Francis Pike

Three moves. Two rogue AIs.

One network to save. AI Swarm is a turn-based strategy game for Android, coming soon to Google Play.

See how it plays Email the studio
One turn in AI Swarm
One turn in AI Swarm Your blue server, with 28 agents, opens two channels: one to a server held by the Rogue, with 6 agents, and one to a firewall held by Hydra, with 7. When the turn plays, agents flow along both channels. The Rogue's server drops to zero and becomes yours; the firewall takes only half of each hit and holds. 12 8 7 6 0 28 SERVER SERVER FIREWALL DATACENTER SWITCH TAKEN
  1. Your swarm. A server with 28 agents opens two channels.
  2. The Rogue. A rogue AI holding a server with 6 agents.
  3. Hydra. The other rogue AI, behind a firewall that halves every attack.
The AI Swarm app icon: a blue server sends two arrows toward a red striped server and a green dotted firewall.

AI Swarm

You command a swarm of AI on the side of humans against two rogue AIs, the Rogue and Hydra, who also fight each other. It plays offline, and it was designed to read well on phones and on e-ink tablets.

Coming soon to Google Play. For Android phones and tablets.

  • Mission 3 on a phone: the Rogue's striped datacenter sends a red channel into a small blue server, while a bigger blue server sends a channel back.
    Detail A · Mission 3. The Rogue attacks for the first time.
  • Mission 8: a larger map with the Rogue's red server top left, Hydra's green server top right and your blue server at the bottom.
    Detail B · Mission 8. Hydra joins, and the map grows.
  • Mission 15, the finale: a dense network and, at the bottom, the buttons for Lumen and the human abilities.
    Detail C · Mission 15. The finale, with Lumen and the human abilities.

Screens from the current beta, in Italian.

Three orders a turn. Then the network moves.

You give up to three orders. Then the rogue AIs take their turn, and agents flow along every open channel.

Channel
Open one to take a free node, attack an enemy one or reinforce your own.
Wave
On one of your channels, half of the node's agents strike at once. One wave per node each turn.
Unplug
Close one of your channels.
Counterattack
Lose a node, and the channels that were reinforcing it start attacking it. Unplug them before they drain you.

Legend

  • Server. The basic node. Produces 3 agents a turn.
  • Datacenter. Produces 5. Later it can switch to Qubit mode.
  • Firewall. Takes only half of every attack.
  • Switch. Produces little, but can hold three channels.
  • GPU. A server you specialize for 15 agents. Produces 6.
  • You. Blue: your swarm, on the side of humans.
  • The Rogue. Red stripes. A rogue AI.
  • Hydra. Green dots. The second rogue AI.
  • Lumen. Purple. An AI ally you create.

15 missions in five chapters

Guided step by step at first, then on your own. Three difficulty levels, up to three stars a mission, and no dice: the same moves always give the same result.

  1. Training1 to 3
  2. The Rogue4 to 7
  3. Hydra8 to 10
  4. Allies11 to 13
  5. Singularity14 and 15

We are Francis Pike.

There are two of us, and we make games and apps for Android. AI Swarm is our first.

Key plan: the network from the top of the page, after the turn.
Studio
Francis Pike
Team
Two of us
First game
AI Swarm
Platform
Android
Status
Coming soon to Google Play
Map
Always whole, nothing random
Balance
300 simulated games per mission and difficulty
Built for
Phones, tablets and e-ink

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