# ROADMAP — U R M03

## v1 target — the greybox falsifier

v1.0 of this repo is NOT the game; it is the playable slice that
falsifies (or confirms) the design's three core bets. Cut v1 when
all of these are true:

1. **Arena + piloting** — one greybox arena; positioning-only mech
   control (no aim, no combos).
2. **Auto-fire build layer** — one KINETIC weapon that fires itself;
   the build expresses itself visibly without input.
3. **Card layer** — 2-slot hand, card-time dilation (freeze/dilate
   toggle exposed as a knob), two cards: one HEAT, one KINETIC;
   charges generated by the build.
4. **Chemistry row** — KINETIC+HEAT: knocking a heated enemy into
   others spreads heat on impact. Authorship-loud feedback stack
   (hitstop + hues meeting + sting placeholder).
5. **Two enemy types** — untagged grunt swarm + self-heating burster
   (tests the literal enemy tag mirror).
6. **Falsification playtest** — operator has played it and rendered
   verdicts on the three bets: positioning ↔ build interaction,
   card-freeze rhythm, chemistry delight.

## Parking lot (post-greybox)

Everything else, including: remaining 9 chemistry rows + 5 surges;
node map / run structure; belt + full hand; keystones; base layer;
salvage economy; drives/transits; zones; bosses; art pass (sprite
grid test 32–48px); audio; naming pass (tags, modules, rigs);
enemy factions as tag dialects; tuning knobs (CONCEPT.md § Open
questions #2). None of it enters this repo until the greybox
verdict is in.