{
  "endless": {
    "name": "Endless",
    "description": "Clear panels for as long as you can. The stack rises faster as you go."
  },
  "stageClear": {
    "name": "Stage Clear",
    "description": "Six challengers, five stages each. Survive until the CLEAR line slides in, then wipe out every panel above it.",
    "stagesPerRound": 5,
    "stageSpeedStep": 0.2,
    "rounds": [
      {
        "characterId": "beth",
        "spriteIndex": 18,
        "name": "Beth",
        "speedLevel": 1,
        "startRows": 6,
        "clearLineRows": 3,
        "intro": "I ain't seen you 'round these parts before. Let's see whatcha got.",
        "winLine": "Well shoot, you got the better of me!",
        "loseLine": "Told ya you weren't ready, sugar."
      },
      {
        "characterId": "jerry",
        "spriteIndex": 10,
        "name": "Jerry",
        "speedLevel": 2,
        "startRows": 6,
        "clearLineRows": 3,
        "intro": "Well now, y'all know I came to play some'a them games!",
        "winLine": "Hoo-wee, you got me good!",
        "loseLine": "Better luck next time, partner!"
      },
      {
        "characterId": "michael",
        "spriteIndex": 15,
        "name": "Michael",
        "speedLevel": 3,
        "startRows": 7,
        "clearLineRows": 3,
        "intro": "Hey mon! I been waitin' ta play on da Fertig Games — let's go mon!",
        "winLine": "Ya beat me fair, mon. Respect!",
        "loseLine": "Not today, mon, ya!"
      },
      {
        "characterId": "steve",
        "spriteIndex": 17,
        "name": "Steve",
        "speedLevel": 4,
        "startRows": 7,
        "clearLineRows": 2,
        "intro": "I traveled WAY too far across the galaxy for this. Don't waste my time.",
        "winLine": "Impossible... a lifeform this primitive bested me?",
        "loseLine": "Exactly as I calculated. Predictable."
      },
      {
        "characterId": "victor",
        "spriteIndex": 2,
        "name": "Victor",
        "speedLevel": 5,
        "startRows": 8,
        "clearLineRows": 2,
        "intro": "Patience. Every panel falls exactly where the ancients intended.",
        "winLine": "The ancients smile upon you today.",
        "loseLine": "Patience was never your virtue."
      },
      {
        "characterId": "klaxon",
        "spriteIndex": 29,
        "name": "Klaxon",
        "speedLevel": 6,
        "startRows": 8,
        "clearLineRows": 2,
        "intro": "MISSION OBJECTIVE: victory. All other priorities rescinded.",
        "winLine": "ERROR. DEFEAT NOT IN PARAMETERS.",
        "loseLine": "OBJECTIVE COMPLETE. RESISTANCE FUTILE."
      }
    ]
  },
  "puzzle": {
    "name": "Puzzle",
    "description": "Clear every panel in the fewest swaps. No time pressure — think it through."
  }
}