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Echo Protocol

Space exploration and network-management game built around self-replicating probes.

Project notes

Overview

Echo Protocol is a space exploration and strategy game centered on Prime, a replicant probe consciousness that surveys star systems, builds orbital industry, creates new Echoes, and expands a distributed network of command nodes across known space.

Engineering record

Project highlights

  • Explore star systems and evaluate worlds for expansion
  • Build orbital mining and fabrication infrastructure
  • Replicate new Echo consciousnesses with persistent lineage
  • Assign Echo directives and launch interstellar expeditions
  • Manage a growing network of distributed command nodes

Beta access // Active

Authorized access

Play Echo Protocol

Launch the current beta development build. Access is password protected and intended for authorized testers.

Launch beta // →

Development record

Project milestones

Recorded stages only. No invented completion percentages.

  1. M01

    Core game loop

    Establish exploration, industrialization, replication, and interstellar expansion as the playable loop.

    Complete
  2. M02

    Distributed command

    Support persistent Echo lineage, remote systems, and switching command between network nodes.

    Complete
  3. M03

    Player handbook

    Document the current beta gameplay flow in the Prime Operations Handbook.

    Complete
  4. M04

    Visual refinement

    Continue improving stars, planets, moons, nebulae, and other space objects while expanding game content.

    Current

Visual record

Project media

Media // 06

ECHO-MEDIA-001Screenshot

Prime Initialization

Prime comes online at the beginning of the Echo Protocol command sequence.

ECHO-MEDIA-002Screenshot

Orbital Operations

Planetary and orbital operations combine system resources, infrastructure, and probe command.

ECHO-MEDIA-003Screenshot

Replication

Replication creates a new Echo consciousness that can receive its own designation and directive.

ECHO-MEDIA-004Screenshot

Stellar Cartography

Stellar Cartography provides the strategic view for surveying and evaluating local systems.

ECHO-MEDIA-005Screenshot

Command Deck

The command deck brings system status, resources, and active probe operations into one interface.

ECHO-MEDIA-006Screenshot

Echo Network

The Echo Network tracks replicated consciousnesses and their roles across the expanding network.

Field journal

Project activity

Notes // 01

LN-008

Build Log

Beta Systems and Visual Record

Echo Protocol reaches a documented beta checkpoint with timed operations, staged contact analysis, mobile cartography refinements, and a public visual record.

Open →

Project files

Resources & downloads

Resources // 01

  • Documentation

    Prime Operations Handbook

    Browser-ready beta player handbook covering the core Echo Protocol gameplay loop.

    Open resource ↗