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Truth Arts – The team behind the 2022 Goblintown Ethereum NFT Collection, previously known as Truth Labs, has released an NFT “License” inspired by driver licenses.
To qualify for Mint on the Goblintown license, an aspiring driver had to wait seemingly endless hours unless the DMV was over. In this case, the wait was Goblintown DMV, a web page for the DMV simulator. You took the numbers, waited, waited a little longer, and finally submitted your email address to the team. (You must create a Dyli account with the same email address to request a license.)
When I came across the DMV simulator right after it was released on April 1st, I had no idea what Endgame was, but I thought it would probably end with some exclusive rewards. Click to check out.
I took the numbers and saw the gloomy knowledge of long waits Very High numbers (such as 99,999), and I gave up after about 30 seconds.
There was something to do
Truth CEO and co-founder Alexander Taub said the wait times are somewhere between 1-5 hours per customer.
Goblintown DMV has been closed. If you have not had the chance to wait for idle time, you can purchase NFTs in the secondary market.
According to X’s post, “licensed” NFTs can be billed until Friday, April 11th. They are casting on an abstract blockchain. There are six character designs: “Pumplescroob”, “Lord Buttbat”, “Jug”, “Gromblar”, “Urki” and “Gobbie”.
When asked why the Goblintown team chose abstract in their latest NFT, Taub told Blockworks in an email:
NFTs can be “burned” and permanently removed from the blockchain in exchange for the actual physical version of the license.
The license is thematically linked to the Goblintown: Goblintown: Every Hard Drivine game announced in February.
However, technically it is not a crypto game. The game doesn’t require NFT to play, but it doesn’t even play for free (the exact price is TBD).
“This game is very intentionally a non-Web3 game. The first reason is that it has encryption or token-related stuff and can’t have good condition on Steam. This is where we first distribute games. This is the number one market for indie games.
“The second reason is not because we wanted to make fun and entertaining games or because we could potentially make money or guess, but because we’re building an entertainment and technology company.
On April 20th, Goblintown hosted an IRL event in New York City, allowing invitees to try to beat the game with $10,000 in cash.
The game will also be offered at Boston’s Pax East next month and at the end of next month in Dallas’ Dream Hack. In all these events, those with an NFT license can cut lines to play the game.
“We’ve been waiting for the lowest time (up to five hours!) on a digital DMV, so we can let the line skip. We may come up with something more fun little in the future, but tie it into a real game isn’t something we’re planning on,” Taub told Blockworks.
It is intended to be extremely difficult to play, as the title of a really hard driving game suggests.
“This isn’t just about skills. It’s about nerves, instincts, and maybe a bit of confusion. Goblint Town has always thrived with unpredictability, and this challenge is no exception,” Taub said in a press release.
Goblintown: A really hard driving game has the echo of Dookey Dash from Yuga Labs.
The original Dookey Dash was also for gamers with degrees and competitiveness, but it required a “sewer pass” NFT to access the game. The winner, Dookey Dash Key, was eventually sold in February 2023 for $1.6 million. In September 2024, Yuga Labs released a new free version of the game.
Goblintown’s truly hard driving game will start by the end of this month, Taub confirmed to Blockworks.
