
AI-directed game
Crown the Map
Live strategy game
A father-son browser strategy game for conquering Europe through troops, terrain, workers, and resources.
- The design started with how he wanted it to work: pick a country, zoom into its states, and conquer neighboring land.
- He wanted computer players that fight each other too, so the board becomes a shifting free-for-all instead of a scripted duel.
- Food, iron ore, lumber, gold, workers, terrain, and pillboxes turn his conquest idea into a deeper strategy game.