Beam Hackathon - Winners announced 🏆
We are more than excited to announce the winners of the very first
@BuildOnBeam
Hackathon.
With tons of entries and hackers actively participating, only a handful of participants eventually submitted their projects. After careful review by
Merry Christmas!
The Gyre team wishes you and your family a lovely and cheerful holiday season. We've got lots in store for the AMA coming up on December 31st, so make sure to drop in the Discord and sign up for the event!
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It's live 🫡
Listen in on the first Gyre team AMA on our new YouTube channel! We'll be posting all of our future AMAs, interviews, and video content there, so make sure to subscribe! 🌀🌀🌀
The Purge is upon us 🌑
It's time to prove yourself. You have until 8pm PST, on Sunday February 4th to verify your personhood in the Gyre Discord (link in bio)
Our first AMA begins in about 4 hours. We've had some great questions so far, and we can't wait to answer them!
Join our Discord if you haven't already, ask some questions, and hang out until the AMA!
- Must have OG role
- Link your Twitter
- Your Twitter must be at least 6 months old
- You must follow Gyre
- You must post a verification Tweet mentioning Gyre
The Worthy will be granted a guaranteed mint spot, while current OGs will have first-come-first-serve spots.
At the risk of creating an Adam Cochran length thread, we're going to end here, but there are a number of questions we got to answer worth hearing! Check out our AMA below, and please give this thread a like and a retweet! Thank you!
🟣OG Role, The Purge, The Worthy 🟣
We granted the OG role to those who joined our Discord in its first 24 hours. The OG role was intended to be a guaranteed whitelist for Gyre's first NFT mint in February, but we had to change this.
We worked really hard to make blockchain integration seamless and smooth by building
@BuildOnBeam
Simple and easy gaming experiences
One game at a time 🕹️
There will be 1000 tokens priced at 0.10 ETH each. Any eligible wallet will be able to mint up to 2 tokens. The mint will take place over at least 2 days, with guaranteed spots minting the first day, FCFS the second day. If there's any unsold tokens the third day, it will open...
We saw 3500 members join in the first 24 hours, far exceeding our expectations! 😁 To remedy this, we're introducing a new role "The Worthy". Starting next week, members who want The Worthy must meet the below criteria:
🟢 GOLD & GYRE Token Updates 🟢
After hearing many great critiques, we've altered our tokenomics. Here's what we'll share about our token, GOLD so far:
- GOLD will be used all across Gyre. It will be used to purchase most items and cosmetics, for quests, various NPC...
🟡 Genesis NFT Details 🟡
Gyre's Genesis NFT (name TBD) will be an enchanted capsule containing one of a large number of different cosmetics. This cosmetic item grants its holders a minor XP boost, as a thank you to our earliest supporters, but without being pay to win.
The Purge is upon us 🌑
It's time to prove yourself. You have until 8pm PST, on Sunday February 4th to verify your personhood in the Gyre Discord (link in bio)
🔵 Current Roadmap 🔵
We're going to beginning to market slowly in anticipation of our first Story Mode level.
The first level is expected early February, the NFT launch will happen a few weeks after so that players can try the game and see what Gyre is all about.
If all goes right, you will be redeemed as 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖞 sometime this week!
If by the end of the week you're not worthy, and you think it's in error, reach out to Dream Weaver on Discord and he'll get it sorted.
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XP will accumulate starting with the release of the first level.
As we're bootstrapped, one of our first goals is getting people playing the game and generating revenue to sustain ourselves.
After the first NFT launch, we'll be releasing the second level and then PVP after.
Now, the GYRE token. We've removed it. Until our governance system demands something like it, there are no plans to re-implement GYRE or any similar token.
Now, onto the roadmap.
Q: Do you have plans to launch NFTs with the game?
A: Yes. Gyre will introduce many items and cosmetics as NFTs. Items will take a while to get out, because we need to prevent anything from becoming P2W.
Q: Which blockchain will Gyre launch on?
A: Just Beam, but it will feel like multichain. We plan to allow account creation through a number of different avenues such as Google account or using a Solana or Cosmos wallet. We want to minimize friction to joining Gyre.
GOLD is expected to launch close to this time as well.
The focus at that point will be on getting a ton of player feedback so we can improve PVP to the point that it's ready for the launch of its competitive mode, where players can wager various tokens including BEAM and GOLD.
...interactions, wagering, and more.
- GOLD is meant to be *slightly* inflationary, strictly controlled, so that new players are never impeded from playing Gyre games.
- GOLD can be earned by redeeming XP earned over 2-3 week epochs.
- Strict economic controls exist to keep...
(cont.) We're designing it such that we have a large number of available parameters to tweak and totally prevent hyper-inflation, as well as even some circuit-breaker like mechanisms to prevent crises.
Q: How will we be earning XP, and what can we sue it for?
A: XP will be earned through a mix of in and out of game actions (like social actions). XP initially is just redeemable for GOLD, but your overall XP will be much more than that.
(cont.) My next favorite is Runescape. Runescape was a huge game and it was so great to just explore Gielinor. We take a lot of inspiration from Runescape's Grand Exchange for how we want our items & cosmetics to work. Gyre and RS are very different, but there's a lot of...
Q: What is the actual game?
A: Gyre is a 2D platforming combat and adventure game. Gyre's combat system features melee and ranged combat, as well as environmental manipulation. Melee is VERY high damage, but difficult to land. Ranged comes in the form of magic. Magic...
...to do enough damage while avoiding taking damage. BUILDING. Building and terrain manipulation is the other key element of combat. Inspired by Fortnite, we're designing building to be open for many possibilities, and expecting the wide-open nature of building to contribute...
Q: Will there be NPCs and enemies populating PVP?
A: Yes. In casual play, you'll have the option to practice against a bot. Before we add this, we'll need to see how people play the game to design bots properly, as our own expectations about how to play Gyre are likely somewhat..
...features a number of different spells that can damage and debuff opponents, as well as buff and move you. Melee + magic share an rapidly regenerating energy system, requiring some finesse to use effectively. Players will need to find a play style that works for them...
...takeaways to be made from how great the GE was.
Another great game is Dark Souls. I only played this recently but fell in love with it. It's very rewarding to play due to its difficult combat system, and it has a really cool method of storytelling.
Q: What're your favorite games?
A: My favorite game series of all time is Halo. Halo was really something special; it had a fantastic and interesting campaign, and tremendously fun multiplayer. Truly a timeless series.