【State】Current Development Focus Confirmed as EA0.00 Sub-Phase

Document ID & Time Reference

Document ID: FM-DEV-0012
Established: 2025-12-22 【PST】
Published: 2026-01-12 12:03 【PST】

Official Announcement

This document is an official 【State】 status announcement
within the FireMatch development progress archive.

This announcement confirms a factual status:

With EA0.1 already established as an overall planning phase,
the actual development focus of FireMatch Empire at the current stage
has been formally confirmed and concentrated on the EA0.00 sub-phase.

Nature of the EA0.00 Phase

EA0.00 is not a feature showcase version,
nor any form of playable or externally deliverable build.

Within the FireMatch Empire development framework,
EA0.00 is defined as an initial structure and rule construction phase.

The core question of this phase is not:

“Is it fun right now?”

but rather:

“Does this civilization simulation system hold up
at the structural and engineering level?”

Core Objectives of EA0.00 (Public Definition)

The objectives of EA0.00 are not judged by content volume,
system completeness, or experiential quality.

Instead, this phase confirms that the following foundational conditions are met:

The basic structure of the world and map is stable
Time progression and state updates have a unified, authoritative source
Exploration, cities, buildings, resources, and other entities exist in structured form
Relationship boundaries between systems are clear and traceable
Civilization state has a single, credible source of truth

The purpose of this phase is to ensure that the civilization system
can be correctly constructed and extended,
rather than prematurely shifting into experience polish or content accumulation.

Practical Characteristics of the Current EA0.00 Sub-Phase

At the current point in time, the EA0.00 sub-phase exhibits the following clear characteristics:

Most systems remain in minimal implementation or validation states
Feature prioritization is judged solely by “whether it structurally holds”
Presentation layers, UI, and complete gameplay flows are not yet focal points
Systems deliberately avoid temporary or shortcut-based coupling

The central concern of this phase remains:

Structural correctness, not richness of presentation.

Phase Boundaries (Explicit Exclusions)

Within the EA0.00 sub-phase, the following items are explicitly excluded from phase objectives:

A complete technology or era progression experience
Balance design for population, needs, or satisfaction systems
Complex UI or long-form playable flow validation
Numerical tuning or performance optimization
Any functionality implemented early merely to “appear playable”

These elements are intentionally reserved for later phases
and will not prematurely intrude upon EA0.00’s structural validation process.

State Attributes

Type: 【State】
Nature: Development focus confirmation
Associated Phase: EA0.1 → EA0.00 sub-phase
Overwritable: No
Constitutes an external commitment: No

Historical Positioning

This announcement marks an important turning point in FireMatch Empire’s development:

The project has formally moved from
“concept and planning”
into a phase of “structural engineering validation.”

All subsequent work related to gameplay, experience, system expansion,
and content generation will be built upon the premise
that the structural foundations confirmed during EA0.00 are sound.

Completion of EA0.00
will serve as a non-reversible foundation
for all subsequent development phases.

— FireMatch Studio