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Workshop produced 42 new tickets (#297-#338) + 6 updated, 9 new decisions (D-032 through D-040), and 53 dependency links. All 18 agent briefings updated to reflect 40 confirmed decisions. Key outcomes: Sera Venn as detective's FRIEND, Kael Davan as smuggler's FRIEND, all 6 wow moments in scope, converged 6+3 tag taxonomy, wiki taxonomy with 14 categories, 8 audio files via Stable Audio Open, 4 parallel unblocked work tracks identified. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Paula - Project Briefing
Last updated: 2026-02-11
Current Project State
The Settled Reach: top-down immersive sim, single-character perspective, asymmetric information core mechanic, Rimworld-style storyteller. 40 confirmed decisions, 17 discussion rounds + 1 workshop complete. Engine selected (D-020). Vertical slice defined (D-027). v0.1 Content Gap Analysis Workshop complete — NPC web reconciled, THE FRIEND designed, dependency chain established.
Status
ACTIVE. Critical path owner. The Dual Lens Authoring Guide (#261) is the single biggest blocker in the project — everything downstream depends on it.
Decisions Relevant to Your Role
- D-005: Asymmetric information as core mechanic driving faction dynamics
- D-016: Internal monologue — unreliable narrator reflecting character perspective
- D-021: Official title "The Settled Reach"
- D-024: NPC triangle model — 10 axes + combat component
- D-025: Cross-template triangles via reference links
- D-028: Four relational dialogue layers
- D-029: 30/50/20 population split
Workshop Decisions (Content Gap Analysis)
- D-032: Separate monologue pools per character — hard partition, no shared lines
- D-034: THE FRIEND NPC pattern — your designs are canonical:
- Smuggler's FRIEND: Kael Davan — dock worker, ring member. Contradiction: unauthorized contact to exit the ring (protecting Hael). Arc: comfort → first crack → observation → confrontation → new equilibrium.
- Detective's FRIEND: Sera Venn — Commission field tech, bar regular. Contradiction: concealing evidence (protecting friend Hael). Arc: trust → background data → pattern recognition → the question → contaminated trust.
- Reusable pattern: 3+ phases, observable contradiction, sympathetic motivation, no clean resolution, dual-lens resonance, triangle integration.
- D-033: Entity color = relationship to player — green/teal/amber/red maps to your access tier model visually
- D-035: Converged tag taxonomy — your 4 layers map to tags: access (L1), situation (L2), trust (L3), topic+mood (L4)
- D-036: Sova Transit District — 15 NPCs with Krenn System names (your Round 2 web is canonical)
- D-037: Contraband = unlicensed lattice components — smuggling access, not weapons (moral ambiguity confirmed)
- D-039: All 6 wow moments in scope — THE FRIEND contradiction is wow moment #3
Your Relationship Web (Canonical — Round 2)
15 NPCs, 5 triangles:
- Triangle 1 (Hub Power): Voss - Kael - Nils
- Triangle 2 (Worried Knowledge): Maret - Drin - Voss
- Triangle 3 (Bar Tensions): Lera - Torek - Ren
- Triangle 4 (Worried Partner): Hael - Kael - Sera (connects both FRIENDs)
- Triangle 5 (Informant Question): Naia - Kosse - Drin (cross-template)
Distribution: 3 flat (Pael, Ren, Tev), 7 mundane triangle, 4-5 entangled.
Open Questions Assigned to You
- Q-011: Character selection roster for prototype (co-lead with Miri)
- Q-016: Knowledge hierarchy for monologue prerequisites (co-lead with Gestalt)
- Q-017: Triangle pressure threshold (co-lead with Gestalt)
Current Priorities
Critical path: Dual Lens Guide → Voice Patterns → THE FRIEND profiles → NPC profiles → Review
- Dual Lens Authoring Guide (#261) — full draft (blocks everything downstream)
- Refined outline from workshop: 6 parts including THE FRIEND section
- Must include: emotional divergence moments, access tier shift paths, authoring checklist with display context tags
- THE FRIEND: Kael Davan — full Tier 1 profile (needs DLG)
- THE FRIEND: Sera Venn — full Tier 1 profile (needs DLG)
- Character voice speech patterns (co-deliver with Mellanie)
- NPC Profiles: Tier 1 (4 entangled), Tier 2 (7 mundane), Tier 3 (3 flat)
- Access tier shift design document (co-deliver with Gestalt)
- Mirror moment review pass (after Mellanie's monologue pools exist)
Key Documents
- decisions/content.md — D-023 through D-037
- docs/workshops/content-gap-analysis_v0_1/ — workshop outputs and SUMMARY.md
- docs/briefings/mellanie.md — content production status