Licenses from the first batch in November were sold out in less than 5 minutes, so we want to ensure that everyone hoping to operate a Town Star Node will have all the information they need to be ready. While we cannot yet tell you exactly when the release will take place, we will fill you in on several important details.
Time
At some point in the next two weeks, you will be given 48 hours’ notice (via article, Discord and email announcement) of the coming sale. At that time, we will give you a specific 2-hour window. The exact time during that 2-hour window at which the licenses will be available will not be revealed until the moment of release.
This is a new measure designed to encourage fairness and allow as many as possible the opportunity to participate in the extremely limited quantity drop. Prospective purchasers will have to watch closely in Discord and on the platform, as the licenses could be released at any time during that 2-hour window.
Price
We are pleased to announce that Town Star Node licenses purchased with TOWN will be available for a discounted price. GALA-purchased licenses will also be discounted at a medium level, and other currencies will be accepted for the full retail price of the license.
The current number of Town Star Nodes in existence is determined by the number of players participating in Town Star Play-to-Earn. Each time a new batch of licenses is released price will either increase or stay the same. Below are the prices for the first batch of licenses that will be available in the coming release, but it is possible it will be followed by an additional batch at higher pricing.
TOWN Starting Price — $14,000
GALA Starting Price — $15,000
Other Currencies Starting Price — $17,500*
*USD prices are approximate and may vary slightly depending on fluctuating market value of TOWN, GALA and ETH.
Limit
Only 2 Town Star Node licenses may be purchased in a single transaction. This will allow a greater number of players to participate in the Game Specific Node Ecosystem and contribute to greater decentralization of our network.
Founder’s Node Drops
As previously mentioned, 5% of the total quantity of Town Star Node licenses will be distributed to Founder’s Node operators whose Nodes have met the minimum requirements for the day. For this upcoming batch of Town Star Node licenses, the Founder’s Node portion will be randomly distributed using the standard method the day before the sale.
Town Star Node licenses will also be distributed to Founder’s Node operators at that time to account for the licenses sold in November that exceeded the originally intended quantity. After this round of drops, 5% of the total quantity of Town Star Nodes will have been distributed to Founder’s Node operators.
Can you feel it? Something powerful surrounds you. It’s you.
At Gala Games, when we express our gratitude and our sense of pride in what we are building, there is one word that is repeated more than any other. That word is community.
No matter how large we grow, how many games are playable on our platform and how many partnerships we create, fostering a sense of community lives at the core of our vision. When we talk about player empowerment, it may seem that we are empowering you. In reality, you are empowering yourselves and each other by believing in everything we do.
This community is made of people of all walks of life from all over the world. These people are more unique than the most incredible NFTs we could mint, more valuable than the most useful token we could imagine, and more special than the most compelling game we could create.
The short video below, which was premiered at -into the galaverse on December 11th 2021, was made to remind us all of this essential sense of community. As it played on the many large screens of the Hub Stage, there were few dry eyes in the audience. When people begin to understand the empowerment opportunities available in our community, lives are changed. This video highlights just a few examples.
Be sure to visit the vid on Youtube and leave a supportive comment!
Together we Rise
When we look at individual lives that have been affected positively by the decentralized gaming world we are creating, it becomes easy to see the true possibilities.
We hope you are as proud as we are to be part of such an astounding community. As we continue to grow in 2022 and beyond, we will do everything in our power to nurture and grow this community and to facilitate life-changing experiences throughout the world. Thank you for being here.
Are you happy to be here? So are we. 2021 was a massively successful year for not only Gala Games, but the entire industry of play-to-earn gaming.
As the true potential of player empowerment continues to escape from the blockchain bag, people of all walks of life are waking up. They’re realizing that even in gaming, they deserve ownership of their assets. They’re learning that their attention is worth something, and with the help of innovative companies like Gala Games, they can have hope of turning that attention into real value. They share our vision that people everywhere can be empowered to pursue their passions, and they share our contempt for the idea that everyone must clock countless hours into jobs that remove value from their lives rather than adding it.
Doing Things Differently
Since the beginning of Gala Games, we have behaved differently than gaming platforms and companies of the past. We are here to usher the world into a new paradigm of ownership that begins with a renewed sense of play. Our founders knew early on that many of the standard corporate playbook ideas must be scrapped to find success in the brand new and fast-paced blockchain industry.
We are Fully Remote
As a fully remote company now with over 200 team members, Gala Games has faced both amazing benefits and difficult challenges. Working from home requires a team of self-starting, motivated and creatively talented individuals. Without the bounds of an office however, there is always the danger of the most motivated workers working a little too hard. Communication is incredibly organized through tools like Slack and Discord, but there can also be unexpected gaps in communication due to the lack of face-to-face proximity. 2022 will be the year that we learn to maximize these advantages while minimizing the challenges.
We are From Many Industries
While the majority of our team has professional experience in the gaming industry, passion for gaming is a much more effective prerequisite for members of the Gala Games team. Our diverse team is now wealthy with widely varied experience, all of which will prove beneficial to us as we continue to grow.
No ICO
Many of our peers in the space began with an investment round or an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) that facilitated some kind of airdrop or token distribution to early adopters. Gala Games did not.
The decisions of Gala Games were not meant to be made by a relatively uninvolved venture capital firm or a behind-the-scenes angel investor. Instead, we decided to empower the players themselves by beginning construction of our decentralized gaming network.
Decentralization
The creation of the largest decentralized gaming network in the world is one of the most important parts of our mission, and our Node Ecosystem is key to accomplishing that mission.
After all 50,000 Founder’s Node licenses have been sold, Game Specific Node licenses (like Town Star Nodes) will also be sold. Eventually, as we migrate operations and assets to GalaChain, much of the computing burden for the Gala Games Ecosystem will be provided by the devices that are running nodes. Simply put, members of our community can buy a license to let their computers work for Gala Games. In exchange for some of their resources, the operators of these machines will earn rewards.
This model of decentralization will allow our platform to scale, our players to thrive, and our community to empower itself through ownership.
A Busy Future
Many of our heads are still reeling from all the recent Galaverse news. From the world’s first play-to-earn FPS by Certain Affinity, Last Expedition, to Peter Molyneux’s Legacy. From huge IPs like AMC’s The Walking Dead to innovative technological leaps like BT’s generative audio visual NFTs. From Gala Labs teaming up with Under Armour and Curry Brand to change the game for GOOD to collaboration with the legendary Will Wright on VOXverse… We are ecstatic for the opportunity to announce these exciting bits and more, and we would like to remind you that this is only the beginning.
GalaChain — Our proprietary blockchain is in the later stages of development, and we expect migration to GalaChain to provide some of the most highly anticipated news of the year to our community. This blockchain has been built for Gala Games; it will drastically reduce network fees and solve many problems surrounding Ethereum that could otherwise inhibit long-term growth.
New Games — If you’re thinking we gave away all the goods in the Galaverse, you’re mistaken. There is more. Deals are in the works and games are in development. 2022 promises to be a year of many major additions to the Gala Games platform.
New Partnerships — If you’re excited to see us teaming up with the likes of Frank Miller, Under Armour and AMC’s The Walking Dead, then we’ve got regular doses of excitement for you throughout 2022.
Giving Back — At Gala Games, we are as passionate about charitable giving and sustainable environmental practices as we are about gaming. With such massive growth to our team and such successful releases and presales under our belt, we can hardly wait to vastly expand our sustainability initiatives.
Power to the Players
We know that 2021 was not a year without struggles. We are aware that socio-economic difficulties throughout the world (plus the weight of a pandemic) have caused problems for people of all ways of life. The fortunate fact that we have been able to create such a strong community of powerful growth during these times is evidence of the importance of what we are doing. Player empowerment is a way of life, and we are determined to bring it to as many people as possible.
We look toward the unknown frontier of 2022 overwhelmed with both gratitude and possibilities. Thank you to our community who empowers us with your trust, loyalty and support. We will charge into a new year to blaze the trail and push the boundaries of a new industry. We will deliver a cutting edge gaming experience, greater than ever rewards and incentives, and a potentially life-changing sense of empowerment.
On January 3, an important deadline for all Node operators will require the latest version of the Node software in order to earn distribution rewards.
You’ll find the latest software download at YOUR ACCOUNT under NODE INFO. The latest version of the software at the time of this article’s publication is Version 2.3.1.
Check Your Version
In the Gala Games Node software, under APPLICATION select APP INFORMATION to display the version you are currently running (On Linux, use gala-node stats). If it is anything other than Version 2.3.1, you must download the newest software.
In 2022, the Gala Games Node Ecosystem will take some important steps toward our decentralized future in which a large portion of network resources are provided by Nodes.
Forward in Phases
The Phase Plan was originally outlined in THIS POSTand confirmed through Founder’s Node governance votes (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4). We are now preparing to enter Phase 2. In this phase, the Node Ecosystem will begin hosting content for the Gala Decentralized Content Delivery Network (DCDN).
Here are the Minimum Requirements for Phase 2
50 GB Disk Space (Linux)
60 GB Disk Space (Windows)
4 GB Ram
2 CPU Cores
10 Megabit upload network connection
Phase 2 is Coming Soon
While the implementation of Phase 2 will not yet begin, January 3rd is the deadline for all Node operators to use the latest updated Node software.
Any operators who are running a previous version of the Node software beginning on January 3rd will not be eligible for daily distributions.
TL;DR — Upgrade to Gala Gold before the end of the year to get an exclusive Echoes of Empire Profile Character Avatar… among other things.
If you haven’t heard about the exclusive Gala Games membership club known as Gala Gold, we’re slightly concerned for you safety. What else could you have missed? Did you leave the iron on? Are loved ones trying to reach you? Would you even notice if you were about to get run over by a bus?
Seriously though. If you are a legit supporter of Gala Games and an active member of the community, you should really consider going Gold. It currently only costs $50 for a lifetime membership, but hurry because that price is not set in stone.
Let’s take a quick look today at what you get when you go Gold and you’ll see for yourself just how packed with value this exclusive club membership in the Gala Games Ecosystem can be.
Currently, every single member of the community who joins Gala Gold receives a free NFT with in-game utility.
Express Depot
The Town Star Express Depot is currently awarded to everyone who purchases a Gala Gold membership. This faster-than-standard Trade Depot allows you to make deliveries to cities much faster (and with more style). Additionally, the Trade Depot is eligible for daily TOWN rewards in TSP2E, making it the most affordable way to begin owning NFTs to play-to-earn in Town Star.
This exclusive EOE avatar character image was created just for Gala Gold members and will soon be distributed to everyone with an upgraded account.
On December 31st at 11:59 pm PST, a snapshot will determine which accounts will receive this unique profile avatar that will come with TBA utility in the Echoes of Empire game at final launch. Basically, all accounts that have upgraded to Gala Gold before 2022 will receive one.
Other NFTs
You never know when one of our titles or partner developers will have a Golden impulse of generosity. In the past, the GAMEDIA team has distributed the Sentinel Skin to all Gold members, as well as some exclusive early playtest action. Many of these sudden gifts are not announced in advance, but the longer you’re in Gold, the better your chances of picking up some awesome Gold SWAG!
Gold Leaks
In the special Gala Gold Discord channels, we almost always offer sneak peeks and leaks to Gala Gold members first. Some things are shared with Gala Gold, then never seen by the wider community! Whether you’re a content creator, a beta play tester or simply a curious gaming enthusiast, Gala Gold is the place for you.
Greater Team Access
Many members of our team prefer to hang out on their personal time in the Gala Gold Discord channels, where they make friends and have a chance to rub virtual elbows with their biggest fans and supporters. In a small, specialized community like Gold, it’s often easier for you to get your questions answered and curiosities satisfied. Sometimes we even “red raid” the Gala Gold Discord channels with a team meme party.
Early Playtest Opportunities
As more games continue to join the Gala Games Ecosystem and the community grows in proportion, our developers will always need a place from which they can recruit trusted beta testers. Gala Gold is being groomed to fill this need, so if you want early access to some of our most highly anticipated titles, you belong in Gold.
Shiny, Sparkly Value
In summary, we do our absolute best to ensure that Gala Gold is an exclusive club where you will feel right at home. We can’t give you all the details of all the extras that you’ll get as a Gold member, but we can say with little room for doubt… You’ll be glad you went Gold.
