Web3 game developer and publisher GRAMPUS has announced a partnership with blockchain gaming platform Immutable to bring over their GRAM Ecosystem and its flagship game over to the increasingly popular Immutable zkEVM.
What Does This Partnership Bring?
With this new collaboration, the cook and earn tycoon game Norma in Metaland will be onboarded to the Polygon-powered network, and the flagship title’s sequel, My Merge Chef (name subject to change), will launch exclusively there as well. The partnership will also pave the way for new user experiences within the GRAM gaming ecosystem “through technological collaboration” between Immutable and the game’s publisher, Iskra. Developer GRAMPUS will also have the opportunity to utilize useful products such as the Immutable Passport, Orderbook, and Marketplace. The Chief Web3 Officer of GRAMPUS, John Cho, said that “Immutable zkEVM is the right choice to elevate the GRAM gaming ecosystem to the next level.”
Overall, the reason the team has decided to bring their ecosystem to this Ethereum platform is because of it being designed specifically for gaming while providing security, scalability, and all the previously mentioned user-friendly products that allow developers to focus more on creating quality and fun blockchain games. According to the Medium announcement, a future post will reveal info on how interoperability between Immutable, $GRAM, Base, and Klaytn will work.
About GRAM Ecosystem
GRAM Ecosystem is a gaming platform that currently includes Norma in Metaland, with a casual web3 shooter called Juicy Adventure to go live in the second half of this year, according to the roadmap. Both are developed by GRAMPUS CWC, a blockchain multi-platform gaming studio who have accrued over $80 million in revenue during 2022-2023 and are powering their ecosystem with the $GRAM token. $GRAM is an upcoming governance token that will be possible to exchange for utility tokens from their ecosystem games, burning the core token in the process. Holders can participate in governance by staking $GRAM to earn $sGRAM, enabling the ability to make proposals and vote on various decisions that affect the ecosystem’s future.
What Is Norma in Metaland?
Norma in Metaland is a cooking simulation game that acts as a reboot of the popular free to play mobile web2 cooking game, Cooking Adventure, which has been played by millions of players to date while ranking in the top 20 global cooking games. While the traditional version was published by GRAMPUS, the web3 edition is published and incubated by Iskra, a web3 game platform and publisher that is backed by Animoca Brands, Netmarble, Wemade, Kakao Ventures, and more. According to Immutable’s announcement, Iskra has raised the highest seed funding in Korean market history to date. Yield Guild Games also partnered with Iskra earlier this year.
Norma in Metaland has players run their own restaurant while customizing their chef’s appearance and upgrading their culinary skills. Upgrade your kitchen with various decorations, materials, and more to attract more customers as you meet your customer’s desires by cooking dishes from more than 100 different recipes while competing against other players for prizes in the World Chef Championship.
Earn the game’s own $CANDY token or purchase it in the future using $GRAM, both of which are issued by the developer’s blockchain partner, Iskra. Players can earn $CANDY by completing quests, beating stages, leveling up, winning the Lucky Ball event, and by ranking in the World Chef Championship. $CANDY is used to buy items in the CANDY Shop, but also for upgrading your kitchen, upgrading the interior of your restaurant, and more.
Anyone interested in Norma in Metaland can download the tycoon game for free on Android and iOS via the Play Store and App Store respectively, or enjoy the blockchain title on PC by playing through a web browser.
