Goons of Balatroon has closed their second funding round. This 2D/3D hybrid metaverse features Play 2 Earn cards strategy gaming and land-ownership built in the Elysium environment. Merit Circle and Vulcan Forged were backers, as well as Bullperks and a few founders from companies like the HUSL and Rarestone Capital. Trading Card Game, the company’s flagship product (TCG), features a unique combination of element-tile strategies, quirky characters and complex gameplay mechanics. This is a first in P2E. GOB is also working on a Land Battler Game that will play an important part in the GOB eco-system.
Goons of Balatroon Co-Founder, Mark says, “With the recent surge in play to earn games, we see an increased focus on the ‘earn’ function, and while this is absolutely an aspect of our environment, we believe a focus on making the game fun to play, first, is of utmost importance.”
The list of project partners includes some well-known names. Merit Circle and Vulcan Forged have all contributed a great deal to the project along with Unizen, Lovelace and Synaps and Skyvision Capital. Both Merit Circle and Vulcan Forged have advisors who help the project succeed. This vision can be realized with the help of experienced partners.
“Play to Earn gaming tends to have a very high-cost barrier of entry, we want to onboard users in a free to play manner, welcoming web2 natives to web3 without any initial need for a wallet,” Community manager Matthew states, “They can choose to scale their reward rates, through NFT ownership, at their own pace. Gamers seek to optimize and if we provide them the means, they will integrate at their own desired rate.”
With a focus on having fun, the current project is play-to earn second. Since unique cards have value, TCGs make the best NFT products. GOB plans to provide the same system of value for digital assets. GOB is a digital game that was built in-house and has great potential for the future. GOB is expected to be a big hit among competitive TCG players due to its strategy components and 2D/3D aesthetics. This will appeal across multiple gaming platforms.
There are many possibilities for TCGs due to the cross-integration between gaming and Elysium. A unique way to approach crypto gaming is to combine the rich history of well-developed games with solid mechanics, replayability and competitiveness in a community-first, competitive game. GOB understands that the core of the game’s gameplay is the players. This allows them to create a new loop of gameplay which makes use of all the power and resources of Elysium, as well as a supportive community.
GOB integrates the game in the Vulcan Forged Elysium eco-system, opening the door to NFT exchange between projects within the Elysium chain as well as theirs. GOB already partners with Vulcan Forged for the development of a greater metaverse, based upon the TCG land battler. The wider metaverse is a key part of the Elysium chain and will allow for seamless use of NFTs across each part of GOB’s software offerings. These NFTs will be available in the extended metaverse. Land NFTs as well as other minigames will also be included.
At the heart of the project’s metaverse is the $GOB token. The $GOB token is an ERC20 token which was sent via a TGE to ETH. It’s currently being linked to Elysium. GOB anticipates that the token will be launched via several public launchpads. IDO + CEX, and DEX listings will be completed by the end April. Estimated supply totals 750,000,000 $GOB