Abel Engine

Operations console

No coingoes missing.

Abel Engine is a custom MMO server engine for a full-loot world, built from scratch by one developer. Every move of value is written down, and the books have to balance.

Open the ledgerRoadmap

02 / Ledger

Every coin accounted for.

Every move of value is recorded. One side gives, the other receives, and each entry balances to zero.

  • If the database goes down, value pauses.
  • Play continues for a short, capped window.
  • When the database is back, value moves again.
Ledger stripDB link up

03 / Zones

Zones fail. Fights don't restart.

The world runs on zone servers. They hand players off to each other, and they recover from crashes.

  • A zone goes dark.
  • Its players reroute to the zones around it.
  • The zone comes back and takes handoffs again.
Zone mapAll zones up

04 / Tests

Tested by a thousand bots.

Nothing counts as done until a confirm run passes with simulated players in the world.

1,000bots per confirm run
16milestones shipped
Full checks on LinuxFull checks on WindowsFuzzing
Confirm run0 / 1,000 bots

One cell per simulated player

05 / Watch

We watch the money, not the chat.

Cheat detection follows the value-flow graph to find mule networks. It never bans on first sight, so the whole ring is caught.

  • Feeders pour value in.
  • A killer collects it.
  • Distribution spreads it, delivery hands it over.
Flow traceCase on watch

06 / Bases

Bases and raids.

Players build bases. Other players raid them. What is taken moves through the ledger like everything else.

Base schematicRaid in progress

07 / World

One hub. Many cones.

The world is a stack of planes. They branch off a hub in cones, each cone widening to its own edge.

  • Going deeper means going further out.
  • The further out, the less steady the ground.
  • Cones meet only at the hub. To switch, you go back up.
World, from aboveAt the hub

08 / Roadmap

Done, now, next.

  1. Done

    Ledger

    Every move of value recorded.

  2. Done

    Zones

    Handoff and crash recovery.

  3. Done

    Bases

    Player bases.

  4. Done

    Raiding

    16 milestones shipped so far.

  5. Now

    Cheat detection

    Mule networks, traced on the flow graph.

  6. Now

    GM tools

    The operator's side of the console.

  7. Next

    5,000-bot load test

    Five times the confirm run.

  8. Next

    Chat

    Talking in the world.

  9. Next

    Multi-world and market

    More than one world, and trade.

  10. Next

    Economy graph and replay

    See the flow, and play it back.

  11. Next

    Windows client

    The way in.