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A Fourth Game, Pressed in Ink
An endless tower defence in sumi-e, where what you break keeps the loop alive. It's on paper, and staying there for now.
- Arc 04
- Endless tower defence
- In Design · v0.1.1
Phase Loop
It’s just a phase. Then another. Then another. An ink-washed tower defence where the matter you break keeps the loop alive.
Spec sheet
- Genre
- Endless tower defence
- Mode
- Endless
- Session
- 10–30 minute runs
- Players
- Single-player
- Platforms
- iOS · Android
- Window
- 2027
- Build
- In Design · v0.1.1
Pillars
The cycle is the economy
Nothing to buy, everything to break. What one tower takes apart keeps another firing. Let one falter and the rest feel it.
Ink on your terms
The towers lay down the ink. You decide where it lands.
Each run builds on the last
Every run ends; that’s the design. What you earn carries over, so each fresh page reaches further than the last.
DispatchesPhase Loop
Road so far
Now
Paper
The loop, the three states of matter and the core pillars have been pressed in ink.
TBD
Systems
The loop playable: towers, matter, and a first page to break.
Vertical slice
One stretch of the game, built to the standard of the finished thing.
Full game
Everything else, built to the standard the slice set: the rest of the maps, systems and content.
Open playtest
Anyone can play it. Anything that doesn’t survive testing gets cut, even the parts we love.
Late 2027
Release
Narrowed once the prototype runs.
Every phase ends.The list doesn’t.
An email when Phase Loop changes. Nothing in between.