Systems Index

These documents expand the original MMO plan into player-facing loops and backend-facing implementation patterns.

Folder Layout

• progression/: character growth, skills, and teaching
• combat/: combat resolution, encounters, and launch combat setup
• expeditions/: mission containers and expedition taxonomy
• exploration/: map knowledge, fog-of-war, survey, and cartography
• economy/: gathering, crafting, food, markets, and material relevance
• world-state/: towns and dynamic events
• social/: governance, social systems, and supporting shared features

Recommended Order

1. progression/character-progression-and-roles.md
2. progression/skill-catalog.md
3. progression/equipment-and-gear.md
4. progression/teaching-and-apprenticeship.md
5. combat/combat-resolution-and-party-logic.md
6. combat/combat-and-skills-integration.md
7. combat/combat-encounter-templates.md
8. economy/gathering-and-resource-ecology.md
9. economy/material-relevance-and-recipe-structure.md
10. economy/crafting-and-itemization.md
11. economy/agriculture-food-and-water.md
12. world-state/town-simulation-and-supply.md
13. world-state/dynamic-events-and-world-state.md
14. economy/market-contracts-and-logistics.md
15. exploration/exploration-cartography-and-resource-discovery.md
16. social/guilds-clans-and-town-control.md

Supporting Overviews

• expeditions/missions-and-expeditions.md
• expeditions/expedition-types.md
• combat/loadouts-and-safety-rules.md
• economy/economy-crafting-and-survival.md
• social/social-trade-and-governance.md
• social/supporting-features.md
• exploration/map-tiles-fog-and-cartography.md

Crafting Rule

The crafting model should avoid linear tier replacement. Advanced items should still depend on common materials, refinement chains, repairs, packaging, and town-scale bulk demand.

Design Rule

Each system should answer two questions:

• why the loop is fun for the player
• how the loop is resolved cheaply and authoritatively on the backend