The idea
Explore resource pressure, social power and survival through a strategy RPG in a fictional correctional facility.
The connection
The creative work lies in the rule system: scarcity changes choices, factions change consequences and the environment makes those systems understandable through play.
System design
The following structure makes the project concept inspectable and defines the implementation to demonstrate.
What would prove it
Use a short playable scenario with competing strategies. Observe whether new players can explain why their position improved or deteriorated and whether more than one approach can succeed.
The next complete milestone
The next milestone is a complete beginning-to-end scenario with reliable save/load, readable consequences and a tested failure/retry loop. Additional content should follow evidence that the core decisions remain interesting over repeated play.
Project record
A top-down strategy RPG set inside the fictional Calder Ridge correctional facility — resource pressure, factional politics and survival mechanics, playable now as a live prototype.
Source: the published APX project register, recovered 28 September 2026. This study explains the design direction and evaluation path; it is not a fresh audit of the product implementation.