Explicit state machine
Ready, playing, paused, between-waves, won, and lost are visible and testable.
Engine testPlayable Systems / Tower-defense strategy build
Forge TD
Route power into defensive machines. Hold six waves before the foundry core loses integrity.
- Build
- v0.2.0-strategy
- Waves
- 6 deterministic
- Systems
- 2 towers / 4 threats
Control board
Build beside the conduit.
Choose a tower, place it on an open cell, then select built towers to upgrade them. Every tower targets the threat closest to the core.
- Click or tap
- Place tower
- Arrows + Enter
- Move and build
- Click built tower
- Inspect tower
- U
- Upgrade selection
- Space
- Start next wave
- P
- Pause or resume
- R
- Restart run
Strategy rule: Pulse towers control groups. Rail towers defeat armor. Upgrades improve damage, range, and firing speed through three visible levels.
Credits180
Core12
Wave0 / 6
Threats0
StateReady
Pulse tower selected. Choose an open cell.
Choose a tower and select an open cell.
System ledger
The board explains every outcome.
- Target rule
- Closest to core
- Placement
- Open cells only
- Threats
- Fast, armored, shielded
- Economy
- Kill, clear, and upgrade
- Simulation
- Bounded 20 Hz steps
- Start
- Player initiated
- Recovery
- Pause and restart
Evidence gate
Playable first. Promotion later.
The deterministic engine is tested separately from rendering. Publication and model-promotion decisions remain human controlled.
Deterministic targeting
Each tower chooses the in-range threat furthest along the conduit, with a stable tie break.
No model at runtimeVisible combat state
Range previews, tower levels, health, shields, and enemy silhouettes expose the strategic state without hidden rules.
Human verified