The only newspaper of the Inkbit Kingdom
News of a great election far across the sea reached the Kingdom this afternoon, and the square in front of the castle filled up in minutes. Tonight at 18:25 the Election Night party opens: 4,444 animated pixel supporters, half in red with the elephant, half in blue with the donkey.
Both of last night's openings sold out. All 5,555 Inkbit Tides cards have left the harbour for 547 households, and all 2,999 Inkbit Shinobi have been registered in the Ink Village by 584 households.
Both collections now trade at about $0.03. Card players are already comparing pulls, and somewhere out there is a single Sovereign. Prices are as shown on OpenSea; this is a newspaper, not financial advice.
The harbour taverns are clearing their tables. Tonight at 21:00 the first Inkbit Tides packs go on sale: 5,555 pirate cards from 444 designs in twenty tiers, and every pack is free, ten per wallet.
The packs are only on the docks for four hours, until 01:00. Somewhere inside are 55 animated foil cards and a single Sovereign. Cards are revealed right after the mint, and the full game rules are already printed on Inkbit News. The Ink Village opens its gate the same night at 20:36.
High in the mountains behind the Capital, the gate of the Ink Village opens tonight at 20:36. 2,999 Inkbit Shinobi are coming down from the clouds, from Academy Students and Genin to Jonin, Village Masters and one Grand Master.
Entry is free, ten ninja per wallet, and the gate stays open for two days, until November 5 at 20:36. Somewhere among them hide a Lotus Lord and eight Thorns of the Black Lotus. Their faces stay in the shadows until the reveal.
Sailors in the harbour of Apepixel City have been trading strange cards printed on sailcloth. They call them the Inkbit Tides: 5,555 pirate cards from 444 designs, in twenty tiers, with one Sovereign card at the very top.
Unlike anything the old press has printed before, these cards come with a game. Inkbit News has printed the full rules, from building a 40-card deck around your Captain to the twelve ability keywords. The mint date will be announced here first.
The ghost parade on the Haunted Hills has grown to 5,545 of 6,666 ghosts, and joining is now free, ten per wallet, until November 4 at 20:00. Neon City has 2,350 citizens and is also free until November 4 at 11:43. Ink Street has hired 5,630 brokers in its free final round, which closes on November 6 at 11:56.
Elsewhere, the Danger Zone is full: all 3,333 Zombie Punks have shuffled out, into 418 households. The reprint at the old print shop has closed at 167 Apes.
Press Cards hold the highest floor in the Kingdom at about $0.31, followed by the Apes at $0.23. Fighter tickets have settled at $0.13 after the tournament rush, still held by 1,842 households.
The Pet Meadows had the busiest day, with almost $5 traded in 24 hours. The Wild Ones remain the most traded collection overall, at about $16.84. Prices are in US dollars as shown on OpenSea and move every hour. This is a newspaper, not financial advice.
Lanterns are going up on the Haunted Hills. Tonight at 20:00 the Inkbit Ghost Kingdom begins its night parade: 6,666 ghosts of one hundred kinds, from Krasue and Jiangshi to Kappa, Vampires and Catrinas.
The first half hour is free. After that the price climbs every hour, about $0.03, then $0.06, $0.09 and finally $0.12 until the parade ends at 05:00. Somewhere in the fog walk one Ghost Emperor, three Underworld Judges and six Clan Kings, and nobody will see their faces until the reveal.
The same night, the quarantine around the Danger Zone breaks. It is going to be a long night in the Kingdom.
The hazard tape around the Danger Zone is down to its last threads. At 20:00 tonight the gates open and 3,333 Inkbit Zombie Punks shuffle out, from Fresh Bites to Patient Zeros.
Every punk's infection stage stays hidden until the reveal. Residents of the Pet Meadows are once again asked to keep their pets indoors.
Hiring at the Inkbit Exchange is past the halfway mark: 3,914 of the 7,777 desks are filled, by 804 different households. Applications close tomorrow, October 31, at 12:00.
On the trading floor the mood is jumpy. The cheapest broker badge on offer is about $0.02, down 40% in a day, and nobody has worked out yet who the Founder is.
The Arena is the talk of the Kingdom: Fighter tickets now change hands at around $0.54, the highest floor of any district. Press Cards hold at $0.30 even after a 32% dip, and the Apes reprint opened at $0.22.
The Wild Ones remain the busiest market, with about $16 traded since the boats stopped running and 1,473 households holding a tribesperson. World citizens are settling into the new government at $0.03 a seat, and Pet adoptions sit at $0.04 across 1,239 homes.
Prices are in US dollars as shown on OpenSea, and they move every hour. This is a newspaper, not financial advice.
The first apartments in Neon City are lit: 506 citizens, across 173 households, have moved in since the lights came on. The first 1,000 still move in free.
Somewhere in the rain are 77 members of the High Command and one Supreme Commander. Their ranks stay encrypted until the reveal.
The reprint at the old print shop is slow but steady: 162 of 1,111 Inkbit Apes are now on paper, and the first sheets have already traded at around $0.22.
All eleven Misprints are still somewhere in the unprinted stack.
The Arena filled up faster than anyone expected: all 5,555 fighters entered overnight, shared between 1,841 households, and the cheapest ticket back in is now around $0.54.
The bracket has been revealed. Grand Champion: #536, a Karate master. Finalists: #78 (Thunder) and #363 (Inferno). Semi-Finalists: #1422 (Kung Fu Elder), #3080 (Muay Thai), #4769 (Demon) and #5331 (Street Brawler). The eight Quarter-Finalists are #133, #305, #1603, #2055, #2110, #3887, #4683 and #5181. Check your fighter's rank on OpenSea.
The night shift at the old print shop in Apepixel City has fired up the dot-matrix printer one more time. 1,000 Inkbit Apes are still in the stack, and the shop is letting them go cheap: about 1 THB each for the next 500 sheets, then about 2 THB. Five per wallet.
Somewhere in that stack are all eleven Misprints, still face down. Nobody, not even the shop owner, will see which sheet is which until the print run ends and the apes are revealed.
Behind Ink Street, where the Exchange screens never switch off, a new district has lit up: Neon City, a city of rain, chrome and glowing signs. 7,077 citizens are moving in, from hackers and medics to drone pilots and bounty hunters.
2,777 of them hold a rank, from the Corporations up to the High Command of 77, and they are animated: sixty neon effects, and every one of them blinks. The first 1,000 citizens move in free; after that the fee rises to roughly $0.03, $0.06 and $0.09. Three per wallet, ten days, and every rank stays encrypted until the reveal.
The lanterns around the Arena are lit. At 20:00 tonight the Inkbit Tournament opens its gates to 5,555 fighters in twenty styles, from karate masters and Muay Thai fighters to luchadors, cyborgs and a few oni.
The first 2,000 fighters get in free. After that the entry fee rises in three steps, roughly $0.03, $0.06 and $0.09. Three fighters per wallet, ten days to enter, and nobody learns who reached the final until the reveal.
The seals are broken. At 19:30 tonight the government of the Capital was sworn in: Governor #1616, Minister of Peace #304, Minister of Trade #627 and Minister of Ink #1998.
The five City Lords are #6 (Ink Street), #297 (Pet Meadows), #690 (Apepixel City), #873 (The Capital) and #1366 (Danger Zone). Ten Council members, twenty Officers and forty City Staff complete the government. Every other citizen now knows their trade: check yours on OpenSea.
All 4,444 Wild Ones have been claimed, a day before the boats were due to stop running. They went to 1,472 different households across the Kingdom, and the trading posts on Ink Street have been busy ever since.
Brokers on the Tribe Desk report a steady queue of buyers since the gates closed: well over a hundred Wild Ones changed hands in the first day, and the cheapest one on offer has nearly doubled in price since yesterday. The busiest buyers came back again and again, picking up three or four tribespeople at a time.
Nobody knows yet who holds the Supreme Chief or the ten Tribe Chiefs. That stays sealed until the reveal.
The gates of the Capital opened at 20:00 last night. By morning, all 2,468 citizens had moved in, shared between 807 households.
Somewhere among them sit one Governor, three Ministers, five City Lords, ten Council members, twenty Officers and forty City Staff. The government will be sworn in at the reveal; the date will be announced here first.
Inkbit World opens at 20:00 tonight. 2,468 citizens are moving into the Capital: chefs, pilots, firefighters, DJs, astronauts, magicians and ninety-four other trades, each one recognisable by the hat on their head or the gear on their face.
Seventy-nine of them will sit in the government, from a single Governor down to forty City Staff. Registration costs about 1 THB, three citizens per wallet, and closes on October 31 at 20:00. Who gets which seat stays sealed until the reveal.
Only a day after the census closed, the first Inkbit Pets have started trading on the open market. More than 1,200 different households now look after at least one pet, and most owners are keeping theirs at home: only about four in a hundred are up for adoption.
The Golden Dragon has not been seen leaving its basket.
The Inkbit Exchange opened its doors at noon today and is hiring 7,777 brokers until October 31. Every new hire is handed a rank, from Intern to Founder, and nobody finds out which until the reveal.
Bull horns, Bear ears and at least one Pig suit were spotted in the queue outside.
Traders on the Tribe Desk report that a broker in a full Whale suit spent the morning buying every red candle in sight, using an actual spoon.
Asked what he was buying, the Whale said only two words: "Pure Ink."
The Pet Meadows census has closed with 5,983 pets registered. Among them: seven Wild Legends, two Royals and one Golden Dragon, which nobody has managed to get back into its basket.
Reveal day is coming. Owners are advised to check their homes for scorch marks.
A boat came back from the far east of the map this week, carrying sketches of an island nobody ever finished drawing: volcanoes, caves, campfires and ten tribes.
The explorers say the islanders call themselves the Wild Ones, and that they made the very first ink. If that's true, they may also know how to make Pure Ink, the only rumoured cure for Inkrot.
Guards at the Danger Zone border report that the hazard tape is fraying faster than expected. The quarantine is now expected to break on October 30 at 20:00.
Residents of the Pet Meadows are asked to keep their pets indoors.
Neighbours of the old print shop in Apepixel City say the printer has been humming at night again. Eleven Misprints are still hiding somewhere in the stack, and the ape print run closes on October 29.
The Press Card stack, meanwhile, is gone: all 555 cards went in about twenty minutes.
The Ink Chemist, the ape on Press Card 07, hasn't been seen at the print shop in days. The lab was left open, with blue ink drops leading to the harbour.
A ticket seller says the Chemist bought a single boat ticket, heading east. Towards the Uncharted Isle.
A broker in a pink Pig suit sold everything at the bottom of the chart this morning. The chart went up five minutes later.
"Oink," said the Pig. The Exchange says this happens roughly every day.
1,111 pixel apes printed in ink. 11 came out wrong.
555 free cards from the Inkbit print shop. 10 designs. One Misprint.
2,468 citizens of the Capital. 100 jobs. 79 seats in the government.
5,983 cats, dogs, bears, tigers and rabbits guarding the homes of the Kingdom.
3,333 infected punks sealed behind hazard tape.
4,444 tribespeople in ten tribes. They made the first ink.
7,777 brokers of the Inkbit Exchange. Which rank will you be?
5,555 fighters. 20 styles. One Grand Champion.
7,077 neon-lit citizens. 20 professions. 77 in High Command.
6,666 ghosts. 100 kinds. One night parade.
2,999 ninja. One Ink Village. One Black Lotus.
5,555 pirate cards. 20 tiers. A real game you can play.
4,444 pixel supporters. Red Party vs Blue Party. One big night.
A power surge in a back-alley print shop in Apepixel City. 1,111 apes on the floor, eleven of them misprinted.
Read: Inkbit Apes →The apes keep the press alive. It prints cards of the shop workers, and crates for the Harbour Garage.
Read: Inkbit Press Cards →The ink spreads. Streets, squares, a castle. 2,468 citizens move into the Capital, and 79 of them form a government.
Read: Inkbit World →Every home gets a guardian. 5,983 pets are registered in the Pet Meadows, one of them a Golden Dragon.
Read: Inkbit Pets →A bottle that went bad in 1999 finally spills. Inkrot. The Danger Zone is sealed.
Read: Inkbit Zombie Punks →Everything printed gets a price. The Inkbit Exchange hires 7,777 brokers to draw the candles.
Read: Inkbit Brokers →Explorers return from the Uncharted Isle with stories of ten tribes and the First Ink.
Read: Inkbit Wild Ones →The hazard tape around the Danger Zone gives way.
Read: Inkbit Zombie Punks →5,555 fighters in twenty styles enter the Inkbit Tournament. Only one becomes Grand Champion.
Read: Inkbit Fighter →Behind Ink Street a city of rain and neon wakes up. 7,077 citizens, 77 of them in High Command.
Read: Inkbit Neon City →Lost ink rises on the Haunted Hills. 6,666 ghosts, one hundred kinds, march from dusk till dawn.
Read: Inkbit Ghost Kingdom →Behind the Capital, above the clouds, the Ink Village opens its gate. 2,999 ninja, and a black lotus in the shadows.
Read: Inkbit Shinobi →The old press runs out of paper and prints on sailcloth. 5,555 pirate cards, and a game to play with them.
Read: Inkbit Tides →News of a far-off election arrives by boat, and the Capital throws a party. 4,444 supporters in red and blue.
Read: Election Night →The Ink Chemist is missing, a Whale is buying Pure Ink rumours, and The First Flame has said nothing. To be continued.