@khac_cao97463 I think this part automatically shows the opposite,the team is confident and believes in the long term vision more than ever, and so does the community. People is watching silently SA's progress, a lot of them is ready to (re)jump in at the right moment. SA team is doing great.
Massive Town Hall Incoming โ Date Confirmed! ๐
The next highly anticipated Town Hall has a date! Join us Thursday, May 28th at 11:00am PST / 7:00pm UTC!
We'll be diving deep into the latest development across number of our products, with a special spotlight on Project Galia, @ZinkSVM, and SAGE C4. You don't want to miss it.
Join us in Discord: https://t.co/9kDWSFpNqD
Star Atlas roadmap explained: from Project Galia, Surge, SAGE, Fleet Command, and UE5 gameplay to the long-term vision for faction warfare, player-driven economy, territory conquest, fleet battles, and DAO governance.
https://t.co/br1ZEOMTsJ
#StarAtlas#UE5#Web3Gaming#Solana
Hard, but achievable. Web3 gaming still offers a massive value proposition to players. Will just take time and a great product to initialize the migration.
@solana_sailor@staratlas@solanagaming@solana The team is super transparent, informative, and they have always kept building, no matter the scenario. The community is also incredibly bonded, resilient, there's a solid foundation made of these two entities that work in the same direction. It's a great journey, come see.
A Solana gaming story that shows how challenging on-chain gaming really is: @staratlas ๐
โข 2020 - the vision
AAA game: a massive on-chain space MMO
not just a game, but a full sci-fi metaverse with ships, factions, economy, and player ownership
โข pre-launch - foundation
led by @at_mwagner (not from traditional gaming)
ambition was enormous from day one
โข 2021 2022 - hype
NFT ships generate millions
team scales aggressively โ ~235 people at peak
โข 2022 - shock
FTX collapse hits hard
~$15.5M lost from treasury, plus other major damage from the same period
โข 2023 - reality
multi-million monthly burn
AAA scope proved too heavy to sustain
โ layoffs ~120 people cut (~73%)
โ team goes from ~167 โ ~45
โข 2023 2024 - pivot
focus shifts to survival + shipping
SAGE (on-chain gameplay)
mobile app
economy first
at times in October 2023, it reached ~15% of Solana daily transactions
โข 2025 today - rebuild
SAGE Labs stays live
Holosim adds another playable layer
the product becomes more real, even if slower than the original dream
โข ahead - direction
C4 and Zink now look like the next big steps
focus is on cheaper gameplay, deeper systems, and the next major releases
building games is hard
building AAA games is harder
building them on-chain is a different level entirely
many would have walked away
credit to Star Atlas for still being here, still building, and doing it the right way
hopefully the future of Solana gaming is built by teams like this ๐ฎ