We've been through probably the harshest bear market in the short crypto history, and some still think it's a bear market. That's the accumulation time, sometimes you feel it's about to break up, other times you feel it's going to break down, but most of the times it's going sideways. Boring, which is great, for whoever keeps doing what needs to be done.
By the way I started this post you might think it is about crypto markets, but it's not.
It's about Splinterlands. After its explosive growth at the end of the previous bull market, followed a long way down with the crypto market. Maybe it was harsher the fall in the case of Splinterlands, given the heights from where it happened. But they kept working, even after a serious downsize and reorganization, and despite the change in the sentiments of players and investors, from extreme exuberance to the "Splinterlands is dying" sentiment, or at least down to earth.
Anyway, in the short span of a few months, maybe even weeks, they'll release 3 major projects that are in various phases of their overall development.
Genesis League Goals Open Beta
Tomorrow, August 3rd, Genesis League Goals (GLG) is launching its Open Beta phase, as announced on Discord:
As the announcement says, that means the game will be opened for everyone, after being open for testing for a select number of players who bought a significant number of packs in the presale.
The message also tells us this is not the full release, rewards are missing, as are skills and possibly other elements.
I haven't tested the game, but I'm sure it will have its share of players after all elements are added, despite not looking like the real thing (football, or soccer for Americans).
Land Expansion - Phase 1.5
Land is a huge project for Splinterlands. And 1.5 will be the first playable phase of the game. And it's coming in August (officially confirmed, without a fixed date).
Compared to what we knew so far, Runies are back into play for Land 1.5, the initial release. Not titles or earning totem fragments on harvesting, which look like will be rolled out later.
Although it wasn't talked about in this week's Town Hall, I assume Land Surfing will continue to come at a later release.
Something else that might be new (not promised) at the initial release was an "Auto Fill" option, which would be helpful for filling in low-level plots with low-level cards, just to make them work, as far as I understood from Nate. That would be a major helper for those with an impressive number of plots.
Anyway, looks like we can count weeks until Land 1.5 is here. That's the second one.
SoulKeep - Tower Defense
There is currently a pre-proposal to stop rewards for holding Nightmare packs when the gameplay of SoulKeep begins and replace them with rewards earned through gameplay. I don't believe it makes sense not to pass this proposal, so I think it will pass.
That is probably one of the last roadblocks before launching SoulKeep. Maybe it won't be in August to not overlap with Land 1.5, but it will follow soon after, most likely.
Final Words
Here they are: 3 major Splinterlands projects about to be released publicly. Among the 3, land has been expected the most and for the longest time, but we will see how each of them perform in their own niche. I'm also quite confident in SoulKeep, if it's a good one. We'll see about GLG.