Exosama is not another NFT.
The Exosama team decided to build a new Layer 2 solution for metaverse gaming on Polkadot EVM chains (e.g. Acala, Moonbeam, and Astar) and Ethereum mainnet to ensure the project can scale without relying on a chain and still keep the fast pace in shipping unique features to the NFT space.
Initially, the first decision was to build a Polkadot Metaverse Parachain, leveraging the shared security and the trustless bridging. Still, onboarding as a Parachain would take months. In contrast, Layer 2 only takes weeks with ready products to deploy.
Who’s behind the project?
Donnie leads Exosama Layer 2. He and his passionate OG team had a lot of influence in making the first group of Kusama parachain crowdloans mainstream with Moonriver. Furthermore, the CTO is doxxed, and it turned out he is ‘Adam Nagy’, an engineer of Energy Web.
Important Notes:
The governance will be run purely by NFT holders (e.g. Moonsama, and Exosama) to empower the NFT multi-chain L2.
The Layer 2 block time will be around 4-5 seconds, required for a better gaming experience. Currently, on Moonbeam and other parachains, the block time is about 12 seconds. (Later it will be reduced to 6 seconds according to the roadmap)
The Poop token will fund Projects built on Exosama L2 to enrich the L2 ecosystem. Despite its name being a shitcoin, you may want to watch it closely as it might be used for the payment of transaction fees on the Exosama layer 2 and more benefits for holding.
The Exosama holders must join Tokengate to enter private communication channels (e.g. Telegram and Discord) between the Exosama team and the Holder community. Occasionally, there will be alpha and special events.
How big is the Exosama ecosystem?
The ecosystem has been expanded from the Kusama Ecosystem to Ethereum Mainnet. What is more surprising, even though they are on different networks, they are connected:
1. MoonSama
Network: Moonriver
Total Supply: 1,000
Floor price: 5,990 MOVR
Mint Price: 1 MOVR
Moonsama is the OG NFT of the Kusama ecosystem with a current floor price of 5990 MOVR (≈ $59,900). It is only a year old. Moonsama has its Metaverse built on top of Minecraft named 'Carnage'. Carnage is accessible to Moonsama and Exosama owners.
Carnage is more than just a game, as it shares various resources for players to have fun and earn. Plus, there will be events to make the community stronger such as the best killing video of the week, and resources that can be used in the different games. Projects building on Exosama layer 2 will get strong support from the community.
Yet, you may wonder why the paywall to enter is so high. This might answer the question of why the MoonSama floor price keeps rocking. MoonSama NFT holders have the highest privilege to receive airdrops as they get all the perks available. According to the team mentioned, the privilege of receiving special drops is ranked as follows:
Moonsama
Exosama with Gromlin
Exosama
Gromlin
And with the launch of Exosama, the first project of the Polkadot ecosystem to ever enter Ethereum’s Opensea, Moonsama holders were airdropped with 2 Exosama per 1 Moonsama. (Around ≈ $10,000)
2. PondSama
Network: Moonriver
Total Supply: -
Floor price: 32 movr
Mint price: - movr
PondSama is a turn-based 5v5 game built on top of MoonSama. Where do you get the fish? The fish is the reward for playing the MoonSama Minecraft game. Game players can obtain ecosystem resources from one game and utilize them in another, which continually rewards the owners of each NFT as the ecosystem expands.
To play, a player will need to collect 5 fish to battle with another player. We never know what more benefits will come with this pond of fish, but there was an event where fish produced a token ‘Poop’ on Moonriver. Later, the Poop holders got airdropped on Moonbeam with another Poop. (ratio 1 Moonriver Poop : 3,500 Moonbeam Poop). Even shit getting real here on this ecosystem.
3. Gromlin
Network: Moonbeam
Total Supply: 3,333
Floor price: 1,720 GLMR
Mint price: 1 GLMR
In the Exosama ecosystem story, Gromlin is a creature living in the sewer of Exosama city. Are they hiding something? Why are they living there?
From what we know, Gromlins is the first NFT collection on Raresama, which is considered to be the biggest trading volume NFT marketplace in the entire Polkadot ecosystem.
With the benefits I mentioned, of course, Gromlin was airdropped to Moonsama and Exosama holders. Moreover, there are hints for Gromlin utilities like breeding (hopefully not with Exosamas), possible airdrop, and Gromlin Kart Game (It will be like Mario Kart but with little Gromlins driving).
4. Exosama
Network: Ethereum
Total Supply: 10,000
Floor Price: 2.8 ETH
Mint Price: 1,000 USDC
Launched on Ethereum Network, Exosama is said to be the biggest NFT ever created in the Polkadot ecosystem with the upcoming game (e.g. Battle of the Nova). Adopting the NFT technology ‘NFT 2.0’ allows holders to customize Exosama as they desire.
What is really cool about the NFT 2.0 movement is that holder can be rewarded for participation in particular events, doing quests to obtain special items wearing them as a perk.
Special items might grant Exosama special benefits. Like PODS a headphone NFT from Public Pressure that will airdrop NFT music to its holders.
If you want to play games have fun, and earn, Exosama NFT holders will share resources in the ‘Carnage’ metaverse with Moonsama holders but with a smaller ratio.
Partnerships
Moonsama, Gromlin, and Exosama adopt NFT 2.0 technology, which means they can freely equip items in the ecosystem. Imagine what we can do with special events (e.g. Halloween, New Year, Easter Egg) and clothing items from partnered projects from the crypto space or even real-world products.
The projects for which official partnerships have been announced so far are:
Diesel: A Clothing line with over 5,000 points of sale worldwide
Public Pressure: A Web3 media music company. Public pressure will have a unique item, ‘PODS’, for the ecosystem to equip. Moonsama? Gromlin? Exosama? All can wear! But how about the fish in Pondsama?
What’s next?
I really want to witness the plans Donnie and his team have for the Exosama Layer 2 solution, as they always come up with unique ideas and deliver. One thing I want to see is the future Donnie and his team wants to draw for this L2. Is Exosama L2 the next big thing for the entire NFT space? Time will tell. The thing we know is that the builders have a strong passion to build during the bear market and they will keep delivering.
Thanks for reading. Have a nice day.