Working Title · Pre-Production · CL 598

AxonRush

A 1–24 player real-time strategy game where you don't move soldiers — you design the flow. Risk-style territory, factory-game logistics, auto-battler combat, and a single MOBA-style hero, all on a hex board.

This site is the working knowledge base for the project: the design spec, current architecture path, open questions, and the materials we use when bringing in collaborators. It mirrors the source-controlled GDD.md and ArchitecturePath.md living in the Perforce depot.

Current status (2026-05-09, CL 598): GDD v0.6 locked. Engineering is well underway — Phases A through G of the architecture path have shipped (foundation gameplay context, reactions, providers, triggers, verb system, tile primitives, visibility services, combat ticker framework, AI personality plumbing). Active work is now on Phase H/I (lobby + match lifecycle close-out) and PostArchitecture.md Phase 1 redesign — see the codebase audit for the full snapshot (1,310 files / 122k LOC / 18 production gameplay systems).

Start Here

Pitch & Core Loop

What the game is, what genre it sits in, and the five-step loop a player runs every match.

02 · One-Pager

The short version. A single page you can hand to a publisher, partner, or hiring candidate.

25 milestones from M0 (minimum playable) through M24 (ship). Includes a decision-lock map for open design questions.

Gameplay Reference

Hex grid, 3+3 lane structure, 9 nexus intersections, starting-position rules.

Orthogonal Level / Type / Rule model. Per-level HP pools. Tile destruction and regen.

Path budget, drawing UI, weighted splits, supply-line persistence through captured tiles.

Stat-based auto-battler. Pass-through hazards. Path-end engagement. Distance falloff.

One hero per player. Buff aura, ability overlay, vulnerability matrix, MOBA-style respawn escalator.

Four resource slots, Resource-rule tiles, sinks for tile upgrades and conversions.

Section 4 · 11 · 13

Match T=0 starting state. Win condition. Eliminated-player tile spoils. Fog-of-war and replication.

Project State

Milestone Roadmap

M0 through M24. Each milestone layers one mechanic. Decision-lock map shows when each open question must close.

Unreal 5.7 C++. Perforce. No GAS — combat uses TInstancedStruct. Server-authoritative networking.

Every still-deferred design decision, the milestone it must close at, and how to reason about it.

Snapshot · 2026-05-09

Files, LOC, modules, subsystems, gameplay-system status, cheat surface — current shape of the project at CL 595.

For Potential Collaborators

Press Kit / One-Pager

Compact summary you can share externally. Genre, hook, scope, current state.

Minimum viable team to ship the MVP, plus the full launch-team picture and what each role owns.

Monetization Concepts

Three candidate models — premium, F2P-cosmetic, hybrid — with pros, cons, and implications.

Features and modes that could land post-launch: replays, drafting, scenarios, custom maps, and more.

Off-hours collaborator slots — what we're building, how the team works, what each role covers. Public-facing pitch.