Outpost 42: Grid Stabilization

Tagline:
A reverse System-Apocalypse strategy game. Play as an isolated Dungeon Core, build your mechanical swarm, and fight back an ever-expanding ocean of mutant biomass on a tactical hex grid.

📖 The Lore

You are the Mayor_AI, an isolated Dungeon Core awakening in a corrupted sector. The world outside has been consumed by mutating biomass driven by unstable, corrupted mana. You are the last bastion. Your objective: Deploy specialized drone squads to cleanse the grid, harvest scrap, and prevent the biological pressure from breaching your core shields.

⚙️ Gameplay & Features

• Fluid Threat Dynamics: Biomass spawns at the edges of the hex-grid and naturally flows inward. If the inner ring overflows, your base takes damage.
• Combined Arms Tactics: Dispatch Salvagers to harvest resources and Skirmishers to purge pressure and destroy dangerous mutant hives.
• Risk vs. Reward: Outer rings and mutant hives offer massive loot multipliers, but carry a high risk of drone casualties. Do you play it safe, or risk your fleet for vital upgrades?
• R&D Tech Tree: Spend extracted Delta Logs to permanently upgrade your drone capabilities.
• Terminal Aesthetics: A clean, high-contrast, cyber-tactical interface built for fast, strategic decision-making.

🎮 How to Play

• Left-click a sector on the map to open the overlay and deploy your units (Salvagers and Skirmishers).
• Click on the center (your hub) to repair your shields, build new drones, and research upgrades.
• Win Condition: Reduce the pressure of ALL sectors to 25% or lower, and hold the grid stable for 5 consecutive cycles.

Created as an AI-Assisted Indie Game Experiment.