What is Gala Games?
Overview
Gala Games is a video game publishing house that began operating in late 2020. Like traditional game publishers, Gala operates a platform identical to Epic Games, or Steam in which it will host various new and upcoming titles. But, because this is blockchain, all titles released through Gala will have game-specific NFTs that tie into each unique project. Gala Games states that it believes strongly in Fun being the primary motivator in a good game. By focusing on creating fun games, Gala believes it will draw in a considerable user base to grow its ecosystem. As with NFTs, users will own all their own in-game assets tied to their Gala Account Wallet. Games developed on Gala also seek to get input from the community playing these games to help develop each game in the right direction.
Gala Nodes
Gala depends heavily on what they call Gala Nodes. These Nodes are purchased from Gala Games at a serious premium and they’re operated locally by those who purchase them. By owning a node, users earn a small number of GALA Tokens in return for their computing power. But, these nodes are not an obtainable thing for many users. To even buy a Node for any game operating on Gala. A user must first buy a Node License from Gala for $92,500. Only then can a user have the “opportunity” to purchase a Node and support their game of choice.
While Gala is currently continuing to sell these Node Licenses, no games currently have Nodes available for purchase. This calls into question why Gala Games would continue selling these licenses to anyone when they have no way to use them.
Gala’s Team
Gala Games was Founded by the well-known Zynga Games Co-Founder Eric Schiermeyer who is famously known for being the most aggressive man at Zynga, with a shrewd focus on milking each player for every penny possible. He quickly went down in history as having some of the most morally objectionable monetary mechanisms ever created. Eric is the driving force behind Zynga’s growth and has helped addict millions of people to dopamine through video games. Eric also clearly understood how to use these dopamine hits to play a major role in the cycle of addiction. So, it came as no surprise to anyone when Zynga CEO Mark Pinus announced how he and his company used Spyware to scam people who played his Facebook games after being caught in 2009. Duping users into downloading toolbars and other software that was ultimately unable to be removed from the player’s computer. Joining Eric in helping to build Gala Games is another former Zynga employee and Gala Games Co-Founder Michael McCarthy.
The Games
How to Play
Of all the Games shown to be in production by Gala, there are only three playable games that have been released in the last 2 years. To play any title you will need to register an Account with Gala and create a wallet during that process. Of these three titles, one is a browser-based game. Meaning that you won’t be required to download anything to play. While the other two titles do need the player to download the Gala installer.
Once the user has downloaded and installed the Launcher they’ll be able to download these two additional games. All three titles are officially only in their “Beta” stages and offer very little in play-to-earn mechanics.
Town Star
In true Zynga fashion, the…
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