Game Mechanics

Core systems that drive gameplay: time, rent, action points, and character interactions.

Time System

6 time periods per day, 7 days per week. Rest restores AP, sleep advances to the next day. Weekly rent of 500 gold drives the corruption arc.

Context-sensitive actions based on room, time, and stat tiers. Talk, praise, scold, kiss, and more. Each costs AP and affects stats.

4 stats with 7 tiers, cross-interactions, decay rules, and a permanent BROKEN state.

Assign instructors, monitor bonds, manage XP progression across 14 skills.

Weekly Rent: 500 gold, due every 7 days

Failure: Each unpaid week increments the rent_weeks_unpaid counter

Corruption: Unpaid rent triggers corruption events with the council official and Kara

Stages: 5 corruption stages, each requiring one more week of unpaid rent

Base AP: 3 per day

Restoration: Full refill on sleep, +1 on rest, +1 from eating an apple

Costs: Most actions cost 1 AP. Mining costs 2 AP. Management actions (wardrobe, assignments) are free.

Restores 1 AP

Start with 6

Useful for climbing or tying

Start with 1

Opens something important

Chops wood

Useful for combat

Restrains someone