Fortress

Frame · Built spaces spatial

Built security, a clear boundary between inside and outside – a space that protects and at the same time encloses.

Design question – Your play space has walls. What do they protect – and what do they keep out? Is the fortress a refuge or a prison?

Reference example – Kingdom Rush: towers along the paths, and the waves of attackers break against them. Fortnite: putting up walls in seconds and digging in.

Associations

• Typical Activities – Defending, Building, Patrolling, Besieging (from outside)

Coherence

Mechanisms: Tower Defense, Area Control (inside/outside), Gate (access control), Siege. Activities: Defending, Building, Patrolling, Besieging (from outside). Ludic Organisational Structures: spatial order (inside/outside), political order (control), conflict order.