solana · on-chain · season 01
melee
A gladiator arena built on Solana. Stake $melee, challenge opponents to Connect 4, survive every 12 hours. The last ones standing split the vault.
about
about melee
Stake.
Survive.
Earn.

melee is a skill-based gladiator arena built on top of a $melee token launched on pump.fun. Every player deposits a fixed stake to enter. Once inside, you must challenge opponents and win — or be eliminated.

The vault grows from every loss, every forfeit, every exit fee, and every trade on PumpSwap. When survivors drop below a threshold, the jackpot is split equally between whoever is still standing.

There is no passive survival. Miss your 12-hour activity window and your full stake is swept to the vault automatically. The arena is always churning. New players can join at any time.

The game is Connect 4 — fast, skill-based, and impossible to fake. Every match is played in the browser and the result is submitted on-chain. No oracles, no trust, no middlemen.

how it works
Gameplay.

The mechanics are simple by design. The tension is not.

01 · enter
Deposit your stake
Buy $melee on PumpSwap. Go to the web app. Deposit 100,000 $melee into the program escrow. Your clock starts immediately.
02 · survive
Play every 12 hours
You must complete at least one challenge every 12 hours. Miss the window and your entire stake is auto-forfeited to the vault. No exceptions.
03 · fight
Challenge anyone
Pick any active player and challenge them to Connect 4. Both stakes are locked by the contract. A per-move timer keeps games under 10 minutes.
04 · win
Take your cut
Win and you keep your stake plus 10% of your opponent's. Their remaining 90% goes to the vault. Your clock resets to 12 hours.
05 · exit
Leave anytime
Changed your mind? Withdraw at any time when not in a game. A 5% exit fee goes to the vault. The other 95% returns to your wallet.
06 · claim
Split the vault
When survivors drop to the threshold, the endgame triggers. Remaining players split the entire jackpot vault equally. Then it resets.
about melee

Stake.
Survive.
Earn.

Everything you need to know about how $melee works, where the money goes, and what's coming next.

How it works

The full mechanics — no fluff, no ambiguity.
01 · launch
pump.fun → PumpSwap
$melee launches on pump.fun with a 1 billion token supply. Once the bonding curve graduates (~$70-90k mcap), trading moves to PumpSwap and the 0.05% creator fee wallet activates — feeding the vault on every trade.
02 · escrow
Program-owned accounts
When you register, your stake moves from your wallet into a PDA (Program Derived Address) — an account owned entirely by the smart contract. The web app never has access to your wallet. Only the program logic can move those funds.
03 · challenges
On-chain result submission
Connect 4 is played in the browser. Once the game ends, both players submit the result on-chain. If a player doesn't respond within the move timer, the challenger wins automatically via the timeout instruction.
04 · endgame
Automatic payout
When the survivor count drops to the threshold (configurable by multisig), any remaining player can call claim_victory(). The contract splits the vault equally among all survivors and the round resets automatically.

Tokenomics

$melee uses a standard pump.fun token with game mechanics layered on top. The vault grows from four independent sources simultaneously.
total supply
1,000,000,000
fixed · no mint authority post-launch
entry stake
100,000 $melee
≈ $7 at graduation · adjustable via multisig
win fee
10%
of loser stake → winner · 90% → vault
exit fee
5%
of stake → vault on voluntary withdrawal
Vault feeding mechanisms
💀
Game losses
90% of loser's full stake swept on every elimination
90%
⏱
Clock forfeits
100% of stake auto-swept when 12hr window expires
100%
🚪
Exit fees
5% of stake on every voluntary withdrawal
5%
◎
PumpSwap trading fees
0.05% creator fee on every $melee trade flows to vault
0.05%

Roadmap

Where we are and where we're going. Config values are adjustable post-launch via multisig with a 48hr timelock so the community always sees changes coming.
Phase 01 · complete
Concept & design
Game mechanic design finalized Smart contract architecture planned Demo web app built Tokenomics defined
done
Phase 02 · in progress
Token launch & community
pump.fun launch Graduate to PumpSwap Creator fee wallet activated Community building on X / Discord
live
Phase 03 · upcoming
Smart contract & devnet
Anchor program — all 8 instructions Escrow, vault, clock logic Multisig + 48hr timelock governance Devnet deployment & testing
soon
Phase 04 · upcoming
Arena web app
Phantom wallet integration Live arena dashboard Connect 4 with on-chain result submission Real-time leaderboard & vault tracker
soon
Phase 05 · future
Mainnet launch & beyond
Mainnet deployment post-audit Season 1 arena goes live Tiered leagues (bronze / silver / gold) Additional game modes
future