# Novarchy — An AIgen consulting challenge in gaming | AIgen Solutions > Novarchy is an AIgen conceptual challenge: we analysed gaming and, with our agents, defined, designed and developed a space strategy game able to compete. Game Design Benchmark, design, development and the game itself, in the browser. Lingua: en · Pagina: https://aigensolutions.it/novarchy · Versione HTML canonica; questo file è il gemello Markdown per lettori automatici. --- An AIgen conceptual challenge # Novarchy. A consulting test, _in one of the hardest markets._ We analysed gaming, one of the most crowded markets, and with our agents we defined, designed and developed a product able to compete. **The game is the evidence. What it proves is the consulting work we bring to clients.** [Let’s talk →](https://aigensolutions.it/contact) [Play for free ↗(opens in new tab)](https://novarchy.com) [Discover the challenge ↓](#challenge) Free to play, with optional in-game purchases; some packs give combat advantages. Played in the browser, on computer and phone. ![A fleet battle in space: white starships trade energy beams against a starfield.](/novarchy/replay-still-1-720.jpg) A battle replay, rendered by the game’s own engine. 01 / The challenge ## Why gaming: enormous supply, scarce attention. 01 ### An enormous supply / Volume New games ship every day. Getting noticed is already a feat. 02 ### Contested attention / Time Everyone is fighting for players’ time: social media, video, other games. 03 ### Loyalty to the classics / Habit Strategy players have stuck with the same titles for years and do not switch easily. The question: **can an agentic method take a product from zero to a live game,** able to compete where players have already made their choice? 02 / Game Design Benchmark ## Before designing, we studied who was already there. A comparative study of the genre’s reference titles, with a simple grid: **what we take, what we don’t adopt.** - OGame - Travian - EVE Online - Stellaris - Clash of Clans - Rise of Kingdoms ![Galaxy map: hexagonal sectors full of coloured systems, with the map controls at the sides.](/novarchy/screen-galaxy-2.jpg) The galaxy: where the benchmark choices become a map. What we take EVE Online The map as a political chart: territory and sovereignty visible at a glance. OGame Coordinates as the players’ common language. Travian Zoom by levels: each level shows only what it needs to. Clash of Clans Guild events over long windows, open to players in different time zones. Rise of Kingdoms Guild donations: cheap to give, rewarding for the giver, and they build shared research. What we don’t adopt EVE Online Wormholes, regional markets, security tiers: complexity that this scale does not need. OGame A galaxy made only of coordinates, with no territorial map. Travian The uniform square grid: space wants star systems, not a board of squares. Stellaris Fixed lanes between systems: our galaxy is open, divided into sectors. The genre Events at a fixed time: people at work or in another time zone cannot be there. The names cited are trademarks of their respective owners. Novarchy is not affiliated with or endorsed by them; the references describe design choices. The positioning we chose: **strategy for people with day jobs.** Short sessions, several times a day. Timers from minutes to hours, never days. 03 / Design and development ## Written rules, verified code, continuous releases. Economy, combat, map, guilds, seasons: **every system has written rules; the main ones have a dedicated design document.** The code is checked against those rules. - 01 ### Written rules What each system does, why, and within which limits. - 02 ### Stated references The main choices name the model they start from and the one they move away from. - 03 ### Recorded decisions When a rule changes, the decision and the reason are recorded. 1. ### Need An idea, a request, a player’s report becomes a clear task. 2. ### Development AIgen agents write the code and the tests. Our team supervises and decides. 3. ### Verification Automated tests and adversarial review before anything is merged. 4. ### Release Continuous releases, straight to the browser. **Our team sets the direction, AIgen agents carry it out with discipline.** 04 / What it means for you ## The same phases, in your industry. These are the phases of our [method](https://aigensolutions.it/method), applied to your industry instead of a game. 1. ### Analysis In the game, the Game Design Benchmark. For you, processes, data and competitors. 2. ### Design Written specifications and agreed acceptance criteria, before the code. 3. ### Development AIgen agents and our team together, with automated tests and frequent releases. 4. ### Real-world validation In the game, real players. For you, real users and real processes. [Let’s talk →](https://aigensolutions.it/contact) [The method in full →](https://aigensolutions.it/method) 05 / The game ## A space strategy game that lives on when you are not playing. Novarchy is a **space 4X strategy game** (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate), **multiplayer and persistent.** Every season ends with the Eschaton, a cyclical cataclysm. - ### Base An empire to grow: buildings, research, colonies. - ### Fleets Ships to build and command, from interceptors to titans. - ### Combat Every battle has its own 3D replay, to watch again whenever you like. - ### Espionage What you can see decides what you dare. - ### Guilds Shared research, raids and recurring events to take on together. - ### Synthetic empires AI-controlled empires populate the galaxy. Each one wears an AI badge. - ![Base screen: the orbital station with hangar, research, colony, campaign and guild, and the suggested next move below.](/novarchy/screen-home-2.jpg) The base - ![Hangar: an interceptor in the foreground, with the build queue and the controls to build new ships.](/novarchy/screen-hangar-2.jpg) The hangar New players start out protected: **for the first three days, no one can raze you.** Played in the browser, on computer and phone. Free to play, with optional in-game purchases; some packs give combat advantages. [Play for free at novarchy.com ↗(opens in new tab)](https://novarchy.com) [Let’s talk →](https://aigensolutions.it/contact) [Join the Novarchy Discord ↗ (opens in new tab)](https://discord.gg/72P4fC9hY5)