PoS are paid nodes that operate for specific games, through a smart contract “rental” structure. These are early supporters of the network, and will receive NFTs from all subsequent games and GALA allocated to their node license.
PoW are called Founder Nodes, which are tier-1 nodes based on 50,000 fully-owned NFTs. The Gala Node ecosystem consists of a triple-proof node system – proof-of-work (PoW), proof-of-stake (PoS) and proof-of-storage. In return, they receive rewards like GALA, limited edition NFTs and other opportunities. Users can run Gala Nodes, which supports the Gala network. This allows players to shape the direction and design of the games. Gala Games constantly engage and test assumptions with their community on Discord. It is scheduled for release in Q4 2021.Ī major component when it comes to developing these games is community feedback. The game is free-to-play but will contain in-game earning mechanisms. Spider Tank Project is a multiplayer online battle arena game allowing players to pick a “spider tank” to battle other players. Players will be able to own their own spaceships and control parts of the galaxy. Players will be able to own in-game assets and claim parts of the in-game landscape.Įchoes of Empire is a sci-fi strategy game set within a galaxy at war. Mirandus is a fantasy role playing game (RPG) set in a massive world ruled by five player-monarchs. Players will compete to build the best tower defense strategies. Fortified is a player-versus-player tower defense game set in a fantastical medieval world. VOX owners also get their own FBX file, which allows them to animate their avatars, or even 3D print them in the future. Holders can lock up GALA, and earn VOXcoin by playing with their VOX avatars in the future. Although inspired by Town Stars, VOX has other utility besides just being an NFT avatar. In the initial drop, 8,888 VOX were distributed for an average price of 0.0888 ETH, or roughly $280 at the time of writing. Each VOX is unique and some VOXs are rarer than others. VOX is Gala Games’ set of collectible NFT avatars. Players manage a town similar to the gameplay of SimCity, but in Town Star, they actually own the town. Town Star, it's only currently playable game, is a town simulation that can be played in a browser. Gala Games is not a single game, but rather it offers an entire array of different blockchain games that places fun first and blockchain in the background. In total, the Gala Games team consists of 60 employees. Schiermeyer, who has a reputation for working on the cutting edge of gaming, launched Gala Games in July 2019 to create a blockchain-based game network and give players more ownership of their games. Under Schiermeyer’s leadership, Zynga launched popular hits like Poker, Mafia Wars and Farmville. He was the co-founder of Zynga, a popular social and mobile games company. Gala Games was founded by Eric Schiermeyer. Since launching in 2019, Gala Games has grown to 1.3 million monthly active users, and 26,000 NFTs have been sold, with the most expensive piece valued at $3 million. It plans to release more games in the future, such as a fantasy RPG game, a sci-fi strategy game and a tower defense game.
So far, Gala Games has released one playable game – Town Star and an NFT collectible series – VOX. Besides buying NFTs for specific games, Gala Games also utilizes GALA – its own utility token.
The Founder’s Nodes voting mechanism allows players to influence what games Gala should develop and what games should get funding. Players can own non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and influence the governance of games within the Gala Games ecosystem. It plans to reintroduce creative thinking into games by giving players control of the games and in-game assets with the help of blockchain technology. Gala Games mission is to make “blockchain games you’ll actually want to play.” The project wants to change the fact that players can spend hundreds of dollars on in-game assets, and countless hours spent playing the game, which could be taken away from them with the click of a button. Gala Games aims to take the gaming industry in a different direction by giving players back control over their games. To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Gala.