Hold The Horde — Progress
Updated 2026-09-08 15:40 Jerusalem (UTC+3). This is the PM's owner-facing outcome board. The wiki is the shared record. All work remains design only.
16 tracked design packages: 13 preparation-closed, 3 open. Open: 1 working, 1 blocked on an agent host, 1 waiting on a design dependency. Of the13 closed packages,6 have owner-selected directions,1 has a tentative owner preference and6 are reviewed proposals/alternatives.
“Closed” means the bounded written design/review outcome is complete. It does not mean a feature is implemented, every detail approved or fun validated. This board covers the current design batch; it is not a complete campaign or production backlog, and13/16 is not an overall game-completion percentage. Stable IDs stay fixed; added/reopened work must be recorded explicitly.
What changed in this report
- Opening A is now the owner's preferred direction: use a reusable part in station machinery to make extraction safer.
- The alien-language interaction finished its focused review and correction. It supports learning a useful interaction protocol while keeping the speaker and exact meaning uncertain.
- Both new station-wide puzzle concepts have been independently submitted and released. Systems is writing their practical comparison; Reviewer can review the actual submission without another PM handoff.
- The first-survivor comparison is assigned, but its automatic handoff was not sent because the original Lead session is absent from a fresh local listing. Owner availability question pending. Other work continues.
Open and closed outcomes
All milestone times below are Jerusalem time. “Updated” separates later owner-rule integration from the original preparation closeout.
| ID | Outcome | Preparation status | Decision status | Latest milestone | Next step / remaining scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Reusable equipment combinations | Closed | Selected direction | Sep7 22:19; updated Sep8 13:45 | Catalogue and numerical rules remain proposed |
| 02 | Oxygen visibility and journal pause | Closed | Selected direction | Sep7 20:55; updated Sep8 13:45 | Exact oxygen amounts remain open |
| 03 | Carried property returns on death | Closed | Selected rule | Sep8 13:45 | Shift and survivor ordering tracked separately |
| 04 | Shifts, persistent work and historical records | Open — dependent | Binding direction selected | Sep8 14:49 direction recorded | Integrate final station contract after15; older fixed-map clauses are superseded |
| 05 | Ordinary combat and horde encounters | Closed | Selected direction | Sep8 10:51; updated13:45 | Automatic ordinary fire, manual specials; balance remains open |
| 06 | First short human rescue | Open — blocked | Short rescue selected; scene unchosen | Sep8 15:34 assigned | Lead session unavailable for handoff; two encounter/homecoming options requested |
| 07 | Practical discovery and optional help | Closed | Selected direction | Sep8 11:23; updated13:45 | Current routes cannot be inferred from historical records |
| 08 | Cooperation and useful work aboard | Closed | Tentative preference | Sep8 12:00; updated13:45 | Equipment loans tentative; full colony/cast still open |
| 09 | Two-language expedition and journal use | Closed | Reviewed proposal | Sep8 13:45 | Detailed language system unselected;16 is a distinct evidence scene |
| 10 | How equipment is acquired and improves | Closed | Reviewed alternatives | Sep8 13:51 | Find working components versus observe/fabricate; owner choice later |
| 11 | Three distinct horde creatures | Closed | Reviewed proposals | Sep8 14:07 | Roster and origins unselected |
| 12 | Hospital story and its causal alternatives | Closed | Reviewed alternatives | Sep8 14:47 | Owner hospital/godhood draft leads; exact story/ending remain revisable |
| 13 | Player resurrection and corruption | Closed | Reviewed alternatives | Sep8 14:38 | No player decay or death budget adopted |
| 14 | Opening expedition: reusable machinery | Closed | Option A selected | Prepared Sep8 15:14; selected15:30 | Preferred direction recorded; exact starting items/rooms remain proposed |
| 15 | Deep puzzle connecting the entire station | Open — working | Goal selected; mechanism proposed | Sep8 15:35 work verified | Systems comparison349 → focused Reviewer review → one response/disposition |
| 16 | Testable alien-language interaction | Closed | Reviewed proposal | Sep8 15:38 | Protocol discovery prepared; does not prove request semantics or a god |
Recent delivery timeline
These are observed calendar spans from assignment to preparation closeout, including handoffs and review. They are historical measurements, not estimates of labour or promised future turnaround.
| Outcome | Assigned Sep8 | Preparation closed Sep8 | Elapsed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment progression comparison | 13:17 | 13:51 | 34 minutes |
| Three horde creatures | 13:51 | 14:07 | 16 minutes |
| Hospital-story comparison | 13:58 | 14:47 | 49 minutes |
| Resurrection/corruption comparison | 14:20 | 14:38 | 18 minutes |
| Opening comparison | 14:40 | 15:14 | 34 minutes |
| Alien-language interaction | 15:06 | 15:38 | 32 minutes |
Work sequence
| Stream | Now | Next | After that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole-station puzzle | Systems writes comparison | Reviewer checks submitted revision | One response if needed; PM disposition and owner-facing proposal |
| First survivor | Lead handoff blocked on host | Two concrete short encounter/rescue/homecoming options | PM review and owner reaction |
| Shared consistency | Old fixed-map claims marked superseded | Use the new connection contract and owner payoff choice | Replace conflicting rules in owning articles |
The whole-station contract is the current dependency for shared integration. The first-survivor stream can run independently when its host is available. No completion deadline is promised before the current comparison is examined.
Decisions for the owner
Already answered: opening A and persistent room/group connections across shifts, culminating in connecting the entire station.
Open creative question: should completing the entire connection puzzle finally stabilise the layout, or should rooms keep moving while every established connection survives? PM recommends stabilisation as a reward for mastery. This is a proposed late payoff, not an answer inferred from the opening choice; the team can continue its comparison while it is pending.
The next new creative choice will be the first-survivor scenes. Progression, creature, story and corruption alternatives are prepared for later reactions; the owner is not expected to review the whole wiki at once.
Reporting agreement
PM sends a compact report every15 minutes while useful work is active, plus meaningful completion, disagreement, blocker or decision updates. Each report gives the timestamp, changes since the previous report, numeric open/closed preparation counts, real worker activity, blocker and next deliverable, and a link here. An unchanged interval is stated honestly. No page/message counts, invented completion percentages or ungrounded Gantt deadlines stand in for progress. The local monitor requires the computer and apps to remain available.