The Common Ground World team is thrilled to announce and unveil a groundbreaking update to our beloved farming sim game.
As we continue to nurture and expand the vibrant ecosystem of Common Ground World on GalaChain, we’re preparing to introduce a game-changing new feature that has been highly anticipated by our dedicated fan base: Guilds.
Tied intrinsically to Common Ground World Node ownership, Guilds represent a new frontier. The unique blend of collaboration, strategy, and competition of Guild play will offer an all around game enhancement to our flagship game.
Very soon, Common Ground World Nodes will become the first tokenized Node licenses in the Gala Games ecosystem, as announced in this blog. Following the release of GalaChain’s first Node Workload NFTs, Common Ground World’s Node-powered Guilds are scheduled for release in late April 2024. This update is set to transform how players interact within the digital landscape of Common Ground World.
Building and Guilding: A New Chapter Begins
Any owner of a Common Ground World Node Workload NFT (once minted) will have the opportunity to create their own Guild. This pivotal step involves:
Selecting a Node upon which to form a Guild
Assigning a name for the Guild
Assigning a unique tag for the Guild
Creating a description for the Guild
Gathering up to 20 Guild members to share in the Guild’s benefits
Guild leaders are endowed with the power to curate their Guild NFT Library, which operates essentially like a real library. The Guild Leader may place NFTs within the Guild Library and those NFTs can then be checked out by a single player at a time. This system gives each Guild a new level of maneuverability, cooperation and strategic control, allowing Guildmates to plan and borrow NFTs from the Guild Library as needed to maximize their gameplay.
Screenshot is not final and might not represent the final product
Joining a Guild: Unite for Greater Achievements
The formation of Guilds opens the door for any Gala user without a Guild to join forces with others. By accepting an invitation or applying to a Guild, members can reap the benefits of all NFTs within the Guild Library.
Each Node Workload NFT will represent one Guild, and each Guild will allow up to 20 players. Basically, every worthy and dedicated player who wants to join a Guild will have access to one–They may even face a difficult decision about which Guild to join.
Guild membership amplifies each player’s prowess within the game while fostering a sense of camaraderie and collective achievement, uniting Guildmates through Guild Competitions.
The Competitive Spirit of Guilds
With the incorporation of Guilds into Common Ground World, we are setting the stage for an era of unparalleled cooperation, but also introducing a new level of competition. Guilds will engage in contests that challenge their strategic thinking, teamwork and dedication, giving each Guild regular opportunities to strive for victory within the game’s universe.
Empowering Players & Finding Common Ground
At Gala Games, our mission transcends the mere provision of gaming experiences. We are committed to leveraging the power of GalaChain to redefine the gaming industry, ensuring that players are not only participants but also beneficiaries of the digital worlds they inhabit.
Our early adopters’ patience will certainly be rewarded when it comes to Common Ground World Guilds, which we expect to rouse quickly as a key game feature. The tokenization of Common Ground World Node licenses and subsequent introduction of Guilds are a fantastic example of what GalaChain can do for gaming, and we’re barely scratching the surface.
As we march towards the launch of Common Ground World Guilds, we invite our community to join us in this exciting journey. Your passion, feedback, and engagement are the cornerstones of Common Ground World and its continued success in the Gala ecosystem. Let’s cultivate a world of unity, creativity, and competition, where every player has the opportunity to make their mark and thrive.
Join us every Friday from 8-9am PT for Common Ground World Town Hall, live on Youtube.
Stay tuned for more updates as we approach the Guild launch date. The future of Common Ground World, powered by GalaChain, is bright, and it is our community that lights the way.
It feels like just yesterday that Common Ground World was born, a web3 ownership enabled prototype called Town Star, created by some of the same genius minds that brought the world the Farmville franchise. Gala Games grew from an innovative startup to a global leader in web3 entertainment while this game kept growing all the while.
For the first issue of a new quarterly update series about each of our awesome games, Common Ground World was the perfect choice. Now let’s dig into some of the latest and greatest excitement for everyone’s favorite farming sim from Gala Games!
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Coming Soon for Common Ground World Nodes
In a massive step toward player empowerment and decentralization, Common Ground World Node licenses will soon be tokenized and minted on GalaChain, allowing owners to transfer and trade them as they please. Stay tuned for more updates on CGW Nodes!
Guilds are coming soon to CGW Nodes, currently on track for release before the end of Q1.
Later This Year
Later this year, Daily Challenges are making a triumphant return with a new and improved reward system. Look for more updates about that in the near future!
Thanks to the power and versatility of Gala’s L1 blockchain, GalaChain, Upgradeable NFTs are coming soon to Common Ground World, adding a new layer of strategic planning for collectors!
If those on the horizon updates weren’t enough, we’ll sweeten the anticipation by mentioning Consumable Boosts, joining the game later this year!
New Competition
This week’s competition runs 2/6 at 9am PT through 2/9 at 9am PT. For a powerful Star boost, players will be scrambling in their Stationary Shops to craft and sell Red Envelopes!
Weekly Town Hall
Join members of the Common Ground World team for a weekly live get together on the Gala Games Youtube channel, every Friday from 8-9am PT. Join the fun to get all the latest in the CGW community straight from the team, and to get your questions answered.
Check out last week’s CGW Town Hall through the link and don’t miss the new one this Friday morning!
Unfolding Fortune
The latest Common Ground World competition (found here in its entirety) is a fortunate one. In honor of Lunar New Year 2024, kicking off the year of the Dragon, CGW players are turning paper into symbols of fortune and luck by crafting and selling Red Envelopes for a substantial Star boost!
New NFTs
Every week, the Common Ground World team is dropping new limited NFT items in the CGW store. This week the hot new item is the Legendary Lantern Festival, pictured below.
Immerse yourself in the festive spirit with the all-new Lantern Festival NFT – a celebration of Lunar New Year that brings prosperity and joy!
Placement of this Legendary item quickens the pace of your Stationary Shop workers while cutting the production time in half for Bamboo Shoots and Red Envelopes, giving you a gameplay edge in the current competition. Get yours HERE.
A brand new engine, massive upgrades and a month of rewards make May the month to play!
The wait is over! The much-anticipated Town Star on Godot release happened on May 1st, and it has brought a plethora of new features, rewards, and enhancements for players to enjoy. With increased security measures making cheating more difficult than ever and May Mayhem offering over 20 Million $GALA and tons of new NFTs, there’s never been a better time to dive into Town Star!
Increased Security for a Fairer Game
One of the major highlights of the Town Star on its new engine (Godot) is vastly improved security. The game developers have made significant efforts to ensure that cheating is now harder than ever. This means that all players can enjoy the game fairly and compete on equal grounds.
May Mayhem Rewards: Achieve, Refer, and Get Rewarded
The May Mayhem rewards event brings massive opportunities for players to win big. With six Achievement rewards available, players can earn a total of 6300 $GALA by completing various challenges, from finishing 10 trades to ranking in the top 500 in competitions. Here’s a breakdown of the Achievement rewards:
Finish 10 trades in 1 game and connect Discord to your Gala Games account: 100 $GALA
Finish 50 Trades in 1 game: 300 $GALA
Trade 10 of the meta craft in one game: 700 $GALA
Reach top 1200 in a competition: 1500 $GALA
Reach top 1200 in 7 competitions and top 800 in 1 Competition: 3100 $GALA
Reach top 1200 in 10, 800 in 3, and 500 in 1 Competition: 6300 $GALA
But that’s not all! Referral rewards are also up for grabs. Players receive 25% of the achievement rewards of anyone referred, whether during May Mayhem or at any time in the past. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your rewards by bringing in more players.
Loyalty rewards are another exciting feature of May Mayhem. Players who participated in the game during the last May receive 25% extra competition rewards, while those who have played during May for the last two years get 60% extra competition rewards. It’s a fantastic way to celebrate and reward long-time players.
Weekly Competitions and New Content
In addition to the amazing rewards, the new-and-improved Town Star offers a competition every week with over 1M $GALA in rewards and tons of sweet NFTs. These competitions provide a great opportunity for players to test their skills, compete with others, and win fantastic prizes.
To keep the game fresh and engaging, Town Star also promises tons of new content and a new meta every week. This ensures that players always have something new to explore and challenges to overcome, making the game continually exciting and enjoyable.
This huge Town Star release has delivered on its promises, offering an enhanced gaming experience, generous rewards, and exciting new content. With its increased security measures, May Mayhem, weekly competitions, and new content every week, there’s no better time to join the Town Star community and immerse yourself in this engaging game. Don’t miss out on the chance to compete, win big, and have a blast with the new-and-improved Town Star!
With the most luxurious NFTs you’ve ever seen, Corrupted Luxury Packs are dropping soon!
Sometimes life is tough, but you can always treat yourself to a day of relaxation and luxury.
Sometimes Town Star is tough, but you can always pamper your gameplay with a Legendary Luxury Pack… Wait until you see what’s inside.
What’s Inside the Corrupted Luxury Pack?
This Legendary Pack contains a single playable NFT from the following collection of new items:
Ancient Corrupted Stands — Don’t worry, their corrupted powers are bound to work out well for you. These passive resource stands have a massive radius of 6 tiles each.
The chance of pulling an Ancient Corrupted Stand from your Luxury Pack is 15.8%.
These are game-changers. Imagine the possibilities.
Corrupted Cocoa Stand
Corrupted Cabernet Grapes Stand
Corrupted Chardonnay Grapes Stand
Corrupted Pinot Noir Grapes Stand
Corrupted Peppermint Stand
Corrupted Pumpkin Stand
Corrupted Limestone Stand
Corrupted Chromium Stand
Corrupted Silica Stand
Legendary Luxury Storage — These larger-than-life storage buildings will each store up to 150 of their respective resources, and they cast NO shade. The chance of pulling one of them from your Luxury Pack is 84.2%.
Luxury Energy Storage
Luxury Cake Storage
Luxury Wood Storage
Luxury Uniform Storage
Luxury Mineral Storage
Luxury Milk Storage
Luxury Sugar Storage
Luxury Oak Wood Storage
Bonus
Everyone who purchases a Corrupted Luxury Pack in March (UTC time)will also receive a Rare Pottery Shop NFT.
The Rare NFT Potery Shop is immune to Dirty, which normally has a massively negative effect on the Pottery Shop. Rare Pottery Shops are NOT limited to one per account. One will be awarded for every Legendary Luxury Pack purchased during March.
Pottery Shop NFTs from this bonus will be distributed some time in April.
For Founder’s Nodes
Active Founder’s Node operators will receive 4% of the total minted supply of each NFT. Therefore, 2 of each Ancient Corrupted Stand and 12 of each Legendary Luxury Storage will be distributed randomly to active Founder’s Node operators.
Sale Details
Begins on Monday, March 13th at 11am PT
While supplies last
Price: $350 — payable in GALA or TOWN
Enjoy the luxury building privileges, and keep your skills honed… A bright new day is dawning for Town Star and there are endless exciting things on the horizon.
Thank you for being part of our incredible community!
Town Star’s next Mystery Pack sale is packed with bonuses the way fireworks are packed with gunpowder.
Fireworks are always a great way to ring in a new year.
With so many exciting updates on the horizon, Town Star has a lot to celebrate this time around. For such a celebration, we decided regular fireworks wouldn’t quite cut it.
Don’t worry. These Fireworks couldn’t possibly lead to a fire hazard, unless maybe you’re so excited from your Mystery Pack pull that you spill your glass of nitro glycerin.
Epic Enchanted Fireworks Mystery Pack
There are LOTS of bonus and freebie opportunities here. What’s worse than FOMO? ROMO (Regret Of Missing Out) — Especially when it comes to awesome stuff you could’ve snagged for free. Be sure to scroll down to where it says BONUS in big, bold letters (all the places).
Mystery BOOM!
The set of 10 game-boosting collectible NFTs will be sold in Mystery Packs (4 per Pack).
This Mystery Pack sale is structured similarly to the recent drop of Enchanted Ornament Mystery Packs, and you’ll find all the details (including odds) further down in this post.
Each unique Enchanted Fireworks NFT provides a boost to an in-game function, with boosts that vary based on the rarity of the NFT.
Bonuses for the 10 Enchanted Fireworks NFTs in this set are divided into 2 groups: 1–5 offer an increase to your in-game starting cash, while 6–10 reduce the cost of clearing pesky obstacles from your land.
Here is a breakdown of the 10 Enchanted Fireworks with their rarities and bonuses:
…for a total bonus of 50% starting cash if you collect all 5!
Enchanted Fireworks 6 — Epic 14% Decrease in Clearing Cost Enchanted Fireworks 7 — Rare 6% Decrease in Clearing Cost Enchanted Fireworks 8 — Rare 6% Decrease in Clearing Cost Enchanted Fireworks 9 — Uncommon 2% Decrease in Clearing Cost Enchanted Fireworks 10 — Uncommon 2% Decrease in Clearing Cost
…for a total bonus of 30% obstacle clearing cost reduction for collecting all 5!
BONUS — Full Collection Bonus
Those who manage to collect the entire set of 10 will get a massive 50% production speed bonus to all crafts created in the Wizards Workshop!
The Wizards Workshop is available now in the Town Star store, along with a chance to get a free North Pole Creation Lab if you collect the three crucial Christmas Buildings of Santa’s production line. Learn More
BONUS — Sphere of Hope Bonus
NOTE: The deadline for the Sphere of Hope Bonus was January 7th, 2023, when a wallet snapshot was taken.
Purchasing 2 Enchanted Fireworks Mystery Packs of each rarity (6 packs total) will qualify you for a FREE Legendary Sphere of Hope. Yep, a free Legendary item, and one that plays a valuable role in your town…
Proximity effects of Dirty are removed for 5 tiles.
Negative proximity effects of Salty are removed for 5 tiles.
Positive proximity effects of Salty remain unchanged.
NOTE: Due to the rarity of this Legendary item, this bonus is limited to 3 per account.
BONUS — Stowaway North Pole Creation Labs
Mystical and magical North Pole powers…
Santa’s Elves are clever, and it should be no surprise that 150 North Pole Creation Labs have found their way into Enchanted Fireworks Mystery Packs.
Until now, the only way to secure one of these amazing North Pole Creation Labs for yourself was to purchase each of the 3 Christmas Buildings (Epic Master Wizard, Rare Wizards Workshop, Legendary Santa’s Factory). Now, even if you’ve already missed out on that opportunity, you’ll have multiple chances to find a Creation Lab in a Mystery Pack!
50 Rare Creation Labs have also been allocated to each rarity of Mystery Pack. These lucky finds will only appear as the 4th pull, in terms of open odds.
The sale starts at 11am PT on December 26th!
We hope you all enjoy holiday celebrations in whatever traditions enjoyed most by you and those you care about. Warm wishes from the Town Star team!
