Build status

What exists in the development build and what is only the game's design.

City of Legends can't be played right now. There are no live servers, and a closed alpha by invite is next.

Access

Only Chromium-based browsers have been tested, on a desktop and on an emulated phone. Nothing has been measured on a real graphics card or a real phone, so no frame rate and no load time is promised here. See Platforms.

Access: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Plays in a web browser	In the dev build	A browser client with nothing to install, and an installable web app. It needs a host, and there is none right now.
Open servers	Designed	None are running. The development server went offline in October 2026 and no new host has been announced. A closed alpha by invite comes first.
Invite codes and accounts	In the dev build	An account needs an invite code, a handle, an email and a password, and sign-ups are closed unless the owner opens them. The sign-in screen issues a recovery phrase once. There is no request form and no waitlist. See Getting into the alpha.
Gamepad	Partly built	Works in the open world. It is not wired into the dive fight, and there is no rumble.
Touch	Partly built	A virtual stick and buttons work in the open world. The dive fight listens only for a mouse and a keyboard.
Quality tiers	In the dev build	Four tiers are picked automatically. They change how the game is drawn. Play is the same on every tier.

Making a Legend

Making a Legend: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
The creator	In the dev build	Thirteen screens, from archetype to the final file. A Legend made there is saved to the account. See The creator.
Body, face and wardrobe	In the dev build	Three builds, faces with sliders, hair, makeup, a wardrobe across many slots and a set of one-press costumes. Faces do not animate.
Accent and power look	In the dev build	One accent colour tints your abilities, your Surge and your name. A separate power look picks the colour and style your powers burn. See accent colour.
Kill signature	In the dev build	The lettered sound word that pops on your finishing blow is stored with the Legend.
The faction pick	In the dev build	Meridian, the Undercurrent, Scrapline or Unwritten, with a head start in standing. It is set once. See Factions.
The archetype pick	In the dev build	Seven archetypes can be chosen. Revenant is locked behind a rite. See Archetypes.
Archetype kits	Partly built	Only SALVO's kit runs in a fight. The kits of the others, and every archetype signature, are designed. See SALVO.
Revenant and its rite	Designed	Earned at Operator 50. Nothing of the rite exists. See Revenant.
Photo mode and clips	Designed	No camera mode and no clip capture exist. See Photo mode and clips.
Joining by link	Designed	Sending a friend a link is designed. The browser client, invite-code sign-up and squads that it depends on exist.

Powers

Powers: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Operator levels 1 to 50	In the dev build	Levels, the XP curve and the level gates work. One curve is shared by Legends and enemies, so a level makes a Legend stronger. See Operator levels.
XP	Partly built	A finished dive pays XP. Finding a fast-travel point or finishing the first gig pays a stopgap amount. Street kills do not pay XP yet.
The Chassis	In the dev build	The attributes are saved with the Legend, and street combat reads them. See the Chassis.
Strain	In the dev build	The combat-flight meter runs in the movement code, and the server checks the Strain ledger of a build. See Strain.
Sync and the Gravity Well Surge	In the dev build	Both run in the dive. The street has neither yet. See Sync.
Powersets and fusions	Partly built	Fifteen powersets are catalogued and the Forge screen saves a frame. In the dive a frame changes your channels and one fusion can fill a slot. The powerset abilities are not on the ability bar. See Powersets.
The Wetware Grid	Partly built	Doctrine trees are saved and checked by the server. No node changes anything in a fight yet. See the Wetware Grid.
Augments	Partly built	Installs are saved and priced against Strain. They change nothing in a fight yet. See augments.
Subroutines	Partly built	Dozens are defined and a proc engine exists. The dive does not hand them out. See Subroutines.
Clutch, Focus and Second Wind	Designed	The Cleanskin's answer to Sync exists as text and nothing else. The refusal that makes a Cleanskin is built. See Cleanskin.
Apex Conditioning and Chromed	Designed	The fork at Operator 30. See the fork at Operator 30.
The ceremonies after Operator 10	Designed	A first Surge at Operator 15, a third powerset at 20, a fourth at 40 and the Revenant rite at 50. None of them exists yet. See the ceremonies.

Travel

Travel: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Starting on foot	In the dev build	Every Legend begins as a fledgling with a fast sprint, an extra jump and a wall climb. Every critical path can be finished on foot. See the fledgling guarantee.
First Splice and the Cleanskin refusal	In the dev build	At Operator 10 the Clinic seats the first node of a chosen travel line. Refusing the needle closes every weave line for life. See First Splice.
Six travel lines	In the dev build	Skybreak, Redline, Ghostware, Freerunner, Graviton and Tiderunner run in the movement code. Each has a tree of nodes gated by Operator level. See Travel lines.
Jury-Rig	Partly built	Its tree is written. The belt's gadgets are not in the movement code, and the Clinic does not offer the line. See Jury-Rig.
Fluxboard	In the workshop	A tree exists for it as a preview. It is not available. See Fluxboard.
Fast travel	In the dev build	Points are discovered by getting close to them. The Tailrace Run as a route a Legend rides is designed. See Getting around.
Updrafts and no-fly zones	In the dev build	Updraft columns and no-fly boxes are compiled into the city.
Flying between districts	Partly built	Works on your own client with no loading screen. Crossing into another district leaves the shared room, so a Legend does not stay with other players.

World

A Legend who logs in starts at the Junction. The build does not yet save where a Legend was.

World: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
The Junction	In the dev build	New Legends wake on the floor of the Nexus Well. It is a safe hub. See The Junction.
The Wick	Partly built	The one district with an enemy director. See The Wick.
Every other district	Mapped	Streets, landmarks and points of interest are laid out, and most are only partly dressed. No gameplay system runs in them. See The districts.
West of the wall and the south	Mapped	The newest part of the map. Names here may change. See West of the wall.
Shared district rooms	In the dev build	Each district is its own room with space for other Legends, who appear as their own Legends.
Ghost signals and the Records codex	In the dev build	An old signal is found by reaching its spot, and the codex lists what has been found. The server marks one found when it can see the Legend there, so in practice this works in the Junction only.
Breakable street objects	In the dev build	The server decides what breaks, and objects regrow after a while. Collision never changes. Holes you can walk through are designed.
The map screen	In the dev build	The Atlas shows the city and what a Legend has discovered.
Crowds, traffic and signage	In the dev build	The streets carry crowds, traffic, drones and signs drawn from the city's own text.
Characters you can talk to	Designed	Fixers exist as gig-board entries. Speaking characters in the street are designed. See People.
World events other than storms	Designed	Incursions, flashpoints, gang events and the Audit week. See World events.

Combat

Combat: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
The dive	Partly built	One solo site, Substation 7's roof deck in Shallownet: four waves, an Uplink hold, the boss and a jack-out. See The run as built.
The CERBERUS Process	In the dev build	The boss of that one site, with three heads and three phases. See the CERBERUS Process.
Street fights in the Wick	Partly built	Heat, three enemy pools, storms and the anti-air floor run in the Wick. A Legend's one attack is SALVO's primary. There are no abilities and no kill rewards. See The streets.
Storms in the Wick	In the dev build	Storms announce themselves and light their spawn anchors before they fire. See storms.
Street fights in Overpass Fields and Breaker Rows	Designed	Both districts are mapped and neither has an enemy director. See Overpass Fields.
Hit feel	In the dev build	In the dive: a freeze on each hit, flashes, camera kicks, lettered sounds and tiered numbers. The street has flashes, numbers and sound, and no freeze yet.
Death and respawn	In the dev build	A Legend who falls in the street returns at the district's safest entry. See The streets.
Downs and revives	Designed	Crawling while down, and being revived by anyone nearby.
Co-op dives	Designed	A server-side dive room for up to four exists and nothing joins it. Co-op dives are designed.
Strata past Shallownet, the Choice and BLACKICE depth	Designed	Only the first stratum has a site. See the strata.
Difficulty modes, Overclock contracts and the daily seed	Designed	The threat math exists in the code. Nothing lets a player choose a mode. See The run as designed.
Nexus Hunts	Designed	Queued boss strikes launched from the Junction.
Elite affixes	Partly built	Overclocked runs in the dive. Encrypted and Corrupted are designed. See ICE escalations.
Enforcers and the Repossessor	Designed	GAVEL and the Toll have bodies in the game's data and no fight. Switchmother and the Repossessor have neither. See Enforcers and titans.

Items

Items: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Balances and satchel	In the dev build	Creds, materials, Ciphers and items are stored per Legend and read from the server. The client cannot write them.
Gear	Partly built	A catalogue exists: Rig, Deck, Mods, Signature, affix pools and a budget check. There is no equipped loadout, no drop and no item lifecycle. See Gear and money.
Rarity	Partly built	The ladder of rarities exists as data, each with its own colour and shape. See rarity.
Loot drops and the decrypt	Designed	The dive pays creds and XP and nothing else. See Gear and money.
Crafting	Designed	No recipe and no bench exist. The Forge screen is where powersets are framed, and it is not a crafting bench. See crafting.
The market screen	Partly built	It reads your real balances and items. Listings, bids and escrow are a labelled preview. See the market in Market Row.
Trading, banks and vendors	Designed	Not built.
The Deep Market and ROOT Ciphers	Designed	Ciphers have a balance and cannot be earned yet. See the Deep Market.

Social: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Crews	In the dev build	Create, invite, leave and kick, five ranks, a live tag on the nameplate and crew chat. There is no bank, emblem, hall or leaderboard. See crews.
Squads, friends and block	In the dev build	Squads work, with party frames across districts. Friends and block lists work. See squads.
Chat	In the dev build	Chat is in the build and off by default. Its channels cover nearby, squad, crew and whispers, and it is filtered and can be muted and reported.
Dens	Partly built	A Legend can decorate a room and the layout is saved. Nobody else can visit, and the trophies are placeholders. See dens.
Constructs and Crew Halls	Designed	Not built. See Constructs.

Story

Story: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Quests	In the dev build	The server checks every step of a quest.
The gig board	Partly built	Only one objective in the game can be completed by play: standing on the Loop platform at the Junction stop. The rest of the board is written content.
Faction rep	In the dev build	Standing runs from tier 0 to 5 and the factions screen reads it from the server. Almost nothing earns it yet. See rep.
Faction questlines and side stories	Designed	Written, and not built. Nothing in play can start them. See Factions.
Story choices	Designed	The server rules exist for choices that grant powers. Nothing in play can trigger one.
The first-time flow	Partly built	A scripted first-flight preview and an in-world tutorial overlay exist. The preview runs on placeholder data.

PvP

PvP: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
PvP normalization	Partly built	A function exists that strips level and gear differences. No mode uses it. See PvP.
Duels, the Circuit and the Pit	Designed	No duel room exists. See duels.
Arenas, Data Chase and ranked	Designed	No arena room exists. See arenas.
The Deadband war	Designed	The gate rule is checked on the server. The Deadband districts are preview geometry that cannot host a room. See the Deadband war.

Look and sound

Look and sound: what exists
Thing	Status	What is there, and what is not
Neon Ink rendering	In the dev build	Toon shading, outlines and halftone.
Music	In the dev build	Synthesised live in the browser, with five intensity levels.
Sound effects	In the dev build	Synthesised, plus a set of rendered one-shots, all original.
Reduced motion	In the dev build	Follows your system setting.
Other accessibility options	Partly built	Flash reduction, colour-blind rarity and key rebinding have toggles in the options panel that do nothing yet. Combat flashes are rate-limited, and rarity uses colour and shape together.
An epilepsy warning at first boot	Designed	Not built.

Checked October 2026.

See also