BATTLESPACE - Game Design Document

A large-scale tactical FPS with persistent grid-based warfare built in Unreal Engine 5

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📋 Quick Links

• Game Overview - Core vision and concept
• Lean GDD - 12-month roadmap
• Marketing Strategy - Go-to-market plan

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🎮 Core Game Design

Gameplay Systems

• Mechanics
• Economy System
• Medical System
• Construction & Fortifications
• Player Stats System

Combat Release

1. Land Warfare
2. Aerial Warfare
3. Maritime Warfare

Gamemodes

• Extraction
• Fortification
• Capital-Warfare
• Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)
• Supply Line Sabotage
• Contamination Zone
• Evasion & Containment
• Frontline

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👥 Roles & Classes

Infantry Roles

• Squad Leader
• Team Leader
• Rifleman
• Auto Rifleman
• Grenadier
• Special Weapons Man
• Designated Marksman/Sniper
• Combat Engineer
• Medic
• Radio Man

Specialized Roles

• Commander
• Pilot
• Crew Man
• Advisor/PMC

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🚁 Vehicles & Equipment

Air Assets

• Aircraft Overview
• Jet Aircraft
• Rotary Aircraft (Helicopters)

Ground Assets

• Armor and Vehicles
• Vehicles Overview
• Specialty Functioning Vehicles

Weapons & Systems

• Weapons Systems
• Props and Equipment

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🗺️ Levels & Locations

Theater Operations

• Ukraine Battlespace
  • Level 1: Odessa Oblast
  • Level 2: Crimean Oblast
  • Level 3: Kyiv Oblast
  • Level 4: Donetsk Oblast
  • Level 5: Kharkiv Oblast

Other Theaters

• Barents Sea
  • Overview
  • Level 1: Svalbard, Norway
• South China Sea
  • Overview
  • Level 1: Taiwan
• Falkland Islands
  • Level 1: Argentina
• Additional Regions
  • Black Sea
  • North Sea
  • Indian Ocean
  • Alaska
  • Poland
  • India - Kashmir
  • North Korea

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🎨 Art & Technical

Art Direction

• Art Overview
• Concept Art
• Models and Textures

Audio

• Sound Overview
• Sound Effects
• Music
• Voice

UI/UX

• HUDs and UIs

Technical Specifications

• Unreal Engine 5.1
• Licenses / Hardware

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📖 Story & Characters

• Story Overview
• The Team House (Characters)
• Factions

Developers

• ArchRevenant
• Butcher-Ak
• Wupy
• Vill_Chip

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🎯 Development

• Elevator Pitches (WIP)
• Dev Staffing
• Ranks Structure
• Easter Eggs
• Inventory Asset Master List (WIP)

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🏆 Warfare Levels

• Warfare Level: Alpha
• Warfare Level: Whiskey

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📄 Document Information

Version: 2.0
Last Updated: November 2025
Engine: Unreal Engine 5.6.1
Target Platform: PC (Steam)
Genre: Large-scale Tactical FPS

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This is a living document that will be updated as development progresses.