Concept
A top-down tactical roguelite about pulling off lightning-fast cyber burglaries in neon-drenched corporate arcades. Players assemble a two-person crew, case procedurally remixed facilities, and execute heists in short, high-tension runs where stealth, gadget timing, and split-second escape decisions matter more than raw combat. The hook is "plan lightly, improvise heavily": alarms escalate the map in real time, security systems can be turned against each other, and every successful score funds risky upgrades that reshape the next run.
Core Gameplay Loop
- Select a target and loadout of gadgets, perks, and crew abilities.
- Infiltrate a compact facility, scouting patrols, cameras, locks, and loot routes.
- Disable systems, steal objectives, and improvise when alarms raise threat levels.
- Extract before lockdown, balancing greed against survival.
- Spend earnings on permanent unlocks, new specialists, and higher-risk contracts.
Target Platform
PC / Steam
Art/Style Direction
Stylized retro-futurist pixel art with crisp silhouettes, luminous signage, and bold faction color-coding for immediate tactical readability. Snappy, arcade-like animation, dramatic alarm-state lighting shifts, holographic UI overlays, and a pulsing synthwave presentation.
Minimum Viable Feature Set
- Top-down real-time stealth/action gameplay
- 3 playable facility types with procedural room remixing
- 2 crew archetypes with distinct active abilities
- Alarm escalation and lockdown system
- Basic gadgets: jammer, smoke, EMP, breaching charge
- Loot/objective extraction and post-run economy
- Meta-progression unlock tree for gadgets and contracts
- Controller and keyboard/mouse support
Milestone Plan & Ownership
| Workstream |
Owner |
Sub-issue |
| M1 Prototype: Silent Entry (Engineering) |
Fenster |
#56636 |
| M2 Vertical Slice: Panic in Pink Neon (Design/Engineering) |
Keaton |
#56638 |
| M3 Art & Content Pass: City of Glass Locks (Art/Narrative) |
Verbal |
#56637 |
| M4 Playable Demo: Last Train Out (Testing/Release) |
McManus |
#56639 |
| Security & Data Privacy Review: Clean Getaway |
Kujan |
#56641 |
| QA & Test Planning: Nothing Left Behind |
Hockney |
#56640 |
This issue and its sub-issues auto-close after 1 day; the next scheduled run will start a fresh concept.
Concept
A top-down tactical roguelite about pulling off lightning-fast cyber burglaries in neon-drenched corporate arcades. Players assemble a two-person crew, case procedurally remixed facilities, and execute heists in short, high-tension runs where stealth, gadget timing, and split-second escape decisions matter more than raw combat. The hook is "plan lightly, improvise heavily": alarms escalate the map in real time, security systems can be turned against each other, and every successful score funds risky upgrades that reshape the next run.
Core Gameplay Loop
Target Platform
PC / Steam
Art/Style Direction
Stylized retro-futurist pixel art with crisp silhouettes, luminous signage, and bold faction color-coding for immediate tactical readability. Snappy, arcade-like animation, dramatic alarm-state lighting shifts, holographic UI overlays, and a pulsing synthwave presentation.
Minimum Viable Feature Set
Milestone Plan & Ownership
This issue and its sub-issues auto-close after 1 day; the next scheduled run will start a fresh concept.