The Strange and Extraordinary Galaverse — Part 1
Announcing: Battlestar Galactica- themed Blockchain game
“Project Saturn” unveiled as Battlestar Galactica at Galaverse!
Last week we weren’t yet ready to share a lot of details about “Project Saturn” when we first proposed the game to the community. After an AMA featuring the developers from Revolving Games, Founder’s Node operators saw the amazing potential in this 4X Strategy MMO game and accepted it into the Gala Games Ecosystem.
We are ready to reveal …
“Project Saturn” is in fact a Battlestar Galactica-themed blockchain game! The game is planned to take place within the world of the legendary re-imagined series which aired for four seasons from 2003–2004 on Syfy. All the features and systems that we originally presented as “Project Saturn” are actually planned for this Battlestar Galactica game, being developed by Revolving Games in collaboration with Gala Games and Universal Games and Digital Platforms.
Epic 4X Strategy MMO in Battlestar Galactica
REBUILD — In the Battlestar Galactica game, each season will commence with a new iteration of a surprise Cylon attack, leaving the Twelve Colonies in ruins. You will play as a human survivor and spawn your base near one of the remaining colonies. You will need to regain territory and resources to rebuild and withstand the incoming Cylon attacks.
REUNITE — As your territory grows and expands, new threats will begin to emerge. Cooperation and social connections will be key during this phase to recapture and rebuild the technology necessary to withstand the assaults. You’ll need to form alliances and coordinate tactics to defeat entrenched enemies and overcome the Cylons.
RECLAIM — Once reunited, you will be able to work with alliances on coordinating large scale attacks on strategic Cylon targets to fulfill seasonal goals. Alliance and individual leaderboards will indicate how successful humanity was at suppressing the Cylon onslaught. All your achievements throughout the season will contribute to how well you can withstand the threat from the attacking Cylons.
The Universe You Love
The gameplay from the Battlestar Galactica blockchain game will happen in the same universe as the re-imagined series, roughly 40 years after the First Cylon War. Each Cylon attack that initiates the start of a new season will create a slightly different set of circumstances that survivors will need to adapt to and plan accordingly.
Each colony will have its own levels of governance, technology and militarism. These alliances will need to actively coordinate and strategize to decide the outcome of each season.
So Say We All
The time is coming when you’ll have to think tactically to protect the human race from the Cylon incursion. Rebuild your fleet, reunite your faction, and reclaim the Twelve Colonies.
We are absolutely thrilled to finally be able to share more info about this exciting game with you, and even more thrilled to be welcoming Battlestar Galactica into the Gala Games Ecosystem.
Look for more information coming up from Gala Games, Revolving Games and Universal Games and Digital Platforms on the future of this exciting project!
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MAY MAYHEM Wrap Up
That’s a wrap on the most rewarding month in Gala Games history.
This was Gala Games’ kind of party, where the favors are free and the rewards are plentiful. Let the month of May stand as a shining beacon not only for Mayhem itself, but as a reminder of exactly how much Gala Games cares about its community. We are everything we are because of you and thanks to you. You are constantly empowering us so we can continue to empower you, and that’s the real beauty of Web3.
When Gala Games Sees a Bear Market
We don’t make any predictions or promises about token values. We’re not in the business of speculating on cryptocurrency, we’re in the business of redefining the entertainment industry with the power of Web3. Still, it probably hasn’t gone unnoticed within our community that the crypto markets as a whole have been experiencing a cold winter.
Let it be remembered that our most rewarding month ever with countless millions offered as prizes just for playing our free games, happened during what is being hailed as the worst crypto recession since 2018.
How does Gala Games react when crypto supporters don’t like what they’re seeing in their portfolios? We give away insane amounts of $GALA as prizes, and we offer once-in-a-lifetime onboarding opportunities to get sweet positioning in our Web3 gaming Ecosystem.
During times that some crypto hodlers would call turbulent, Gala Games is happy to keep doing what we do best: Creating and publishing fantastic AAA quality games with Web3 layers of ownership and rewards built in.
Town Star | Build. Win. Earn.
Each week of May in Town Star, we hosted a special competition with $500,000 in $GALA prizes available for the top 2000 finishers. But that’s not all. There were additional prizes for the Play-to-Earn servers as well
We also promised a special new robot friend, the Feed Bot NFT to all players who referred 10 new players to Town Star during May and a special NFT bonus to everyone who played themselves for at least three different days of the month!
It was a rewarding month for Town Star players. Exciting updates and big changes are coming soon to Town Star — You can always learn what’s happening on The TOWN STAR BLOG.
Spider Tanks | Esports Mayhem
Our highly-anticipated high-octane brawler from GAMEDIA went into open early release just before May Mayhem. Talk about great timing!
Spider Tanks players were able to get a HUGE piece of the May Mayhem action, with weekly tournaments and with around $750,000 in $GALA distributed to winners of various contests and challenges.
Spider Tanks also distributed $500,000 in $GALA throughout the month in the weekly referral challenge. The weekly prize was split by all accounts that qualified by reaching a certain number of referrals during the week.
Town Crush | Not Quite Yet
Everyone was eager to play Town Crush, and a lucky few enjoyed it for several hours before unforeseen technical setbacks caused the game’s release to be, well.. set back. Finding problems like this was part of the plan, as the game was built solely to test Project GYRI, the Gala Games blockchain currently in the late stages of development.
Unfortunately, the players will have to wait a little longer to enjoy that sweet match3 action they have come to adore. Fortunately, the game will return, and the $400,000 contest that was previously scheduled for May Mayhem will still take place at an unannounced later date.
Free NFTs
In this special promotion that lasted all month long, NFT owners from various projects in the Gala Games Ecosystem have been rewarded with all sorts of exclusive new drops.
This was designed to reward early supporters of Gala Games projects. This was an incredible opportunity for us to 1) spend a month giving to our community, not selling, and 2) to remind you that rewards can be sudden and surprising, but they are always on our minds.
Across all different titles that participated with a May Mayhem free NFT, somewhere around 100,000 new NFTs were created and distributed to owners as of the snapshot that was taken before May began.
Almost all these free NFTs were dependent on the rarity of items already in the recipient’s wallet. For example, Legendary Cookeries were distributed to all owners of Legendary Georgia Dead Claims in The Walking Dead: Empires.
Obviously we cannot yet calculate or comment on the secondary market values of these 100,000 NFTs. Maybe you’ll have a better idea in a year.
All The Stuff
$GALA Prize Pool
- Weekly Competition $GALA Prizes | Approx. $3 million total
- Weekly Referral Challenge $GALA Prizes | Approx. $1 million total
Free NFTs
- Shakespearean Country Home | Owner NFT drop for Legacy
- Shakespearean Town Home | Owner NFT drop for Legacy
- Cookery | Owner NFT drop for The Walking Dead: Empires
- Infamy Token | Owner NFT drop for Superior
- Celestial Upgrade | Owner NFT drop for Echoes of Empire
- Golden Ticket | Owner NFT drop for Mirandus
- Limited Edition Skin | Owner NFT Drop for Spider Tanks
- Feed Bot | 10-Referral reward in May for Town Star
We May Be Onto Something
That’s it. It seems we’ve made a tradition come to life: May Mayhem. Let’s do it again next May. The Mayhem is that we have such an incredible community that deserves rewards worth millions of dollars. The Mayhem is that even when throwing massive rewards at our community in a bear market, we can continue to grow, bringing more AAA games to the table.
Thanks for the Mayhem. Thanks for playing in the Gala Games Arcade.
Stick around, because there are tons of things coming.
See you in Malta!
Don’t miss our epic -into the galaverse live show on June 8th at 9am PT from the beautiful island of Malta in the Medditerranean Sea. Announcements, special rewards and sneak peeks will make you wish you were there, but don’t worry. There will be more Galaverse events.
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Gala Games Integrates Chainlink VRF to Access Verifiable Randomness in NFT Drops
Chainlink’s Verifiable Random Function will be used by Gala Games to ensure fun and fair gameplay.
We’re excited to announce that Gala Games has integrated Chainlink Verifiable Random Function (VRF) on Ethereum mainnet. By integrating the industry-leading decentralized oracle network, we now have access to a tamper-proof and verifiable random number generator (RNG) that can help power truly random VOX drops and item distribution from Snoop Stash Boxes. Additionally, as the Gala Games Ecosystem and metaverse accelerates, Chainlink VRF acts as a future-proof source of randomness needed for all RNG-based functions — giving users high assurances that Gala Games is committed to creating fun and fair gameplay.
Gala Games aims to build an Ecosystem of AAA games that can bring blockchain-based Web3 games to the mainstream. Our core philosophy can be boiled down to three essential elements:
- Games First — We are gamers first, and we believe that an incredible gaming experience is an absolute necessity, especially when pioneering into the world of Web3 gaming. That’s why we have centuries of AAA gaming experience on our team.
- Owned by Players — Hard work should result in equivalent rewards, so many items earned or won in Gala Games will always belong to the players as blockchain-minted tokens. Ownership means the freedom to play and earn with, or even sell your assets when you choose.
- Community Rules — Games can not be created in a vacuum. Gala Games builds and updates games based on real time community and player feedback. We practice open communication and transparency, and we always listen to our community.
In order to build a true player-owned Ecosystem, we needed access to a verifiable random number generator that could help power the fair distribution of in-game rewards. Whether in loot boxes or other events that require randomness such as dungeon drops or player performance rewards, a verifiable RNG gives users confidence that the game they’re playing is fair and treats all players equally.
The ultimate solution to this problem comes in the form of Chainlink VRF, which works by combining block data that is still unknown when the request is made with the oracle node’s pre-committed private key to generate both a random number and a cryptographic proof. Gala Games smart contracts will only accept the random number input if it has a valid cryptographic proof, and the cryptographic proof can only be generated if the VRF process is tamper-proof. This helps provide users with automated and publicly verifiable proof directly on-chain that each randomness-needing game that uses Chainlink VRF for randomness is provably fair and cannot be tampered with or predicted by the oracle, outside entities, or the Gala Games team.
“Chainlink VRF has proved itself as the standard for verifiable random number generation. As a result of this integration, players can traverse our extensive game Ecosystem with confidence that our team is dedicated to creating a fun and fair environment for all.”
— the Gala Games team.
About Chainlink
Chainlink is the industry standard for building, accessing, and selling oracle services needed to power hybrid smart contracts on any blockchain. Chainlink oracle networks provide smart contracts with a way to reliably connect to any external API and leverage secure off-chain computations for enabling feature-rich applications. Chainlink currently secures tens of billions of dollars across DeFi, insurance, gaming, and other major industries, and offers global enterprises and leading data providers a universal gateway to all blockchains.
Learn more about Chainlink by visiting chain.link or reading the developer documentation at docs.chain.link. To discuss an integration, reach out to an expert.
Galaxian Highlights | #1 | Sages of the Red Flame
Take a look into some of the brilliant minds behind our incredible frontline hospitality force. These folks know stuff.
There are a lot of great people on the Gala Games team that make this the fantastic community that it is. Many of us here interact with the community all the time, but rarely get the chance to connect without hiding behind handles and the (often insane) day to day business of serving up the community with great entertainment experiences.
Galaxian Highlights
This begins to change all that. We’ve previously started to spotlight experts on our team, but we’ve experienced such meteoric growth in the past year that we simply weren’t able to keep up with the talented and wonderful people joining our team every day.
Gala Games is still growing, and we’re not going to get any further ahead on showcasing the people who make this community possible unless we get started. We’ll be regularly running this series in the future to introduce you to some of the folks whose work you may interact with every day, but you don’t even know that you know them.
In this first edition, we’ll be showcasing the defenders of our community– The Sages of the Red Flame
Sages of the What!?
Sages of the Red Flame– or alternatively (and lamely) named “Community Managers” — leverage passion and experience for the Gala Games Ecosystem and Community. They are the community’s go-to connection between what goes on under the hood and in the driver’s seat of games on our platform.
For our introductory edition, this will be a bit longer installment of Galaxian Highlights. Typically we’ll use these series to focus on individuals, but it’s only fitting for this re-inaugural issue that The Sages of the Red Flame lead the charge together, united.
What is your role as a Gala Games Community Sage?
Dillon (NephilimHoss): I’ve been in the Gala Games community since January 2021, but started as Community Manager in November (my start date was my birthday!)
My job is to oversee the Discord, serve as a liaison for the community members and Gala Games teams, and to make sure the passion that we all feel for the Gala Games community is intentionally nurtured and protected.
Cade (Cayde): I spend most of my day reading every channel in the Discord and conversing with the community.
I’m always looking for ways to improve communication between the teams and the community, as well as finding new ways to get the community engaged. I also like crafting puzzles for people to solve 🙂
Vera (VeraAwesome): My role is to be in service to the community. This means doing my best to keep it a high-vibe and friendly place, and making sure that community feedback is heard.
I like to answer as many questions as I can as fast as I can because I’m trying to convince people that I’m actually a bot.
Michelle (pharmermichelle): I strive to be that main line of communication between the greater community and the Town Star game team.
I spend most of my time gathering feedback and sentiment to report back to the engineers, developers, and project managers. I’m here to give the community a voice within the team meetings and to make sure everyone is heard.
Matt (taco): Gala Music is still a new business, so as the music community manager I’m helping the server grow as positively as possible, answering questions and keeping everyone informed.
I’ve been an active part of the discord for quite a while, and now I want everyone to feel as welcome as I did when I first discovered Gala Games. I also represent the community “behind the scenes”, since at the end of the day it’s all about them.
Tom (curioushero): With a high-octane game like Spider Tanks comes a passionate player base that wants their ideas to be heard and implemented. My role is to be the conduit between the players and the people who make the games happen.
I develop relationships with the players by regularly competing with them in game and taking their feedback to help improve the game. As a veteran player in the community I can also help the team understand what potential players want to get out of the game so we can make a better experience all around.
Note: Cade actually has moved to our Product Team since the inception of this article. You’ll still catch him all over Discord, but we wanted to congratulate him on this new position!
Dillon’s Note: Cade defected from the CM team between the writing and publication of this article. Please send all complaints directly to him.
What skills or experience do you bring to Gala Games?
Dillon: I truly love this Community. The things we can accomplish with Web3, gaming and beyond are bigger than we imagine. I aim to bring a balanced perspective and a long-term vision to the Community. How we do things is often as important as what we do.
Vera: My love of Gala Games has given me the superpower of having a fangirl Wikipedia brain. This helps me to stay organized with all the juicy leaks coming out and also to keep track of the promises made to the community.
Matt: Most of my career has been spent in management and customer service, so I’m thrilled to be able to to utilize that experience within a community I genuinely enjoy being a part of.
Tom: I have a diversified background in business that spans over 20 years in tech support, networking, finance, and marketing. The last decade I’ve spent building online businesses that focus on lead generation, customer acquisition, and building raving fans for the products or services I represented. Gala Games and Web3 have created an incredible opportunity for me to help the company and community all succeed.
Why did you pick your Galaxian adventurer title?
Most of us at Gala Games use an “adventurer title” for our job description. These are often a more fitting indicator of what we do and where our expertise lies than some boring corporate label.
Dillon: As an Oath of Ancients Paladin I have an enduring love for natural beauty, light, and harmony. It is my duty to turn back threats against transcendent good with vigilant warding and loyal vehemence. The Red Flame that inflicts holy burns also gently illuminates, for those who seek light.
Michelle: As Town Star Bard I spread the news of happenings in and around Town Star, tossing out Bardic Inspiration as often as I can.
Vera: I am a White Mage. White Mages are timeless, powerful, and wise. The healing arts are very important to me as a seeker of truth, high magic and beauty.
Tom: I choose Spider Tanks Community Samurai as my Galaxian title. The word samurai originally meant “one who serves”. Samurai live by a code of conduct — known as “bushido”, and I figure that’s a good representation of what I do for the community, Gala Games and Gamedia.
Favorite music?
Michelle: If I had to pick a favorite genre of music, which is tough because I love music, it’d be melodic metal. Although if I had to list my top 3 favorite albums to listen to front to back, it’d be a toss up between “You’d Prefer an Astronaut” by HUM, Blink 182’s self titled album, and “As Daylight Dies” by Killswitch Engage.
Matt: I’m excited about being a bigger part of the music community because I love so many different genres. Indie rock like Neutral Milk Hotel, The Mountain Goats and The Weakerthans.. “Stomp and Holler” like the Lumineers and Shovels and Rope.. but I’m just as likely to be listening to Miley, Jay-Z, or Missy Elliott. My first concert was Vanilla Ice and En Vogue opening for MC Hammer.
What are your favorite games?
Cade: My favorite games tend to be FPS and MMORPGs. I was hooked on Counter Strike 1.6 and played competitively when I was 14. Nowadays I enjoy Destiny and whatever FPS my friends are playing at the time. I’m also proud to have a maxed RuneScape character that I’ve been playing off and on for the past 17 years.
Vera: My favorite genres to play are simulation, strategy, and RPG games. Some of my favorites of all time include The Sims, Warlords (DOS), Alter Ego (Commodore 64), Two Point Hospital, Project Highrise, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. For music, I enjoy pop, goth, and everything in between.
Favorite food?
Dillon: I’ll eat anything spicy. If you aren’t crying it can use more heat. Spicy seafood is bliss.
Tom: Pepperoni pizza for me.
Vera: Team Pizza all the way! If my life ever depended on eating a pizza every day to live, I would be immortal.
Any other cool hobbies or interests?
Michelle: Gardening. Although I’m not that great at it, so maybe I just enjoy playing in the dirt. 😂
Cade: I’m big into mechanical keyboards and anything auto racing, especially Formula 1. I also love playing basketball and watching my college team, Iowa State
Tom: I enjoy playing golf, surfing, snowboarding, scuba and being a dad.
Matt: Prior to getting a job working here, my biggest hobby was Gala Games. I’m transitioning from being a professional photographer, so that will always be a part of my life. I love going to flea markets with my wife and visiting new breweries.
Vera: Besides playing video games, I also enjoy journaling, writing, meditating, and going swimming.
Which SpiderTanks hat best describes you?
Dillon: Obviously the cowboy hat, y’all.
Vera: The cheese hat, because cheese makes everything better!
Tom: Roman plume… because, when in Rome!
Matt: The taco hat. Wait, there isn’t a taco hat? That’s a shame.
Which EoE faction would you align with?
Cade: The Royals. I love their aesthetics and lore. An ancient ruling party full of rich history and drama is too fascinating to me.
Vera: The Arbeiters. Personal independence is very important!
Which Town Star character could you replace, if only you were given the chance?
Michelle: I relate most to the Water Facility worker. He collects all that messy pond/river water, cleans it up and packages it in a nice barrel so those industrial workers can focus on making energy/gasoline and mining those hard metals. Just like I try to take the collective thoughts of the community, package it up nice and pretty, and hand it off to the Town Star team so they can keep on working to make Town Star awesome!
Vera: The Rancher. She looks like she has the most fun when she walks.
Tom: Tractor Farmer. I like to drive in the dirt.
Matt: Trucker for sure. I love the old movies (and music) from 70’s trucker culture.
Which Exemplar best fits who you are?
Dillon: A mix of Longhunt (what is sleep?), Clearblood (poisons are cool, subtle, and totally safe to drink), and Darksun (the night makes me feel alive).
Cade: Neverlook Halfling. I’m a major Elder Scrolls fan and I’ve always been one to master sneaking first so I can steal everything from the Imperial City and collect copious amounts of random items.
Vera: The Alchemist. Every problem has a solution. Being prepared with an arsenal of magical potions that are ready to be used seems like the most fun way to solve problems. Plus, you can never use too much glitter when preparing a magical potion!
Huge thanks to Dillon, Michelle, Cade, Vera, Matt and Tom for sharing their insights in our first edition of Galaxian Highlights.
As we build the Gala Games Ecosystem into a leading global force in Web3 entertainment, community always lives at the heart of everything we do. You empower us, we empower you, and together we build a community that will always grow stronger.
Thank you for being part of this adventure. Look for more Galaxian Highlights coming soon.
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