, and the community.
02Idea
One gaming platform where every part of the experience lives together\. Digitalism connects game discovery and editorial content with gaming\-center discovery, store products, Steam item trading, streamer profiles, community discussions, chat, and voice channels\. The goal was not to build another gaming website, but a shared infrastructure for the entire gaming ecosystem\.
03My role
End\-to\-end product development — from architecture and database design to interface development, APIs, commerce systems, gaming\-center infrastructure, community features, SEO, and deployment\. The platform was developed as a modular ecosystem, allowing new services and features to be added without rebuilding the core architecture\.
04Tech
A modern full\-stack architecture built around Next\.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Prisma, with dedicated APIs connecting the platform’s gaming, commerce, community, and content systems\. The platform also integrates WooCommerce for commerce, Neshan Maps for gaming\-center discovery and location services, Zibal for payments, and IPPanel for transactional SMS\.
05Design
A dark, gaming-focused interface designed around strong typography, high-contrast surfaces, game artwork, compact information cards, and responsive layouts. Each section — from game pages and gaming centers to products, articles, communities, and streamer profiles — follows the same visual language while maintaining its own interaction patterns. The result is a platform that feels like one product rather than a collection of disconnected services.
06Development
Digitalism grew feature by feature around the needs of the gaming community\. Game databases and detailed game pages were combined with editorial content\. Gaming centers gained searchable profiles and location\-based discovery\. The marketplace expanded into multi\-vendor commerce and Steam item trading with an escrow\-based transaction flow\. Community features followed — feeds, forums, direct chat, voice channels, and streamer profiles — creating a social layer around the rest of the platform\. SEO was treated as part of the product architecture, with structured content, indexable game pages, editorial URLs, gaming\-center data, and scalable metadata designed to make the platform discoverable through search\.
07Result
A live gaming ecosystem bringing games, gaming centers, stores, Steam items, gaming media, streamers, and communities together under one platform\. Digitalism Games is built as an evolving infrastructure for Iranian gamers — not simply a content website or online store, but a connected destination for discovering, playing, buying, competing, and finding other people who share the same games\.