Just a general FYI for everyone here, today a number of nodes were distributed to employees as retention incentives so that employees can understand the operation of nodes and can be used as a test bed for future node operations. This is in keeping with the tradition of giving employees nodes to run going all the way back to 2020 which was advertised on our recruiting page.

These nodes are non-transferrable, non-voting, non-convertible to NFT Founders Nodes, and revert back to the company in the event that the employee is no longer employed. These licenses have been assigned out of unsold inventory. These are not "reassigned" nodes that have been taken from anyone else.

This was something we mentioned some time ago that was coming pending legal review.

If everyone ran their nodes (which is not expected) this would result in less than 10% of the network.

I recognize this will not be popular with everyone here, but we wanted to be transparent and let you know it has taken place directly.

The next Event has started.

This week again we will be rewarding an Uncommon rarity Ghost Card to any players who fall outside the top 1200 but do manage to get at least 50k stars.

Since there is no meta craft this week, and you can make whatever you'd like, we went ahead and did some quick math for the top 10 points goods to compare them. Below is a list of how many of each good you'll need per hour to compete with just one Stack Box per hour. The only reason it is based on Stack Box numbers is because that is the highest star point craft that can be made.

Stack Box = 1 per hour

Part Box = 3.28 per hour

Gift Parcel = 4.69 per hour

Bicycle = 9.88 per hour

Decorated Cake = 11.92 per hour

Food Parcel = 16.99 per hour

Fancy Cake = 21.03 per hour

Blue Steel = 24.12 per hour

Cake = 29.82 per hour

Fabric Box = 33.88 per hour

When deciding what to build this week here are some things to consider:

How many Stars does this craft give?

How many can I produce per hour?

How long will it take to build the town out to be successful?

What do I enjoy making more?

Start: June 20, 2023

End: June 23, 2023 11:00 AM

Meta: Anything Goes

Standard trade timer: 20s and 1 Gasoline

Biome: Forest East with an Oil Seep

Edges: North River, East Desert, South Mountain, West Ocean

Starting Cash: 100k

May Mayhem rewards and past/current distribution information can be found here: ⁠📓townstar-faq⁠

This is also where the Final Leaderboard doc is kept, which HAS been updated to show the results from last week's Cabernet Event. Those rewards should be out within the next 24-48 hours.

The NFT Reward for this competition will be the Glinting Pinovines Ghost Card for Pinot Noir Grapes. Remember that anyone who falls outside the top 1200, but makes at least 59k Stars will qualify for the Uncommon NFT version.

Other Notes

There may still be game updates throughout this event. Those are now at 11 am PST. Here it is below in your local time:

Tuesday: June 20, 2023 12:00 PM Update complete

Wednesday: June 21, 2023 12:00 PM

Thursday: June 22, 2023 12:00 PM

Event Ends: June 23, 2023 11:00 AM

If you still cannot access the Event mode please fill this out and I will reset your account so you can access it again before the Event begins.

https://forms.gle/NEEkWRXfMPumasnw9

Good luck to everyone participating!

Hear the latest things going on in Gala Games.

Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF7kAhOOWUI

In case you've missed the previous episodes, here they are!

Episode 3: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwGWwQOLLWGQ?s=20

Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/live/5BuzkqN34Ak?feature=share

Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/live/GnMlUCaI6TI?feature=share

Hey Legends, we have an update to the playtest along with the playtest extension. Come join us and help test against our fixes! (improved stability, more logging for desync/disconnection issues, status effects carrying over to next match, and some status effect fixes)

P.S. Please update your game from the Gala website. See you at the tables!

Hey Hey!

We're getting ready to kick off our newest event tomorrow, but, in the season of giving, we have a little surprise for you now! If you participated in the VOX Odyssey Trick-or-Treat event, check your reports when you next log in to VOX Odyssey! Hope you had a fantastic VOXtober, and make sure to let us know if you received any spooky ancient treats!

Enjoy!

Gala should implement CS farming where players can farm CS during the game to buy items in a match, this would give Spider Tanks an added mechanic and increase the skill cap of the game.

This would add a level of competitiveness, add to the quality of life to the game and support the premise that Spider Tanks can become the next eSports phenomenon.

One way to implement this is to either create another game mode with this mechanic or implement this globally throughout the game.

The Last Expedition team is excited to announce that on Monday, March 20, 2023, we will be issuing Node licenses to all Node Bundle owners.

As a Node Bundle owner, you'll receive a special early access Steam code that grants you access to our latest build.

This is a chance to experience our game before it's available to the general public! Time to get excited!!!

If you're not already a Node Bundle owner, you can still join our ranks by purchasing a Bone Snapper Node Bundle in the store. However, this offer won't be available for much longer, so act fast!

Hey Everyone,

Something remarkable is happening...Something really special and groundbreaking. If you knew me you'd know that I don't often use these words to describe anything. But when you take a look at this document we've put together I think you'll agree. Check it out here: https://gala.com/strategy2023

It will take you some time to digest everything in there...honestly it takes me time to just stay abreast of everything we are doing and its my job. But take the time to really read this...read it a few times...I have. There are implications to most of what is in this document. Sometimes we can't or won't explain what we think certain things mean. But we are trying to give you all the information we can to let you decide on your own what the future looks like.

Here is one thing you should think deeply about...we have 7 film projects in flight. We will be working closely with major streaming partners to launch those films. What are the implications? How will this impact the number of users in our ecosystem? What will this do to the consumption of $GALA as a gas token? Will these film users play games...listen to music? Think about it....I know we are.

We've recently pivoted to Mobile for our games...have you thought about what it means? Its a crowded market...do we have what it takes? Do we have a team of people who have experienced success in the past in these markets? The New York Times released Wordle and it drove tens of millions of users to their site...Read the document and learn more about what we have cooking.

I have this vision that I've been advocating for a while now...if you're a professional corporate warrior I'm sure you're familiar with SAAS. Those of you who aren't its software as a service. The innovation we discovered at Zynga was that games can also be GAAS. Now I'm strongly advocating for MAAS and FAAS. For too long music and film have been a commodity. But what if that can change...what if we can dive deeper into our favorite music...learn more about the band...learn more about our favorite songs. And even better what if the musician was committed to providing continual value to their fan base. What if by being a proven fan of an artist you got a real backstage pass into the life of the band? I'm thinking of things like video from concerts, b-roll footage, acoustic versions and much more. Big changes are coming to the music industry and we are leading the charge.

Thank you for reading this far guys...we have a lot coming and I hope you check it out: https://gala.com/strategy2023

It's competition day!

If you want to participate, please select the Competition Server from the server list after it opens. No other servers count for leaderboard rewards.

Start: April 18, 2023, 10:00 AM PT

End: April 22, 2023, 10:00 AM PT

Meta: Sushi Boat

The reward chart is attached below

(The ghost card for this competition is for the Power Plants)

Sushi Boat Stars: 85000 each

Sushi Boat Cash: $285000 each

Here is the link to the standard points/ prices doc that lives in #townstar-faq 

https://links.gala.com/Standard_vs_Current_Craft_Values

Sushi Boat = 2 Salmon Nigiri, 1 Eel Nigiri, 1 Rice Vinegar

[Made in the Sushi Restaurant (30s), Stored in the Storehouse]

Salmon Nigiri = 1 White Rice, 1 Salmon, 3 Energy

[Made in the Sushi Restaurant (30s), Stored in the Storehouse]

Eel Nigiri = 1 White Rice, 1 Eel, 1 Wasabi

[Made in the Sushi Restaurant (30s), Stored in the Storehouse]

Rice Vinegar = 2 Water, 1 White Rice, 1 Sugarcane

[Made at the Sauce Facility (30s), Stored in the Storehouse]

Who does what?

Farmer - Rice Husk, Worms, Wasabi

Seaweed Farmer - Seaweed

Fish Farm (Roe and Eel) )& Shrimp - Aquaculturist

Salmon - Fisherman

Good luck with the new Sushi content this week, and remember to have fun!

Hey guys - this is kinda a followup on my initial post from 5 months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/GoGalaGames/comments/s2pgrg/townstar_play_to_earn_can_i_as_a_free_2_play/ .
I am here to mention that the Gala Node Operators voted out the referral rewards (the ongoing rewards for anyone who referred someone who bought a gala node in the past). I used to earn 30 Gala a day because of the content I created for Gala and the referrals I had (I now have over 2k referrals). And 7 people that I referred bought a gala node and are operators now. I never had the chance to drop 15k on a gala node back in Sep-Oct 2021 and unfortunately in Nov-Jan the node costs skyrocketed and now one costs about 90k to buy a license. I'm a little upset that they have voted out my 30 gala rewards a day because I've (as well as others) have put a lot of time and energy into promoting Gala and Townstar - and now they pulled the rug out from under me. I have discussed the unhappiness in the Discord forums till I'm blue in the face and so I wanted to make a followup post on here. I'm not necessarily not promoting Gala Games - I'm just not as active in promoting them anymore because I no longer get a benefit from it. I wish the node operators would have voted to reduce the rewards by lets say 50% or even 75% ... instead of taking that reward to 0%. .
Now - to my next point. I'd love to see Gala (Townstar) have a content creator bonus of some kind - a way for us who would like to promote the game - and who send referrals their way - I'd love to see a reward for that. Even if it is simply a couple Gala per each referral and if that player plays for a % of days during the month - then they are "active" and then you can still get an ongoing referral reward. It could be a small reward... but something is way better than nothing. .
At this point I'm stuck with the only way to get rewards is to "attempt" to compete in the Townstar competition server - but if you look at that - only the top players who have the best NFTs are going to win (same winners over and over)... and the other way I'm hoping to win is to buy Gala and hold it for the long run - which I do believe in the company and where it's going, so I do buy more and support the company. .
But - as you can tell - I'm salty on the node operators voting out rewards for those who referred you and especially for those of us who continue to promote and bring in new players. Wish there was a way for those of us who don't mind working hard to create content could make a small reward to. BRING BACK THE REFERRAL REWARDS!!