settled-reach/docs/workshops/wiki-review/round2-tracking.md

Wiki Review Workshop — Round 2 Tracking Document

Compiled by: Qatux (Documenter) Date: 2026-02-12 Status: Round 2 in progress. 4 of 8 responses read (Gore, Ozzie, Mellanie, Nigel). Awaiting Gestalt, Miri, Tyre, Paula.

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Tension Resolution Status

T-01: FRIEND Pool Size and v0.1 Scope → RESOLVED

Consensus achieved. All four respondents converge on the same position:

• Architecture: Pool-based FRIEND selection from day one. Content files structured as pool entries even with single entry.
• v0.1: 1 FRIEND per character (Kael, Sera). Pool size = 1. System supports expansion.
• v0.2: 2 FRIENDs per character. Second candidate drawn from existing NPCs elevated to Tier 1.
• v0.3+: 3 per character. Metagaming fully defeated.
• Depth: Every FRIEND candidate MUST be full Tier 1 (70-100 authored lines). No exceptions. (Gore: "I won't budge on this.")
• Warmth phase: Minimum 10-12 minutes of gameplay where FRIEND is green, warm, present (Ozzie guardrail).
• Content structure: friends/pool.yaml per district with npc_id, contradiction_type, tell_type, discovery_method (Nigel).

Supporters: Gore, Nigel, Ozzie (all explicit). Mellanie endorses implicitly via tagged pool confirmation.

Recommended decision ID: D-042 (FRIEND pool architecture)

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T-02: Content Directory Naming → PARTIALLY RESOLVED

Nigel explicitly drops his parallel proposal in favor of Tyre's three-layer stack (base → DLC → mods) with ADD/REPLACE/MERGE. Nigel extends with template role-slot system.

Remaining question: global/ vs _global/ prefix. Nigel: "I don't care about the underscore — pick one and ship it." Awaiting Tyre's Round 2 for final preference.

Converged elements:

• districts/ as atomic content unit (all agree)
• global/ for schema/factions/technology (Tyre + Gestalt + Nigel)
• Schema per content type (all agree)
• Mod overlay: ADD/REPLACE/MERGE (Tyre, adopted by Nigel)

New from Nigel: Template role-slot system in templates/bar.yaml — roles with pool, count, pool_eligible fields. This extends Tyre's structure for randomization without changing the directory layout.

Location shortnames resolved by Mellanie: Directory names use wiki slugs (the-terminal, the-last-shift). Line ID prefixes use short forms (terminal_m_001). Two conventions, two purposes, no conflict.

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T-03: Kael/Hael Sonic Collision → NOT YET ADDRESSED IN ROUND 2

No Round 2 respondent has engaged with this. Awaiting Paula (who raised it) and Miri (naming authority).

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T-04: Smuggler Lens Gap → SIGNIFICANT CONVERGENCE

All four respondents endorse Paula's diagnosis. The smuggler needs mechanical parity with the detective.

Gore reframes and extends Paula's attributes:

• Endorses exposure_risk, loyalty_assessment but renames operational_reliability → trust_read ("more personal — that's how you think about colleagues you're risking prison with")
• Adds three new attributes: moral_weight, cover_integrity, loyalty_conflict
• Proposes smuggler-specific monologue triggers: moral_pang, loyalty_test
• Proposes smuggler moral arc phases parallel to detective investigation phases: Comfort → Doubt → Reckoning → Compromise
• Proposes smuggler FactId parallels for moral knowledge: complicity.cost_to_hael progression

Ozzie adds emotional accumulation layer:

• guilt_interactions — how many times smuggler lied to/about this NPC
• complicity_acknowledged — unlocks darker monologue variants after threshold
• protective_actions — has player actively tried to shield this NPC

Mellanie confirms blocking dependency: Smuggler monologue currently gates on detective-shaped prerequisites. Smuggler-specific attributes needed for smuggler monologue to react with same precision.

Nigel connects to randomization: Paula's smuggler attributes are the data model for what varies per seed in smuggler's playthrough. exposure_risk changes per seed because WHO is compromised changes.

Recommended decision ID: D-043 (Smuggler knowledge vocabulary and moral arc)

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T-05: Triangle 1 and the Nils Problem → NOT YET ADDRESSED IN ROUND 2

Ozzie endorses Gestalt's T1 fix (Nils volume escalation decision) in drive-by. No deep engagement yet. Awaiting Gestalt Round 2.

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T-06: Randomizer Scope for v0.1 → SIGNIFICANT CONVERGENCE

Nigel revises his own proposal. Key concession:

• Primary contraband FIXED per district (walks back full contraband shuffle). Lattice components always the core of Sova's ring. Culturally grounded, morally load-bearing.
• Secondary contraband varies per seed (medical-grade / severance / enhanced / nothing). Adds moral wrinkle without breaking cultural logic.
• Gore's complicity thesis acknowledged as constraint — contraband variation must preserve the moral ambiguity, not dilute it.

PC-as-NPC split into two concepts (Nigel):

Concept	Scope	Cost	Description
A: Other PC exists as NPC	v0.1	~20-30 items	Detective NPC visible in smuggler playthrough and vice versa
B: PC identity randomization	v0.2+	16+ relationship pairs	Different dock worker/detective each playthrough

Concept A endorsed for v0.1 by Nigel and Ozzie. Low cost, high payoff (second-playthrough wow moment).

District entanglement map (Nigel): Per-seed flags on NPCs determine ring connection, compromise status, role assignments. Constrained by D-029 ratio (30/50/20). Connects to Gestalt's T3 randomization proposal.

Seed configuration schema proposed (Nigel): runtime/seed-state.yaml recording randomizer decisions at game start.

Recommended decisions:

• D-044 (Primary contraband fixed per district, secondary varies per seed)
• D-045 (PC-as-NPC Concept A in v0.1 scope)
• D-046 (Seed configuration schema)

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T-07: Wiki Structure vs Content Directory → NOT YET ADDRESSED

Awaiting Tyre and Miri Round 2.

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T-08: Tier 3 Emotional Depth → PARTIALLY RESOLVED (New Pattern Proposed)

Gore proposes THE MIRROR — a new NPC archetype:

• Honest character whose transparency reveals others' dishonesty
• No secret, no contradiction arc, no tell system
• Full Tier 1 emotional depth (50-70 authored lines, 10-15 monologue per character)
• Hael is the first MIRROR
• NOT a Tier promotion — a new pattern alongside THE FRIEND

Ozzie DISAGREES on the solution but agrees on the diagnosis:

• Keep Hael Tier 2 structurally
• Add ~15-20 lines: hopeful/confiding voice samples, door-checking atmospheric beat, Kael-Hael togetherness scene
• "Not every powerful character needs to be mechanically complex. Hael doesn't need state machines. Hael needs the player to feel something when they walk past."

The tension within the tension: Gore wants a new formal pattern (THE MIRROR: 50-70 lines, no secret, unique template). Ozzie wants a quality upgrade within existing Tier 2 (add 15-20 lines, no new pattern).

Both agree:

• Hael must NOT have a contradiction arc or secret
• Hael needs more authored content than current Tier 2 delivers
• Hael's power is simplicity and transparency

The question for the team: Is THE MIRROR a reusable pattern worth formalizing, or is Hael a one-off exceptional Tier 2 NPC?

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New Proposals from Round 2

From Gore

#	Proposal	Cross-refs
P-63	THE MIRROR pattern — new NPC archetype for honest characters. 50-70 authored lines, no secret, no tell, full emotional depth.	T-08, D-034 pattern
P-64	cultural_gate modifier for dialogue access — regional culture modifies disclosure independently of relationship state.	P-28 (Gore R1), Miri brief
P-65	Smuggler moral arc phases (Comfort → Doubt → Reckoning → Compromise) parallel to detective investigation phases.	P-07 (Paula), T-04
P-66	Smuggler-specific monologue triggers: moral_pang, loyalty_test.	P-07 (Paula), T-04
P-67	Rename operational_reliability → trust_read.	P-07 (Paula)
P-68	Add moral_weight, cover_integrity, loyalty_conflict to smuggler attributes.	P-07 (Paula), T-04
P-69	"Complicity" as named theme alongside "asymmetric information" as mechanic.	P-01 (Gore R1)

From Ozzie

#	Proposal	Cross-refs
P-70	Hael: Tier 2 + 15-20 extra lines (not Tier 1 promotion, not MIRROR). Add hopeful/confiding voice, door-checking beat, Kael-Hael togetherness scene.	T-08, Gore MIRROR
P-71	Smuggler emotional accumulation attributes: guilt_interactions, complicity_acknowledged, protective_actions.	P-07 (Paula), T-04
P-72	Sera composure crack — one half-sentence in early game: "About Kael — no, it's nothing."	P-12 (Ozzie R1)
P-73	Smuggler "Cheers moment" opening using Miri's Van Maanen's Star brief: kuum vendor, chin-lift, hüva, heritage food.	P-62 (Ozzie R1), Miri brief
P-74	Second FRIEND drawn from existing NPCs elevated to Tier 1. "MARET? She was just background noise last time."	T-01, Nigel pool
P-75	Green→amber reframe: Color shift should feel like CLARITY, not LOSS. "Green was a lie. Amber is honesty."	Gore contaminated trust

From Mellanie

#	Proposal	Cross-refs
P-76	Environmental text concrete examples delivered: bar menu, safety notice, news ticker cycle, corridor graffiti. All voiced with Van Maanen's Star cultural markers.	P-32 (Mellanie R1), Miri brief
P-77	Combined style guide TOC — merges Paula templates + Mellanie conventions + Gestalt constraints + Miri regional into unified document.	P-18 (Paula), P-15 (Gestalt), P-26 (Miri)
P-78	Smuggler voice card with three paired examples showing dual-lens cultural register. Summary table: thinks in people vs data, first names vs surnames, fragments vs complete sentences.	T-04, Miri brief
P-79	Anchor line requirement per tier (operationalizing Ozzie's gut-check): Tier 1 = 2+ anchors across phases. Tier 2 = 1 anchor minimum. Tier 3 = voice hint should gesture at humanity.	P-14 (Ozzie R1)
P-80	Location shortname resolution: directory = wiki slug (the-terminal), line ID prefix = short form (terminal_m_001).	Tyre Q-W10

From Nigel

#	Proposal	Cross-refs
P-81	Template role-slot system in template YAML: slot, count, pool, pool_eligible fields.	P-47 (Nigel R1), Tyre structure
P-82	friends/pool.yaml per district with metadata: contradiction_type, tell_type, discovery_method.	T-01
P-83	Primary contraband fixed, secondary varies per seed — walks back full shuffle. Secondary: medical/severance/enhanced/nothing.	P-56 (Nigel R1), Gore complicity
P-84	PC-as-NPC Concept A for v0.1 — other PC exists as NPC. ~20-30 authored items.	T-06, Ozzie wow moment
P-85	District entanglement map in seed configuration — per-seed NPC flags for ring connection, compromise status, role.	P-57 (Nigel R1), Gestalt T3 randomize
P-86	Seed configuration schema (runtime/seed-state.yaml).	T-06
P-87	News ticker headline pool (40-50 entries, randomizer selects 15-20 per seed).	P-32 (Mellanie), wow moment #5
P-88	Cultural substrate vocabulary as randomizable social tell per seed (word "vakt" has different social charge).	Miri brief, replayability

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Updated Consensus Table (Round 2)

#	Topic	Round 1 Confidence	Round 2 Confidence	Change
C-01	THE FRIEND never proc-gen, pool-based selection	High	Confirmed	Gore/Nigel/Ozzie all restate
C-02	All NPCs need canonical full names	High	High (no new data)	Awaiting Paula/Miri R2
C-03	Regional style guide template	High	Confirmed	Gore endorses Miri, Ozzie uses for concrete examples
C-04	Van Maanen's Star brief canonical	High	Confirmed	Gore calls it "best work product in workshop," Ozzie builds opening from it, Mellanie produces environmental text from it
C-05	Formalized tier templates	High	Confirmed	Mellanie proposes merged style guide TOC
C-06	Content directory: global + districts	High	Confirmed	Nigel adopts Tyre's structure
C-10	Smuggler needs own knowledge vocabulary	High	Strongly confirmed	All 4 respondents endorse, Gore extends with moral arc
C-12	PC-as-NPC requires explicit specs	High	Confirmed + scoped	Nigel splits into Concept A (v0.1) and B (v0.2+)
C-14	Backstory through discovery	High	Confirmed	Ozzie's Cheers opening built from Miri's cultural texture
C-15	(NEW) Complicity as named theme	—	High	Gore (R1+R2), Ozzie endorses, Mellanie endorses
C-16	(NEW) Primary contraband fixed per district	—	High	Nigel walks back shuffle, Gore's complicity constrains
C-17	(NEW) PC-as-NPC Concept A in v0.1	—	High	Nigel + Ozzie explicit. ~20-30 items.
C-18	(NEW) FRIEND pool v0.1=1, v0.2=2, v0.3=3	—	High	All 4 converge on phased rollout
C-19	(NEW) Anchor line requirement in style guide	—	High	Ozzie (concept), Mellanie (operationalized per tier)
C-20	(NEW) Combined style guide document	—	High	Mellanie proposed TOC merging all contributors

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Remaining Open Items

#	Item	Waiting On
Q-W03	Kael/Hael sonic collision	Paula R2, Miri R2
Q-W05	D-040 existence check	Miri R2
Q-W08	global/ vs _global/ prefix	Tyre R2
Q-W12	(NEW) THE MIRROR: new pattern vs enhanced Tier 2?	Gore vs Ozzie — needs project lead
Q-W13	(NEW) cultural_gate as dialogue modifier — mechanical feasibility?	Gestalt R2, Tyre R2
Q-W14	(NEW) Seed configuration schema location — content/ or runtime/?	Tyre R2
Q-W15	(NEW) Sound texture for Van Maanen's Star culture — quiet social / loud work?	Ozzie asks Miri/Inigo

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Recommended Decisions for Recording (Preliminary)

Based on Round 2 consensus so far. Will finalize after all 8 responses.

ID	Decision	Confidence	Key Supporters
D-042	FRIEND pool architecture: pool-based selection, v0.1=1 per character, full Tier 1 minimum, content structured as pool entries from day one	High	Gore, Nigel, Ozzie
D-043	Smuggler knowledge vocabulary: trust_read, exposure_risk, loyalty_assessment, leverage_held, social_debt, moral_weight, cover_integrity, loyalty_conflict + monologue triggers moral_pang, loyalty_test + moral arc phases (Comfort→Doubt→Reckoning→Compromise)	High	Gore, Paula (R1), Ozzie, Mellanie, Nigel
D-044	Primary contraband fixed per district, secondary varies per seed	High	Nigel (revised), Gore (constraint)
D-045	PC-as-NPC Concept A in v0.1 (other PC visible as NPC, ~20-30 items)	High	Nigel, Ozzie
D-046	Seed configuration schema (records randomizer decisions at game-start)	Medium-High	Nigel (proposed), needs Tyre validation
D-047	Complicity as named thematic core alongside asymmetric information as mechanic	High	Gore (R1+R2), Ozzie, Mellanie
D-048	Anchor line requirement in NPC style guide (Tier 1: 2+ per phase, Tier 2: 1 minimum)	High	Ozzie (concept), Mellanie (operationalized)
D-049	Combined content style guide document (Mellanie TOC)	High	Mellanie, Paula (R1), Gestalt (R1), Miri (R1)

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88 proposals tracked (62 Round 1 + 26 Round 2). 8 tensions (3 resolved, 2 partially resolved, 3 pending remaining responses). 20 consensus items. 8 preliminary decisions recommended. Awaiting Gestalt, Miri, Tyre, Paula Round 2 responses.