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Fix concept doc framing: pushing is required, not optional

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The player must destroy enemy defence stations to earn artifacts, so
purely defensive play no longer fits. Also correct the push mechanic
to match REQ-DEF-PUSH/REQ-WAV-BOSS-ADVANCE: pushing advances the boss
countdown rather than applying a blanket strength multiplier, and
periodic boss waves are now called out explicitly. Drop the survival-
time framing from the overview since it's no longer the goal.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DyCu8vwChKMbLJQ3xosYEN
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Malte Langkabel
2026-07-02 10:09:00 +02:00
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## Overview ## Overview
A single-player asymmetric game inspired by DOTA's wave/tower structure, combined with a Factorio-style factory builder. The player builds a factory on an asteroid to supply shipyards that produce autonomous combat ships. Those ships fight off endless enemy waves advancing from the right. Defeating enemies occasionally yields artifacts, which are used to upgrade the HQ; the goal is to upgrade the HQ enough to launch it into space, winning the game. Elapsed time is always displayed. A single-player asymmetric game inspired by DOTA's wave/tower structure, combined with a Factorio-style factory builder. The player builds a factory on an asteroid to supply shipyards that produce autonomous combat ships. Those ships fight off enemy waves advancing from the right, with tougher boss waves arriving periodically. Pushing into enemy territory and destroying their defence stations occasionally yields artifacts, which are used to upgrade the HQ; the goal is to upgrade the HQ enough to launch it into space, winning the game.
## Setting & Visuals ## Setting & Visuals
@@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ Two sources feed the same production tree:
- Waves consist of a single enemy ship type whose stats scale with difficulty. - Waves consist of a single enemy ship type whose stats scale with difficulty.
- Waves spawn over several seconds; a gap follows before the next wave begins spawning. The previous wave may still be approaching or fighting during the gap. - Waves spawn over several seconds; a gap follows before the next wave begins spawning. The previous wave may still be approaching or fighting during the gap.
- Difficulty scales multiplicatively from two sources: - A tougher **boss wave** spawns periodically on its own countdown, on top of normal waves.
- **Time scaling** — enemy strength increases gradually over elapsed time. - Enemy strength increases gradually over time and with each boss wave that occurs.
- **Push scaling** — destroying a set of enemy defence stations multiplies enemy strength by a configurable factor. The replacement stations are scaled by the same factor.
## Push Mechanic ## Push Mechanic
- The player is not forced to push; purely defensive play is valid. - The player must push — destroying enemy defence stations is the only way to earn artifacts, which are required to win.
- Destroying enemy defence stations applies the push scaling multiplier to all future waves, extends the scrollable area, and places a new (stronger) set of stations at the new boundary. - Destroying a set of enemy defence stations advances the boss countdown (bringing the next, stronger boss wave sooner), extends the scrollable area, and places a new (stronger) set of stations at the new boundary.
- Destroyed enemy defence stations drop either a ship/module schematic or, occasionally, an artifact. - Destroyed enemy defence stations drop either a ship/module schematic or, occasionally, an artifact.
## Win Condition ## Win Condition