chore(meta): release v0.1.36

Sprint 36: Forge — 15/15 tickets complete (100%).

Highlights:
- MetaScreen pattern foundation + Option A pre-game flow (#618, #680)
- Protocol v23 with bookmark_catalog; D-192 deprecates PROTOCOL_VERSION lockstep
- 124 notable brand corps across 8 categories (#828)
- Core-world atlas cohesion pass across 5 systems + Sol bodies (#849)
- Unified implant/map chain per D-191 (#844)
- ImplantApp pattern base class + registry (#844, #824, #836)
- Bookmark definition and location-to-culture resolution (#614, #679)
- generate_brands pipeline — 10K minor brands (#829)
- D-078 overheard conversation system retired (#848, #842)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,14 +6,46 @@ Format based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.1.36] — 2026-04-21
+
 ### Added
-- Unified implant/map app — AtlasPanel owns the full Reach → system → planet → heightmap zoom hierarchy as a single HudGroups registration per D-191; KEY_M opens the unified atlas (KEY_A retired) (#844)
+- **MetaScreen pattern** (#618, #680) — base class + `MetaStack` autoload for all meta-UI screens (main menu, loading, settings, bug report, debug console, character creation). Consistent ESC handling, z-layering via HudGroups, sim pause coupling, symmetric open/close lifecycle
-- Client and protocol version shown at the bottom of the loading screen (#724)
+- **Option A pre-game flow** — main menu → character creation → connect. ESC priority chain (MetaStack → implant → settings) extracted into `_handle_menu_key()`
-- `--help` / `-h` flag on `sqlite-query` and `sqlite-exec` wrappers (#722)
+- **Character creation 4-tab restructure**: Identity, Archetype, Bookmark, Skills; `CharacterProfile` signal payload
+- **Location picker in Bookmark tab** (#680) — client surfaces server `bookmark_catalog` on connect; player selects starting location, culture resolved server-side
+- **Skills tab stub** (#618) — placeholder content for future skills system
+- **Protocol v23** — `bookmark_catalog` decode + bookmark action encoding
+- **ImplantApp pattern** (#844, #824, #836) — base class + registry; atlas and economics panels refactored onto the pattern
+- **Unified implant/map app** (#844) — AtlasPanel owns the full Reach → system → planet → heightmap zoom hierarchy as a single HudGroups registration per D-191; KEY_M opens the unified atlas (KEY_A retired)
+- **Bookmark definition system** (#614) — server-side bookmark catalog with bridge protocol
+- **Location-to-culture resolution system** (#679) — server maps location IDs to culture IDs for character creation
+- **`generate_brands` pipeline** (#829) — 10K minor brands generated from templates
+- **124 notable brand corps** (#828) — hand-authored across 8 categories
+- **Core-world atlas hand-refine pass** (#849) — Sirius, Groombridge, Barnard's Star, Ran, Tau Ceti, Sol (Luna, Mars, Europa)
+- **Baseline atlas city collision elimination** (#838) — zero collisions across inhabited bodies
+- **Atlas cohesion analysis tooling** — QA scripts for naming consistency
+- **`cargo-deny`** (#726) — license and advisory checking configured
+- **Client and protocol version** shown at the bottom of the loading screen (#724)
+- **`--help` / `-h` flag** on `sqlite-query` and `sqlite-exec` wrappers (#722)
+- **D-192** — decision to deprecate `PROTOCOL_VERSION` lockstep handshake; removal tracked in #868
 
 ### Changed
 - AtlasPanel `Level` enum renumbered so index matches zoom depth (REACH_MAP=0, HEIGHTMAP_VIEWER=4)
 - ORBITAL_DIAGRAM back-navigation now returns to REACH_MAP directly, matching the forward skip of SYSTEM_PICKER
+- `atlas_panel.gd` split into 4 sub-widgets, each under 500 lines
+- bincode v1.x → v2.x migration internal to server (#636)
+
+### Fixed
+- Compositor test cleanup was freeing gdUnit4 internals, causing the full client test run to hang indefinitely on the second compositor test
+- Loading screen now blocks input; main menu polls during `bookmark_catalog` wait instead of racing
+- Tautological `test_protocol_version_is_N` assertions removed (× 2 suites) per D-192
+- Character creation cardinal direction/name ordering mismatch — screenshots at indices 1 and 3 had swapped filename labels
+- Enter key bypassed disabled Start button in character creation
+- Wire codec `career` default no longer hardcoded to `"tycoon"` — empty string is the protocol default
+
+### Removed
+- **D-078 overheard conversation system** (#848, #842) — v0.1 PoC NPC and environment interaction systems retired; `content/global/` overheard dialogue directory cleared
+- Orphaned NPC and environment interaction code paths (#842)
 
 ## [v0.1.35] — 2026-04-18
 

project.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: The Settled Reach
-version: 0.1.35
+version: 0.1.36
 repository: settled-reach
 
 

server/Cargo.lock

@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "settled-reach-server"
-version = "0.1.35"
+version = "0.1.36"
 dependencies = [
  "bevy_app",
  "bevy_ecs",

server/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "settled-reach-server"
-version = "0.1.35"
+version = "0.1.36"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false