30 lines
2.1 KiB
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30 lines
2.1 KiB
JSON
{
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"_comment": "RESEARCH — time-based tech, one project at a time (maxConcurrent). The command deck's RESEARCH button opens the full-screen research console (js/ui/ResearchWindow.js). Categories are the tab row; each category's TECH TREE lives in its own file under data/research/ — the file basename is the config section AND the category id (data/research/exploration.json → section 'exploration'). A tree is a branching DAG drawn top→down: `nodes` is a flat map (data order matters — roots/children lay out left-to-right in this order), each node's `requires` names the parents that must be RESEARCHED before it is. Research rules: start an available node → its `duration` (timeUnit) runs; when it completes the node is unlocked, its `effects` apply (the scene applies them — the seam), and its children become available. `unlocks` is the documented forward reference (builds.json ids + follow-on research) for the build system that comes later. `starting` names nodes a fresh run already owns. Keys starting with `_` are documentation, not data.",
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"enabled": true,
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"timeUnit": "seconds",
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"maxConcurrent": 1,
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"defaultCategory": "exploration",
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"categories": [
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{ "id": "exploration", "label": "Exploration", "accent": "#00e5ff" }
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],
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"video": {
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"_comment": "The console's left-panel feed: loops muted while the window is open. aspect is [w, h] — the file is 544×800 (a 2:3 portrait).",
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"file": "assets/videos/research-computer.mp4",
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"aspect": [2, 3]
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},
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"fx": {
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"_comment": "Window dressing. glitch = occasional RGB-split slice bursts; sweep = the scan band that crawls down the video feed.",
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"glitch": { "enabled": true, "intervalMs": [6000, 13000], "durationMs": [220, 420] },
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"sweep": { "enabled": true, "everyMs": [4200, 8600], "durationMs": 1500 }
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},
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"_nodeTemplate": {
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"label": "Tech name",
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"description": "What this tech is and what it does — shown in the detail readout at the bottom of the console.",
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"icon": "tether",
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"duration": 120,
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"requires": ["parent-tech-id"],
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"unlocks": { "builds": [], "research": [] },
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"effects": { "tether": { "level": 2 } }
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}
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}
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