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BRUTALS PAPER
Street-tournament fighter. The NFT is the fighter. You can play on this site now — no wallet required. Mint opens Sat Oct 10 at 18:00 GMT+2; Purses and Loans follow on-chain. No extra game token.
NO EXTRA TOKEN · ROBINHOOD CHAIN · MINT SAT OCT 10
0. How to read
- Now — this website: Arcade, Versus, Gauntlet, and The Pit. Official X and the OpenSea collection are live.
- Launch — 5,000 Brutals on Robinhood Chain, then scheduled Tournaments with on-chain Purses.
- A Brutal is not an avatar you dress. The token is the fighter.
1. Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Brutal | One of 5,000 collection NFTs. Looks, stats, and moves are the same object. |
| Arcade | Free vs-CPU. No Purse. Stays free after mint. |
| Versus | Free human vs human, room code. No Purse. |
| Gauntlet | Three CPU fights in a row. Clear it to claim a whitelist spot. Not a Purse. |
| The Pit | Endless vs-CPU. Best KO streak per wallet. HP carries; no refill between fights. Pre-mint prize board, not a Purse. |
| Tournament | Scheduled PvP bracket with a Purse. Needs a Brutal. Not live yet. |
| Purse | Prize pool: entry fees after house cut, or a sponsored pot. |
| Loan | Paid, exclusive, time-bound right to wield someone else’s Brutal. |
| Signature | That Brutal’s extra move from its traits. |
| Wielder | Wallet allowed to fight with that Brutal — owner, or renter during a Loan. |
| House cut | Share of entry fees taken before placements split the rest. |
2. World
Illegal street tournament. Pixel dojo, sakura meadow, wheatpaste posters. The collection and prizes live on Robinhood Chain — not Ethereum, not Solana.
Supply is 5,000 Brutals. Mint opens Sat Oct 10 at 18:00 GMT+2: 0.002 ETH, 2 per wallet, in four one-hour phases: OG, GTD, FCFS (win one fight to unlock your mint) and Public. Check your wallet and the live contract on the mint page.
3. What a Brutal is
A Brutal is one of the 5,000 NFTs. Art, traits, four combat stats, the shared kit, and one Signature are the same token. You wield the Brutal. You do not equip it onto a generic character.
- Prize play (Tournament) requires a Brutal. Play on this site does not.
- Token ID is permanent. Traits do not reroll after mint.
- Stats and Signature come from those traits — not a second loot roll.
- Transfer moves ownership. Fight rights follow Wielder rules.
Playable spritesheet
A minted Brutal cannot enter a fight until its animation spritesheet exists. Generation is free for the owner, once, any time before they want to play. We run an automated pipeline and cover the cost. Demo skins on this site already have sheets; collection tokens get theirs through that pipeline, not by hand.
Site fighters The Red and The Pale are demo skins. They are not a claim that tokens #0001 / #0002 already exist on-chain.
Stats
| Stat | What it leans |
|---|---|
| Power | Damage on connected hits |
| Speed | Movement and how fast the kit comes out |
| Guard | Block durability and chip taken |
| Stamina | Energy pool and regen |
The exact trait → stat table ships at mint. Until then we do not publish fake rarity percentages or fake Signature names. A god-roll Brutal still uses the shared kit — skill decides rounds; stats lean the matchup.
4. How a fight works
Every Brutal uses the same shared kit. Launch adds that token’s Signature on top. Stats lean the kit; they do not replace it. Spacing, timing, and energy still matter.
| Move | Role |
|---|---|
| Light | Fast strike, free to throw |
| Heavy | Slower strike, more damage, free to throw |
| Block | Hold to guard; hold down to guard low. Chip can finish a fight |
| Throw | Light + Heavy. Beats any guard, loses to any strike |
| Jump | Leave the floor |
The live demo also has directional strikes (including a low Sweep and an Overhead), dash, dodge, and a Signature-style extra on each sample skin. Energy pays for the Signature, Dash, Dodge, and Burst, and builds as you land and take hits. Those demo extras are not the mint Signature table.
Rounds are timed. Versus and Arcade are best of three, and in Arcade you pick your opponent. Gauntlet is one round per fight. The Pit is a single round per opponent: each KO gives back some HP, every fifth fight is the Champion, and fights can roll a modifier. Keyboard or on-screen stick — walk, jump, strike, block.
Play at /play. No Brutal required. Connect is optional (identity, Arcade record, Gauntlet claim).
5. Modes
| Now on this site | Launch | |
|---|---|---|
| Arcade | Free vs CPU | Stays free |
| Versus | Free, room-code PvP | Stays free |
| Gauntlet | Three CPU fights; clear to claim whitelist | Practice / event — not a Purse |
| The Pit | Endless CPU; best KO streak | Pre-mint prize board — not a Purse |
| Tournament | Not live | Scheduled bracket, Brutal required, Purse |
Arcade, Versus, Gauntlet, and The Pit do not pay, do not mint you a Brutal, and do not seed a Tournament. Gauntlet whitelist is a list for launch access — not a prize pot. The Pit is a pre-mint streak board.
6. Purse math
Default pot = entry fees minus a 10% house cut. The remaining 90% splits 70 / 20 / 10 for 1st / 2nd / 3rd. Fees and prizes settle in Robinhood Chain native and/or a stablecoin. No extra game token. Purses are paid on-chain.
Example: 32 Wielders enter at 10 units → 320 gross → house 32 → Purse 288 → 201.6 / 57.6 / 28.8. Cleaner integers: 100 × 10 → house 100 → Purse 900 → 630 / 180 / 90.
A cup poster may add a sponsored pot or replace fees. That poster wins for that cup only. House cut is not a token buyback and is not taken from Loan fees.
7. Loan & Wielder
A Loan is a paid window to wield someone else’s Brutal. The renter is the Wielder — any Purse they win is theirs. The owner is paid up front and cannot use that Brutal until the Loan ends. One Brutal, one active fighter. Loans open after mint.
8. Chain, OpenSea, X
| Surface | Decision |
|---|---|
| Collection / settlement | Robinhood Chain (4663) — not Ethereum, not Solana |
| Marketplace | OpenSea |
| Official social | X @Brutals_NFT |
| Discord / Telegram | Not official |
| Extra game token | None |
Buy and sell Brutals on OpenSea. Official X is live.
9. Roadmap
- Now — play Arcade, Versus, Gauntlet, and The Pit. Optional wallet. Whitelist claim after a Gauntlet clear. The Pit board needs a signed-in wallet to save a streak. No payouts, no mint.
- Mint — 5,000 Brutals. Stat + Signature table published with metadata.
- Cups — scheduled Tournaments, default purse math, on-chain Purse.
- Loans — time-window wield, fee to owner, Purse to renter.
Cups can ship before Loans. Arcade stays free either way.
10. Out of launch
- No extra game token
- No always-on side bets
- No class tree beyond shared kit + Signature
- No Discord or Telegram as official channels
- No always-on ranked ladder as the prize product
- No paid Purses before mint
Before and after mint
| Before mint | After mint | |
|---|---|---|
| Play without a Brutal | Yes | Arcade / Versus stay free |
| The Pit | Yes — KO streak board | Stays a pre-mint / event board |
| Shared kit | Yes | Yes |
| Your NFT’s Signature + stats | No — sample fighters | Yes — table at mint |
| NFT playable sheet | Demo skins only | Generated once, free for the owner, before that Brutal can fight |
| Connect wallet | Optional | Yes for prize play |
| Mint | Sat Oct 10, 18:00 GMT+2 | Yes |
| Tournament / Purse | No | Yes, on-chain |
| Loan | No | Yes |
| Extra token | No | No |
11. Disclaimer
Connecting a wallet does not move funds. Only the mint, Loans and Tournament entries you sign on-chain do.
Launch Tournaments are on-chain prizes for a game of skill — not financial advice, not a security, not a promise of profit. A Brutal is a fighter NFT.
Nothing here is an offer to sell tokens or a guarantee of resale value.