Free solo strategy / survival RPG prototype that runs inside an AI chat
MaOS - Master of Operational Settlement
Upload the MaOS archive into a clean ChatGPT chat with file upload. The AI becomes the referee, rules interpreter, state keeper, and advisor. You remain the commander: every decision carries risk, incomplete information, and consequences.
Not a prompt. Not a chatbot adventure. A structured game protocol for responsibility before certainty
Not a prompt. Not a chatbot adventure. A structured game protocol for responsibility before certainty
Current public version: MaOS Level 1 v1.7.2
One turn - example
MaOS turn
BOIS cycle
real decision
BOIS cycle
real decision
Situation
Forward base loses power
at night
at night
Options
Repair now / wait / scout / conserve / negotiate / test
Known facts
Battery low, crew tired, storm outside
Unknowns
Cause of drain, duration of storm
Decision
Player chooses a limited action
Risk
Injury / data loss / failed observation
Memory
State updated for next turn
Consequence
Resources and knowledge change
MaOS is a solo strategy game about building stability under incomplete knowledge.
You are not given a perfect map, perfect information, or a guaranteed solution. Each turn asks you to decide what to protect first: people, infrastructure, supplies, exploration, or long-term autonomy.
The AI chat does not simply tell a story. It runs the game structure: visible state, risks, resources, unresolved problems, and consequences. Your progress comes from preparation, prioritization, and turning crisis management into operational capacity.
You are not given a perfect map, perfect information, or a guaranteed solution. Each turn asks you to decide what to protect first: people, infrastructure, supplies, exploration, or long-term autonomy.
The AI chat does not simply tell a story. It runs the game structure: visible state, risks, resources, unresolved problems, and consequences. Your progress comes from preparation, prioritization, and turning crisis management into operational capacity.
BOIS in 60 seconds
BOIS is the reason MaOS does not behave like a loose roleplay prompt.
It keeps facts separate from assumptions, makes unknowns visible, tracks actions and consequences, and stops the AI from turning uncertainty into confident fiction.
In MaOS, BOIS becomes part of the game engine: it helps the AI keep state, evaluate risk, preserve consequences, and ask better questions when the player acts under pressure.
It keeps facts separate from assumptions, makes unknowns visible, tracks actions and consequences, and stops the AI from turning uncertainty into confident fiction.
In MaOS, BOIS becomes part of the game engine: it helps the AI keep state, evaluate risk, preserve consequences, and ask better questions when the player acts under pressure.
Roadmap
Level 1 is free. Support helps fund clearer onboarding, public testing, and future levels.
- Level 1 public prototypeAvailable nowThe first public prototype introduces the AI-installed game format, operational settlement play, resource pressure, risk tracking, and consequence-based decisions.
- Onboarding improvementsNextClearer first-run instructions, better quick-start materials, and examples that make the first 5 minutes easier to understand.
- Public testingOngoingTesting launch clarity, AI statekeeping, balance, risk ledgers, and player feedback from real sessions.
- Level 2PlannedA broader operational layer with deeper consequences and new settlement challenges, without revealing the hidden objective of the game.
What support funds
- Level 2 development
- Clearer onboarding and first-run examples
- Public testing and documentation
- Process videos showing how the game and BOIS are built
- BOIS implementation examples for future public releases
MaOS Level 1 is free and open. BOIS:SIMA&BORIS and MaOS are offered as open public work, not as closed products sold behind a paywall.
Support helps fund MaOS Level 2 development, clearer onboarding, public testing, documentation, and process videos showing how the game and BOIS are built.
Patreon is the main support and development-following platform. Ko-fi and Buy Me a Coffee are one-time support options. Support is optional. The public prototype stays open.
Donations do not unlock spoilers, hidden objectives, or a separate paid version of Level 1. They support future development of the project.
About the Author
I was born in the Far East of Russia, in the Jewish Autonomous Region. This game, MaOS, is a consequence of the existence of BOIS:SIMA&BORIS, a compiler core written for my own needs.
This core consists of a set of abstract rules and makes it possible to flexibly configure any sufficiently capable AI for personal use. This game is one clear example of that approach in action. I made it specifically to demonstrate what the core can do — and to show only one very small area of its possible application.
Egor Temnik
Author of BOIS: SIMA&BORIS. Developer of AI-installed game protocols for decision-making under incomplete knowledge.
