Meaning And Worldview Design¶

This is the entry point for design notes about the game's worldview, values, lore direction, scenario themes, and text intent.

These notes are not in-world articles. They guide scenario design, dialog, quest structure, mechanic framing, and future authoring prompts.

• Core Worldview - Describes the core idea, worldview, and setting assumptions.
• Setting Direction - Defines the fictional northern, low-infrastructure survival setting and technology boundary.
• Systems As Meaning - Captures how mechanics should carry the theme through consequences instead of speeches.
• Local Stories And Scenarios - Defines how scenarios can tell focused local stories.
• Language And Tone - Connects the worldview to naming, prompts, dialog, and text style.
• Ambiguous Spirituality - Frames possession, ritual, perception, and consciousness without forcing a supernatural answer.
• Power And Resilience - Captures the political and social themes without reducing them to faction slogans.
• Authoring Guardrails - Lists practical rules for keeping meaning present without turning the game into an essay.