About the Game

## Gameplay Features

### Golem Overlord is idle-incremental game that aims to be simple to play, but challenging to master.

**Idle** means that you do not need to consistently engage with the game in order to progress.

**Incremental** means that you build up stats bit by bit, slowly improving your ability to speed these processes up over time.

**Simple to play:** all the game requires is a browser, and your choices are generally limited to clicking a few buttons, with occasional reasons to type.

**Challenging to master:** there are deep layers of complexity in this game, with plans to continue adding layers as it evolves. Events, PvP, and community aspects add even more dynamism.

*Note for mobile devices*—GO works fine on mobile browsers, but you need to be able to sign Hive-based transactions in order to perform most operations. We recommend downloading the official Hive Keychain app and using its built-in browser to access GO on mobile.

## Development Goals

Golem Overlord strives to achieve the following:

* Keep the game backend and UI as simple as possible, while offering a rich and complex decision space.
* Gameplay that takes only a minutes per day of actual activity, but leave a lot of room for theorycrafting.
* Incentivize burning and create numerous sinks with upgrades, deals, NFT buys, etc.
* Present transparent and accessible tokenomic stats.
* Prioritize page speed.
* Discourage (and disallow) bot usage (Multi Accounting and Botting Policy).

## Alpha Release

Golem Overlord is currently in Alpha. The Alpha release was on April 7, 2023. This is the first pre-launch announcement post. You can read about the launch here.

### The Alpha phase is characterized by:

* Lots of rapid and unexpected changes.
* Unexpected behaviors.
* Bugs!
* Testing of features.

**Please keep all this in mind**, and prepare to experience downtime, inconvenience, and other wacky things. User feedback (and patience) is immensely appreciated during this time.

Golem Overlord does NOT plan do a server wipe or reset stats/earning upon exiting Alpha.

There is no planned date for Beta release at the time of writing.

## The Community

"*Them Golemancers know how to party*" — Anonymous

Within hours of its surprise release, a vibrant and excited community sprung up around Golem Overlord. Hailing mostly from Hive and the Splex.gg gaming communities, users quickly fell in love with the complex and rewarding world of GO.

Fresh updates and smart on-the-fly changes from the developer further cemented the community vibes, as did wild secondary market activity for both $PART and $SHARD.

To participate, your first stop should be the Golem Overlord Discord! Much of the action happens there.

There is also a Hive Blog account to follow: https://peakd.com/@golem.overlord

## Referrals

Golem Overlord offers a reward for referrals.

After buying the Golemancer Staff, you are able to refer users and receive 2 `SWAP.HIVE` for every referral under your name.

The link to use is: https://go.splex.gg/?ref="YOUR\_ACCOUNT\_NAME"

For example, my player name is "Unitmaster" and my referral link is: https://go.splex.gg/?ref=unitmaster

It is also possible to find in-game in the top menu under "Referrals" the "Account" pull-down option.

Click Referrals to find your link and status on referrals in total:

See the referrals wiki page for more information.

## Story & Lore

Visit the Lore Wiki page to read about the Golem Overlord story and lore.