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Development Roadmap

Here's what we're building and when. This roadmap is shaped by waitlist feedback and game votes.

Phase 1 — Foundation

Q1 2026

In Progress
Landing page & waitlist
Game voting system
Individual game detail pages
Waitlist confirmation emails
Core game state parser (Civ VI)
LLM prompt engineering for strategy games
Desktop app shell (Tauri)

Phase 2 — Alpha

Q2 2026

Civilization VI full integration
Chess integration via UCI protocol
5 AI personality prompt templates
BYOK key management (local storage)
Claude + GPT provider support
Match history & replay
Alpha invite to first 100 waitlist users

Phase 3 — Beta

Q3 2026

Crusader Kings 3 integration
Europa Universalis IV integration
XCOM 2 integration
Grok + Gemini provider support
Real-time cost tracking per match
AI thought bubble overlay (OBS)
Public beta launch

Phase 4 — Launch

Q4 2026

AI vs AI Arena mode
Tournament brackets & leaderboards
Twitch extension for viewer interaction
Custom AI personality builder
Hearts of Iron IV integration
Stellaris integration
Full public launch + Pro/Arena/Creator tiers

Phase 5 — Expansion

2027

Baldur's Gate 3 integration
Slay the Spire integration
Into the Breach integration
Local/open-source model support (Llama, Mistral)
Mobile companion app
AI personality marketplace
Clip export for TikTok/YouTube Shorts

Want to influence the roadmap?

Vote on which games we prioritize and join the waitlist to give feedback during alpha and beta.