Why the aliens are here

The aliens have been waiting decades to spend time with us again.

They dropped by earth in 1952, but their attempt to visit the President of the United States in Washington, D.C., was a bit misunderstood by humans; we considered them a threat. The aliens quickly realized that a common language would be required to build an understanding of their friendly intentions, so they returned home to GN-z11 — a high-redshift galaxy found in the constellation Ursa Major.

Fast forward 70 years: The aliens took notice of a widespread adoption of a universal language on earth… emojis. Finally there was a way to communicate with humans! And so, for the first time since they used hieroglyphs to communicate with the Egyptians 5,000 years ago, the aliens began to transmit emoji-based messages to earth in 2021.

Low and behold, a deep-space communications program on earth detected these messages and formed an international task force — Alien Star Cloud — to receive and interpret the emoji strings.

Finally, in 2022 a contingent of 10,000 aliens are making their way to earth. After consuming decades’ worth of our media and culture, they are coming outfitted in a mix of otherworldly and earthly threads, and with a range of gadgets, skills, and space critters to show us.

Will you join our community and use your Ethereum wallet to guide one (or more) aliens safely to earth?

What the aliens are bringing

The aliens are landing with a range of magical traits, from special abilities, to pets from their home galaxy, to an intergalactic crypto monetary system. Watch for these traits and others among the aliens which may entitle a holder to a special reward.

Galacties

Galacties

Having traveled across the galaxy with the aliens to spend time in a new environment, these four-legged creatures are looking for a good time. A surprise may await those who collect all three colours.

Planeetos Coin

Planeetos

A cryptocurrency used by the aliens in their home galaxy, they’re planning to spread adoption on earth. Find it on their credit cards, coins, patches, and more. It might pay to hold more than a single alien with a Planeetos trait.

Eye_Sense

Senses

The aliens have bought powerful artifacts celebrating the five human senses, but what is this sixth sense they are alluding to? A special opportunity could appear for those who collect them all.

The journey is just beginning

An NFT from this collection represents membership to our founding community.

We will deliver future value in the form of identity visualisation products (via those we are building at Alien Star Cloud) and future collections.

Let’s shape this new web together.

1of1

1 of 1s

Among the eclectic mix of aliens there are leaders who, through a combination of the regular traits, take on a special integrated appearance and background lore. Owners of these special 1 of 1 aliens can play an important role in deciding how the story of this friendly invasion unfolds.

ID8R

Your Aliens HD NFT is your lifetime pass to a design studio we are building for web3. From social banners, to device wallpapers, to derivatives of your favourite avatars, and custom emojis, you will soon be able to create it all with ID8R. We can’t wait to see where your imagination takes you.

Collection features

Spectacular art

Generated from more than 200 traits, the aliens have been created with a meticulous level of detail, at 4k resolution

Configurable

No background trait so you can drop your alien into any environment without losing a key trait that differentiates it from peers

IP rights

Use your alien for personal or commercial purposes (all traits on aliens you own are yours to use freely, except our logos)

Future proof

Your alien is unique without the hand trait, so we can plan for their integration into the Otherside or other metaverse experiences

Engaging story

We have started a narrative, but we are building the lore for the aliens with your help, let's get it going

Fair mint price

Accessible to new and veteran NFT buyers, we want wide distribution to those who love the art and what we are building

Transparent team

Doxxed founders who have been building 🏗 together for 9 months, we are here for the long haul 🚀

web3 design studio

Exclusive access to tools we develop, such as ID8R, to personalise your web3 IDs (Yat, ENS, & avatars).

Join a Fun community

Experienced or beginner, we are here to support your journey with NFTs, let's have some fun ✌👽🎉

Roadmap

At Alien Star Cloud our mission is to combine design with web3 IDs, allowing anyone to improve their aesthetics. We have different ways to represent ourselves online, from Web 2.0 handles, to ENS domains, Yats, and NFT avatars, our team is exploring different ways of personalising these identities as well as building visual bridges between them.

Aliens HD is an extension of this and through this inaugural collection we are building a community who love this new age of identity. Travel the cosmos with us as we explore a journey of exciting ideas, new collections, and more.

The aliens are on their way to earth. We already know they will be delivering a lot of value to those who help them land, but there are stretch goals that depend on a certain percentage of the alien fleet landing (minting) safely.

Meet the team

Denzel

Lead Illustrator

An avid fan of Japanese culture, including anime and manga. When not drawing, Denzel is often playing video games or writing code.

Joseph Skewes

Operations Lead

The influence of Joseph’s favourite 80s alien movies, such as Flight of the Navigator, E.T., Predator, and Aliens, is finally seen in his work.

Wyn Tiedmers

Design Lead

Well-trained eye for design, loves emojis, interest in social justice and evolution of tech. Co-leads independent music label [sowasvon].

Rayon

Background Artist

Gamer, anime fan, and a talented illustrator. Drawing is Rayon’s biggest passion and she is also crazy about cats 😺.

BowTied TreeFrog

Community Manager

Freelance artist, writer, veteran, and world traveler. With any luck, an alien will leave the keys in the ignition and she’ll become an interstellar traveler.

You?

Advisor / Team Member

We are looking for exceptional people to help guide our rocket ship into orbit. Click the link below and contact us if you’d like to see if we are a fit.

Frequently asked questions

Friend, you have landed on the website of Aliens HD, an NFT Collection created to celebrate the landing on 🌎 of 10,000 aliens. Did we mention the aliens are bringing emojis? They freaking love emojis.

An NFT (non-fungible token) is a data record stored on a blockchain that acts as a certificate of authenticity and ownership for another asset (usually a digital one, such as an image or video). In Aliens HD the NFT represents a set of traits and image that you own, along with your ability to use it for personal and commercial purposes.

Promo Mint – 1 hour
UTC 8.30PM on October 26th, 2022
Open to anyone with free mint(s) allocated, partner/team mint, marketing reserves.

Allowlist Mint – 10 hours
UTC 9.30PM on October 26th, 2022
Open to anyone on our guaranteed mint list through premint reservation or otherwise.

Public Mint
UTC 7.30AM on October 27th, 2022
Open to anyone.

Mint page: alienshd.com/mint

You can land an alien on earth for 0.025 ETH.

In the lore for Aliens HD, Alien Star Cloud is an international task force assembled to interpret messages being received from the aliens. Join our community and you become part of that task force.

In the world outside of the lore, Alien Star Cloud is a company established to explore the intersection of NFTs, identity, and design. We are building tools to help people personalise their web3 IDs and Aliens HD forms part of that journey.

In short, Alien Star Cloud is you, it is us, it is the start of a web3 brand and movement with a community-first focus.

Art: Clean, detailed traits. 4k resolution images to come after mint. No effort spared (months in development) to ensure the aliens will stand the test of time and look great as an avatar, on clothes, turned into derivatives, and more.

Membership: An alien is your official membership to the Alien Star Cloud community. You will be front of mind for value delivery in future collections, new art via airdrops, free mints, or guaranteed access at every turn.

Web3 ID tools: One of the unique forms of utility is access to tools that Alien Star Cloud is developing, like ID8R, to help people personalise their web3 IDs.

Future proof: We’re creating the aliens with future utility in mind e.g., backgrounds won’t be traits, and your alien(s) will be unique, even without the hand trait, so that it’s ready for adapting to the Otherside or other metaverse experiences.

© 2022 Aliens HD / Alien Star Cloud

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