Developer Guidance
Developer GuidanceIndex of Developer Guidance 📄 Full verbatim transcripts of everything referenced below are available in /to-review-transcripts. Purpose: A category distinct from both game lore and the real-world business material — this holds source content that reaAlien Race Compendium (Template/Reference)Alien Race Compendium (Template/Reference) Type: Developer Guidance — Alien Race & Faction Generation Template Status: ⚠️ Reference/template material — an open-ended AI-generated brainstorming exeAlien Race Compendium — Abilities, Roleplay Notes & Philosophies (Full Text)Alien Race Compendium — Abilities, Roleplay Notes & Philosophies (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Alien Race & Faction Generation Template (Expansion) Status: ⚠️ Reference/template materArchival Standard: Full-Text PreservationArchival Standard: Full-Text Preservation Type: Developer Guidance — Standing Archival Policy Status: MANDATORY — established by creator, applies to all past and future processing The Core Principle ✅Astronomy Reference: Habitable Zones, Stellar Classification, Planet TypesAstronomy Reference: Habitable Zones, Stellar Classification, Planet Types Type: Developer Guidance — Real-World Science Reference Material Status: Reference material (general astrophysics, not Maf-spAuthoritative Chronology: From the 3rd Viachon War to the Fatal Confidence (2004-2013) (Full Text)Authoritative Chronology: From the 3rd Viachon War to the Fatal Confidence (2004-2013) (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Master Timeline (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full teBusiness/Corporation Entity GenerationBusiness/Corporation Entity Generation Type: Developer Guidance — Content Generation Template + Sample Output Source: ChatGPT export material ("Generate Entities for MMORPG") Overview A tempCareer Agents — Full Listicle (Name, Location, Role, Contract Class)Career Agents — Full Listicle (Name, Location, Role, Contract Class) Type: Developer Guidance — NPC List (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full list preserved per archival standard SeChapter 1 & 2: Causality Design and Evolution Threads (Full Text)Chapter 1 & 2: Causality Design and Evolution Threads (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Core Design Philosophy (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per archiChapter 4: "The Open Hand" — Title Origin and Confirmed Scope (Full Text)Chapter 4: "The Open Hand" — Title Origin and Confirmed Scope (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Core Design Philosophy (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preseCreator's Reflection: "A Civilization Unfolding Disguised as a Game" (Full Text)Creator's Reflection: "A Civilization Unfolding Disguised as a Game" (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Authorial Reflection (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full Jonas's Three-Gate Doctrine, and the Anti-Terminator Design Philosophy (Full Text)Jonas's Three-Gate Doctrine, and the Anti-Terminator Design Philosophy (Full Text) Type: Narrative/Developer Guidance — Core Doctrine & World Design Constraint (Full Text) Status: Canon (confKila Vas Business Name Lists — Casino, Hotel, Orbital & Spaceport Design, Social MediaKila Vas Business Name Lists — Casino, Hotel, Orbital & Spaceport Design, Social Media Type: Developer Guidance — Business Name Lists (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text pKila Vas: The 1990s Industry Collapse Pattern — "Function Over Form" (Full Text)Kila Vas: The 1990s Industry Collapse Pattern — "Function Over Form" (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance/Systems — Economic History (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full tMaf: Core Game Identity, Tagline, and Title Development (Full Text)Maf: Core Game Identity, Tagline, and Title Development (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Core Design Philosophy (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per archivaMaf: The Official Four-Chapter Narrative Overview (Full Text)Maf: The Official Four-Chapter Narrative Overview (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Core Structural Document, Full Text (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per NPC Generation TemplateNPC Generation Template Type: Developer Guidance — Content Generation Template Source: ChatGPT export material ("NPC Flaws RPG") Overview A consistent implicit template used across the "Planet Description Generation (Attributes System)Planet Description Generation (Attributes System) Type: Developer Guidance — Content Generation Template + Sample Output Source: ChatGPT export material ("Generate Planet Descriptions - MMORPG&quPlanet Generation SystemPlanet Generation System Type: Systems — Procedural World-Building Framework Status: Canon (confirmed via ChatGPT export material — "Create Planets for MMORPG") ⚠️ ChatGPT export source — flPrivate Intelligence Dossier: Ministerial Loyalties (Full Text)Private Intelligence Dossier: Ministerial Loyalties (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — In-Universe Document, Full Text (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per arSample Quests by Character Role (Full Text)Sample Quests by Character Role (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Quest Content (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full quest text preserved per archival standard See Character RoSample Starnations & Space Station Naming (ChatGPT export)Sample Starnations & Space Station Naming (ChatGPT export) Type: Systems — Sample/Template Content Status: Canon (confirmed via ChatGPT export material — "Generate 'Maf: Starfleet BattleScenario System & Sample ScenariosScenario System & Sample Scenarios Type: Developer Guidance — Content Generation Template + Sample Output Source: ChatGPT export material ("Sci-Fi MMORPG 'Maf: Starfleet'") GamSci-Fi City Description Template & ExamplesSci-Fi City Description Template & Examples Type: Developer Guidance — City Description Generation Template Status: Reference/template material — mostly AI-generated illustrative examples, not necRAW SOURCE: ChatGPT Export — "Sci-Fi MMORPG Economy"Generic in-game economy mechanics brainstorm (currency, resources, crafting, trade, supply and demand, NPC vendors, player-run shops) for a sci-fi MMORPG. Not yet reconciled with established Maf currencies.Space Stations — Full Generated ListSpace Stations — Full Generated List Type: Developer Guidance — Space Station Names & Purposes (Full List) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full list preserved per archival standard OverviewStarfleet Officer vs. Warhawk Commander: A Structural Worldview Contrast (Full Text)Starfleet Officer vs. Warhawk Commander: A Structural Worldview Contrast (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Faction Philosophy Comparison (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full teStarfleet Slogans and Warhawk Counter-Slogans (Full Text)Starfleet Slogans and Warhawk Counter-Slogans (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Faction Voice Reference (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per archival standarThe Council of Ministers of the Empire: Full Structure (Full Text)The Council of Ministers of the Empire: Full Structure (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Governance Structure Reference (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per The Council of Ministers: Profiles, Loyalties, and Fault Lines (Full Text)The Council of Ministers: Profiles, Loyalties, and Fault Lines (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Political Character Reference (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preservThe First Destabilizing Force of Chapter 4: Post-Agency Comfort (Full Text)The First Destabilizing Force of Chapter 4: Post-Agency Comfort (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Core Thematic Thesis (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per aThe Imperial Crisis Playbook (Full Text)The Imperial Crisis Playbook (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Political/Crisis-Response Reference (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per archival standard ⚠️ The Maf Literary Canon ProjectThe Maf Literary Canon Project Type: Developer Guidance — Literary Corpus Framework Status: Canon initiative (confirmed by creator) — framework confirmed; most specific content not yet generated OvervThe Official Definition of Maf, and "What Is Maf?" (Full Text)The Official Definition of Maf, and "What Is Maf?" (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Core Definitional Statement (Full Text) Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved pTemporal Mechanics Framework — The Book I Manuscript (Full Text)In-universe Book I manuscript: the Principle of Distributed Motion, FTL travel systems, the Tech Level (TL) system, the Scout Service, Temporal Operator origins, Project Chronosynthesis, the Dengathan first-contact incident, and the deep cosmology ofTemporal Mechanics — Compiled Reference (Full Text)All temporal-mechanics material in one document: TimeLords, the full Temporal Operations Field Manual, Deep Cosmology, MACOFS Army structure. Notes the still-unprocessed 'Temporal mechanics framework' conversation intended as a separate book.Training Tracks — Sample Tasks (Full Text)Training Tracks — Sample Tasks (Full Text) Type: Developer Guidance — Game Mechanics Sample Content Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full task text preserved per archival standard Overview SamplWW3 Battle Theater: Geographic Reference (Developer Guidance)WW3 Battle Theater: Geographic Reference (Developer Guidance) Type: Developer Guidance — Geography/Distance Reference Status: Canon (confirmed by creator) — full text preserved per archival standard P