Embark on an adventure like never before in Narrows Landing, now reimagined and teeming with life, danger and opportunity like never before… The epic journey begins anew on January 30th!
Narrows Landing, a beloved location in the world of Mirandus, is returning with a striking new look and gameplay experience. This revamped zone invites players to explore its refreshed environment, now harboring greater peril as Goblins roam the land. Prepare your weapons and wits – danger is lurking around every corner.
Exemplar Evolution: Dwarves and Elves
Our male dwarf and elf Exemplars are stepping into the spotlight with updated designs that align with the aesthetic of our human male Exemplars. This enhancement is just the beginning as we continue to refine and complete the Exemplar roster in upcoming updates.
Remember, Exemplars are your key to Mirandus early access. By owning at least one, you’re able to join the adventure at any time pre-launch! The fortunate will find Exemplars on the secondary markets at NFT Harbor (GalaChain) and OpenSea (Ethereum).
Crafting Revolution
Crafting reaches new heights in Narrows Landing with a significant expansion of available recipes. Players can now forge powerful weapons, durable armor, and create essential food and recovery items. Alongside this, the variety of harvestable resources has grown, ensuring that no crafting station in Narrows Landing will sit idle for long.
An Improved Interface
Immersion is key in Mirandus, and our updated in-game UI ensures the experience is as seamless and visually cohesive as possible. This latest look perfectly complements the art style of the game, enhancing every player interaction.
Ready for Adventure?
The updated Narrows Landing awaits you on January 30th. Whether you’re here to craft, battle Goblins or immerse yourself in the stunning landscape, Mirandus promises a thrilling experience that grows deeper with every update.
Even beyond Narrow’s Landing, the latest update to Mirandus brings a host of enhancements, including stunning visual upgrades, new gameplay features, and critical fixes to improve performance and player experience. Dive into the full details below to see what’s new!
Art and Visual Updates
Enhanced terrain textures with new geography, colors, and mapping.
Unique visual upgrades for the Red Forest and Goblin Ruins zones.
Improved lighting in Narrows Landing for an enhanced atmosphere.
New grass system implemented for better visuals and performance.
Updated character models for Dwarf, Human, and Elf with improved rigging, facial features, and hairstyles.
Fixed glitches in character models and added new animations for harvesting tools and goblins.
Goblins received updated visuals with new colors and materials.
Props and Environment
Added new props, including armors, tools, and weapons.
Narrows Landing’s water system was fully reworked with a new shader.
Introduced a Level of Detail (LOD) system for improved performance in props.
Optimized collision shapes for smoother gameplay.
UI/UX Enhancements
Reworked inventory icons to align with the new art style.
Redesigned game interface for a more polished user experience.
Design Updates
New Zone: Narrows Landing is now accessible.
Deeds: Basic layouts added for Village of the Earl and Outpost.
Buildings: Functional previews available for: Forges, Woodshops, Bakeries, Archeries, Mills, Taverns, Cemeteries, Butcheries, Tanneries, Outfitters, and Temples.
Craftables: New items added for all functional buildings.
Harvestables: Introduced Tin Ore, Copper Ore, Pines, Cotton, Flax, and Barley.
Get your claws out, Gala Meow Coin Crew—it’s time to steal your way to the top! 😼 With the newest Stealing & Revenge feature, you’ll have more ways to outsmart your fellow cats and gather those precious coins as we all prepare for the highly-anticipated $TREZ TGE.
This update is all about strategy, cunning and some good old-fashioned cat burglary. 🐾
In this feature, you can now swipe unvaulted coins from other players. That’s right—if they’re slacking, it’s open season on their precious coinage. But tread carefully, because if you leave your own Coins unprotected, another clever kitty might just make off with them! 😲 So, keep your paws busy—whether you’re swiping from others or safeguarding your own!
⚔️ Revenge: Retribution is Sweet!
If someone dares to cross your path and steal from you, don’t worry—you’ll have a limited-time Revenge window to take back what’s rightfully yours. Catch the culprit off-guard and show them who’s really in charge of the alley. 😾
💥 Extra Steal Chances: Keep the Fun Going!
Out of steal attempts? No problem! You can buy more chances to continue your Coin-snatching spree. Why let a little thing like limited chances hold you back when there’s a fortune to be made?
😻 The Hunt for $TREZ Begins!
This isn’t just about Coins—it’s all leading up to the ultimate $TREZ rewards. The more Coins you gather, the better your position for the $TREZ TGE! So, sharpen your claws, plot your next heist, and don’t let anyone outwit you.
Remember, Meow Crew—fortune favors the clever! Make sure your stash is safe or risk losing it to sneakier felines prowling around. Start strategizing, because kitties who don’t play enough might find their treasures disappearing fast. 🏆
Get out there and start stealing your way to victory!
Today we’re announcing a significant update to our ecosystem— the rollout of a new gas fee system on GalaChain. As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the efficiency, security and sustainability of our network, we are implementing gas fees for various transactions and actions across our platforms, including Gala Games, Gala Music, Gala Film and GalaSwap.
What’s Changing?
As the result of approval of this recent Founder’s Node governance vote, fees will now be applied to the following actions on GalaChain:
GalaChainToken Transactions:
BatchFillTokenSwap
BatchMintToken
BurnTokens
FulfillMint
FulfillMintAllowance
MintToken
MintTokenWithAllowance
RequestTokenBridgeOut
RequestTokenSwap
TerminateTokenSwap
TransferToken
User Actions (1 $GALA fee per action):
Minting currency from mint allowance
Minting NFTs from mint allowance
Bridging out currency (note: existing fees apply, future dynamic fees are in development)
Sending currency
Sending NFTs
Paying for orders by transferring funds
Paying for orders by burning funds
Why Introduce Fees?
The implementation of transaction fees serves multiple objectives:
Ecosystem Health: By increasing the amount of burnt $GALA, we aim to ensure the long-term health and sustainability of our ecosystem.
Resource Allocation: Efficient allocation of network resources encourages optimal and responsible usage, crucial as we expand the ecosystem to include greater numbers of third party developers.
Spam Prevention: Deterring spam and other undesired behaviors helps maintain the integrity of individual channels and the GalaChain network as a whole.
Channel Founder Incentives: Founders of new GalaChain channels will receive a portion of fees collected within their channels.
Node Operator Incentives: Providing ongoing benefits for node operators supports the decentralization and robustness of GalaChain.
Referral Incentive
As approved by the Gala Founder’s Node ecosystem in THIS VOTE, all $GALA burned as gas fees qualifies for a direct referral incentive reward. The direct referrer receives 8-10% of the burnt $GALA as a mint allowance, and the 2nd degree referrer (referrer of referrer) receives 2%.
Initial Launch and Future Rollout
The initial launch of the new system will apply only to transactions on the asset channel. This means many game NFTs and $MUSIC, which are not currently on the asset channel, will not have fees at first. However, it is essential to mention that fees for these channels are coming soon, ensuring a comprehensive rollout across the entire Gala ecosystem.
Aligning with Traditional Practices
While GalaChain is a permissioned blockchain and does not use miners like Ethereum, our fee structure borrows from traditional practices to streamline operations and provide ongoing opportunities for node operators. This hybrid approach allows us to maintain the benefits of decentralization while we continue to grow, ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our network.
Looking Ahead
Our commitment to innovation and community engagement remains steadfast as we continue to develop and refine our platform.
We appreciate your support and understanding as we implement these changes to enhance the Gala ecosystem. Together, we are building a more sustainable, efficient and secure future for all GalaChain users.
Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for being a part of our journey!
Today we are releasing a new build for The Walking Dead: Empires. For most players, you probably won’t notice any difference in your gameplay. On the tech side,however, this update is absolutely critical to future work we’re planning.
This build will add new tools to help us manipulate and adjust game code. Overall, it will speed up the process of implementing new features going forward.
The first major test of these new tools may be noticeable to some players. We’ll be adding the initial pieces of an all-new first time user experience. This will be an iterative process. Each step of this tutorial content will be added incrementally until the feature is complete.
Adjusted Event Schedule
As we said when we first released weekly events, we’re keeping a close eye on the data to make these are as fun and engaging for players as possible. This is what releasing a public development build is all about! We’re listening to your feedback and watching the data to continually refine and improve your experience while you survive.
First, the Survivor’s Trial XP event has been removed. We noticed that players weren’t engaging with this one as much as the others, so we’ve eliminated it entirely for right now.
Second, events will no longer last a full week. On Monday through Thursday each week, you’ll stock up those materials for the Deadland Scavenge event. Weekends will then alternate between events focused on crafting or wiping out walkers each week.
It’s our hope that these adjustments give the events a little more purpose, as you’ll be able to put the materials you gathered throughout the week to good use on the weekend!
As always, we’ll be watching the events closely and making adjustments as needed to improve.
Sasha Sale
Sasha will be the first direct purchase Hero available in August! Recruit Sasha to your empire on Friday, August 2nd at 7am PT.
Sasha was a hardened survivor, capable of fighting her way through incredible hardships. While she often carried the scars of the past, she never lost her ferocity or pragmatic instincts.
Starting this Friday, Sasha will be able to bring her abilities to your empire. Sasha was always there to fight for the people she cares about. Will your empire welcome her home?
This sale will run with a tiered pricing structure. As the supply of any rarity Uncommon or higher decreases, its price will incrementally increase.
Common Heroes will stay at one low price throughout the entire sale.
As usual, any Sasha purchased in this sale will fulfill directly to GalaChain and be usable in-game right away.
This sale will not be time-limited. All rarities will remain available until their supply is exhausted or until further notice.
Building Bigger
Thank you for playing the public development build of The Walking Dead: Empires! As we build more features and world, your feedback is indispensable for continually improving the game.
There’s definitely more coming for August, but this will get us started for now. Stay tuned for upcoming news, and don’t forget to grab Sasha in The Walking Dead: Empires store on Friday!
In our continuous effort to enhance the security of GalaChain, we are implementing a significant security upgrade to the GalaSwap API that will require action from users of the API. If you’re using the GalaSwap API, we appreciate your cooperation in this process to ensure that your integration continues to operate correctly.
Security Upgrade Overview
This update focuses on enhancing the security of API operations by standardizing the signature process. Moving forward, GalaChain will only accept one specific signature out of the two possible valid signatures for any given operation. As a result, API users must update their signing code to generate the newly accepted signature. Failure to do so will cause approximately half of your signed requests to the GalaSwap API to fail with an error message such as “S value is too high.”
Required Actions
Review and Update Request Signing: Please consult the updated Request Signing section of the GalaSwap API documentation. Ensure that your signatures are normalized according to the new guidelines provided in the example code.
Update Your Code Before August 1, 2024: It is critical to update your code to comply with the new signature requirements before the deadline. This includes users of Gala’s open-source bot, who should pull the latest version of the bot’s code. If you interact with third-party services using the GalaSwap API, consult the operators of those services to confirm they are also prepared for this change.
Why This Matters
This proactive security improvement is not a response to any current vulnerabilities but a strategic enhancement to our security protocols. For more information on the technical details and the importance of this update, refer to this informative article on Signature Malleability.Thanks for your prompt attention and support for this important update. Ensuring the security and integrity of GalaChain remains our top priority, and we appreciate your cooperation in achieving this goal. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please reach out to Gala Support.
