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Join the early studios and creators testing BountySmith before wider launch.
First Forge · pilot build · Stripe test mode
Who it's for
Studios bring the work, creators bring the craft, and both get the workflow before anyone else does.
Put the hiring workflow under real pressure, with a brief you actually need.
What you need: A legitimate Roblox project you own or represent, studio onboarding completed, and a real asset need.
Apply to early work and lead with proof instead of claims.
What you need: 18 or over, creator onboarding completed, and verifiable work in a supported asset category.
One application either way — it uses the creator or studio role on your BountySmith account.
What members do
A working pilot, not a preview. Real bounties with real stakes, and what you learn coming straight back into the build.
Run real bounties end to end — application, selection, protected delivery, approval, release.
A private Discord and a straight line to the founder. Confusing counts as broken.
Structured feedback goes into the build, and meaningful participation earns a permanent badge.
How it works
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Sign up as a creator or a studio — whichever side you're on.
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Build your profile and submit verification evidence. The application reuses it, so nothing is done twice.
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A short motivation and two agreements. Minutes, not an essay.
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An admin reads every application and accepts, declines, or asks for more. Ordinary verification finishes first.
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Real bounties, real submissions, real reviews — on the actual product, with the founder reachable.
Straight answers
The short version — every one of these is expanded in the questions below.
BountySmith payments are currently in Stripe test mode. Real payments are not processed, held, released, protected, or guaranteed by BountySmith during the Founding Forge pilot. Any external payment arrangement exists outside the platform.
Questions
A limited, application-based pilot program. Its first group — the First Forge — is a set of Roblox studios and verified asset creators. Members use the real BountySmith product, test its workflows, give structured feedback, and can earn a permanent founding badge after meaningful participation. It's not a waitlist.
Yes. Applying and participating cost nothing.
No. Acceptance grants program access — it doesn't guarantee work, payment, creators, talent availability, or successful delivery.
No. Payments run in Stripe test mode during the pilot — no real money is processed, held, released, protected, or guaranteed by BountySmith. Any external payment arrangement exists outside the platform.
Not for scripting work — BountySmith is scoped to Roblox assets: VFX, modeling, animation, UI, icon/logo, sound, and building. Programming and scripting are intentionally out of scope.
It helps. Accepted members get a private Discord for support and feedback, but every marketplace action stays on BountySmith — Discord is a community layer, not the transaction system.
No. Like BountySmith itself, the Founding Forge requires members to be at least 18.
An admin reviews each application by hand — portfolio evidence and category fit for creators, project legitimacy and ownership evidence for studios, plus your motivation. Acceptance also requires completing the normal BountySmith verification for your role.
Your application shows its status on your application page and dashboard. An admin may accept, decline, or ask for more information. If ordinary verification is still pending, that finishes first — acceptance can't happen before it.
Use the product for real: run or apply to pilot bounties, test the protected-delivery workflow, report what's broken or confusing, and give structured feedback. The member page keeps a current checklist.
By participating meaningfully — completing pilot workflows and providing useful feedback — after which an admin graduates you and the permanent Founding Creator or Founding Studio badge lands on your profile. Acceptance alone doesn't award it.
Yes. Verification and the Founding Forge are separate: verification gates the marketplace, the First Forge is a limited pilot group. A rejection doesn't affect your verification or marketplace access.
This page stays up and says so. Existing applicants keep their status page, accepted members keep the member area and Discord access, and a later Forge may open after the first one.
Apply with the profile you've already built. An admin reads every one.