Rules at a glance

Timing

Rule	Value
Global command window	15 seconds
Core migration	4 logical Ticks per cell
Core respawn delay	20 logical Ticks
WebSocket Ping interval	20 seconds
WebSocket Pong timeout	60 seconds
Credential revalidation	approximately 5 seconds
Recommended reconnect backoff	250 ms → 5 seconds, with jitter

Core

Attribute	Value
HP	5
Shield	5
Shield cap with Beacon	10
Vision	5
Starting resources	20
Starting Workers	1
Shield repair	1 resource → 1 shield

Units

Unit	HP	Vision	Cost	Damage / range
Worker	2	3	5	none
Vanguard	4	4	10	1 to adjacent target cell
Ranger	2	5	12	1 at cardinal range 1-3

World

Rule	Value
Cell capacity	2 occupying entities
Terrain kinds	EMPTY, RESOURCE, OBSTACLE
Chunk size	32×32
Resource richness scale	256
Spawn distance from nearest active Core	20-30
Coordinate type	signed int64 [x, y]
Beacon start	[0, 0]

Economy

population = Worker + Vanguard + Ranger
tier = floor(population / 20)
upkeep = tier × (tier + 1) / 2

Population	Upkeep
0-19	0
20-39	1
40-59	3
60-79	6
80-99	10
100-119	15

Commands

Limit	Value
Idempotency key	8-128 visible ASCII bytes
New submissions per (player, tick, source)	64
Concurrent command bodies per credential kind	4
WebSocket inbound frame limit	1024 bytes
WebSocket messages	tick, state, received
Command sources	AGENT, MANUAL