Squid: Idle Game on TON

Some games demand hours of your day, others need a quick check once in a while. Squid belongs to the second group: it is an idle Telegram game where you raise squids, and its economy runs on the TON blockchain. 🦑

You play inside the messenger, with no separate app. But the game involves real money, and you should keep that in mind from the first minute.

Egg, squid and a player market

The core is simple: you hold eggs, and squids hatch from them. The project calls itself the first inscription game on TON, which means part of the game data is recorded on the blockchain.

Eggs can be sold and bought for TON on a built-in player marketplace. That gives the game its own economy, with prices set by the participants.

• Hatching. Uses eggs and gives you squids.
• Trading. Players buy and sell eggs for TON.
• Referral link. The /referral command gives you your invite link.

What the bot commands do

The menu is short, so you can figure it out in a couple of minutes.

• /start. Launches the game.
• /help. Explains how to play.
• /community. Links to the project community.
• /referral. Your invitation link.
• /airdrop. A giveaway of the $SQD token for players.

The referral program pays you 5% of the eggs that an invited player uses on each hatch. That is a standard affiliate scheme, and nobody should treat it as a source of income. 💬

Where the 5% fee goes

According to the project description, selling and buying eggs on the marketplace carries a 5% fee on both sides. It is split between burning eggs and a payment in TON to the system.

Burning removes eggs from circulation, while the payment goes to the project. In other words, the creators earn on every trade whether prices rise or fall.

The wallet you need to trade

To buy and sell you need a wallet. Telegram's built-in wallet and the self-custody TON Space wallet both work. In the first the platform holds the keys, in the second you do.

1. Decide which wallet suits you better.
2. Start with an amount you can afford to lose.
3. Keep your recovery phrase somewhere safe and never show it to anyone.
4. Make sure you open the bot from the project's official channels.

Where the catch is

A game paid in cryptocurrency does not guarantee profit. The price of an egg depends on demand. When fewer new players arrive, selling gets harder, and you may not get your money back.

Tokens and giveaways like an airdrop can be worth very little or have no liquidity at all. Ignore ads about "easy passive income". ⚠️

Tips for careful players:

• Do not put in money you need for living.
• Distrust private messages offering to "help you withdraw" funds: this is a classic scam.
• Never type your recovery phrase into websites or chats.
• Count the fees: with 5% on each side, the price has to rise before you even break even.

Who it fits

Squid suits people who like watching a simple economy and want to try blockchain games with a small budget. If you are looking for earnings, look elsewhere: the stakes here are real and the result depends on the market. 🎮