MAKE OR BREAK

How it
works

Every step, start to finish. No surprises.

The whole game

Pay $39. Get a private room. Register an idea. Build for 30 days. Submit. The room votes. The panel scores. Pass or break.

Step by step

1

Pay $39

One payment, once per person. No subscription. That buys the room, the help, and a real verdict — whether your name lands in green or red.

2

Land in Discord

You get a private room in the server. That room is yours. The rest of the server stays locked until you make.

3

Register your idea

Use /idea. That is the one you are judged on. It cannot be swapped.

4

The 30-day clock starts

From the day you register your idea, you have 30 days. No extensions, no pauses.

5

Build with metered help

Use /help for assistance — enough to build a connector, not enough to farm it. /status shows what is left today.

6

Submit

Use /submit with a video demo (three minutes or less) plus a repo or a live demo URL. Your submission must contain all four required components.

7

The room votes for 48 hours

Public and advisory. You cannot vote on your own build.

8

The panel scores the rubric

Five criteria, 0–10 each. Pass mark is 35/50. Two auto-fail gates: utility and works-end-to-end. A 0–3 on either is a break regardless of total. Three of four required components is an auto-fail on works-end-to-end.

9

The verdict

First pass within 48 hours of the vote closing. Final call within 5 days. If it takes longer, you get a reason.

What we need from you

Pass or break

Make

The whole server unlocks. Your room becomes permanently yours.

Your connector is pinned in the hall of fame and promoted.

Full build access, plus whatever token discount has been negotiated.

Your name goes on the public board in green.

Scorecard, feedback, history, and LISTED eligibility are $0.

LISTED itself is Meta's decision, not the panel's. A rejection there is not a break here — your pass stands and your idea is not burned.

Break

Your name goes on the public board in red, with the scorecard.

The server stays locked.

Two doors, each can be used once for that idea:

$20 — a fresh swing with a genuinely different idea. New 30-day clock. Flat forever, unlimited uses.

$30 — the same idea back one more time, with the criteria that failed addressed. First revision $30, second $60, $60 hard cap, indexed on revisions purchased, no reset on pass.

A failed revision burns the idea permanently. No third door. Resubmission of a burned idea is blocked by fingerprint.

A pass after a revision is shown on the board as a pass-after-revision.

One payment, one swing. The bar you are judged on is the published one. Nobody can say they did not know.