Evolutionary Gaming
A first-of-its-kind, single-player open-world, strategy RPG with 20+ game experiences and a self-regulating economy - powered by you.
A Living Universe
Game: Set in the Legends of Cypher universe, Reticle Cold War is a single-player deep-strategy, open-world RPG wrapped in an immersive choose-your-own-adventure, featuring 20+ game experiences and a self-regulating, gamified economy.
Premise: For millennia, the Centopoly, a galaxy-spanning corporatocracy, has ruled the Cosmos with the help of its sentient AI, the Metric. A mysterious new technology, Cypher, threatens their rule, and the future is unknown.
Conflict: You are an operative in the Echo Collective, a decentralized intelligence organization at the front lines of the Reticle Cold War. Inside the Reticle, a virtual environment indistinguishable from physical reality, your actions shape the future.
Open Universe Strategy RPG with D&D Vibes
Immerse yourself in a choose-your-own-adventure experience and watch your story evolve as you progress. A data-driven personalized experience, the game adapts to you. Everything from NPC interactions, available missions to strategic choices and rewards is based on your individual choices and skills.
Enjoy 20+ game experiences across thousands of locations, including old-school turn-based combat, digital board and card games, and even a full-fledged battle simulator featuring ASCII art – for the ultimate in old-school gaming vibes
Reticle Cold War is single-player, but it is not a sandbox game. Players’ individual decisions shape the collective experience. For example, players can battle to seize resource-rich territories that will determine the economic and military fates of Reticle Cold War factions.
HOMEOSTATIC GAME ECONOMY (HGE)
One of Reticle Cold War’s most significant innovations is the first-of-its-kind self-regulating ‘homeostatic’ game economy. Inspired by nature, the system is designed to counteract common economic pitfalls such as asset hyperinflation and value extraction.
Predictive analytics, autonomous AI and non-AI custom agents, behavioral nudges and other tools are used to reach and maintain economic equilibrium.
Key Homeostatic Balancing Features:
Forge Points: An in-game non-tradable currency used by players for for character and skill upgrades and the crafting of more than 70 items. Players acquire Forge Points by converting “data shards” (these are awarded to players as they advance) through a Transformation Engine that they own and operate.
Adaptive Supply: While players control their engine's Forge Point efficiency, the homeostatic system dynamically adjusts Forge Point monetary policy to prevent oversupply in response to player-driven economic conditions.
Self-Regulating Calibration: The homeostatic system monitors multiple economic and game health metrics (including asset supply & demand) to tune Forge Point production rates for the benefit of all players.
Game Launch Events and Rewards
To secure your place and maximize rewards, the best value is to pre-purchase the Founders NFT, which gives you access to all launch activities in seasons zero and one and a 20% discount on all future pass purchases, special items, and merchandise.
Play-to-Own - Mint and Trade
Skills aren’t just stats; they’re ownable, tradable assets, and so is your Avatar.
As you play, you craft and acquire high-value items using Forge Points to enhance abilities, specialize your build, or trade with other operatives.
Each Avatar is generated with a Rarity Score that is defined by a permanent and immutable Skill Configuration — the base skills generated at creation. Higher rarity reflects stronger or more specialized skills within that configuration.
This means an Avatar can be minted or traded, while the player retains all earned progression. Avatar trading will be enabled post-launch.
INSIDE THE GAME
Reticle Cold War features more than 20 gaming experiences and a self-regulating analytics-powered in-game economy inspired by nature. Get a glimpse of the game with the mini-gameplay videos and in-game media.
