Vastro

The problem

The idea needed to be playable before it could be judged. A design document cannot answer whether autonomous tiles and daily routines are actually interesting to watch.

The approach

Build the smallest thing that proves the loop. A single bootstrap component constructs the entire scene at runtime, so the prototype runs from an empty scene and there is no hand-wired editor state to maintain.

The architecture

1. A single bootstrap component builds clock, grid, population, camera rig and HUD at runtime
2. World grid with tile state and tile view kept separate
3. Autonomous tile progression — grassland into farm and mine tiers over in-game days
4. Citizen agents with day and night routines for workers, adults and children
5. RTS-style camera controller with pan, zoom and rotate

Result

Built as a prototype: the scene assembles itself from one component, so the simulation can be iterated on without maintaining editor scene state.