Gods Unchained is redefining the gaming landscape by offering players true ownership of their in-game assets. This free-to-play tactical card game requires not only strategic prowess but also intelligent deck-building to outwit opponents. With former game director of Magic The Gathering: Arena, Chris Clay, at the helm, Gods Unchained ensures an immersive and competitive experience. Players have the liberty to trade, sell, and use their cards like physical collectibles. The game's native token, $GODS, enhances this digital economy by facilitating NFT creation, in-game purchases, and rewarding players. Dive into the revolutionary world of Gods Unchained and discover a new era of gaming ownership.
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What Is Gods Unchained (GODS)?
Gods Unchained is a free-to-play tactical card game that gives players true ownership of their in-game items. Led by the former game director of Magic The Gathering: Arena, the game focuses on competitive play, which means players must strategically outsmart their opponents by building decks that are able to combat a wide variety of tactics. In Gods Unchained, players completely own their digital items, giving them the freedom to trade, sell, and use their cards any way they like – just like owning real, tangible cards.
GODS is an ERC-20 token used as premium currency within the Gods Unchained ecosystem. The tokens will be used to:
- Create an NFT.
- Used within the marketplace and for in-game purchases.
- Distributed as a reward to players.
To learn more about this project, check out our deep dive of Gods Unchained.
How Many GODS Tokens Are There?
There’s a hard cap of 500 million GODS tokens. It will be allocated across player incentives, the developers, and a public sale.
Who’s the Team Behind Gods Unchained?
Chris Clay (Gods Unchained Game Director)
Chris Clay is the former Game Director at Magic: The Gathering Arena (MTGA), during which it went from low 8-figure to $200M ARR. Chris became a gamer before he could crawl, beating his dad first in Pong and then just a few short years later in Space Invaders on the Atari 2600. His love of gaming continued to evolve into competitive play through the Quake mod Thunderwalker CTF, and creative mapping and modding endeavors with Team 3 for Quake 2. This love of creation led him to join Turbine Inc. in 2000, where he spent 15 years working on MMOs such as Asheron’s Call 1&2, Lord of the Rings Online, and finally the MOBA Infinite Crisis. Progressing from Technical Artist to Art Direction and finally as a Game System’s Designer focusing on combat and tying together all of the elements of game creation to create responsive systems. Before joining the Immutable team as the Game Director for Gods Unchained, Chris spent the previous three years at Wizards of the Coast working on Magic the Gathering: Arena, first as a Principal Designer and then as Game Director. Chris is passionate about building brand new economies which empower gamers and communities via NFTs.
James Ferguson (Co-Founder) Forbes 30 Under 30
James previously led a software development team at a billion-dollar eCommerce company. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Sydney. He taught himself how to code by doing the MIT curriculum online and moving to Silicon Valley in 2014. Together with his brother Robbie, they have previously built multiple businesses, including an eCommerce platform that utilized machine learning to optimize conversion rates, as well as a cryptocurrency arbitrage trading and lending fund. After getting involved with Ethereum in 2015, they fell down the rabbit hole and since then have built the world’s first multiplayer blockchain game, the first blockchain TCG, and the first zk-rollup for NFTs.
Robbie Ferguson (Co-Founder) Forbes 30 Under 30, Thiel Fellow
Robbie previously built an automated capital gains tax platform at KPMG which was licensed to Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. He became obsessed with Ethereum in 2015 and dropped out of a Computer Science/Law degree at the University of Sydney to found Immutable. He was awarded the Thiel Fellowship in 2020. Robbie believes that future generations will spend most of their waking hours in virtual reality and wants to ensure the digital worlds they live in are as economically meaningful as the one we currently inhabit.
Tokenomics and Distribution Model of GODS
The Gods Unchained (GODS) crypto token has a fixed total supply of 500,000,000 tokens. The tokenomics and distribution model of GODS are as follows:
- Play to Earn Rewards: 170,000,000 $GODS tokens (34% of total) are reserved for the Play to Earn Rewards pool. This is the largest allocation as Play to Earn is the key value proposition of Gods Unchained. With this rewards pool, the aim is to attract a large group of active players to participate in the Gods Unchained ecosystem.
- Community & Ecosystem Fund: 102,500,000 $GODS tokens (20.5% of total) are set aside as a rewards pool to foster community engagement. The purpose of the pool is to reward activities which are difficult to quantify but add significant value to the game and game economy. Part of the monthly allocation will be distributed to the community at the Foundation’s discretion. Another part of the monthly allocation will be distributed according to what’s decided via monthly governance proposals.
- Community Allocation: 35,000,000 $GODS tokens (7% of total) are allocated to community in-game events that reward long-standing and current users.
- Gods Unchained Reserves: 125,000,000 $GODS (25% of total) tokens have been allocated to Gods Unchained Pty Ltd, the team behind the Gods Unchained game, for the development of the $GODS token. Tokens will unlock over 48 months with a 1-year cliff after a successful token sale.
- Token Foundation: 6.5% of the total tokens are allocated to the Token Foundation.
Purpose and Utility of the GODS Token
The Gods Unchained crypto token, $GODS, is designed to be the core currency of the Gods Unchained game, a free-to-play trading card game where players compete in epic duels using fantasy cards. The token is used for various purposes within the game's ecosystem, including crafting new NFTs, making in-game purchases, and participating in governance decisions.
One of the unique aspects of the Gods Unchained economy is the Staking Rewards Pool. Any $GODS used in the game, such as using $GODS to craft new in-game NFTs, will be sent to this rewards pool. Additionally, 20% of all primary sales and 20% of secondary trading fees in Gods Unchained will be paid for in $GODS.
The $GODS token has a fixed total
