Axioms

Every system Round Online has locked — scoped by product, plus the studio-level axioms that apply across all of them.

We work axiom-first. Every system that holds a Round Online project together has its own document with a version number.

Axioms are scoped by product — each game and each piece of software has its own set. A small number of axioms sit at the studio level and apply across everything we make.

Studio · cross-product axioms

These apply to every Round Online project, regardless of medium. (4 systems · all in progress.)

SystemVersionStatus
Visual design (V1–V?)workingin progress
Marketing (M1–M?)workingderived during 3Chess launch
Studio operations (S1–S?)workingThree Cycle base
Story craft (general)workingin progress

3Chess

The 3-player hex chess game.

SystemVersionCounts
Game rulesv2.224 axioms · 15 theorems
Ratinglocked15 axioms (PL-Elo Exact)
Environmentlocked18 axioms · 7 theorems
HexPair admissionrev 426 axioms
Glossaryv0.2 working9+ canonical terms · available now

Additional axiom systems are in development and will be published as the work they govern ships.

A Table Without Edges

Short fiction collection. (Axiom set in progress.)

In development

Small software in early design. Axiom sets not yet public.

  • nectarserve — (in development)

How to read an axiom

Each axiom has:

  • An ID scoped by product (3Chess: A14, R3 · studio: V2, M5 · etc.) — citable from any post or paper
  • A statement — one or two sentences, no more
  • A derivation — what follows from it
  • A version — locked, working, or superseded

Some axioms turn out to be wrong. We bump the version and explain why. The changelog is public.

The Glossary is the only fully-published system page so far. The other locked systems have stub pages explaining scope and status; full axiom listings are being prepared.