2021 was an exciting year here at Lava Labs. Looking back, we’re especially proud of all the progress we made with our game A Far Away Realm, even during a global pandemic — arguably not the easiest of circumstances.

Throughout the whole year, we collected ideas within the team and from our amazing community and started to put many of them into practice, always testing, reiterating and refining along the way. After a tad more than a year of development, we’re now in a position that allows us to plan ahead more confidently, and to lay out what our next big steps with AFAR are going to be. Today, we’re excited to finally share with you our 2022 roadmap for A Far Away Realm and to give you an idea of what you can expect from us and our game in the months to come.

First time you hear about our game? Check out one of our latest blog posts to find out what AFAR is all about and learn about some of the lore, characters and their backstories, and some gameplay elements.

Q1 2022 (January — March)

We went into this year full-force here at Lava Labs. For the first two years of our company’s existence, we operated mostly in stealth mode and focused 100% of our efforts on creating a rock-solid foundation for our debut title. Building a great game and a fun experience for our entire community was our goal and will always be our top priority — but now it’s time to show the world what we’re capable of!

TEAM EXPANSION: Lava Labs is growing! We now have new developers on board working on AFAR full-time. Our team combines talents from some of the biggest, most successful games studios out there, all from interdisciplinary backgrounds, operating at the highest standards of modern games development and blockchain technology. Together, they continuously test every new feature to ensure a smooth, bug-free release.

This sounds exciting to you and you could imagine becoming part of our journey? As it happens, we‘re still looking for motivated people to join our team. Don‘t hesitate, visit lavalabs.gg and check the Jobs section to find out about our current job openings.

COMMUNICATION: Now that we have grown our team and expanded our operations, and that we are confidently on the right track with our game, we finally have the chance to share what’s happening at Lava Labs and showcase our progress with AFAR with our community and the world. Make sure to regularly check out our Medium blog or head over to our Discord channel for more content — you’ll be hearing a lot more from us in the future!

BACKERS: By the end of the first quarter, we will introduce you to our backers — many of them have been supporting us since day one and believe in our company and the vision we have for A Far Away Realm. We have a blog post in the pipeline just to cover this topic, so stay tuned! (Also, check out news about our latest financing round here!).

Q2 2022 (April — June)

MINING GAME ALPHA, LAND SALE and LITEPAPER: For the second quarter, our main objective is to further refine the gameplay for AFAR. On the side, we will already release an alpha version of our (small but super important) mining mini-game and launch our NFT land sale. Players will be able to purchase their own plot of land in A Far Away Realm and start mining right away. The mining game will help us to kickstart and shape AFAR’s token economics — you will learn all about it in a litepaper that we’re releasing at the start of Q2.

COIN LAUNCH: Along with the release of our mining game and the land sale, we’re also launching our $token and the fundamentals behind our token economics. This token allows players to interact with many in-game features, such as the purchasing of land and NFTs, upgrading and expanding their mining operations, or purchasing spaceships.

WEBSITE UPDATE: As we continue to expand our team and develop our game, we don’t want to keep our growing community — all of you out there — in the dark about what’s happening at Lava Labs and in AFAR. For that reason, we have a major overhaul of our website planned, with so far unreleased footage of gameplay, characters and other features.

Q3 2022 (July — September)

MINING GAME MARKETPLACE: In the third quarter, we’re introducing a big feature that will make the mining game infinitely more exciting: the marketplace. On the marketplace, players can sell or rent out their lands to others, or buy skins and other cosmetic NFTs to personalize their gameplay experience.

Q4 2022 (October — December)

MAIN GAME ALPHA and STAKING PROGRAM: In the last quarter, we will be giving some members from our awesome community exclusive access to an alpha version of AFAR (yes, this could be you!). This team of playtesters will help us to assess a number of release features and loads of in-game content, helping us with balancing and early bug testing. On top of that, we will be sharing more information about our staking program, liquidity rewards, and the DAO, in which all token holders can participate through voting.

At Lava Labs, we’re proud of all the progress we have made with A Far Away Realm so far and are extremely grateful for all the support, suggestions and kind words we have received from the community to date — and, as you can see, there is still a lot to be done! All of us are up to the challenge and are incredibly excited to see what the rest of 2022 has in stock for us. Every single feature on this roadmap is the product of enormous amounts of work and we can’t wait for you to try it out and hear your feedback.

If you’re curious about the team behind AFAR, make sure to check out this blog post in which our founder and CEO Kaya shares how it all started, some of the faces currently working hard on our game, and what you can expect from us in the near future.

2021 was an exciting year here at Lava Labs. Looking back, we’re especially proud of all the progress we made with our game A Far Away Realm, even during a global pandemic — arguably not the easiest of circumstances.

Throughout the whole year, we collected ideas within the team and from our amazing community and started to put many of them into practice, always testing, reiterating and refining along the way. After a tad more than a year of development, we’re now in a position that allows us to plan ahead more confidently, and to lay out what our next big steps with AFAR are going to be. Today, we’re excited to finally share with you our 2022 roadmap for A Far Away Realm and to give you an idea of what you can expect from us and our game in the months to come.

First time you hear about our game? Check out one of our latest blog posts to find out what AFAR is all about and learn about some of the lore, characters and their backstories, and some gameplay elements.

Q1 2022 (January — March)

We went into this year full-force here at Lava Labs. For the first two years of our company’s existence, we operated mostly in stealth mode and focused 100% of our efforts on creating a rock-solid foundation for our debut title. Building a great game and a fun experience for our entire community was our goal and will always be our top priority — but now it’s time to show the world what we’re capable of!

TEAM EXPANSION: Lava Labs is growing! We now have new developers on board working on AFAR full-time. Our team combines talents from some of the biggest, most successful games studios out there, all from interdisciplinary backgrounds, operating at the highest standards of modern games development and blockchain technology. Together, they continuously test every new feature to ensure a smooth, bug-free release.

This sounds exciting to you and you could imagine becoming part of our journey? As it happens, we‘re still looking for motivated people to join our team. Don‘t hesitate, visit lavalabs.gg and check the Jobs section to find out about our current job openings.

COMMUNICATION: Now that we have grown our team and expanded our operations, and that we are confidently on the right track with our game, we finally have the chance to share what’s happening at Lava Labs and showcase our progress with AFAR with our community and the world. Make sure to regularly check out our Medium blog or head over to our Discord channel for more content — you’ll be hearing a lot more from us in the future!

BACKERS: By the end of the first quarter, we will introduce you to our backers — many of them have been supporting us since day one and believe in our company and the vision we have for A Far Away Realm. We have a blog post in the pipeline just to cover this topic, so stay tuned! (Also, check out news about our latest financing round here!).

Q2 2022 (April — June)

MINING GAME ALPHA, LAND SALE and LITEPAPER: For the second quarter, our main objective is to further refine the gameplay for AFAR. On the side, we will already release an alpha version of our (small but super important) mining mini-game and launch our NFT land sale. Players will be able to purchase their own plot of land in A Far Away Realm and start mining right away. The mining game will help us to kickstart and shape AFAR’s token economics — you will learn all about it in a litepaper that we’re releasing at the start of Q2.

COIN LAUNCH: Along with the release of our mining game and the land sale, we’re also launching our $token and the fundamentals behind our token economics. This token allows players to interact with many in-game features, such as the purchasing of land and NFTs, upgrading and expanding their mining operations, or purchasing spaceships.

WEBSITE UPDATE: As we continue to expand our team and develop our game, we don’t want to keep our growing community — all of you out there — in the dark about what’s happening at Lava Labs and in AFAR. For that reason, we have a major overhaul of our website planned, with so far unreleased footage of gameplay, characters and other features.

Q3 2022 (July — September)

MINING GAME MARKETPLACE: In the third quarter, we’re introducing a big feature that will make the mining game infinitely more exciting: the marketplace. On the marketplace, players can sell or rent out their lands to others, or buy skins and other cosmetic NFTs to personalize their gameplay experience.

Q4 2022 (October — December)

MAIN GAME ALPHA and STAKING PROGRAM: In the last quarter, we will be giving some members from our awesome community exclusive access to an alpha version of AFAR (yes, this could be you!). This team of playtesters will help us to assess a number of release features and loads of in-game content, helping us with balancing and early bug testing. On top of that, we will be sharing more information about our staking program, liquidity rewards, and the DAO, in which all token holders can participate through voting.

At Lava Labs, we’re proud of all the progress we have made with A Far Away Realm so far and are extremely grateful for all the support, suggestions and kind words we have received from the community to date — and, as you can see, there is still a lot to be done! All of us are up to the challenge and are incredibly excited to see what the rest of 2022 has in stock for us. Every single feature on this roadmap is the product of enormous amounts of work and we can’t wait for you to try it out and hear your feedback.

If you’re curious about the team behind AFAR, make sure to check out this blog post in which our founder and CEO Kaya shares how it all started, some of the faces currently working hard on our game, and what you can expect from us in the near future.