Each player controls two types of units: Workers and Thieves. Maybe 3 of each.
Workers go out and collect various raw materials which can be brought back to their home (which is safe), deposited somewhere (which isn't), or transformed at some kind of industrial machine into something more valuable. These are all skills-based processes -- workers level up.
Thieves hide out somewhere and rob anyone who enters that room. They can't hold very many items starting out, can't rob super effectively and thus have to move back to the home base to drop off their loads. However successful thievery levels them up.
Special items that can only be used by workers (but carried by any unit) will let you see the location of workers or thieves in real time, one item of each. It can be stolen obviously.
Area relationships can change so thievery becomes more difficult and/or workers get sent into places to get ambushed. However this process costs money. There has to still be a valid path to a room known as the Nexus however from every room -- no closed loops. The Nexus itself is a neutral space -- thieves can't be placed on it, though they can move through it.
Money is obtained by bringing items back to your home (in any format) and selling them via the Delivery Node.
There are more houses than players -- players can switch residences for money, which is a valid strategy as you don't have to ferry items between them.
All the money prices vary by the day.
The overall goal is to have the most value by the end of some set period (maybe a month), at which point the game resets. The winner gets a plaque in The Nexus (similar to how Lootopia works).
You can hire additional Thieves or Workers for money, however this gets increasingly expensive and caps somewhere. Also they start out at level 0.
Each day has three "peak hours" which are chosen for like the best possible arrangement of work/life stuff. In any case, during this time period, the value of everything is doubled. The goal is to encourage players to be active at the same time.
