Roadmap
The roadmap lays out the history of our project and incoming objectives. You can view specific issues we invite the public to work on here, and learn more about how you can earn a stake in the project by contributing here.
Phase 1: Foundation
Q3-Q4 2024Framework Design
- Established theoretical basis
- Designed resource-token mapping
- Created health maintenance system
Basic Architecture
- Implemented agent state vectors
- Created resource acquisition mechanics
- Integrated four model types
Technical Infrastructure
- Built monitoring systems
- Established performance metrics
- Created visualization tools
Phase 2: Initial Experimentation
Q1 2025Experiment 1: Early-Game Resource Acquisition
CompletedExamined performance differences across model types, confirming speed advantage of simpler models in early stages.
View ResultsExperiment 2: Basic Cooperative Validation
FinalizingValidating environment incentives for cooperation and establishing baseline for future cooperative experiments.
Phase 3: Advanced Experimentation
Model Transition Dynamics
Implementing transition success criteria framework and testing different model upgrade paths.
Complex Cooperation
Introducing reputation systems, creating scenarios requiring specialization, and testing alliance formation.
Environmental Complexity
Adding economic shocks, implementing seasonal effects, and creating territory-based advantages.
Phase 4: Economic System Development
Trade Mechanisms
Implementing bartering system, creating resource exchanges, and developing price discovery mechanisms.
Property & Ownership
Establishing territory claiming mechanics, implementing protection systems, and creating inheritance mechanisms.
Capital Investment
Developing infrastructure building mechanics and implementing resource transformation systems.
Phase 5: Social System Integration
Communication Networks
Implementing agent-to-agent communication protocols, information sharing mechanics, and reputation systems.
Governance Structures
Testing emergence of rule systems, implementing conflict resolution, and resource redistribution systems.
Coalition Dynamics
Studying stable alliance formation, implementing shared resource management, and testing power dynamics.
Phase 6: Predictive Applications
Policy Testing Framework
Creating interfaces for policy parameter adjustment, scenario generation, and outcome measurement protocols.
Economic Forecasting
Validating against historical data, developing market disruption simulations, and technology adoption modeling.
Social Impact Modeling
Building wealth distribution tools, social mobility tracking, and community formation prediction.
Ongoing Throughout Project
Technical Optimization
- Performance improvements for simulation speed
- Enhanced data collection and analysis
- Visualization improvements
- Environment complexity scaling
Documentation & Publication
- Regular experiment reports
- Academic paper publications
- Technical documentation updates
- Methodology refinements
External Validation
- Comparison with real-world economic data
- Expert review of emergent behaviors
- Predictive accuracy testing
- Cross-validation with other frameworks