Strands Roadmap

Strands is a bold, community-driven effort to build the next great sci-fi universe—think Star Trek, Star Wars, and Marvel Universe combined and on steroids — by letting fans, writers, artists, and investors create and own the story together. Our phased plan shows how small early contributions will snowball into a blockbuster film franchise powered by collective talent and shared rewards.

Phase 0 | Genesis & Set-Up

(Weeks 0 – 4)

Goal Concrete Actions
Lock vision & admin
  • Draft 15-page whitepaper (mission, tokenomics, roadmap, strategy)
  • Post original Strands screenplay (2008) and update (2025)
  • Deploy screenplay on Arc Studio
  • Launch Strands.movie website
  • Launch video platforms (YouTube, Vimeo)
  • Launch social accounts (Twitter, Tiktok, Facebook)
  • Launch community accounts (Telegram, Discord, GitHub, Collab.Land)
  • Pre-populate social and community properties with content
  • Form Delaware C-corp + Cayman foundation for IP & treasury (LegalNodes)
Recruit Core Founders

Gain investment commitments from six different prospect groups:
Branding
  • Ticker $STRAND
  • Develop core graphis (characters, strands, planets, etc.) 
  • Create AI video of key scenes
  • Start podcast 
  • Write blog posts to chronicle the ‘making of…’
  • Video recordings
  • Seed lore threads & teaser art

Budget draw: ~$15 k (Delaware C-corp + Cayman foundation)

Phase 1 | Token Presale on PinkSale

(Weeks 5 – 6)

Goal Concrete Actions
Secure commitments from Core Team
  • Deposit funds in dedicated account
  • Lock 40 % of supply in “Rewards Vault”
  • Time-lock team allocations (1-yr cliff)
Smart-contract suite v1
  • Deploy $STRAND ERC-20 via PinkSale
  • Lock 40 % of supply in “Rewards Vault”
  • Time-lock team allocations (1-yr cliff)
Liquidity on DEX
  • Seed pool with 300 SOL + matching STRAND
  • Lock LP tokens 12 mo
  • Anti-bot cap for first 20 blocks
Launch comms
  • Daily AMAs for core Founders
  • Publish “How to buy” guide
  • Live Twitter Space countdown

Outcome: Token live, holders begin forming; treasury untouched.

Phase 2 | Token Public Launch on PinkSale

(Weeks 6 – 7)

Goal Concrete Actions
Launch $STRAND publicly Raydium via PinkSale
  • List coin at ≈$0.00005/STRAND
  • 20% of supply available for public purchase
Liquidity on DEX
  • Raise between 1K-10K SOL through public sales
Launch comms
  • Social media raid blitz
  • Paid social advertising
  • DEX Listings
  • Daily podcast
  • Daily AMAs for public investors and core team

Outcome: Token available to public, holders begin forming.

Budget draw: ~$10 k (Paid social, DEX listings)

 

Phase 3 | Initial Collaboration and Platform Prototyping

(Weeks 7 – 10)

Track Steps Mechanics
Creative
  • Grant collaborators access to Arc Studio, Google Drive, other tools
  • Video brainstorming sessions
  • Manual review → Tracking in Google Sheet
  • Recordings stored on Google Drive
Build
  • Establish GitHub for platform dev
  • Configure Zealy for XP allocation to tokens
  • Set up GitHub account
  • Establish initial XP scoring system
Hype
  • Daily AMAs
  • Tweet character profiles
  • Tweet fundraising metrics
  • Tweet engagement metrics
  • Meme contest
  • Contributor of the week
  • Set up AI Agents with Relevance AI
  • Set up Zealy to handle Tweets, uploads to Google Drive, etc..

Budget draw: ~$2 k (web services + dev consulting/coding)

Phase 4 | ScreenPlayMate Platform MVP Development

(Weeks 7 – 21, parallel to Phase 3)

Work-stream Milestones Hours (@$30/h) Est. Cost
ScreenPlayMate core React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL 500 $15,000
Game layer XP ledger + REST API 400 $12,000
Admin/Governance Functionality Snapshot mirror, claim page, badge display 100 $3,000
QA & DevOps CI/CD, testnet, security review 100 $3,000
Subtotal 1,100 hours 1,100 ≈ $33,000

Budget draw: $33 K over ~3.5 months. Amount will be lower if developers work for $STRAND.

Phase 5 | ScreenPlayMate Ver. 1 and ReelCredits MVP

(Weeks 21 – 30)

Work-stream Milestones Hours (@$30/h) Est. Cost
ScreenPlayMate Advanced functionality React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL 300 $9,000
ReelCredits core React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL 200 $6,000
Game layer Integration XP ledger + REST API 200 $6,000
Smart contracts STRAND, ReelCredit SBT, RewardsDistributor 100 $3,000
Admin/Governance Functionality Snapshot mirror, claim page, badge display 100 $3,000
QA & DevOps CI/CD, testnet, security review 100 $3,000
External audit Solidity suite — $25,000
Phase 5 Subtotal 1,000 ≈ $55,000

Budget draw: $55 K over ~3.5 months. Amount could be significantly lower if

  1. Migrate Zealy history → mint ReelCredits (scripted backfill).
  2. Shut off Zealy XP payouts (keep for social quests only).
  3. Open beta of in-house editor to top 500 ReelCredit holders.
  4. DAO Proposal #1: fund professional screenplay polish using treasury + XP bounties.

Key metric: D7 user retention ≥ 30 %.

Phase 6 | Production and Promotion

(Weeks 30 – 52)

Deliverable Cost Success KPI
3-min animatic trailer XP 250K YouTube views
Strands canonical version complete XP 60% community agreement
100 animated clips XP 1M combined views on YouTube
Five sequels established with synopses and characters XP 60% community agreement
500 graphics created XP Uploaded to platform
Massive community social sharing XP As reflected in ReelCredits
Paid promotion on social networks $20,000 2,000 new community members ($10/member)
DEX Listings/promotion $20,000 2,000 new investors ($10/investor)
SDOKB MVP Development $20,000 2,000 new community members
Phase Subtotal $60,000

Year 1 Start-up Costs

High-Level Budget Snapshot

  • Phase 0–3 ops: ~$10 k
  • ScreenPlayMate Platform MVP + audit: ~$33 k
  • ScreenPlayMate Enhancements & ReelCredits MVP + audit: ~$55 k
  • Marketing & animatic year 1: ~$40 k (funded via DAO votes & token taxes)
  • Total year-1 cash need: ≈ $138 k (assuming all fiat for audit/ads. Could be much less with ReelCredits)
Deliverable Cost Success KPI
Phase 0 $15,000 Funds deposited and secured in accounts
Phase 1 $0 60% community agreement
Phase 2 $10,000 1M combined views on YouTube
Phase 3 $2,000 60% community agreement
Phase 4 $33,000 Uploaded to platform
Phase 5 $55,000 As reflected in ReelCredits
Phase 6 $40,000 2,000 new community members ($10/member)
TOTAL Year 1 Spending $155,000

Phase 7 | Full Production Engine (Year 2)

At this point the platform is mature:

  • Daily XP → STRAND loop fully on-chain.
  • ReelCredits plus staked STRAND decide story canon and budget releases.
  • Utilizing the latest and established AI tools for optimum production value
  • Treasury funds union-scale writers, VFX previz, voice talent as needed (if XP not sufficient).
  • External partners (studios, brands) buy STRAND to secure influence and access.
  • Multiple releases across various formats and media.
  • Content generating revenue in USD and crypto.