The Black Relay

Power the signal. Find the Beacon. Survive the machines.

A low-poly third-person PvPvE war game where human factions power the old Iron Relay network and survive the Titans drawn to every signal.

Field recording

Gameplay preview

This is pre-alpha gameplay footage. Everything shown—art, animations, and UI—is work in progress and subject to change.

Two ways to fight.

Skirmish

A playable 4v4 survival-and-extraction prototype. Scavenge, power relays, pursue the Beacon, and extract before the Titans close in.

Extraction mode

Skirmish

The target format sends four squads of four into the same battlefield. The current offline prototype proves that loop in a smaller 4v4 match with AI standing in for future players.

  1. Format

    Four squads enter

    Sixteen operators deploy as four competing squads. Each squad chooses its own route, priorities, and appetite for risk instead of following one fixed match script.

  2. The run

    Choose what matters

    Scavenge supplies, complete field requests, fight rival squads, power Iron Relay towers, or pursue the Beacon. A squad wipe or Relay capture does not automatically end the battlefield.

  3. Exfil

    Leave alive

    Extraction is available throughout the run. Get out to secure surviving gear, currency, and progress. Stay too long and rival squads or Titans may turn a good run into a loss.

Warfront

A planned 64v64 faction war over relays, logistics, reinforcements, and the Beacon while Titans converge on the strongest signals.

Planned long-form mode

WARFRONT

A match moves through three broad phases. What starts as a quiet search for supplies becomes a fight over the signal.

  1. Phase 01

    Scavenge and prepare

    Survivors spread through dead suburbs and industrial ruins for batteries, ammunition, medicine, and field intel. Early decisions are about routes, resources, and how much risk to take before the battlefield escalates.

  2. Phase 02

    Power the Iron Relay

    Teams deliver field batteries and bring relay towers online. Each restored tower strengthens the network, reveals more information, and narrows the search for the hidden Beacon.

  3. Phase 03

    Fight for the objective

    The Beacon becomes actionable. Rival factions converge on it while the strongest signals draw Titans into the same fight. The war shifts from preparation to survival.