Build specification

Scene Catalog#

Bellwether Island Overview#

• ID: scene.bellwether-overview
• Folder: scenes/00-island-overview/
• Purpose: Orient players to one coherent island and distinguish physical routes from permission-aware Portal routes.
• Form: diagrammatic-hybrid; capacity 1–64; 7 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Arrival Harbor#

• ID: scene.arrival-harbor
• Folder: scenes/01-arrival-harbor/
• Purpose: Deliver place, humor, choice, and the first family contact within two minutes.
• Form: realistic; capacity 1–48; 8 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

The Lantern — Exterior#

• ID: scene.lantern-exterior
• Folder: scenes/02-lantern-exterior/
• Purpose: Make the ancestral home a legible hub whose layers imply several centuries without explaining them.
• Form: realistic-hybrid; capacity 1–96; 7 assets; 3 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

The Pitch Room#

• ID: scene.pitch-room
• Folder: scenes/03-pitch-room/
• Purpose: Turn one human intention into a playable, provisional Orientation and the first honest next step.
• Form: realistic-symbolic; capacity 1–8; 9 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Compass Rose State Sequence#

• ID: scene.compass-rose
• Folder: scenes/04-compass-rose/
• Purpose: Provide an inspectable, non-diagnostic four-direction response to pitch evidence.
• Form: symbolic; capacity 1–8; 7 assets; 1 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Stella's Observatory#

• ID: scene.stella-observatory
• Folder: scenes/05-stella-observatory/
• Purpose: Reveal patterns, Realm-scale horizons, strange signals, and orientation without turning Ki into an oracle.
• Form: realistic-diagrammatic; capacity 1–24; 7 assets; 3 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Orson's Workshop#

• ID: scene.orson-workshop
• Folder: scenes/06-orson-workshop/
• Purpose: Make constraints, testing, repair, and capacity tangible and inviting.
• Form: realistic; capacity 1–36; 8 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Cadillac's Harbor House & Exchange#

• ID: scene.capital-exchange
• Folder: scenes/07-capital-exchange/
• Purpose: Let players understand value, Offers, conflicts, resource requests, and settlements without a Wall Street dashboard.
• Form: realistic-symbolic; capacity 1–128; 8 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Psy's Underways#

• ID: scene.psy-underways
• Folder: scenes/08-psy-underways/
• Purpose: Provide puzzle, escape-room, hidden-network, and ambiguous time mechanics beneath the island.
• Form: impressionistic-realistic; capacity 1–24; 8 assets; 3 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Ruby's Expedition Yard#

• ID: scene.ruby-expedition-yard
• Folder: scenes/09-ruby-expedition-yard/
• Purpose: Turn readiness, logistics, rescue, and execution into cooperative play rather than combat spectacle.
• Form: realistic; capacity 1–64; 8 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Vesper's Terrace#

• ID: scene.vesper-terrace
• Folder: scenes/10-vesper-terrace/
• Purpose: Make invitation, agreement, dissent, consent, authority, and durable relationship spatially legible.
• Form: realistic-symbolic; capacity 1–72; 8 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

The Apiary Entrance#

• ID: scene.apiary-entry
• Folder: scenes/11-apiary-entry/
• Purpose: Show a Project ecology without literalizing it into a bee-themed attraction.
• Form: realistic-hybrid; capacity 1–256; 7 assets; 4 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Apiary Project — Table#

• ID: scene.apiary-project-small
• Folder: scenes/12-apiary-project-small/
• Purpose: Give a new Project one persistent, legible table with enough capacity to make the first contribution real.
• Form: realistic; capacity 1–8; 7 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Apiary Project — Workshop#

• ID: scene.apiary-project-medium
• Folder: scenes/13-apiary-project-medium/
• Purpose: Expand a proven Project into several connected work Areas without losing the shared table or Project identity.
• Form: realistic; capacity 4–40; 8 assets; 3 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

Apiary Project — Compound#

• ID: scene.apiary-project-large
• Folder: scenes/14-apiary-project-large/
• Purpose: Represent a mature Level 1 Project as a navigable compound with shardable Areas, shared state, and links outward.
• Form: realistic-diagrammatic; capacity 16–512; 10 assets; 3 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

The Grove & Wild Island#

• ID: scene.grove
• Folder: scenes/15-grove/
• Purpose: Provide quiet, ecological observation, ruins, social discovery, and non-instrumental play.
• Form: impressionistic-realistic; capacity 1–96; 9 assets; 3 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json

The Second Bell#

• ID: scene.time-anomaly
• Folder: scenes/16-time-anomaly/
• Purpose: Deliver one complete temporal mystery whose evidence supports several explanations and confirms none.
• Form: hybrid; capacity 1–12; 7 assets; 2 Portals.
• Files: README · scene.json · assets.json · interactions.json · portals.json · actors.json · quests.json