Introduction to Lost SamuRise: Journey to Tengoku
The Lost Samurise is a faction-based strategy game [set in] the fictional world of Tengoku (Heaven)... Our GameFi protocol is designed to be interoperable across the entire Ethereum L1-L2 ecosystem
We’ve spoken at length about Treasure’s vision of becoming a hub of decentralized metaverses… but how do we get there? How do we grow the player base? Is the pie large enough for all of us?
To address these questions, the team behind Lost Samurise has chosen to turn their gaze outwards. They seek to incorporate L1 NFT communities and their treasuries directly into the Treasure ecosystem by providing “lifeboats” to these projects. From gameplay loops to ecosystem integrations, the team is taking the idea of “composable building blocks” to a whole new level. In this guide, we aim to give you a quick breakdown of the intriguing world of the Lost SamuRise (as per the latest version of the Washipaper 1.0.3).
SamuRise NFT characters are minted and staked on Ethereum Mainnet (L1):
Any trading of your SamuRise NFT occurs at OpenSea on Ethereum Mainnet (L1).
SamuRise NFT must be unstaked before they can be sold. Note that staked SamuRise may still be listed on secondary marketplaces, but any attempt to purchase them will fail.
You'll be able to recognize staked SamuRise using their pre-reveal artwork: they will display "STAKED".
All other gameplay and transactions take place on Arbitrum (L2):
To claim any in-game items, rewards or discord roles you must be connected to Arbitrum network (L2).
Swords, land, and all other in-game items will be traded on the Treasure Marketplace on L2.
At its heart, Lost SamuRise is a board-game of social coordination: 3 teams race to complete achievements during a 4-month cycle. The goal of each Faction (team) is to "be the first to purify the lands within their 3 Provinces''. It may be confusing at first, but do bear with us 🥰
We can think of it as a “game of threes”:
You’ll be able to claim one SamuRise per transaction during the initial Mint/Reserve List period. Players on both of these lists may claim 3 more during another 24-hour window pre-public sale. Finally, any remaining SamuRise will be available for the public to mint. Make sure to follow the announcements on the SamuRise Discord to stay up to date on the exact details of the mint.
A few weeks after minting, a snapshot will be taken for the land airdrop: every wallet that contains a SamuRise will receive a Land NFT.
In your wallet, you'll then have at least one SamuRise NFT and one Land NFT. Your Land NFT will be assigned a Faction and it will tag all the other SamuRise in your wallet with that Faction.
For example: if your Land NFT is assigned to “Faction B”, all SamuRise in your wallet will also now belong to Faction B. This assignment is permanent – even if you transfer your Faction B SamuRise to another wallet, it will retain its original assignment and stay in Faction B.
How does this all come together?
There will be a total of three factions in Tengoku, with 3,333 SamuRise in each faction. Let’s continue the example of “Faction B”.
Since every SamuRise will have at most one piece of land, the 3,333 SamuRise in “Faction” B will have at most 3,333 pieces of land.
These (up to) 3,333 pieces of land are further divided into provinces under the faction’s management.
As such, “Faction B” controls 3,333 SamuRise and 3 Provinces, where each province contains up to 1,111 lands.*
*Side note: Lands are "up to" 3,333 per Faction and 1,111 per Province because only one Land is assigned per wallet. Hence, all wallets with more than one SamuRise will reduce total circulating Land supply. For example: if there were 9 players with 1,111 SamuRise each, there would only be 9 Land NFTs distributed.
To win, a faction must be the first one to finish purification/development of its three provinces. Your faction must collectively build
in each of its three provinces. Altogether, this means that your faction must finish constructing 9 buildings across its provinces in order to reach the end-game.
The following diagram from the Lost SamuRise Washipaper below illustrates the game's structure:
One in-game year in Lost Samurise equates to 4 months in real life.
Each game year is split into Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. There are many moving parts to sustaining your faction and completing development of your buildings over the seasons:
Feeding your worker SamuRise by harvesting rice ($GOHAN token)
Producing building materials and questing for upgrades/Treasures (!) for exotic crafting recipes
Choosing your council members to execute orders on your faction’s behalf
Training your faction’s army strength, measured in $CHIKARA
Attacking and sabotaging (!) the resources of other enemy factions through encrypted orders submitted by your faction’s council
At the end of each season all Faction decisions are resolved and the game updates for everyone.
Finally, Factions come before the Emperor and compete for his favor in the Winter Season (and deal with pesky revolts, if necessary). Further details on gameplay are still to be revealed, so stay tuned for future announcements from the Lost SamuRise team.
Some of Lost Samurise’s planned integrations with Bridgeworld include its own Bridgeworld guild. This subDAO will be led by Master Tacticians chosen from the Samurise community, who will undertake the heavy responsibility of compounding Samurise's investment pool. Samurise holders will also have access to a customized $MAGIC staking platform, the yields of which can be enhanced by performing actions on SamuRise land and owning special assets (eg. female Onna Musha Samurai). Yields come in the form of $MAGIC and in-game $BUSHO tokens.
As mentioned at the start of this article, we have the “L1 NFT Lifeboats” system as the cherry-on-top. Scandals are rife in the crypto-world, and the SamuRise team has been vocal about offering “rugged” projects the opportunity to participate in the Tengoku universe. L1 NFTs which fit a strict criteria will be burned and re-minted as peasants in SamuRise land who help tend to the farms. We’d highly encourage you to dive deep into the full WashiPaper at this link.
Woven together, these threads of game mechanics and ecosystem integrations form a rich tapestry of unique episodic experiences for players. The game theory is certainly rich with this one… we’ll see you on the other side of the river.
