As we continue to push the boundaries of Game-Fi, we have experienced the entire spectrum of emotions in this field, from unbridled excitement to a more grounded mindset. Throughout this journey, we have remained steadfast in our pursuit of the original goals we set out to achieve. Our dedication has driven us to expand the StarSharks series by exploring different game genres, aiming to provide a platform that embodies our vision of excellence through exceptional in-house content. Although we have achieved some milestones, we have also encountered numerous challenges along the way, leading to moments of self-doubt and confusion. However, amidst these trials, our unwavering commitment to delivering genuine value to our users remains resolute.

After carefully reflecting on our journey, we have reevaluated the structure and implementation path of our platform. We firmly believe that it must encompass the following core elements:

⚀ Quality and Quantity of Game Content: The platform’s success hinges on the availability of high-quality games that truly cater to players, providing them with emotionally engaging experiences. This establishes the commercial viability of the games and fosters a win-win situation. Furthermore, a diverse range of games ensures that players have limitless choices based on their preferences. Even mini-games, at times, can bring players immense joy.

⚁ Bridging Web2 & Web3 is the FUTURE: The future lies in combining the best of both worlds. By leveraging the advantages of Web3 technology, we can help traditional game developers embrace a new game development philosophy while expanding their networks and increasing profitability. Simultaneously, this platform has the potential to transform the unequal relationship between traditional game players and developers regarding asset ownership. Digital assets, impervious to any individual or organization, ensure that all in-game transactions can be traced and verified, establishing a more equitable and transparent gaming environment.

⚂ “Fi” acts as the spice for upgrading the whole gaming experience rather than the main course: “Fi” in Game-Fi is a key piece of the entire gaming journey. Asset trading and acquisition are integral components of a player’s overall gaming experience. An effective “Fi” infrastructure facilitates the seamless circulation of game assets, enhancing player immersion throughout the gaming process.

⚃ Collaboration and Innovation as Imperatives: Achieving this vision necessitates continuous collaboration and innovation. Developing an extensive array of game content encompassing various genres, quantities, and styles is an enormous undertaking that cannot be accomplished by a single team. We must engage more people in this process, including existing Web3 game developers, traditional game companies, and individual developers. By collaborating, customizing rules, fulfilling players’ needs, and sharing the value and profits generated by game content with the players, we can collectively realize the full potential of this vision.

By adhering to these core elements, we are confident in our ability to shape a platform that not only revolutionizes the Game-Fi field but also enriches the base of our users. Here we introduce our brand new platforming project — Gatoll.

What is Gatoll?

Gatoll is a decentralized metaverse platform that bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3 communities. By leveraging Web3 technologies, Gatoll provides users with control, transparency, and privacy. With a robust technical infrastructure, combining blockchain, decentralized storage, and cloud computing, Gatoll ensures secure and reliable data and transaction management.

As a comprehensive Web3 gaming solution, Gatoll offers core functionalities like the launchpad, social interaction, asset management, trading, and revenue sharing. It aims to create a fair and transparent Web3 gaming ecosystem for players, developers, asset holders, and traders.

Overall, Gatoll is a new and exciting frontier in the evolution of the internet. It combines the best of gaming, social media, and alternative life experiences into a single immersive experience as a community-driven platform that empowers users to create, explore, and connect in a truly decentralized way.

What is the core of Gatoll?

● The App
A mobile app that offers a curated selection of high-quality Web3 games developed both in-house and in collaboration with third parties. Players can enjoy gaming, manage their assets, trade items, and connect with like-minded players for socializing.

●Marketplace: NFT and Centralized Asset Trading and Leasing
Enables players to freely trade game assets and maximize the value of their assets by renting them to other players.

● Wallet: Social Recovery Wallet
To enhance the security and user experience of Web3 games on mobile devices. Gatoll utilizes a Social Recovery Wallet as the game asset wallet. This decentralized wallet, based on social accounts, allows users to recover their assets through social authentication, eliminating the need for complex concepts like the Secret Recovery Phrase and simplifying asset management.

● Developer Focus: Web3 SDK
Gatoll provides a comprehensive SDK for developers, offering core functionalities such as account login, game asset retrieval, and trading capabilities. This SDK enables developers to easily integrate their games into the Web3 ecosystem, combining high-performance game requirements with Web3 technology seamlessly.

● Sidechain: Efficient, Low-Cost, and Traceable
Gatoll employs a sidechain solution to create a fair and transparent gaming environment. Through this approach, all transactions involving centralized game items and in-game $SEA consumption are recorded on the blockchain, ensuring tamper-proof asset changes while reducing transaction costs and improving efficiency.

What hasn’t changed?

To inherit the token system of StarSharks and ensure platform universality, the Gatoll platform will continue to adopt two tokens: $SSS and $SEA. $SSS token will serve as the governance token of the platform, while the $SEA token will be used as the consumption token for all platform and in-game scenarios.

As the governance token of the platform, $SSS token holders can participate in platform governance, including major DAO voting, the allocation of game asset transaction fees, the distribution of in-game revenue, and other rights. Part of the platform’s earnings will be injected into the $SSS staking reward pool, allowing $SSS stakers to earn platform rewards through staking.

$SEA is defined as the in-game and platform consumption token. Games integrated into the Gatoll platform will prioritize the use of $SEA as the in-game consumption token. Developers can earn profits by earning $SEA tokens. The platform will charge a certain percentage of the revenue of each game as a platform service fee.

What’s next?

As StarSharks: Race is now unleashed, we venture into a magnificent new era. Formerly an autonomous game, StarSharks will continue acting as a game publisher for Gatoll (Composed of the Game and Atoll), presenting users with a collection of exceptional in-house games. The below roadmap outlines our plans for the future, with a focus on expanding our partnerships, sustainable revenue streams, and user base.

By Q3 2023, Gatoll will soon launch its MVP (Minimum Viable Product) version and gradually implement the guild system, social interaction features, and other essential functionalities, empowering players to connect with like-minded individuals, exploring features and enticing a broader audience to join and engage.

To our incredible users, we want to express our deepest appreciation for your continued trust and participation in the community. Your passion for exploration, creativity, and connection has been the driving force behind our progress. We are honored to have you as part of our journey and look forward to creating many more unforgettable experiences together.

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We’re thrilled to bring you some major updates and enhancements to our brand-new game, StarSharks: Race! The latest additions will take your gaming experience to new heights, introducing exciting features and opportunities for players to dive into. Get ready to embark on an exhilarating adventure as we unveil the details of these thrilling changes.

We understand that you may have questions about the compatibility of existing assets from StarSharks: Warriors in StarSharks: Race. We’re here to share that several assets can indeed be used seamlessly in the new game. Here’s a list of assets that you can use without any issues in StarSharks: Race.

· 1–7 Star Sharks
· 1–7 Star Sharks’ Vouchers
· Customizable 7-Star Shark
· Resetter
· Resetter Voucher
· Skill Retention Potion
· Skin Voucher
· Commander
· Customizable 16-Star Commander
· Honor Points

It’s important to note that the redemption process for those vouchers and the effects of each asset will remain consistent with how they functioned in StarSharks: Warriors. You can enjoy the same benefits and advantages as usual when utilizing these assets in StarSharks: Race.

But that’s not all! Our dedicated team has been working hard on it, fine-tuning and optimizing even more new content for your gaming pleasure. Keep reading as we delve into the exciting details that await you in this thrilling chapter of StarSharks!

⚀ 1–7 Star Shark Vouchers
Use these vouchers to redeem directly for sharks with corresponding star levels, the redemption process is the same as before. Besides, 1–3 Star Shark vouchers can be obtained by opening the Rare treasure box, you can view it in your “User Center’’ and are redeemable for a shiny new Star level Shark. Collect them and unlock a variety of powerful sharks to dominate the races.

⚁ Skill Retention Potion
Enhancing your sharks has never been more strategic. With the Skill Retention Potion, you can retain a specific skill when upgrading your shark. This means your upgraded shark will always possess that cherished ability, giving you an edge in every race.

⚂ Commander
Unleash the power of assistance in StarSharks: Race with the introduction of the Commander! Commanders lend their expertise to your sharks, granting additional buffs that significantly increase your chances of victory in racing in Ranked and Round table under Parkour mode.

⚃ Resetter
Need a fresh start? The Resetter is here to help. With this powerful tool, you can regenerate random skills for your sharks, giving you the opportunity to refine your strategy and optimize their performance.

⚄ The Customizable 7-Star Shark

Unlock the potential to tailor your shark’s skills and unleash a strategic advantage like never before. Gain the upper hand by selecting and fine-tuning the skills that align with your racing style and objectives. Whether you prefer lightning-fast speed, unyielding defense, or devastating attacks, the choice is yours. With the Customizable 7-Star Shark, you have the freedom to mold your shark into the ultimate racing machine, ready to dominate the competition.

⚅ The Customizable 16-Star Commander

By customizing the potent skills of the 16-Star Commander, it’s like equipping your team of sharks with a high-performance engine. This means that your shark squad gains formidable assistance and support, making them the ideal partners in Ranked and Round Table under Parkour mode. Prepare to witness the sheer synergy that the customized 16-Star Commander brings to your shark squad.

In addition to the above generic assets that can be used in StarSharks: Race, we’ve also made the optimization on some existing assets and added some new features, so let’s find out what they are!

♳ Distribution Adjustments in Prize Pool

There’s no change in the total output of $SSS, but we adjusted the distribution of its prize pool. The Referral Ranking will be removed, and the corresponding $SSS output will be allocated to the PVP ranking, which means that the $SSS prize pool from the Referral Ranking will be separated equally between the PVP rankings of both StarSharks: Warriors (50%) and StarSharks: Race (50%).

The Referral leaderboard bids farewell, paving the way for the PVP leaderboard to shine; however, rest assured that the competitive spirit lives on!

The only way for SEA issuance after the initial mint is from the games — StarSharks: Warriors and StarSharks: Race.

Players can earn $SEA in Single and Team ranking in StarSharks: Race. The top players in the single ranking (based on the ranking points, performance in the game, and players finishing the game) and the winning team in the team ranking (based on the ranking points of the player with the top performance in the game) are in title to $SEA rewards.

We believe that this distribution evolution can ignite fierce competition among players, offering even more opportunities for competitive players to claim their share.

♴ “Sale’’ Entrance Closure on our Official Website

We would like to announce the closure of the “Sale’’ entrance on the official website. But don’t worry, the excitement continues! Different types of treasure boxes will now be randomly dropped in the StarSharks: Race, providing you with an opportunity to obtain coveted rewards.

♵ Skin Treasure Box
Unveil the mysteries hidden within the Skin Treasure box! These exclusive boxes can only be obtained through the game StarSharks: Race. Each box holds the potential with the different probability to reveal a stunning array of six different levels of shark Racing Exclusive Skins: white, green, blue, purple, orange, and red.

♶ Rare Treasure Box
Seek the thrill of the unknown with the Rare Treasure Box. These prized boxes hold a variety of treasures, including 1–3 Star Shark vouchers, Commanders, 10–50 Honor Points, Resetters, and Skill Retention Potions!

Unlocking these elusive boxes is as easy as can be. Simply head over to the official website and navigate to your “User Center,” where you’ll find the enticing “My Bag” section. Explore the treasures that await within your collection of Skin and Rare Treasure Boxes. Unveiling the surprises within these boxes requires a corresponding amount of $SEA:

❖ A charge of 45 $SEA for each Skin Treasure Box opened
❖ A charge of 15 $SEA for each Rare Treasure Box opened

♷ Racing Exclusive Skin
Get ready to make a splash with the stylish new shark skins! Discover the two categories of skins available now: Classic Skins and Racing Exclusive Skins.

Classic skin is the initial Shark Skin NFT which is stored in the user’s “My Bag” on the official website, it can be used in both StarSharks: Race and StarSharks: Warriors, It is important to note that classic skins can not be burned or used for synthesis in StarSharks: Race; Racing Exclusive Skin is a special Skin that can only be used in and gotten from StarSharks: Race, not only can you change your shark’s appearance, but some skins also provide attribute boosts, allowing you to race in style while gaining a competitive advantage.

As the highly anticipated launch of the StarSharks: Race, we have an incredible surprise AIRDROP in store for all players who possess the SR and SSR Classic Skins and HomeLand NFT holders. This distribution is based on a snapshot taken on 2023-06-05 at 12:00:00 UTC+8, ensuring fairness and inclusivity for all. What’s more, this surprise reward is stackable, the higher the number of assets that meet the above conditions, the greater the corresponding quantity of Skin Treasure Boxes you will get; view it in the ‘‘Exclusive Skin’’ section of the “User Center” on the official website, opening to get the Free Racing Exclusive Skin directly!

The Racing Exclusive Skin serves as a valuable centralized asset and is available to TRADE. But the excitement doesn’t end there! You can also burn the Racing Exclusive Skins to obtain a new skin fragment exclusively tailored for racing. By collecting a certain number of skin fragments, you can then synthesize them into a magnificent brand-new Racing Exclusive Skin.

Should you choose to embrace this unique opportunity to elevate your racing style and showcase your individuality in the world of StarSharks: Race!

♸ Skin Fragment Voucher
Skin Fragment Vouchers can currently ONLY be obtained by burning the Racing Exclusive Skin, and a certain amount of fragments are redeemable for a new Racing Exclusive Skin. Isn’t it cool?

♹ The Feature of ‘‘Burn the Skin’’
Embrace the power of transformation! By burning unwanted Racing Exclusive Skins, you’ll receive a random skin fragment that can be synthesized into exciting new Racing Exclusive Skins. Experiment with different combinations, unleash your imagination, and upgrade new skins like never before.

What can I expect if I am a PFP or Homeland NFT holder in StarSharks: Race?

By holding a PFP or HomeLand NFT, you unlock exclusive benefits that enhance your gameplay experience. Let’s delve into the specific privileges that await you.

PFP Collection Holders enjoy a permanent 1% shark upgrade materials drop rate boost in the Round Table Mode, while HomeLand NFT Holders receive a permanent 3% shark upgrade materials boost in the same mode.

Additionally, as a monthly VIP Pass user, you can experience an impressive 30% shark upgrade materials boost in the Round Table Mode during the valid period. Using the shark upgrade materials ensures you have the resources to level up your sharks.

The above privilege is automatically activated by the system once you enter the game with your wallet.

Dive in and make the most of these exciting advantages!

Shh… the exciting news doesn’t stop there!

Last but not least, prepare to witness a remarkable advancement in the shark star-level system, Sharkies! With the optimization adjustment on the shark star level, the maximum upgrade level of sharks has now been raised to a whopping 15-Star.

Achieving this higher star level requires a unique approach — by burning your shark, you’ll obtain the essential materials needed for the upgrade. Please note that each level update entails a fee of $SSS. And the best part? The upgrade cooldown has been completely eliminated, granting you the freedom to level up your shark at your own pace, without any time constraints. It’s time to propel your shark to unprecedented heights and unleash its true power upon the races!

We are hoping for these fantastic updates to StarSharks: Race, making your gameplay more exhilarating than ever before. Embrace the challenges, collect remarkable rewards, and race towards victory in the immersive world of StarSharks: Race.

Stay tuned for more exhilarating adventures on the horizon! Get ready to unleash your power and embark on an incredible adventure in StarSharks: Race!

Disclaimer: All features and updates mentioned in this article are subject to the terms and conditions outlined by the team. Please refer to the official website and in-game notifications for further details.

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Sweater weather is always better together, and now that the Christmas season vacation mode may be on for you all— but not for StarSharks though!

To get into the 🎅🏻 Christmas spirit 🧦, we are happy to announce the arrival of an updated version of StarSharks: HomeLand Beta with more released features along with our Frosty Wonderland Event.

After you’ve roasted your marshmallows over the jolly fire, why not try out our latest game version? There may be a Christmas present waiting for you!

⚆ No man is an island

The HomeLands within the boundaries of the once-vast sea were torn apart by endless wars fought solely over resources, but after millennia of conflict, every inhabitant grew weary of fighting only for what they could get and yearned for more. They finally cried up to the endless waves above for a path forward.

On a clear moonlit evening, when the icebergs above the seas reflected off the crashing waves, something was happening. A response to their yearned wishes but also a warning.

The message read:

“Out of destruction, comes new growth

Out of the dust, phoenixes will rise

Out of landmarks, gifts will come forth

Follow the road map and all will be clear”

Deep beneath the seas, the given road map’s tail pointed to a new mysterious, haze-covered construction. As is normal, inhabitants of the sea read the message and approached the task of conquering the construction in different ways based on their understanding.

Some who were born leaders formed alliances and homelands flocked to join them to achieve the impossible. Meanwhile, other homelands wanted no part of an alliance because they believed they fought better alone and wanted to have a go at it themselves.

Little did they know that to teach and give inspiration back to them, the strongest and fiercest who got to and defeated each landmark first would receive the most rewards. Still, they were about to find out the secrets of the mysterious landmarks and what adventures lay ahead of them.

No man is an island, but will an island be enough?

⚇ HomeLand: Your Frosty Wonderland Event ❆

In consideration of providing the best immersive gaming experience, the data of the previous HomeLand Beta version will be erased, and users will need to download (will be updated on Dec 25)the latest version of the APK package.

We welcome passionate gamers to re-engage and experience some of the features that were not released until now. By following our published guidelines, users will be eligible for rewards once they have completed each assigned mission.

📍The Thalador (refer to the image attached below) will be considered your ultimate goal. Only defeating this wild landmark will be considered a valid achievement in the Homeland: Frosty Wonderland Event.

Call your allies to duty! In terms of achievement status, alliance related achievement data will be updated daily, while the others will be updated in realtime.

Event Duration:

December 25, 2022 (12:00 UTC) ~ January 21, 2023(12:00 UTC)

How to participate:

1. Download the newest version of the StarSharks: HomeLand Here once the event starts
2. Read the published guidelines below carefully
3. Start the raid!

Mission to accomplish:

What role will you play in the story?

The person who attacks the construction, the person’s ally, or the one who wants to mind their own business to win the reward?

We can’t wait to see what an inspiring scene it will be!

Note

📌 Rewards will be settled at the end of the event, and only the highest achievement of each category will be counted.

📌 In case of any dispute, the StarSharks team has sole and final discretion of interpretation of these Terms and Conditions

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"Where is the fun part?"

"It took me far too long to experiment step by step."

At this moment, a short experience might bring some doubts, but we are here to help you explain the allure of SLG games like HomeLand.

You may or may not be used to such kinds of games but at least give this a chance ↓

◁ What exactly is SLG (a simulated life game), and what is its impact on HomeLand?

StarSharks: HomeLand - an SLG game set beneath the waters and in which players can build their territories, defend their homelands, compete in conflicts, and more.

You may imagine HomeLand as a realm in which you can play whatever part you like, that's true. You can be an asset guardian, an aggressive attacker, or a loyal builder, whatever you want to be. All conditions will change in accordance with the shifting application scenarios, and you can exchange roles at any time, you are the main character in your HomeLand tale.

Speaking of the SLG impact on HomeLand, you may find much of the current gameplay in HomeLand Beta 1.0 to be repetitive and not so interesting, yikes (Boss please don’t kill me). This is because at this stage the team wants the community to join first with an experimental mindset and then get to know the game better via hands-on experience.

And yes, due to its SLG nature, it does require more effort and time compared to other games.

◁ What am I doing here & what is the underlying strategy of HomeLand?

HomeLand is so flexible that it can fit in any character, and whatever character you choose has its own storyline.

Introverts - You may be a freak builder, and building an intricately grand homeland that you are satisfied with is maybe what you have come to pursue.

Extroverts - You may be in pursuit of excitement and like your homeland sandwiched between opposing alliances so that you can stimulate the full potential of your strategy, and escape alive.

Extroverts ver.2 - Or more simply, you enjoy fighting alongside an alliance, and social attributes are all you need.

There are plenty of other possibilities, you name it.

But please do remember the SLG nature is here, by teaming up with others you will be able to make the best of it in HomeLand.

◁ I'm already familiar with all this information stated above, when will there be updates?

The bit we have to share here is that the "Wild Landmarks" as part of our main constructions are in the pipeline.

In fact, we're planning to kick off a series of events in the near future that will center around this major construction to assist you in better comprehending the game.

Little spoiler here is that this is not a task that can be accomplished by one person alone, and we would recommend the community to start forming alliances with other players during this testing phase at top efficiency in order to maximize the advantages when these Wild landmarks appear.

◁ How does teamwork work with this level of difficulty?

Take the Wild Landmark as an example here - its value stems from the fact that it can continually supply resources to the alliance that captures it until it is captured by another alliance. It costs less for the first alliance to capture it, so it is imperative that you try to capture it before everyone else.

◁ What do I get out of it?

The best part of the game such as attacking the main construction is that it can gain you incentives, this requires teamwork as we encourage. It's not just individuals who benefit, but the entire alliance as well. Plus the VERY BEST props can be obtained in this way too.

◁ Does this have something to do with the features you have planned?

The Wild Landmark is undoubtedly one of the fascinating structures that we mentioned on Twitter. Furthermore, there are other upcoming significant in-game contests and some comprehensive outputs on the way!

◁ Lead to the Key Point

Participants are suggested to join or form alliances and grow their territories as fast as they can by coming together in order to expand their coverage. This assists the alliance in remaining unified in order to defend against or declare war on rival alliances.

◁ And here comes the fun part:

How to interfere with others' HomeLand construction?

How to reduce the strength of your rival alliance?

What to do if your HomeLand becomes the focal point of a future conflict?

Or even how to decide if you should bail and join the opposing team if their growth is exponential compared to your team?

The stage is set for the drama and it is time to find out what you are capable of in this strategic survival game. Will you be a survivor?

◁ Okay… But when exactly?

Look forward to our next StarSharks: HomeLand update, which isn’t far away.

The main difference between StarSharks: HomeLand and StarSharks: Warriors is that HomeLand's SLG nature demands more patience and time to learn, which is possibly unusual, so consider it the first step toward reform. It’s like the old saying - "To lose patience is to lose the battle."

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To get you started quickly and build up your advantages against others in StarSharks: HomeLand, the team has prepared a "Getting Started Tutorial" for you. Follow along and you will get to know the basics and advanced techniques in minutes.

How to enter the game

First, navigate to our Public Beta event page and check if you have the access to enter the beta. If you have access, you should see a "Download" button to download the game (right now only the Android version is available) and the QR code for you to use to login to the game.

After downloading and installing the game, simply start the game and tap "Scan QR Code" and scan your QR code shown on the event page to login. We have provided a HomeLand and some sharks for you to experience the game. Select the HomeLand we provided and tap "Enter" to dive into the game.

Resources

There are three kinds of resources in HomeLand: Gold, Oil and Shells. Gold and Oil can be produced in-game and are in-game only (not tradable), Shells can be redeemed with SEA on our official website (when the official version is live).

Gold and Oil are very important as you will need to use them in all aspects of the game, such as construction, army assembling and alliance creation. You can mine gold and dig for oil by constructing the Gold Mine and the Oil Refinery.

Also, do not forget to make sure you have built and upgraded your Treasury and Oil Tank so that the produced Gold and Oil will not exceed the available storage limit.

Shells are very useful if you want to get ahead of others by speeding up the development of your kingdom. You can use it to immediately complete construction and soldier training.

In order to let you experience the convenience and advantages of Shells in the game, the team has provided some Shells for you to test out in the StarSharks: HomeLand Beta 1.0.

Construction

There are different types of constructions in the game and you have complete freedom over their locations and arrangement within your HomeLand. However, make sure there is no overlap between them otherwise the relocation will not be possible. As mentioned above, building and upgrading constructions require Gold and Oil, and every construction has its own completion duration. The higher the level, the higher the resources and time needed.

Another thing worth mentioning is that only one construction can take place at one time. Building and upgrading are both considered construction work. If there is already one construction going on, you can consider using Shells to immediately complete it first before starting another one.

Besides the economic buildings we introduced in the resources section, we will briefly introduce a few important buildings which need to be constructed for the general development of your HomeLand.

Your headquarters is the foundation of your HomeLand and most of the development and upgrades are bound to the level of your headquarters. Besides, upgrading the level of your headquarters also helps increase the daily cap for experience gain, resources from neutral monsters and boosts your combat effectiveness. Therefore, upgrading the headquarters should be the first priority.

The Veiled Eye is the core for the defense of your HomeLand. It helps to increase the city's defensive power and recovery rate. If your city is attacked by others and your city's defensive value is down to zero, some of your resources will be taken by others. To better protect your HomeLand, you can train more soldiers and upgrade Veiled Eye to increase its defense power.

In the Research Institute, you can research and upgrade technologies to provide different kinds of buffs to your HomeLand, including but not limited to resource production rate, combat effectiveness and soldier marching speed, etc.

As for Defense Technology, it is mainly for boosting the defensive power of your HomeLand by boosting damage and shield for your defensive army when you send them to garrison your HomeLand.

Battle

To build an army, at least three sharks are required, you will also need to train soldiers which are of the same type as your sharks(There are six types of sharks). For example, to form a team that consists of a tiger shark, a rock shark, and a whale shark, you will need to train tiger shark soldiers, rock shark soldiers and whale shark soldiers.

You can build barracks to train soldiers. There are six kinds of barracks, for the six types of sharks. Increasing the level of the barracks can increase the training limit, the total number of soldiers and their combat effectiveness.

After you have trained enough soldiers, it is time to form your teams. Click this button to switch to the map view.

There are four types of objects on the map: HomeLands, resource points, neutral monsters and obstacles. You can only attack HomeLands or resource points next to your HomeLand, but you can attack neutral monsters even if they are not next to your HomeLand.

To form a team, first select a location for your team to march towards or attack, and click on the "green +" button to enter the edit team panel.

In the edit team panel, select the sharks you would like to use and fill with troops. One thing to note is that different kinds of sharks can lead different numbers of troops.

After you have selected the sharks and troops lined up under them, you can check the total combat power of the team and tap on "Save" to save your team (you will be able to add a shark commander to lead the team in the future).

You can then tap the

button to change the formation of your team. Since the battles will be in the same form as on StarSharks: Warriors, it is recommended to put sharks with higher HEALTH stats at the front. After arranging the formation to your liking, tap on

to save the formation.

Now you can exit the edit team panel and select the team you want to use and tap on "Dispatch" to send your team to the location you chose, and you will see your team move towards the target location.

The battle will be done automatically and you can tap on

to check the battle records. You can also tap on the "Replay" button to view the battle replay.

If you beat the neutral monsters, you will receive some rewards, such as Gold, Oil, etc. However, if you conquer a resource point, you can earn the resources based on the productivity of the point. Therefore, make sure you send enough army troops to reinforce the conquered resource points to protect them from being occupied by others.

If you are planning to attack others' HomeLands, you will first need to move your HomeLand next to your target. In order to move your HomeLand, you need to occupy four resource points first, and then you can simply tap on "Move HomeLand" and confirm the move.

Then you just need to tap the HomeLand next to yours and tap "Attack" Then select the team you would like to send and tap "Dispatch." you just need to wait for your team to arrive and the battle will be automatically done.

Before starting the next battle, make sure to fill up your team with troops in order to maintain combat power. Otherwise, you may suffer a loss in battle and lose your troops (sharks will not be lost). One thing to note is that Injured troops will recover and return in the next battle.

Alliance

It is often said that unity is strength. It is time to form a great alliance to conquer the undersea world together. You can choose to join an existing alliance or create your own. Simply tap on "Join" to find the alliance you want to join.

What's more fun than creating your own alliance? You can create your own alliance when your headquarters reaches level 8 and it would take 100 Shells to do so. Tap "Create" and input the information about your alliance and you are ready to go. Finally, tap "Create an Alliance" to create the alliance.

After creating your alliance, don't forget that you can promote your alliance in the public channel (kingdom) to let others know about your great alliance. It only takes 2 Shells to do so. You can also chat with your alliance members in your own alliance channel too.

If your alliance is not set to be open to anyone, remember to accept the application to join your alliance; otherwise you may miss out on some great members!

Managing the alliance solo could take a lot of effort. Luckily you can assign members to different roles to help manage the alliance. Just make sure to check the permissions each role has beforehand.

Simply select the member you want to assign a role to, select the "role" tap "Confirm" and it is done.

Summary

That is pretty much all for you to get started with our first public beta of StarSharks: HomeLand. We deeply appreciate your participation in this beta test and there will be more and more enhancements along the way. We look forward to your feedback and together we will make this better.

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Hey Sharkies, it’s been a while since we shared the development process with you. Actually, we have been spared no effort to develop and improve the game in order to accomplish our objectives and give back to the community. At the same time, to accomplish our true metaverse goals, we’ve also made some strategic adjustments. Here, we’ll share with you our upcoming plans and what we’ll be presenting to our players.

We hope that through this sharing, you will better comprehend the project’s ambitions and desires, as well as how we have polished our platforming approach.

StarSharks just celebrated its first birthday, and this latest phase in our ongoing journey has provided the team with significant value. While the festive cheer is still in the air, we wanted to share with you some of the developments and changes that have taken up a lot of our efforts and time.

After reading this article, you will come to see and understand that the StarSharks series is no longer a metaverse in the sense that you currently understand it, but rather goes back to its most fundamental form to link the project development of our platform and ultimately pave the way to bring forth the idea of the mother brand we want to deliver.

The ultimate question on your mind right now is, "What form will it take?" Come along with us as we unveil each phase.

Brand Upgrade

With the purpose of bridging Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 and providing a comprehensive experience to our users, our team has made a strategic decision to build a parent brand: Mirrorealm. It will act as the main brand of all the products and services offered by the team. StarSharks and the coming Gatoll platform will be different product lines under this unified brand. Follow along below as we explain more in detail.

Describe Gatoll (Composed of the Game and Atoll)

Gatoll is a mobile-based application that our team has built after such a long gap period. It is a vehicle for the idea that we want to break out of the silo scenario and enable Web 2.0 users to connect better and more smoothly to Web 3.0; It is a platform that serves as a starting point and incorporates several services for users, including wallets, marketplaces, data aggregators, boards, initial game offerings, etc. Coupled with the recent addition of Binance Connect’s fiat to crypto functionality, it is anticipated that it will connect a larger community of Web 2.0 users with a more approachable and practical experience.

As the content platform with integrating games and information, it is the core of the game platform to help users get games and game-related content efficiently. The platform will provide a venue for all kinds of game strategies and discussions among the users. In the future, players can also download and launch games with this unified gaming portal with just a few taps.

What about StarSharks?

Wouldn’t that render the StarSharks we’ve been waiting to update useless? You might be asking. As we have previously mentioned, StarSharks will remain focused on game development, and its future path will remain consistent with this idea. As a result, it will be seen to function purely as a game publisher continuing to develop high-quality game series to sustain the entire ecosystem.

Moreover, we will also vigorously support high-quality projects in the market to produce more IPs and content with more themes and expand the breadth of the meta-universe together with excellent game development studios around the world.

How about the dual tokens (SSS and SEA)?

The two tokens in our economic ecosystem: SSS and SEA will continue to be the tokens on the platform. Besides the original use cases of the two tokens on the StarSharks platform, there are more coming in future updates.

Regarding SSS, it will also be used as a governance token for Gatoll. Early major use cases on Gatoll include: staking to obtain dividend rewards, obtaining whitelist quotas, etc.

As for SEA, it will also be used as a platform token for Gatoll, with early use cases primarily in the form of content creator incentives, unlocking premium features, etc.

Please note that even though SEA will continue to be used as the in-game token in the StarSharks series of games, there’s been no change in the current output method.

More use cases for these two tokens will be enriched and disclosed to the public with product updates.

As inseparable strategic partners in the development of our projects, StarSharks Affiliates can continue to enjoy all current benefits in Gatoll and more rewards will be granted as the platform’s product keeps iterating.

After sharing the above details, we want you to see our schedule for the coming quarter as well. Please check it out below.

• StarSharks: HomeLand goes live (End of November)
• Gatoll goes live (End of December)
• StarSharks: Race (In development )
• Gatoll Essential Features Updates and Iterations

Summary

The team will continue to develop and offer different products and services to our valuable users and bring you the most unified and easy-to-use experience as we bridge the gap between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 and introduce more players into the meta-universe that we are vigorously building with the community.

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As we mentioned in a previous Medium article, up to 5,000 randomly generated final sets of the Slacking Sharks PFP Collection will be distributed in two phases.

⚆ Phase 1: StarSharks OGs

This phase is issued exclusively to StarSharks OGs; see below for the criteria to meet this phase. A total of 3,000 Slacking Sharks PFPs can be minted on a first-come, first-served basis!

At least one of the following criteria needs to be met:

♚ VeSSS holders
♚ StarSharks’ NFT(Shark/Shark commander/Shark Skin/HomeLand NFT) holders

Here are two things that deserve your attention:

⚀ Anyone fulfilling each of the above-mentioned conditions will be given one free mint quota and a user can get up to two free mint quotas by fulfilling both of them.

⚁ The Snapshot for eligible users of the free mint quota took place at 3:47 AM UTC on 18th Nov 2022.

The minting entrance of Slacking Sharks PFP Collection regarding the distribution to StarSharks OGs will be open on November 24th, 2022 at 12:00 UTC.

⚇ Phase 2: Marketing events & Beta Test Giveaways

This phase is issued to winners of Marketing events & Beta Test Giveaways, a total of 2,000 Slacking Sharks PFPs free mint quotas will be given out.

✦ Marketing: 1,000

1,000 free mint quotas are given for the marketing events(through completing the Anniversary Carnival campaign, Twitter events, etc.).

✦ Beta Test Giveaway: 1,000

The first 1,000 players who participated in the Beta Test (data will be deleted after the test is over) of StarSharks: HomeLand will be given a free mint quota.

The minting entrance of Slacking Sharks PFP Collection regarding the distribution to marketing events & Beta Test Giveaways will be open in Early to mid-December. (Specific time will be announced later)

How to Mint the Slacking Sharks?

There’s no doubt that it is probably of interest to a lot of users here, let’s continue with the guidelines.

Step1: Access the minting portal here: https://starsharks.com/market/slacking-sharks

Step2: Connect your wallet. Please ensure this is a wallet that holds the Slacking Sharks’ free-mint quota(s).
(Our website will verify the number of your free-mint quota(s))

Step3: Confirm “Mint”.

Step4: Sign for the transaction. This will cost you just gas.
(Wait for the transaction to process. This may take a few minutes.)

Step5: Minting was successful. Your free-mint quota(s) will now be burned, and your Slacking Sharks will be in your wallet.

Tips: The Slacking Sharks PFPs shown in all activities are randomly generated for showcasing ONLY and it does not imply any guaranteed combinations in the actual mint.

Security is advised:

⌦ There will be no mint from anywhere but our https://starsharks.com/market/slacking-sharks
⌦ Nobody from our team will message you for any sensitive information, ever.
⌦ Do not give anybody your seed phrase or private key; do not share your screen; do not click links sent to you. Mods and founders are easily impersonated on Discord / Telegram, where people can be easily taken advantage of.
⌦ If you experience something you believe to be a scam or predatory, reach out to one of our moderators to let us know, or report it in the #scammers-report channel in our discord server.

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A time to reveal the secret — Slacking Sharks

You’re probably wondering what we revealed about PFP in our Carnival event series. In the run-up to the release of Slacking Sharks, we hope you’ve learned enough about the collection, and we’d like to introduce you to the minting schedule and distribution breakdown prior to the launch.

Slacking Sharks — the very first PFP collection inspired by one of the StarSharks Metaverse’s NFT species. A distinctive identity mark of social attributes, unique in nature. We hope that the random properties of the Slacking Sharks combinations which resulted in up to 5,000 final sets will provide the community with a grand vision of its application scenarios and that it will eventually become an iconic symbol on the platform.

Free mint quota distribution of Slacking Sharks

As we mentioned in a previous Medium article, up to 5,000 final sets which we will distribute as a free mint base. Without further ado, let’s get straight to the distribution.

✦StarSharks OGs: 3,000
All VeSSS holders AND StarSharks’ NFT(Shark/Shark commander/Shark skin/HomeLand NFT) holders are eligible to grab the free mint quota on a first come first served basis. Anyone fulfilling each of the above-mentioned conditions will be given one free mint quota and a user can get up to 2 free mint quotas by fulfilling both of them.

The Snapshot for eligible users of the free mint quota took place at 3:47 AM UTC on 18th Nov 2022.

✦ Marketing: 1,000
1,000 free mint quotas are given for the marketing events(through completing the Anniversary carnival campaign, Twitter events, etc.).

✦ Beta Test Giveaway: 1,000
The first 1,000 players who participated in the Beta Test (data will be deleted after the test is over) of StarSharks: HomeLand will be given a free mint quota.

Benefits for the holders:

• An identity in the Shark-Metaverse
  It is a collection of profile pictures that you can use across the StarSharks ecosystem, including the games released already and developed in the future, that you can use as a unique identity to interact and socialize with others.

The Slacking Sharks will hold much special utility in the future. This will be expanded on the project’s developments.

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Time passes surprisingly quickly and it’s already been a year since we launched the Starsharks metaverse. We’re thrilled to share this amazing period with you all!

This celebration should be all about YOU!

To commemorate such a joyous occasion — our 1st Anniversary, we will be holding a 12-day carnival with a series of activities. For users who went along with the ongoing BNB Chain Football Fiesta, we will have some special settings in the campaign series — Glory Pass holders can enjoy additional bonuses & prizes!

Obtain points during the timeline of each event and use your gained points to exchange for your rewards or try your luck in the lucky spin.

All participants will have a chance to win a share of the $5,000 prize pool!

Note:
♞ Only one entry per wallet address per activity.
♞ All collected rewards and points can be viewed in real-time.
♞ The prize exchange time will go live later (will announce soon).
♞ You can exchange the prizes if you have enough points, but each prize can only be exchanged once.

Reward list for Carnival Events: Points Exchange List

• 100 x 10 BUSD — 50 points each
• 50 x homelands — 40 points each
• 100 x 5 BUSD — 30 points each (Glory pass exclusive)
• 100 x 10 SSS — 20 points each (Glory pass exclusive)
• 100 x 1,000 SEA — 20 points each (Glory pass exclusive)

A secret surprise that has yet to be revealed!

As an integral part of the platform development, we are committed to bridging the gap between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 so as to empower our community users with more privileges and convenient services. As a first step, we see the PFP with the distinctive identity mark of social attributes. The one-and-only nature will be given more application scenarios as the platform evolves.

The random properties of PFP combinations ushered in up to 5,000 final sets which we will distribute as a free mint base. The exact PFP distribution plan will be revealed during the upcoming event as leaving an Easter Egg back to our community!

More detailed information to be disclosed during the upcoming event as leaving an Easter Egg back to our community!

Keep up with our upcoming events, and you’ll get a deeper insight by participating.

⚀ Activity 1: Dig in Homeland

Welcome to Star Sharks’ Finding Hints in the Chaos — Chaotic shark accessories may lead you to clues! Find the secret code in the issued poster and enter the correct secret code on the StarSharks Campaign Page to obtain your points!

Note:

♗ Each user has a total of 3 chances to fill in the answer and we will provide hints on the details page
♗ Please fill in the exact secret code in a logical order.

Duration: 11/15 12:00 UTC — 11/18 12:00 UTC

Reward: General users: 10 Points; Glory Pass Holders: 20 Points

Eligibility Requirements:

1. Join StarSharks on Discord
2. Follow StarSharks on Twitter
3. Join BNB Chain on Discord
4. Follow BNB Chain on Twitter

⚁ Activity 2: Vote for your favorite PFP

The ten most eye-catching PFPs are put up on the StarSharks Campaign Page, and the community gets to choose which PFP reigns dominant by voting. The PFP which gets the most votes is declared — all users who chose that PFP will obtain points!

Duration: 11/19 12:00 UTC — 11/22 12:00 UTC

Reward: General users: 10 Points; Glory Pass Holders: 20 Points

Eligibility Requirements:

No restrictions

⚂ Activity 3: Mystery S

This event requires you to solve the puzzle as fast as you can! A rough idea of the puzzle design may be found in StarSharks’ past social tweets.

Duration: 11/23 12:00 UTC — 11/27 12:00 UTC

Reward: General users: 5 Points; Glory Pass Holders: 10 Points

Eligibility Requirements:

Hold at least one NFT from StarSharks in your wallet.

⚃ Activity 4: Pop-up Quiz

The team will show up randomly in StarSharks TG or Discord and announce the quiz event 15 minutes before and the first 5 users with the correct answers will obtain points. Act fast, and obtain your points by typing the correct answers!

Duration: 11/23 12:00 UTC — 11/27 12:00 UTC

Reward: General users: 10 Points; Glory Pass Holders: 20 Points

Eligibility Requirements:

1. Join Starsharks Discord
2. Join Starsharks Telegram main group

How to Get Started:

1. Join our official Discord and Telegram groups
2. Keep up with our social announcements in either group
3. When the event starts with a question and answers session, post your answers as fast as possible
4. The team collects the wallets of the winners and points are credited to the winners afterward

⚄ Activity 5: Lucky Spin

This is an anniversary limited event to mark StarSharks’ first anniversary! There will be a spin-to-win prize wheel on StarSharks Campaign Page and by participating with points you will stand the chance to win rewards and might be lucky enough to even get the grand prize!

Duration: 11/23 12:00 UTC — 11/27 12:00 UTC

Reward:

One of the following:

♔ 200 x PFP
♔ 30 x Shark NFT
♔ 10 x Homeland
♔ 100 x 5 $SSS
♔ 50 x 200 $SEA
♔ 250 x 2 BUSD
♔ 200 x 5 BUSD
♔ 10 x Homeland limited-edition shark skin
♔ Thanks for participating

Eligibility Requirements:

10 points for one spin

How to Get Started:

1. Click on the “spin” button below the prize wheel to start spinning
2. Click on collect, if you land on a prize
3. Collect your reward

Stay tuned to StarSharks, the excitement is not to be missed!

Join us as we celebrate our 1st anniversary together — a milestone that was only achievable because of your support. As we enter a new chapter, we look forward to achieving greater success and new milestones! Once again, we’d like to give a big thank you to the community for sharing your Shark-Metaverse journey with us.

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Dear Sharkies,

We’re sorry to bring our Sharkies this news — the StarSharks: HomeLand BETA scheduled for the end of the month will be moved to November 2022.

For those who have been with us all along, the Star Sharks team has always maintained the principle of putting the product first. Due to the complex nature of the SLG games, the team is re-evaluating the scope of work to be done and therefore had to postpone the release while our DEV team continues to polish and iterate on testing. It was definitely a tough decision for us, especially after leaving you hanging for such a long time and being super behind schedule, but we still could not release a product that would barely satisfy your appetite at this stage and would then be worthless. This action is taken to achieve a goal that shares our values and our vision for the development of our platform.

The StarSharks: HomeLand has in fact completed the entire building of the game system, from the graphics to the layout of the game. However, the metaverse we are trying to build is enormous and because of this we need to ensure the quality of the launch. Therefore, some more time is needed to balance and optimize each of the possible ways we can think of.

Meanwhile, with the belief that the transition from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 and platforming is the way forward for building an immersive metaverse, the team is going to bring to the community an integrated crypto wallet within the game. We are so excited to tell you that with close cooperation with Binance Connect (formerly known as Bifinity), the related technical development is about to be completed. Our users will be able to purchase crypto assets directly with fiat currency to the extent permitted by local laws. Also, the mobile version of our game will soon be available on a variety of app stores. Both are major steps for expanding the user coverage for our platform.

In the course of building a metaverse platform, StarSharks will be one of the many IPs available on the platform. As you are aware, we recently released a web based “Treasure Hunt” mini-game with some of the elements of the StarSharks: HomeLand. This is only the pilot activity, and the second game is a mobile game offering way more content including the construction of your homeland, teaming up as alliances, wars, and conquers with numerous strategies. We aim to bring our users a more complete application scenario and a rich game experience through iteration and refinement. The Beta version of the StarSharks: HomeLand is anticipated to go live at the beginning of November.

Soon after, we will introduce our own series of PFP to be used across different features and games throughout the metaverse in order to achieve our vision, at the same time incubate different IPs for the whole ecosystem and build more social application scenarios. This is an important step in strengthening the uniqueness of the community and building the brand.

We also wanted to share that the once proposed cross-chain idea has now undergone significant changes. As soon as any of the aforementioned changes in the future, we will keep you informed. With the long road ahead of us, keeping our promises to you is our top priority and presenting you with the StarSharks: HomeLand we have built will be the first step on this path.

We will send out a notice later to convey the settlement regarding the commitment of the relevant testing vouchers already given. We’re hoping that the teaser video will at least give you a glimpse of how committed we are to fulfilling your urge for StarSharks: HomeLand.

We thank you for your patience.