Basic NFT contract

basicNFT.sol

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.0;

import 'https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/master/contracts/utils/Counters.sol';
import 'https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/master/contracts/token/ERC721/extensions/ERC721URIStorage.sol';
import 'https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/master/contracts/access/Ownable.sol';

contract GameItem is ERC721URIStorage, Ownable {
    using Counters for Counters.Counter;
    Counters.Counter private _tokenIds;

    constructor() ERC721("GameItem", "ITM") {
    }
    
    function awardItem(address player) //, string memory tokenURI
        public
        returns (uint256)
    {
        _tokenIds.increment();

        uint256 newItemId = _tokenIds.current();
        _mint(player, newItemId);
        // _setTokenURI(newItemId, tokenURI);

        return newItemId;
    }
    
        function mint(address _to) public onlyOwner {
        super._mint(_to, _tokenIds.current());
        _tokenIds.increment();        
    }
}