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Engine Constitution

Design principles for Aether Engine games and tooling.

1. Exploration must always pay off

Curiosity yields immediate, mid-term, and long-term rewards. Failed attempts still produce information that changes future decisions.

Engine: Mechanic types support on_event → director signal → content opportunity loops.

2. Hidden progression emerges from playstyle

Unlocks follow behavior patterns over time, not menu picks. Rare unlocks require multi-domain mastery.

Engine: BehaviorProfile components and World Director rules drive generation triggers.

3. Persistence makes the world feel alive

Generated content flows: candidate → validate → canonical → versioned history with rollback.

Engine: Canonical package store and append-only event log; runtime consumes approved patches only.

4. AI is a creative accelerator, not the final arbiter

All AI output is structured, schema-valid, and rule-checked. High-impact content can require human review.

Engine: No publish path bypasses validation.

5. Reward economy stays stable

Budget caps, anti-farm logic, and novelty checks protect against exploit-driven inflation.

Engine: Shared RewardBudget rule module across games.

6. Layered ambition

  1. Single-player package runtime (Phase 1)
  2. Live content plane + patches (Phase 2)
  3. AI authoring studio (Phase 3)
  4. Editor and multiplayer (Phase 4)