Roadmap.

01

Foundation

Completed

Level design tools

A custom atelier built for Special Ops - not a generic editor. Maps are authored as competitive spaces: collision, cover, sightlines, and objective volumes in one pipeline.

• Purpose-built level design software for this game’s geometry and flow
• Authoring for collision, cover, portals, and objective volumes
• Designer iteration on lighting, playable space, and extraction routes
• Export path straight into the renderer - no throwaway blockout tools

02

Foundation

Completed

OpenGL renderer

The first engine pass that put a map on screen. Materials, lighting, and camera so the level was no longer a wireframe - it was a place you could walk.

• Real-time rendering of authored maps and interiors
• Baseline lighting, materials, and camera systems
• Debug views for collision, volumes, and designer QA
• Proof the world pipeline could ship from tool to frame

03

Foundation

Completed

Vulkan renderer

The OpenGL path was converted to Vulkan for the frame times a 128-tick tactical shooter actually needs - less CPU overhead, more headroom under fire.

• Full renderer conversion from OpenGL to Vulkan
• Aggressive GPU utilization and tighter CPU cost per frame
• Competitive frame pacing with HUD, particles, and dense geometry
• Engine budget reserved for replay, destruction, and later maps

05

Production

In progress

The first map

One map is in production, taken slowly on purpose. This space has to hold 5v5, dual objectives, and extraction without collapsing into a corridor shooter.

• Primary competitive layout in active blockout and art
• Sightline, spawn, and objective-flow studies
• Cover density, verticality, and camera-readable spaces
• Playtests against the dual-objective and extraction fantasy

06

Production

In progress

Characters & weapons

Operator and weapon models are being built with the same patience as the map. Silhouette, weight, and inspect quality come before volume.

• Faction character models for SWAT and Specialists
• Weapon bodies, kits, and first-person viewmodels
• Animation-ready topology, LODs, and materials
• Art direction held tight so nothing ships generic

07

Production

In progress

Shot registration

Hitboxes, traces, and authority are being locked so a shot feels the same on a clean connection and a bad one. The server is the last word.

• Precise hitbox mapping per character, stance, and movement
• Server-authoritative shot registration
• Recoil, spread, and damage model wired into traces
• Netcode-aware hits that match what the shooter actually saw

09

Systems

Upcoming

Round systems

Spawn, death, spectating, and the round machine - the rules that turn a map and a gun into a match.

• Spawn logic and buy / loadout phase
• Death handling and round elimination flow
• Spectating for downed operators
• Round win conditions, overtime, and match structure
• Objectives and extraction wired into the round clock

10

Systems

Upcoming

Sound design

Every footstep, mag, and room tone has to sell the simulation - and stay readable in a 5v5. Character, weapon, and level audio are still ahead.

• Weapon fire, mechanical, reload, and inspect audio
• Character movement, foley, and vocal callouts
• Spatial level ambience with occlusion and reverb
• Competitive mix so you hear a push before you see it

11

Systems

Upcoming

Live infrastructure

Accounts, persistence, Steam, and leaderboards - the database that remembers every operator after the round ends.

• Full game database schema and relations
• Steam authentication, ownership, and presence
• Leaderboards, player profiles, and match history
• Ranked / seasonal data plumbing for the live game

12

Systems

Upcoming

Kernel anti-cheat

A ring-0 anti-cheat, restrictive by design. Competitive integrity is treated as a feature of the simulation, not a patch after launch.

• Kernel-level (ring-0) client protection
• Tight restrictions on injected software and unauthorized overlays
• Server-side validation paired with client enforcement
• Ban pipeline for confirmed integrity failures

14

Launch

Upcoming

Content & expansion

Once the first map and arsenal hold, the pipeline opens - more maps, weapon skins, and operator cosmetics on a live cadence.

• Additional competitive maps after the first layout ships
• Weapon skins and operator cosmetics
• Seasonal and support cosmetic drops
• A content cadence that does not dilute the gunplay

15

Launch

Upcoming

Closed beta

An invite-only stress of the simulation. Dates and access will be announced - not before the first map and gunfeel are worth other people’s time.

• Invite-only access; size to be announced
• Focus on gunfeel, netcode, and the first map
• Tight feedback loop with a limited operator pool
• Schedule: to be announced