skill-based leaderboard with a player-funded NIM prize pool ?

Hi team! I'm building a Mini App for the competition and want to validate one mechanic before I build it out.

The game — NIMBLADE: a single-player roguelite. Core combat is rock-paper-scissors, but layered with deckbuilding, relics, resource management and branching paths — so winning a run is about strategy, not luck. Built on the Mini Apps Framework, NIM-integrated.

The mechanic I want to validate — "Weekly Gauntlet":

- Every week, ALL players get the SAME RNG seed → identical monsters, relic offers and events for everyone. Randomness is equalized, so the only variable is player skill.

- Players buy a Gauntlet entry with NIM (this is the core wallet/transaction integration).

- All entries form a prize pool. The highest-scoring players (deterministic score: floor reached × HP + gold, ties broken by fewest turns) split the pool.

- The pool is funded entirely by players, not by Nimiq. (Open to alternatives here — e.g. if Nimiq offers a reward pool for players to earn from, happy to adapt.)

My question:

Your Ideas page lists "Rock Paper Scissors — play with NIM stakes" and "Trivia — bet NIM, winner takes the pot," so I assume skill-based pools are welcome. Since my game equalizes RNG via a shared seed (outcome determined by skill, not chance), would this leaderboard + player-funded NIM prize pool be compliant with the "no gambling / games of chance" rule?

And if winners are paid out in real NIM, is anything extra required on my side (e.g. KYC, geo-restrictions)?

Would really appreciate an official confirmation before I build it out 🙏

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