Rampart
Zero.
Build a fortress. Command a mechanized army.
Give the next wave a reason to stop.
A system
worth defending.
Rampart Zero brings fortress defense and real-time strategy together around a vulnerable forward base. Power, production, research, and recovery turn construction into a network of tactical commitments.
Ground forces, aircraft, Engineers, sensors, shields, and orbital support give the player different ways to prepare and respond. The fifteen-wave campaign builds toward a component-targeted Titan encounter; endless play carries the pressure beyond it.
The on-device Commander is another way to act on those decisions. A compact local model translates intent, while deterministic systems retain authority over what actually happens.
This is our first original game and a long-running study in AI-assisted production. It is currently shared as a full private browser build for invited friends and family. Public release timing and pricing have not been announced.
A world, built in layers.
The idea takes shape.
A forward base, an escalating machine swarm, and a browser-first design. The earliest design predates the playable prototype.
A playable beginning.
The first documented playable prototype arrives in approximately ninety minutes. Sound, rendering, and explicit Commander permissions follow.
Build the production system.
Image-to-3D experiments become a pipeline with variant review, runtime selection, and gameplay data kept independent of generated meshes.
Strengthen the foundations.
Simulation, movement, rendering, and the interface evolve together. Typed plans and bounded autonomy reshape the Commander.
The command center moves home.
Speech, command interpretation, and voice run locally. Recovery, research, aircraft, a fifteen-wave campaign, and the Titan deepen the game.
A new mechanical world.
The asset forge integrates the remastered roster. The Armory, battle reports, and new music complete another presentation pass.
A Ninth Signal game.
Iron Swarm becomes Rampart Zero. The current full build is shared privately with invited friends and family; public release details remain unannounced.
Speed needs direction.
What a fast prototype can teach you—and what only months of iteration can reveal.
A voice of your own.
An intelligent command interface belongs beside the player, with a clear job and clear limits.
A world is more than a mesh.
How generated geometry became an articulated, coherent, playable machine army.
Give the player a way back.
Why repair, salvage, and field autonomy matter as much as the next explosion.