Trait Bags generation 0

An overview of Trait Bags

The zeroth generation of Trait Bags is coming to Polygon mainnet very soon. A Trait Bag is a user-created collection of traits. These traits define the powers, abilities, and mechanics of your Supercool STUFF. For example, you can create a Trait Bag for a mage and give your mage traits such as “Master of elemental magic”, “Guard of the Twisted Iron Tower”, and “Superhuman Intellect”.

An example Trait Bag for a Hero in the classic fantasy world of Middle Earth

If you’re familiar with Loot Bags, you can think of Trait Bags as the user-generated equivalent, except that:

• Trait Bags are for a much broader set of categories: you can create Trait Bags for monsters, heroes, villains, magical items, dungeons, cities, and more.
• Trait Bags are part of a continuously evolving ecosystem. We will introduce new Worlds and Traits over time.

There are some parameters that define the kinds of Trait Bags users can create:

• World: each Trait Bag belongs to a World, such as a fantasy world, a cyberpunk world, or a sci-fi world. The World defines what kinds of Trait Bags you can create.
• Category: within a world, there are Categories. The categories are the types of NFTs you can create in that world. In the fantasy world, for example, there are “Hero” and “Monster” categories.
• Trait Type: within a category, Traits are grouped into Trait Types. Example Trait Types are “Profession”, “Powers and Abilities”, “Gear and Artifacts”.
• Traits: Traits are what you actually assign to your Trait Bag and ultimately describe the abilities, features, and background of your creation.

We are launching Traits Bags in Generations. Each generation is for a given World, and has a custom set of Categories, Trait Types, and Traits. Within a Generation, there are a limited number of Trait Bags that can be created before the generation is concluded. Furthermore, within a generation, Traits have rarity. That is, each Trait can only be used a certain number of times before it is no longer available for assignment in that Generation. The actual Trait rarity is hidden until all Trait Bags have been minted.

Generation 0

Generation 0 is going live in the next few weeks. It will be set in a fantasy world where you can create mages, warriors, kings and queens, demons, dragons, and other monsters. Generation 0 will be a “rolling” generation, meaning that we are going to launch it with just a “Hero” category to start, but will add new “Monster” categories and other categories as the generation continues. We are doing this so we can get Trait Bags into your hands as soon as possible.

We have an exciting surprise that we haven’t really mentioned yet: some Traits will be defined by you, the community. Each Trait includes the address of who created it, so as people mint Trait Bags that contain your defined Traits, you will get special benefits. Eventually, the ability to for the community to define custom traits will be fully automated, but until then, if you are interested please join our Discord and share your Trait ideas in the #ideas-feedback channel. We’ll take the top trait ideas and link them to your wallet address.

Here’s a little preview of some of the Trait Types and Traits that we’ll be launching for you to create your Heroes:

• Mage (Trait Type: Character Class)
• Heroes never run (Trait Type: Beliefs, Convictions, & Mottos)
• Cursed after touching a hexed item (Trait Type: Disadvantages, Troubles, & Consequences)
• Archer’s Eye (Trait Type: Expertise, Advantages, & Powers)
• My Father’s Bloodstained Sword (Trait Type: Gear & Artifacts)
• From the windswept plateau (Trait Type: Origin)

You can see more example traits here. None of these traits are guaranteed to be part of our gen 0 launch, but we want you to get a sense of the kinds of traits that will be available.

What’s coming up next?

After we release Trait Bags generation 0, we are going to give you the ability to combine your Trait Bags with your Pixlies to form Supercool STUFF. STUFF describes both what your creation looks like and how it behaves. A Supercool STUFF NFT is the digital DNA that can spread between unlimited virtual games and worlds. Stay tuned as we onboard virtual worlds and games onto the Supercool platform. We’re looking forward to giving you places where you can use your Supercool STUFF.

In the meantime:

• Join our Discord to get involved in creating Traits for generation 0
• Follow us on Twitter @ supercoolxyz for updates on the Supercool platform
• Go to app.supercool.xyz and draw some Pixlies!