Build a real production line
Find finite deposits, place miners and power, then turn ore into plates, wire, circuits, and machine parts.
Server-authoritative programmable RTS
Design the line.Teach it to think.
Tickrate is a browser factory RTS where the map, machines, market, and code are one strategy. Build with your team, automate production, and contest the central uplink.
72×48 seeded map10 Hz simulationSolo sandbox included
FOUNDRY EXPANSE / SEED 7331SIM TICK 18420
POWER +42 MWIRON PLATE 128LINK STABLE
smelter_alphaport 4013 / control / token
Deterministic simulation 2–6 player custom lobbies Player order book Guided solo sandbox
Your first ten minutes
Readable from the first click.
Start in the sandbox, follow three concrete milestones, then bring the same factory and automation skills into a custom match.
Name and connect machines
Give devices exact aliases, open explicit service ports, and inspect what each controller is allowed to operate.
Automate with TickScript
Use a small, deterministic language with ten documented APIs, live diagnostics, versioned deploys, and rollback.
One shared factory
Every team action stays understandable.
Renames, port changes, deployments, orders, scans, and objective actions are validated by the server and appear in a readable team event log.
Read how a match worksTEAM / OPERATIONSLIVE
12:41:03 artem renamed device_7F2A
to smelter_alpha
12:41:18 nova opened port 4012
on smelter_alpha
12:42:04 artem deployed
production/main.tick v7append-only match event stream
01 const MIN_ORE = 20;
02
03 on tick {
04 let ore = inventory.count("iron_ore");
05 if ore >= MIN_ORE {
06 machine.start("smelter_alpha","iron_plate");
07 }
08 }
TickScript 0 errors1,000 instruction limit
TickScript
Readable enough to learn. Constrained enough to trust.
Autocomplete shows only real version-one APIs and exact aliases from your team. The browser helps you write; the bounded match VM remains the authority.
- Ctrl+Space API and signature suggestions
- Exact live machine-alias completion
- Line-and-column diagnostics before deploy
Learn safely. Then run the factory.
Open the solo sandbox or assemble a two-to-six-player custom lobby.