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Official compendium for Guild of Guardians, last updated February 2024. All contents are subject to change.
Leonis Pty Ltd, as the publisher of Guild of Guardians mobile game has partnered with Guardians Guild Limited (GGL), for GGL to create, issue and distribute an in-game currency that will be integrated and supported in the Guild of Guardians mobile game. The in-game currency, named $GOG token, is an ERC-20 token that is being created, issued and distributed by GGL.
This whitepaper describes both the Guild of Guardians mobile game and the $GOG tokens which are integrated and supported in the Guild of Guardians mobile game in order to enhance the overall user experience.
Readers are hereby informed that this whitepaper is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement, promotion, or solicitation for the purchase or use of the $GOG tokens.
The publisher assumes no responsibility or liability for the issuance, distribution, or use of the $GOG tokens issued by GGL and nor does GGL assume any responsibility or liability for the Guild of Guardians mobile game. Any acquisition or use of the $GOG tokens in connection with the Guild of Guardians mobile game should be undertaken at the user’s own risk, and you are encouraged to conduct your own research and seek professional advice before making any decisions.
By accessing and reviewing this whitepaper, you acknowledge and accept the terms of this disclaimer, recognizing the separate entities, products and risks in connection with the publisher’s Guild of Guardians mobile game and GGL’s $GOG tokens.
Guild of Guardians is a mobile roguelite squad RPG set in a lush world where civilization stands on the precipice. Players embark on an epic adventure with a diverse cast of iconic characters and discover the full power of ownership.
In Guild of Guardians, players experience the dungeon crawling loop via a unique blend of roguelite squad RPG combat, sophisticated merge and recipe based progression, and web3 trading and ownership.
Guild of Guardians is published by Immutable and developed by Mineloader (‘The GOG team’). Immutable is one of the world’s largest VC-funded blockchain gaming start-ups, backed by investors such as Temasek, Animoca Brands, Tencent, Galaxy Digital and Coinbase. Mineloader is a premier game development studio with 20 years of experience, and has worked on some of the biggest games in the world, including Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy Remake, Biomutant, The Last of Us and many more.
Guild of Guardians are focused on the future of NFT gaming by demonstrating excellence in the following areas:
Fun mobile RPG gameplay: First and absolutely foremost, Guild of Guardians will be fun and compelling. GOG will have a combination of roguelite squad RPG combat, deep strategy, a dynamic trading economy metagame, and social focused gameplay that will keep players engaged for years.
Play-and-earn mechanics: Guild of Guardians allows players to play for free and compete for rewards in the form of in-game assets, NFTs and tokens. You can choose how you want to play, and how to best optimise for your goals within GOG’s dynamic virtual economy.
Community driven incentives: The value that a community brings to the game is critical. Guild of Guardians will involve and reward the community for contributing to the growth of the overall ecosystem, and empower creators to build long-term businesses in the Guild of Guardians metaverse.
Highly accessible: Guild of Guardians is undergoing listing processes to become available on iOS and Android, with the goal of making it readily accessible to everyone. The underlying technology will be based on Immutable Platform technologies, allowing players to enjoy fast trading, easing the on-boarding and gameplay experience for players through Immutable Passport. Immutable Passport is a non-custodial wallet and authentication solution that streamlines user onboarding through passwordless sign-on and automated wallet creation. With the feature of parallel play, players can easily adjust their level of engagement in the game, making it the ideal partner for any lifestyle.
To date, Guild of Guardians has attracted over 1 million pre-registered users, and a passionate, global community of over 400,000 followers across Twitter, Discord, Tiktok, Reddit and Medium.
We successfully sold out our first NFT Founder sale, generating $14 million. To introduce Guild of Guardians to the mainstream gamers, we launched the Esports Exclusives NFT series, a collaboration with eight of the most renowned professional esports organizations: Cloud9, Fnatic, NAVI, Ninjas in Pyjamas, NRG, SK Gaming, T1, and Team Liquid!
In our unwavering commitment to the long-term prosperity of Guild of Guardians, we have also forged strategic alliances with industry leaders such as Sandbox, and Yield Guild Games. The collective synergy shared by our collaborators further emphasizes our dedication to help create a sustainable and thriving ecosystem for our game.
The entire Guild of Guardians team is super excited by the early success we have had so far, and we look forward to spearheading the future of gaming and to help bring web3 games to a mainstream audience.
Guild of Guardians is scheduled for release globally in Q2 2024 on iOS and Android. For more information on Guild of Guardians visit: https://www.guildofguardians.com/
We want Guild of Guardians to be a multiplayer game at heart. Players who want to earn big, collect everything, and complete the game will want to join a Guild. Guilds will allow players to group up and attempt the hardest and most rewarding content in the game, craft items for sale on the marketplace, and more.
Adventurers Guild
20
1%
Warriors Guild
30
2.5%
Legends Guild
40
5%
Mythic Guild
50
10%
*Guild Leader gets a guaranteed first-cut of any guild crafted item sale
Guilds offer players access to Game Modes that are only accessible to members. These game modes will provide players with avenues to show off their best heroes, fight the strongest enemies in the game, and earn unique and rare rewards.
Guardians are unique characters that players will take into Dungeons to defeat monsters and collect rewards. As a player, you will have to form your strategy and the team of Guardians based on your desired playstyle.
The Guardians in Guild of Guardians are found from Summoning, which can be done by purchasing a summon or playing the game and earning summoning shards.
Guild of Guardians is a game built around collectibility, meaning there is a wide range of Guardians to acquire and many ways to upgrade them. Each Guardian will have a unique set of properties that dictate its playstyle, strengths and weaknesses. Our merging and crafting systems augment the power of Guardians and squads by improving stats and, in rare cases, transforming their abilities. To succeed in defeating the Dread, players will need to acquire a roster of Guardians to unlock synergies that will turn the tides of battle in their favor.
Combat Attributes:
Health: How much damage a Guardian can take before they die
Attack: How much damage a Guardian deals to enemies
Defense: How much damage a Guardian mitigates from enemy attacks
There will also be many types of secondary attributes, such as critical strike, critical damage, healing, evasion, etc.
Level:
All Guardians have a level. Most, if not all, will start at level 1
Increasing the level of a Guardian increases their combat attributes Increasing the level of a Guardian unlocks and improves their skills
The level of a Guardian can be increased by acquiring XP through Dungeons
There will come a point where Guardians can only be advanced further by upgrading the enlightenment of a chosen Guardian.
Faction:
Determines the general type of Guardian (e.g. humans will typically be Imperials)
Collecting Guardians of the same faction will be a key ingredient in advancing squad power
Role:
Combat classes, like Tank, Assassin, or Support, are important to take into account when determining the formation of your team before battle.
Aptitude:
There are three categories of Guardian aptitude: Strength, Agility, and Intelligence
Guardian aptitude is used to determine what equipment each Guardian can use.
This property is mainly used in conjunction with Runes and other passive effects
It also can be used by players tactically to account for combat advantages (eg. using Intelligence Guardians to attack enemies who are weak to magic damage)
Domain:
Units of a particular domain gain advantages against those of a 'weaker' domain, which adds strategic depth to the game;
Rarity:
Indicates the scarcity, relative power level, maximum number of skills, and potential growth rate of a Guardian
There are four rarities for Guardians: Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary
Note that each Guardian will still have its strengths and weaknesses such that, for example, a rare Guardian could be better in certain situations than a legendary Guardian
Enlightenment:
Enlightenment level can be increased by consuming a duplicate Guardian, Faction Ash, and Radiant Souls
Enlightenment upgrades will also provide an increase in primary combat attributes.
The starting and max enlightenment level is determined by the Guardian’s rarity
Radiance:
Radiant Guardians are Guardians that have been converted to NFTs via a minting procedure that converts the Guardian’s current characteristics (including stars, but excluding dynamic game attributes such as HP) into a permanent blockchain asset
Radiant Guardians have another special trait that is unlockable once a Guardian is converted into an NFT and a process we describe as ‘ascension’. They have:
Buffed abilities and/or stats
UI/UX changes
The ability to be traded
A random chance that they will spawn 1 out of 4 cosmetic variations (e.g. alternative colourations)
Skills:
In addition to the above characteristics, each Guardian can have up to four skills that fall into either the active or passive categories:
Passive skills are skills that will continue to be effective in combat.
Auto skills will be released automatically when conditions are met in combat (such as cooldown timers)
Ultimate skills can be manually released in combat at the cost of energy
There will be a maximum of 1 billion $GOG tokens.
$GOG tokens unlock at a predetermined rate per distribution category that is designed to support long-term game growth and ecosystem sustainability of Guild of Guardians. The anticipated Unlock Schedule is illustrated below:
11% of the total supply (i.e. 110,000,000 $GOG) are reserved for sale. From the full amount 5% via a private and 6% for the community public sale to encourage early use and drive incentive alignment amongst early adopters to support the Guild of Guardians game.
Private sale tokens will unlock over 30 months, with a 12-month cliff.
Public sale tokens unlock in two tranches:
20M $GOG will have a 12-month cliff
40M $GOG - half of this is unlocked immediately and the other half unlocked after 12-months
We may also provide early access to the game or exclusive heroes (NFTs) to early backers via the Altar.
200,000,000 $GOG is allocated to the Guild of Guardians team in payment for development services in building out the Guild of Guardians game.
These tokens unlock over 48 months with a 12-month cliff aligned to the long term development of the game.
350,000,000 $GOG will be set aside for rewards which will fund distribution of $GOG to players depending on qualifying game behaviors, such as Leaderboard competitions.
Player rewards are designed to reward competitive and high-skill gameplay. These rewards will be paid on a regular cadence to different players based on their achievements. Exact rewards rates and structure are subject to change over time at the discretion of Guardians Guild Limited, based on how rewards will best serve the game ecosystem and its’ players.
Rewards will unlock over 48 months following the game launch.
280,000,000 $GOG will be held for discretionary rewards called ‘Community Rewards’, distributed to the community at the discretion of the issuer of $GOG, Guardians Guild Limited. 220,000,000 $GOG will be made available from day one, and the remaining 60,000,000 unlock linearly over 3 years with a 12-month cliff.
The discretionary pool has several benefits:
Rewarding activities are difficult to quantify but add significant value to the game and game economy, such as referring a friend or managing the community. Providing rewards to the entire game community makes the game better not just for its regular players but for the entire network.
Allow for iterations to the rewards distribution approach to ensure economic sustainability and introduction of new programs and mechanics for rewarding the GOG community.
Example allocations of discretionary rewards include:
Bonus rewards for founder NFT purchases
Liquidity provider rewards
Referrals and affiliates
Content creation and community participation
3rd party development
Partners and advisors
Competition rewards
Guardians Guild Limited will hold 60,000,000 $GOG: 30,000,000 of which will be available from the first day in a corporate treasury, and Guardians Guild Limited intends to commit some of these tokens to liquidity pools and other corporate uses
The remainder unlock over a 48 month period with a 12 month cliff
Player Rewards
35%
350,000,000
Community Rewards
28%
280,000,000
Developers
20%
200,000,000
Guardians Guild Limited
6%
60,000,000
Public Sale
6%
60,000,000
Private Sale
5%
50,000,000
Total
100%
1,000,000,000
Leonis Pty Ltd and Immutable zk Pty Ltd (the Publishers) have partnered with Guardians Guild Limited (GGL), for GGL to create, issue and distribute an in-game currency that will be integrated and supported in the Guild of Guardians mobile game. The in-game currency, named $GOG, is an ERC-20 token that is being created, issued and distributed by GGL.
This whitepaper describes both the Guild of Guardians game and the $GOG tokens which are integrated and supported in the Guild of Guardians game in order to enhance the overall user experience.
Readers should take note that this whitepaper is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement, promotion, or solicitation for the purchase or use of the $GOG tokens.
The publishers assume no responsibility or liability for the issuance, distribution, or use of the $GOG tokens issued by GGL and nor does GGL assume any responsibility or liability for the Guild of Guardians mobile game. Any acquisition or use of the $GOG tokens in connection with the Guild of Guardians mobile game should be undertaken at the user's own risk, and you are encouraged to conduct your own research and seek professional advice before making any decisions.
By accessing and reviewing this whitepaper, you acknowledge and accept the terms of this disclaimer, recognizing the separate entities, products and risks in connection with the publisher’s Guild of Guardians mobile game and GGL’s $GOG tokens.
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The video gaming industry is undergoing a transformative phase with the emergence of blockchain technology and web3 applications. Although this landscape is brimming with incredible ideas and utilities, many projects focus excessively on "Play-to-Earn" aspects and overlook a fundamental element of gaming: the immersive experience.
At Guild of Guardians, we firmly believe that web3 gaming should instead transform players' invested time and lasting contributions into more meaningful experiences, deeper social bonds, and tangible rewards. We envision a future where the gaming experience takes center stage, where innovation in the in-game economy and digital ownership elevate the industry to new heights.
This is our mission at Guild of Guardians, to revolutionize the future of gaming together with our players. We are committed to building a game where players' contributions are valued, recognized, and rewarded, fostering a community that thrives on meaningful interactions, collaborative gameplay, and decentralized ownership. By harnessing the potential of web3 and blockchain, we aim to establish a new paradigm where players' time and efforts are honored and translated into lasting memories, social bonds, and tangible rewards.
With a deep focus on crafting exceptional gameplay, cultivating a vibrant community, and embracing the transformative capabilities of web3, we are dedicated to fostering an era where the gaming experience takes precedence and where players are rewarded for their dedication and passion. Our vision is the ultimate web3 mobile gaming experience that reshapes the boundaries of gaming, redefines player value, and celebrates the true essence of immersive entertainment - limitless fantasy, meaningful connection and epic adventures.
We know web3 gaming needs to provide all of the top-tier entertainment that web2 gaming brings, while also tackling key challenges that have yet to be solved in the web3 space.
Historically, players can only enjoy the short-term entertainment value of a game without being able to truly own the in-game assets.
Players’ time and efforts drive game engagement and the game economy, but historically players' participation in the economy is trapped within their account.
The user experience within the web3 ecosystem falls short of being seamless, posing a barrier to widespread adoption among mainstream users.
We believe that a roguelite squad RPG has the best chance of delivering on the four key goals in the summary. It's a genre that lets us deliver a captivating experience, for the widest audience, whilst integrating web3 game features in a sustainable way.
Work with a web2 partner that can deliver an amazing web2 gaming experience that allows us to focus on the core challenge of creating a seamless experience in the integration of web2 and web3 on mobile.
Implementing a two-track in-game economy that nurtures traditional players who are new to web3 integrations, enabling them to naturally and organically explore the benefits and resources of the web3 ecosystem.
A Squad RPG game offers inherent synergy between the RPG genre and the transformative capabilities of blockchain technology. The foundational elements of a Squad RPG, namely character collection and squad formation, serve as ideal canvases for blockchain-based enhancements.
Player Ownership: In a Squad RPG, players can summon, collect and customize various items such as characters, weapons, and accessories. By utilizing blockchain, these assets can be tokenized, allowing players to have verifiable ownership and the ability to trade or sell them outside the game ecosystem. This creates a vibrant player-driven game economy and enhances the value and rarity of unique items.
Provably Rare and Unique Items: Developers can create limited edition or unique NFT items with specific attributes or abilities that cannot be replicated. Such scarcity and verifiability enhance the gameplay experience by providing players with sought-after and collectible items, fostering a sense of achievement and exclusivity within the game.
Secure and Transparent Trading Marketplaces: Players can easily buy, sell, and trade their NFT assets directly with other players, eliminating the need for centralized intermediaries. Smart contracts on the blockchain ensure transparent and tamper-proof transactions, reducing the risk of fraud or scams.
Player-driven Game economy and Rewards: A blockchain-based Squad RPG can empower players by providing opportunities for them to earn rewards through their in-game activities, such as completing quests and achieving milestones. This incentive drives player engagement and can attract a broader audience to the genre.
Guild of Guardians is a free-to-play mobile game that operates the game as a service. A range of applications and features can sit on top of the core game, which we expect will be developed over time (by the community or us). Some potential ideas include:
NFT trading marketplace
Community guides, newsletters and analysis
Esports leaderboards competitions, guilds and rewards
Social hub and gathering for like-minded players
Guild of Guardians earns revenue in three ways:
Primary Sales: Guild of Guardians may sell NFTs directly to customers through a website. These NFTs will be usable in the mobile game and can give players access to new strategies within the game. Examples include Guardians, Pets, Guilds and Energy Boosters
Secondary Sales (trading fees): Guild of Guardians takes a % royalty fee from all secondary transactions of NFTs. This allows GOG to align our incentives with the community.
In-App Purchases: In-app purchases will be available for players within the Guild of Guardians game. These purchases will focus on meeting different needs the player might have. Some of these purchases may have the potential to be transformed into NFTs if the player chooses to engage with in-game activities. We want to allow players to make progress on their journey with web2 whilst guiding them towards the more challenging, but ultimately more efficient and rewarding web3 experience.
Guild of Guardians is built from the ground-up focusing on design principles which we firmly believe lead to an engaging and successful blockchain game:
Players actually own content within the game, meaning instead of it being a sunk cost players can retain and trade their in-game assets.
Character collection and squad development offer profound depths through dynamic game systems, innovative level-up techniques, and unique merging and crafting systems. All of this is built on top of a captivating universe set in the world of Elderym. The game beckons players into a journey of exploration and challenges, told through dungeons and events. The allure of the unfolding story and its vibrant and diverse ensemble of characters encourages extended play.
Roguelike mechanics drive long-term sustained engagement in Guild of Guardians. Each playthrough offers a unique experience, ensuring that no two runs are ever the same. This fuels a sense of discovery and challenge, as players must continuously adapt their strategies to the ever-changing game conditions. Together, these elements create a compelling loop of learning, adaptation, and incremental progress, keeping players engaged over an extended period as they strive to master the game's intricacies.
It is also the perfect companion game on mobile, tailored to seamlessly complement players’ lifestyle. Thanks to parallel play, the gameplay experience will enable players to seamlessly adapt their engagement level, allowing them to enjoy the game while simultaneously partaking in other activities. Its flexibility and accessibility organically integrates into your life, providing entertainment that fits their schedule and needs.
Players have to work together in order to maximize progression and rewards. Specialization is part of the game and players will need to work together to progress. Trading with each other is a core component of Guild of Guardians.
Large amounts of content in the game will be player generated. Players can bypass the traditional gacha system mechanics and get exactly what they need from our public marketplace.
The annual revenue of the mobile squad RPG market is $5.9 billion and growing at 50%+ year-on-year, making it one of the most popular genres in the world. (Source: Sensor Tower Game Intelligence 2022)
The Squad RPG genre has the second largest target audience base in mobile RPG. In 2022, 25.9% of the total RPG game install came from Squad RPG. (Source: Sensor Tower Game Intelligence 2022)
Spending per player in mobile RPGs is very high because of the deep collectability and retention of these games, as per the examples below. There is a massive opportunity to unlock even more potential by introducing real ownership, tradability and provenance.
The overall Squad RPG market itself is highly fragmented, unlike other RPG sub-genres where the top 5 games dominate most download and revenue. This fragmentation allows lots of room for new entrants to break in and completely disrupt the market.
Guild of Guardians is a mobile squad RPG where players take teams of Guardians through challenging dungeons to collect resources. These resources are used to create rare items and Guardians which may be sold. Players will work together to create the best squad of Guardians, contribute to their Guild and develop strategies to complete the most challenging content in the game. The game is set in a familiar but unique fantasy RPG world where players can play as mages, warriors, elves, orcs and more!
Guild of Guardians will reach potential users by focusing on the following areas:
Mobile gaming growth is typically driven by paid user acquisition. Our internal A/B testing research shows that web3 games can achieve up to 30% lower acquisition costs than traditional games. This means that Guild of Guardians have a unique advantage in user acquisition.
One of the key drivers to growth is retention - the fewer players who leave the game, the faster you grow. Peer analysis shows that web3 gaming can already increase D30 retention from a typical 4% to 10% or above (Source: Cryptoslate). Guild of Guardians will focus on player retention by leveraging social retention mechanics. Squad-based gameplay creates unique dynamics that incentivises users to play for longer or create a better playing experience for those around them. In other words, you're more likely to play a game if you are making friends and playing with friends.
In our latest Friends and Family milestone, we’ve achieved strong retention rates:
Day 1 (D1) retention stands impressively at 65.85%, 36.85% higher than the average D1 retention of 29%
Day 3 (D3) retention at a robust 58.73%
Day 7 (D7) retention is a remarkable 43.38% retention, 23.38% above the industry average of 20% D7 for successful mobile game projects.
(Source for Average Retention: Adjust Mobile App Retention Benchmarks for 2023)
Community is king. Rewarding the community is a must. Combine these two, and it makes sense that we plan to foster the Guild of Guardians community. We plan to deploy unique NFT systems such as share-to-earn or create-to-earn rewards to incentivise mass involvement by the community in promoting the game. We have achieved early results here:
50% of Guild of Guardian Wave 1 Founder NFT sales were from referrals
100k+ email sign-ups were from referrals
30k Discord members joined due to a viral giveaway campaign that was shared among communities
In addition, in partnership with Guardians Guild Limited, there may also be community grants and token allocations to encourage third party developers and operators to build on top of the Guild of Guardians universe.
Our mission is to bring the joy of digital ownership to every player in our ecosystem. For a game like Guild of Guardians this means that free-to-play players who account for the majority of gamers on mobile will have pathways to become owners of NFTs. We have carefully curated our player journey in a way that enables smooth onboarding of millions of players into the web3 ecosystem while simultaneously preserving the stability of our game economy. Our goal is to create an experience where players are naturally motivated and curious to discover how to engage in the game ecosystem, and are incentivised to participate in our vibrant communities, all while having fun and competing for exciting rewards.
The $GOG token is an ERC-20 utility token that is the centerpiece of the Guild of Guardians universe. It is designed for rewarding ecosystem participation and growth in the Guild of Guardians universe, including but not limited to content creation, gameplay achievement, community engagement, mentorship amongst other pro-game activities. Immutable is not the issuer of the tokens. The token issuer is Guardians Guild Limited. Guardians Guild Limited received the Digital Worlds Foundation (the Foundation), ), a British Virgin Islands business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability. Immutable, the publisher of Guild of Guardians, is an independent service provider to the Foundation.
The $GOG token will be distributed by Guardians Guild Limited to players and broader ecosystem participants alike as an incentive alignment tool - in service of promoting the overall growth of the game.
The $GOG token is the primary gateway to NFT creation (aka ‘minting) of Guardians, simultaneously unlocking digital ownership, and enabling players to trade with each other. $GOG will also be available as rewards for competing in the game’s leaderboards and other challenging in-game activities.
Read more about our Friends and Family Demo results .
Pets are creatures that you can ‘bind’ to your team which give various benefits, such as increased crafting resources, increased item drop chances or dungeon rewards. Pets can initially be purchased during the presale, but they can be found for sale by players once the game launches. Upon purchase, players are rewarded with an equipable pet.
Guild of Guardians uses an energy system which refills over time, and is depleted whenever a player enters a dungeon.
Unlike traditional free-to-play games where players have to pay in-app currencies for extra energy, Guild of Guardians will have a unique energy mechanic and have Energy Booster NFTs, which provide a permanent boost to energy. Furthermore, heroes will get ‘fatigued’ if they enter a dungeon too much in one day, which causes them to suffer penalties such as stat reductions or requiring extra energy to use.
Energy boosters will:
remove the Fatigue rate increase a hero would suffer from when going into a Dungeon
allow players to use their favorite heroes for longer without suffering penalties to Hero Stats
Players proceed through a roguelite gameplay loop by choosing their path through a Dungeon. They set their squad of Guardians, use abilities as they engage the enemy, and collect rewards from defeated foes. There are two types of Dungeons, Story and Endless. Story Dungeons are unlocked linearly as they are completed and Endless Dungeons are regenerated randomly with each entry.
Resources earned from Dungeons are sent to a visual inventory that’s actively managed through merging. Resources can be spent in crafting recipes or merged to the point where they become blockchain items that can be bought and sold.
We have hundreds of weapons and pieces of armor ready for players to find, and create. Each one can have unique buffs that provide stat bonuses to Guardians that they are equipped with. Certain sets of equipment may also offer boosts to your Guardian if equipped together. Guild of Guardians will not sell equipment.
Basic Equipment
Four equipment slots that represent the standard gear a Guardian wears
Equipment will have fixed and random affixes based on Rarity
There are Tiers of Equipment which are unlocked via game progression
Equipment can be reinforced with in-game resources which scale equipment between tiers
Weapon, Helm, Body, Feet
Exclusive Equipment
The 5th equipment slot
A piece of equipment with an exclusive bond with a specific Guardian. Other Guardians cannot equip items in this slot that aren’t attributed to them
Eg. “Lia’s Amulet, Morax’s Gloves, etc”
Artifacts
The 6th equipment slot
Powerful gear that can be customized to provide specific Guardians unique passive effects
There are currently no plans to have equipment modify the appearance of heroes in or out of Dungeons.
The $GOG token is a utility token that will be used across the Guild of Guardians universe with several utility use cases. $GOG token's primary emission in-game is via Leaderboard Rewards and other competitive or collaborative game-modes. The Guild of Guardians team, in partnership with Guardians Guild Limited, aim to drive continuous improvements to the token’s utilities where and when it serves the interest of the game.
Creating a blockchain asset in Guild of Guardians is a premium action where $GOG is a core component.
Players can access the minting ability primarily through the ownership of the $GOG token, with potential special events that allow spending of the $GOG token to mint a Guardian.
Free-to-play players will have limited access to minting through in-game activities, and/or competing in Leaderboards.
Holding rewards and minting rates will be live-operated to ensure a sustainable economy balance and a fun & smooth experience for players
The Altar will be available for special promotional events that aims to actively rebalance excess supply of NFTs in the Guild of Guardians economy with exciting rewards and offers
One of the key ingredients to activate the Altar is with the use of $GOG tokens.
$GOG tokens used in the Altar will accrue to the Guild of Guardians team, with 20% carved out for Active Staking rewards.
Players can also list their blockchain assets and denominate the secondary sale (peer to peer) in $GOG, requiring traders to spend $GOG to acquire specific assets.
In addition, whenever a player trades assets in a secondary sale (peer to peer), 20% of the marketplace fee that Guild of Guardians charges must be paid in $GOG and sent to a rewards pool (see Utility #4 below).
To simplify the user experience, we will likely allow all purchases to occur in a single transaction and purchase $GOG on the open market and transfer those $GOG to the rewards pool on the buyer’s behalf.
$GOG may also be used for future NFT Primary Sales.
$GOG tokens will be distributed back to players as rewards in the form of Active Staking.
Active Staking rewards will be funded by:
In-App Purchases of Guardians: 20% of the net revenue generated from in-app purchases will be used to purchase $GOG on the open market for the Active Staking rewards.
Fees: 20% of royalty fees will be swapped on the open market for the Active Staking rewards.
Altar: 20% of $GOG tokens used in the Altar will be used for the Active Staking rewards.
$GOG rewards will be given away via active staking, where players must stake their $GOG tokens AND actively participate in the game and ecosystem to receive rewards.
Further details will be announced subsequently on the Active Staking rewards program.
In the future, the Guardians Guild Limited is considering $GOG token holders being able to vote on token-related proposals via decentralized governance. Proposals may include topics such as but not limited to how to allocate token reserves, voting on developer grants, activating daily rewards and changes in token supply.
In order to submit a proposal for voting, it is expected that an individual will need to own a certain threshold of tokens, which will be determined by the Foundation at a later date.
The Foundation has the right to propose items to be put to vote that are seen as positive for the ecosystem as a whole, and will perform a facilitation role in the curation of proposals that will be voted on by all token holders.
Guild of Guardians doubles down on the strategy elements of the game. As such, we focus extensively on the in-game economy to increase its depth and strategy. Below are the key highlights:
Leaderboards are an important economic system in Guild of Guardians and one of the key sources of emissions for the $GOG tokens within the game. Players will compete in weekly leaderboards events in the Endless Dungeon Modes which challenge the players’ ability to compose a squad that can overcome the various dungeon challenges.
Leaderboards will have various tiers where players will get promotions/demotions based on their performance. Leaderboards will be further subdivided in groups so that players may expect to compete against their peers. All leaderboard participants will receive a variety of rewards, with some participants receiving web3 rewards in the form of NFTs issued by Immutable, and/or $GOG tokens which are distributed by Guardians Guild Limited.
There will be tiers of upgrades for Guardians in addition to their level. The enlightenment system will require players to sacrifice specific Guardians (or types of Guardians) in order to “enlighten” the Guardian. This unlocks new skills and increases their potential, simultaneously creating the need for players to strategise their optimal progression. See below for an early example.
Players will have access to Guardians of all rarities. This is done by allowing these Guardians to start as web2, with the option to use a Minting Resource to convert their Guardians into an NFT and gain additional bonuses. Free-to-play players will have the opportunity to obtain this Minting Resource via successfully accomplishing challenging activities.
Note: Founders and Early-adopter Guardians (Guardian NFTs sold in GOG’s pre-launch sales) by default, start with more stars than non-founders Guardians/or have less onerous upgrade requirements. This is to ensure that Founder’s Guardians have equal opportunity to progress and advance despite their limited supply.
Web2 Guardians that are obtained via gameplay or IAP start without any Radiance. Players can transform these Guardians into ‘Radiant’ versions primarily by amassing the previously mentioned Minting Resource. While this resource can be obtained by fulfilling in-game activities, it is planned that the rate of generation will be significantly enhanced by holding $GOG tokens. New methods of transforming Guardians into ‘Radiant’ versions may be introduced in special events.
Once a player has minted a Guardian Radiant, that Guardian is now a NFT, the player is now able to trade this Guardian with other players. Radiant Guardians also have special perks and gameplay features that are unlocked.
Radiance can also be increased as another avenue for progression, to do this requires a valuable resource known as “Radiant Souls” which may only be obtained when sacrificing a Radiant Guardian. By ascending the Guardian’s Radiance further, the player can further expand the versatility of their Guardian.
Both a Guardian’s Enlightenment and Radiance are coded into the asset’s metadata and can be transferred to other players. In addition to this there may be other attributes and special cosmetic features that are unlocked via the Enlightenment and Radiance systems. These mechanics are under active development and will be shared with the community after adequate testing has been completed.
The amount of Minting Resource required to transform these guardians into “Radiant” variants will be dynamically determined based on the number of Radiant Guardians of that type that already exist. The more Radiant Guardians that have been produced the higher the amount of Minting Resource is required to ascend the next one.
This Dynamic Minting Cost aims to manage the supply of Radiant Guardians in an automated and impartial manner. Guardians of different rarity tier and/or metadata traits may have different cost functions associated with them. For example highly desirable Legendary Guardians may have steep cost functions, whereas more Common Guardians may have more gentle cost functions. This system allows players to decide on whether it is worthwhile to ascend the next Radiant Guardian or whether it’s worthwhile to purchase it on the marketplace.
Players obtain resources in Dungeons that are used in Merge gameplay, here players progressively merge these materials into higher quality variants which are then used in the game’s crafting and upgrade systems. There are also unique items such as Factory items and progression systems that can generate variable rewards in this system.
The outcome of the merge gameplay is a variety of materials which are a component to equipment crafting. In addition to materials, players may also need to uncover rare Equipment Blueprints which can be used to craft powerful equipment. Players will need to be strategic with their resources in order to ensure that they have gathered the right materials and crafted the optimal pieces of equipment needed to advance their progression.
Once a player has outfitted their Guardians with equipment they are expected to continue to refine and improve their gear via the game’s equipment upgrade loops, doing so allows the equipment to unlock new stat boosts and enhanced attributes. However not all equipment are created equal, higher quality crafted equipment has greater maximum potential when upgrading, so players should be on the lookout for upgrades while exploring the dungeons of Elderym.
Overall the goal of the above changes is to enhance the depth and accessibility of the game economy.
Guardians
In-game Activity
Sales
Altar
Guardian Enlightenment
Guardian Radiance
Equipments & Artifacts
Player crafting
Guild crafting
Equipment Salvage
Equipment Upgrades
The Altar of Sacrifice (“the Altar”) is a web-based NFT minting system, which provides a fun and interactive way for developers to offer recipes to players to rebalance the game economy. During Altar events players can collect and combine recipes and choose to offer them up as sacrifices in return for exciting rewards and opportunities.
These events will operate periodically but only for a limited duration per event. The timing and duration of these events will be announced to the game’s community via social media channels, where clues for the next recipe may be dropped. These recipes may ask players to be on the lookout for specific metadata traits and/or collect certain types of NFTs. In addition to NFTs each mint performed in the Altar has a $GOG denominated cost. This cost will comprise a primary minting fee plus a discretionary minting fee subject to balance considerations.
The $GOG token is an ERC-20 token that can be used across the Guild of Guardians ecosystem and universe. The $GOG token is issued by Guardians Guild Limited.
The $GOG token ($GOG) is the centerpiece of the Guild of Guardians ecosystem. Players can use the $GOG token to enhance and deepen their experience within the Guild of Guardians game, both through using and holding the $GOG token to unlock a broad range of exciting and rewarding experiences for players.
$GOG tokens will be available as rewards for competing in the games leaderboards and other challenging in-game activities as well as through discretionary community rewards for activities that enrich the Guild of Guardians ecosystem. These rewards will be distributed by Guardians Guild Limited.
Minting Assets: $GOG is used to mint gaming NFTs - unlocking NFT ownership & tradeability and additional in-game features and perks.
Access to Altar of Sacrifice: The Altar is a web-based minting system designed for web3 users that aims to assist in balancing the game’s economy. The $GOG token will be used to power Altar transactions and pay for primary creation fee and the minting fees.
Active Staking: Active participants in the ecosystem may receive a loyalty bonus.
Payment: Guild of Guardians NFTs can be bought and sold in $GOG via the NFT marketplace. 20% of the marketplace fee that the Publisher charges must be paid in $GOG Token and is sent for Active Staking rewards.
Governance: In future, it is planned that token holders will be able vote on game decisions via decentralized governance.
See Token Utilities for more details.
Play and Earn: Pre-register with your email at guildofguardians.com to participate in-game (including early demos) and in the community to earn player and community rewards
$GOG is an ERC-20 token issued on Ethereum. They are tradeable by anyone and listed on Automated Market Makers such as Sushiswap and centralised exchanges such as OKX.
All blockchain assets in the game (items, Guardians, pets) are ERC-721 tokens. These will be issued on Immutable zkEVM, a chain for games that offers EVM compatibility, low cost, massive scale, and Ethereum security:
Supports custom smart contracts
Enables advanced gameplay mechanics
Enables advanced tokenomic functionalities
Ethereum security
Small gas fee per transaction with low friction for gamers
As part of Immutable’s ‘Gas Free for Gamers' initiative, at the outset, Guild of Guardians will be sponsoring gas fees for all Immutable Passport users in the game, abstracting away these fees to enable frictionless onboarding and providing a streamlined gaming experience. Players can immerse in blockchain activities like minting and transfers without the concern of gas fees, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted gaming journey.
The Guild of Guardians game is a mobile game which is planned for release on iOS and Android. It is built in Unity and directly playable on any supported mobile phone.
Guild of Guardians is developed by Mineloader and published by Immutable. This partnership combines Immutable’s expertise and technology in the blockchain gaming space with Mineloader's proven ability to develop mobile games to deliver an industry-breaking game to players.
We have a dedicated team of 20+ full-time professionals working on the game, including developers, designers, artists and many more. Our core team is highly entrepreneurial, with experience in founding start-ups and taking products and teams from zero to one. We also combine deep expertise in NFT, blockchain and traditional game development.
Immutable is an industry-leading $200m VC-funded blockchain company backed by such investors as Temasek, Animoca Brands, Tencent, Galaxy Digital and Coinbase. They are responsible for launching the most successful blockchain Trading Card Game, Gods Unchained, headed by Chris Clay, the former director of Magic the Gathering Arena. The Immutable gaming platform makes it easy for game studios and independent developers to safely and confidently build and launch successful games on Ethereum. The product suite includes pre-built solutions, optimised for usability, that help developers get to market faster without sacrificing security or player experience. Builders get personalised web3 guidance, live support for their communities, and access to the largest ecosystem in gaming.
Immutable was the first gaming platform to deliver a zero-knowledge (zk) scaling solution to the Ethereum community and provides developers with multiple zk-based scaling options, including Immutable X, a rollup based on StarkWare technology, and Immutable zkEVM, powered by Polygon.
Mineloader are a premier game development studio, renowned for co-developing and working on some of the biggest AAA games titles in the world, including The Division 2, The Last of Us Part I, and various Final Fantasy titles such as Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. In their 20 years of games development, they have worked with many AAA gaming studios such as Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, EA, 2K Games, Sony and more.
While striving to build a great ecosystem, we have gathered core backers and supporters who are founders and leaders in the Blockchain space. Guild of Guardians is also supported by investors who are prominent groups and figures in the gaming, DeFi, and NFT spaces.
Guild of Guardians is currently running the Regional Test Launch in Canada since January 2024.
You can read more on the success of our previous milestones here:
Q2 2023: Beautiful Corner Demo
Q3 2023: Friends and Family Demo
Channels
Twitter (130K+ followers): https://twitter.com/GuildOfGuardian
Discord (130K+ members): https://discord.com/invite/gog
Website: https://www.guildofguardians.com/
