Fast Access
Students visit the site and start the game instantly from the browser.
Browser Playable Prototype
A world where students become engineers of power.
Artificers is a top-down browser game where players gather components, build machines, and upgrade themselves through systems mastery. No installs. No friction. Open the page and play.
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Game Canvas Placeholder
This area is where the Phaser game will be embedded once the playable prototype is wired into the page.
Play from the Site
The game runs directly in the browser.
This page is designed so students can click a link from Gamers School and start playing immediately on school laptops and Chromebooks. No downloads. No install problems. Just a clean web page with the game embedded directly into it.
Chromebook Friendly
The whole project is built around lightweight web technology.
Expandable
The site can later include save files, account systems, leaderboards, and teacher tools.
Core Identity
You are an Artificer.
Players do not capture monsters. They salvage parts, engineer systems, and transform themselves or their machines through upgrades. The fantasy is not collecting pets. The fantasy is becoming more capable.
Self-augmentation path
Bot-building path
Component collection and crafting
Top-down exploration and interaction
Upgradeable systems across subjects and worlds
Foundational Systems
What the first version needs.
Movement
Walk around a small top-down map.
Interaction
Use a key to talk to terminals, stations, or NPCs.
Resources
Collect scrap or components in the field.
Upgrades
Spend components to unlock one meaningful improvement.
Roadmap
The build path.
01
Website shell
Create the site and playable frame.
02
Game embed
Mount the Phaser prototype in the play area.
03
Prototype loop
Movement, collection, upgrade station.
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Expansion
Maps, bots, missions, and account systems.