NOVASMC

GAME DECISION MAP

State of Survival

Strategy · Cross-platform · 2019

Current analysisBaseline 2026-07-05Open Decision Analysis →

Build and upgrade the Settlement → collect resources and manage construction, research, and training queues → grow Heroes, troops, Chief gear, and Battle Power → clear Explorer Trail, world zombies, gathering, and rallies → join Alliance help, research, events, and State warfare → reinvest rewards into the next upgrade and war preparation.

Recurring Structures

Detailed Repeating Structures

What repeats and keeps the system moving?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

External Calendar

Build and upgrade the Settlement → collect resources and manage construction, research, and training queues → grow Heroes, troops, Chief gear, and Battle Power → clear Explorer Trail, world zombies, gathering, and rallies → join Alliance help, research, events, and State warfare → reinvest rewards into the next upgrade and war preparation.

Events, operating schedules, and live operations reactivate participation, exchange, and reward states.

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  1. Return

    Core Daily → War Conversion Loop

    The actual loop runs through Help → Explorer Trail → BP → Chief → SvS/Capital Clash.

Bottlenecks

Bottleneck Patterns

Where do decisions and flow break?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Decision and Planning Calculability Breakdown

The affected flow runs through DR; its limiting point is the growth economy planning handoff.

Multiple goals, resources, states, rules, and paths cannot be compared on one decision surface, forcing repeated reprioritization.

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  1. Core

    Decision and Planning Calculability Breakdown · Growth Economy

    The affected flow runs through DR; its limiting point is the growth economy planning handoff.

  2. Supporting

    Outcome and Contribution Attribution Failure · Alliance Cooperation

    The limiting point sits in the alliance cooperation result handoff.

  3. Supporting

    Temporal and Operational Synchronization Break · Liveops Event

    The limiting point sits in the liveops event return handoff.

  4. Supporting

    Rights and Lifecycle Discontinuity · Hero

    The limiting point sits in the hero handoff.

  5. Supporting

    Fairness and Legitimacy Erosion · Competition Alliance

    The limiting point sits in the competition alliance result handoff.

  6. Supporting

    Resource and Value Conversion Failure · Commerce Economy

    The affected flow runs through offer lineage reconciliation; its limiting point is the commerce economy settlement handoff.

Contradictions

Contradiction Patterns

What must improve, and what must remain protected?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Outcome and Failure Attribution vs System Depth and Rule Integrity

Improve Complexity Vs Convenience while preserving Freedom Vs Control.

Causes and retry conditions for outcomes, failures, and fairness must become attributable while strategic, combat, and competitive depth and rule integrity remain protected.

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  1. Core

    Core Contradiction

    Improve Complexity Vs Convenience while preserving Freedom Vs Control.

  2. Supporting

    Complexity Vs Convenience / Freedom Vs Control

    Across Alliance, improve Complexity Vs Convenience while preserving Freedom Vs Control.

  3. Supporting

    Performance Vs Load / Stability Vs Volatility

    Across entry/task/claim/skip → return, improve Performance Vs Load while preserving Stability Vs Volatility.

  4. Supporting

    Popularity Vs Scarcity / Complexity Vs Convenience

    Across Hero → rank/build/use/display → completion/revisit lineage, improve Popularity Vs Scarcity while preserving Complexity Vs Convenience.

  5. Supporting

    Freedom Vs Control / Stability Vs Volatility

    Improve Freedom Vs Control while preserving Stability Vs Volatility.

  6. Supporting

    Revenue Vs Trust / Complexity Vs Convenience

    Across SKU view → compare/action → use → next-action, improve Revenue Vs Trust while preserving Complexity Vs Convenience.

Solution Mechanisms

Solution Mechanisms

Which intervention mechanism changes the condition?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Layered and Progressive Disclosure

Apply Layered and Progressive Disclosure across Three-Layer Growth Result Contract while preserving the protected value.

Separate complex meaning, rules, and strategy into layers and reveal only the depth needed at each moment.

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  1. Core

    Three-Layer Growth Result Contract

    Apply Layered and Progressive Disclosure across Three-Layer Growth Result Contract while preserving the protected value.

  2. Supporting

    DO- Alliance Contribution Contract Hub

    Apply State and Rule Visibility Encoding across Alliance Contribution Contract Hub while preserving the protected value.

  3. Supporting

    Eligibility-to-Next-State Grammar

    Apply State and Rule Visibility Encoding across Eligibility-to-Next-State Grammar while preserving the protected value.

  4. Supporting

    Hero Next-State Grammar

    Apply State and Rule Visibility Encoding across Hero Next-State Grammar while preserving the protected value.

  5. Supporting

    Role & Result Legitimacy Receipt

    Apply State and Rule Visibility Encoding across Role & Result Legitimacy Receipt while preserving the protected value.

  6. Supporting

    Offer-to-Use Value Lineage Contract

    Apply State and Rule Visibility Encoding across Offer-to-Use Value Lineage Contract while preserving the protected value.

Solution Compositions

Solution Compositions

How should interventions be combined and sequenced?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Single-Track Localized Bundle

Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Three-Layer Growth Result Contract as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

Combine a core intervention with stabilizing or accelerating support within one problem track and keep its impact localized.

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  1. Core

    Three-Layer Growth Result Contract Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Three-Layer Growth Result Contract as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  2. Supporting

    DO- Alliance Contribution Contract Hub Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Alliance Contribution Contract Hub as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  3. Supporting

    Eligibility-to-Next-State Grammar Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Eligibility-to-Next-State Grammar as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  4. Supporting

    Hero Next-State Grammar Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Hero Next-State Grammar as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  5. Supporting

    Role & Result Legitimacy Receipt Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Role & Result Legitimacy Receipt as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  6. Supporting

    Offer-to-Use Value Lineage Contract Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across Offer-to-Use Value Lineage Contract as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  7. Supporting

    Parallel Solution-Mechanism Composition

    Connect 6 source-declared mechanisms across Three-Layer Growth Result Contract as Core-First Branch-Sequential Portfolio.

  8. Supporting

    Parallel Solution-Mechanism Composition

    Connect 6 source-declared mechanisms across Three-Layer Growth Result Contract as Parallel Local Contracts with Independent Rollback.