Happy Monday, builders! Who’s ready for an exciting new Common Ground World competition?
This week’s competition begins at 10am PT tomorrow, Tuesday September 10th and ends on Friday, September 13th. Yep, that means you’ve got three days to build the best possible town with the meta details listed below and get the highest leaderboard spot you can reach! Finish high enough and you’ll be in the winnings for some $GALA!!
If you’ve never played Common Ground World before, don’t fret! There’s nothing to be lost and competition is fun even for first timers. But there are two other gameplay modes to enjoy: Common Ground and Casual mode.
Join us this Friday for a new live Common Ground World Town Hall event on Gala Games’ Youtube channel. If you haven’t watched the last episode yet from August 30th, check out the replay now.
Town Halls are a fantastic way to stay informed about the latest goings on around town!
This Week’s Competition🍄
Time to dig deep and fungify your farms! Harvest mushrooms and bake up some delicious Mushroom Pizza to get a pizza the action! 🍕🍄
Fungi Feast
Goal: Sell Mushroom Pizza Trade Time: 20s and 1 Gasoline Biome: Plains S Edges: Ocean N, River E, Plains S, Plains W
New Mushroom-related Crops/Crafts
Mushroom Farm
Specializes in cultivating mushrooms that flourish in low light, growing faster in the shade.
This Rare NFT delivers 1 passive Mushroom to nearby tiles, making it a must-have for any serious chef! Boost your Mushroom Pizza production or prep for the Risotto recipe update coming mid-October. Keep your farm thriving with fresh fungi!
“Stand” NFTs like this one are essentially a magical source of their specialty resource, saving the player valuable time and energy when properly placed on the playing field.
We hope y’all enjoy this week’s competition! Make sure you tune into Friday morning’s Town Hall for all the latest news and updates from Common Ground World!
Welcome back builders! We hope y’all had a good weekend and you’re ready to dive into a new Common Ground World competition, starting tomorrow at 10am PT and running for 3 days!
Town Hall
Check out the replay from last Friday’s live Town Hall on the Gala Games Youtube channel. These events are a great way to get all the latest information in a game that’s really good at keeping players on their toes!
The team holds Town Halls every two weeks at 8am PT on Friday mornings. The next one will take place on August 30th.
Starlight Picnic
Pack your baskets! This week’s Market Boxes are brewing with Mocha Coffee and stuffed with Salmon Paninis. Sip, savor, and shine under the starlight!
Meta: Sell Starlight Market Boxes Trade Time: 100s, 1 Gasoline Biome: Desert W Edges: Ocean N, Desert E, River S and Desert W
In addition to the standard $GALA rewards, top finishers will get the Hasty Ice Cream Shop Blueprint NFT, available in 6 different rarities depending on leaderboard position:
The Legendary Café des Étoiles NFT is a gourmet hotspot that features master chefs who whip up delightful dishes & satisfying sips. With a menu of Salmon Panini, Lasagna, Chocolate Ice Cream, Fancy Cake, Apple Pie, Mocha Coffee, & Sangria, these chef know how to use fewer ingredients for maximum flavor.
Common Ground World is free to play and easy to learn, but difficult to master! There are lots of ways to start building and enjoy the game, and you can always enhance your gameplay by collecting Common Ground World NFTs like buildings, Blueprints and more.
Join a Common Ground World Guild to get involved in group competitions. To participate in the bustling Common Ground World community, be sure to join the Gala Games Discord community!
No download is needed to play Common Ground World. All it takes is a free Gala Games account and you can play right in your browser. Have fun!
Please note that your Early Access Pass must be bridged to GalaChain in order to unlock gameplay! Prime Character NFTs are playable from your connected Ethereum wallet.
Once you’re grappling for leaderboard position with the best hero hunters in the game, you’ll know you’re among the Superior elite. Ready for Challenges?
All About Speed and Kills
Superior’s Challenge runs are not for the faint of heart, and low level characters should enter at their own peril. Updated weekly, these special runs won’t cut you any slack.
Your Challenge score is determined by two equally weighted components: Your speed and your number of kills throughout the run. Finding the right balance is up to you, but in the words of the Ronin, your mantra should always be “Kill more, kill faster.”
Each Challenge run will cost you a Challenge Key. Challenge Keys are accumulated by saving any level of Earth in normal gameplay mode.
Just like the various Private Lobby “Earth” gameplay modes, a Challenge run goes through a complete sequence of specially assembled stages.
Just like in standard gameplay, players will progress through the sequence above, completing a variety of missions, killing enemies and collecting Juice for new superpowers. Between every stage, you have a chance to take a rest in the bar, spending your Credits on perks or healing, swapping out weapons and injecting new superpower for each Juice canister you’ve collected. But you’ll need all the additional powers and upgrades you can get, because as you progress through the stages toward the boss fight, the levels get more challenging.
For completing Challenge runs, you’ll still collect character XP and level up, but it’s still a good idea to do as much leveling as possible before you start taking on the week’s challenge. Rest assured that competition for the top leaderboard spots will be tight.
Advice for the Resistance
Taking on power-crazed super heroes on multiple timelines of the ruined earth is one thing, but going up against Resistance hunters from other timelines is– well… challenging. Don’t forget that every Challenge run costs a Challenge Key.
We suggest grinding up your skills and XP taking on the different earths in Private Lobby mode. As you do this, you’ll accumulate a nice pile of Challenge Keys for the week. Then once you’re almost ready to upgrade your favorite Prime’s Infamy, spend your Challenge Keys and give yourself the best shot at the Leaderboard. The Bartender is sure to raz you hard if you don’t measure up at the end of a Challenge. For a bucket of bolts, he sure likes to cop an attitude.
Weekly Refresh
The Challenge leaderboard resets weekly, giving you a new opportunity to secure a spot on the leaderboard and get your hands on the week’s awesome prize. Challenges rotate weekly between different objectives, bosses and themes, always keeping you on your toes.
Duos and Trios
Even in Challenge mode, you can team up with your fellow hunters. You’ll find separate Leaderboards in each category (Single, Duos, Trios), each with prizes for the top finishers.
Here are a few things to keep in mind when hunting with friends:
Don’t waste time passing and sharing items, unless you can do it fast.
Share items you don’t need by clicking your mouse wheel in front of them.
Don’t wait for each other, but stay close enough for a revive if needed.
One weak link can end your run in a hurry.
There are more baddies when you have more players… Lots more.
Use gestures and graffiti for voiceless comms in-game.
A Challenge is Waiting
So how about it? Think you have what it takes?
There are two ways to get in the current early access build:
Welcome to a new week, Common Ground World players! 🎉 We’ve got an exciting new competition in store, starting tomorrow at 10am PT and lasting for 3 days. As always, this competition is a great way to win $GALA for outcrafting and outselling the competition!
Join us every two weeks on the Gala Games Youtube channel for a live Town Hall to bring us home just before the weekly competition ends, Friday mornings at 8am PT.
Catch a new Town Hall event this Friday, August 16th and watch the replay of August 2nd’s Town Hall at the link below if you haven’t watched yet! These live events are a great way to stay informed on all the latest– Things change a lot around town to keep you on your toes!
Sushi Boat Bash
Set sail with the Sushi Boat Bash! Craft and sell Sushi Boats loaded with salmon, shrimp, eel, and a zesty side of wasabi. It’s a fish-tastic race to deliciousness!
You’ll find the standard Cash and Star values for all crafts in the Gala Games Discord community’s CGW-FAQ channel.
Epic Shrimp Farm
If you’re looking for an NFT solution to crafting Shrimp, look no further than the new Epic Shrimp Farm, available now while supplies last in the Common Ground World store.
Upgrade your farm with the Shrimp Farm NFT! This eco-friendly marvel crafts Shrimp from Seaweed, unaffected by pollution, and comes with its own dedicated Aquaculturist. Dive into cleaner, greener shrimp farming and watch your harvest soar!
Crafts Shrimp from 2 Seaweed like its in-game counterpart
Not affected by Dirty proximity effects
3×3 size (¾ of a standard in-game tile)
Includes an Aquaculturist worker
No Road required
No wage paid
This NFT is being sold by increasing price tiers, so do not hesitate to get yours. When each tier’s supply sells out, the next pricing tier will be unlocked:
TIER 1 – 1-10: $99.99
TIER 2 – 11-60: $149.99
TIER 3 – 61-160: $199.99
TIER 4 – 161-300: $$249.99
Get your Shrimp Farm now!
Join in the Farming Fun
If you’ve never played Common Ground World before, this week’s competition is a perfect time to get involved with the most exciting community of players in the web3 world! You’ll love the simple and relaxing (but strategic and challenging) gameplay!
Common Ground World was created by some of the earliest pioneers of the social gaming realm whose experience brought the world titles like Farmville 2, Words with Friends, Zynga Poker and more! It’s free to play and no download is needed. Plus, you can enhance the experience and your chances of winning by building an NFT collection of your own!
If you haven’t played Common Ground World yet, this week is a great opportunity to join the fun and dive into the awesome community. Each week, players from around the world compete for three days with a unique new set of meta rules. Build an efficiently functioning town that produces and sells the right goods faster than the competition and you’re destined for the leaderboard.
Here’s the standard leaderboard reward chart
In addition to the huge variety of in-game buildings and characters, players can also take advantage of owned NFT items for an extra strategic edge. By playing with NFTs, you can enjoy faster and more flexible play, enhancing your production and avoiding costly builds. The best part of NFT ownership is that you actually own your items, so you can always list them for sale on the secondary market any time you want!
Last Friday’s Town Hall
Join us for the next live CGW Town Hall with the team, Friday August 16th at 8am PT on the Gala Games Youtube channel. If you haven’t caught last Friday’s yet, watch the replay at the link below.
Town Halls take place every 2 weeks on Friday morning. They’re the perfect place to get all the latest updates and hear about exciting new opportunities coming to the game!
Chandelier Earrings
This week’s competition starts at 10am PT on Tuesday, August 6th and ends at 10am PT on Friday, August 9th.
Your goal is to Craft and Sell Chandelier Earrings, which will fetch a handsome Star Boost for this event only.
Trade Time: 20s, 1 Gasoline Biome: Desert S Edges: Desert N, Desert E, Desert S, Desert W
You’ll be surrounded by desert, so be sure to stay hydrated! 💦
To jump in the ongoing discussion and meet people from the team and community, be sure to join the Gala Games Discord server and check out the latest in the Common Ground World channels.
Build to Own, Build to Win
Common Ground World was created by the pioneers of social gaming, some of the same amazing builders who brought the world the beloved Farmville series. Don’t let the relaxing and adorable feel fool you. This game is a masterfully crafted strategic experience, enhanced by web3 ownership through GalaChain and regular global competitions.
You don’t need to download anything to start playing Common Ground World today. All you need is a free Gala Games account– The game opens right in your browser! So what are you waiting for? Start building with this awesome free game today!
