Short-Drama Creator Guide
From wallet setup to your first sale — the complete workflow for a series
Platform:
https://www.loreplay.io/I
Preparation
Wallet Setup
Install the MetaMask extension in Chrome or Firefox.
Import a seed phrase or create a new wallet, and store the phrase offline.
Switch to the Base network and keep a small amount of USDC for gas and Passcard transactions.
Signing In
Go to https://www.loreplay.io/ and click Login.
Connect MetaMask and approve twice (connect wallet + signature).
The signature is only used to sign in — it does not create a transaction and costs no gas.
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For Viewers
The first few episodes of every series are free. The creator decides how many; locked episodes are marked in the episode list.
Pay in USDC to buy that series’ Passcard and unlock every episode — one card unlocks the whole series, episodes are not sold separately.
Access is decided by on-chain ownership. Transfer the card and viewing rights go with it.
You can list a Passcard on the secondary market to exit.
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For Creators (core workflow)
1. Create a Collection (your minting factory)
Create your own Collection — every Passcard you mint later belongs to it. This costs gas.
2. Mint Passcards (NFT access tokens)
A Passcard is an ERC-721 (numbered) or ERC-1155 (unnumbered) NFT.
One series maps to one Passcard subcollection, so plan how many you need based on how many series you intend to make.
| Type | Best for | Suggested supply | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbered (ERC-721) | Limited launches, collector editions | ≤ 500 | Each one unique and collectible |
| Unnumbered (ERC-1155) | Ongoing series for a broad audience | Thousands to hundreds of thousands | Mintable at scale, indivisible |
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Pricing and Supply
Primary sale example: mint 500 Passcards at 10 USDC each for 5,000 USDC total. The platform takes a 5% service fee, so you receive 4,750 USDC.
Secondary market: supply is fixed, so prices can rise with demand. Each secondary trade carries a 5% fee — 2.5% royalty to the creator, 2.5% platform fee.
Free episodes are your most important pricing lever: too few and nobody gets hooked, too many and nobody buys. Start with 2–3 and adjust based on completion rate — the number can be changed any time, and every episode’s lock recalculates immediately.
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Creating a Series and Publishing Episodes
The series is the unit you sell; episodes live inside it. So the order is always: create the series first, then publish episodes.
1. Create the series
Go to Manage → My Series → Create a series.
Fill in the title, description and artwork (2:3 portrait cover for lists, 16:9 banner for the detail page and share cards).
Choose "sell per series" or "entirely free"; if selling, set how many episodes are free.
This step only writes to the database — no transaction, no gas.
2. Register on-chain (required for paid series)
In My Series, click "Register on-chain" on the series, pick a Passcard subcollection, and confirm the transaction.
This returns the on-chain series index that buyers need to place an order — without it, no purchase button appears for viewers at all, so only the free episodes are watchable.
This step costs gas. A failed transaction does not affect the series you already created; you can retry any time.
Entirely free series do not need this step.
3. Publish episodes
Go to Manage → Publish an episode, or use "Add episode" from the series menu.
Pick the series, set the episode number (must be unique within the series) and upload the video.
Whether an episode is free is derived from the series’ free-episode count — there is no per-episode switch.
For paid episodes, upload a preview clip; viewers who have not unlocked it see that instead of a blank player.
After publishing, the video is transcoded to adaptive bitrates. The original plays during transcoding, so nothing is blocked.
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Platform Token Mining
Points: only real trades settled through the ERC-1155 (unnumbered) contract earn points (LNTP), counted for both buyer and seller. ERC-721 trades earn none.
Mining: your daily mining share is based on the points held in your wallet.
Token: total supply of the platform token (LONT) is 100 million, of which 35 million is released through mining.
Release: 10,000 LONT are released daily, distributed proportionally among points holders.
Claiming: rewards must be claimed manually by the points holder.
Where: the mining controls are in the Assets section.
Total supply
100,000,000 LONT
Mining pool
35,000,000 LONT
Daily release
10,000 LONT
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Things to Watch
Gas: Base fees are low (usually a few cents). Only three steps cost gas — creating a Collection, minting Passcards, and registering a series on-chain.
Revenue: primary sales + 2.5% secondary royalties + platform token mining.
Do not rush on-chain: make one entirely free series first to work through uploading, artwork and transcoding, then do a paid one.
Do not switch the Passcard subcollection after launch — everyone holding the old card loses access.
Security: keep your seed phrase offline. Anyone asking for it is scamming you.
VI. Suggestions by Genre
Fast pacing, frequent hooks. Two free episodes is enough; keep episodes under two minutes to hold completion rate.
Do not paywall before the first twist. Give away three episodes so the setup lands, then gate.
High output and fast turnaround — suits large ERC-1155 mints, trading unit price for scale.
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