Echoes of the Tuatha · Living Documentation
Anam Lights
The living design docs for Anam Lights (working title), a game set in the world of Echoes of the Tuatha. A worldview that generates mechanics; pick an area to explore, each its own page fed from the markdown in sections/.
Foundations
5 pages- Design Tenets
- Title & Naming
- The Thesis (what makes this game *this* game)
- Genre & Core Loop
- The Core Loop - A Life in the World
World
1 page- Starting Tribes & Biomes *(from the original brief - preserved)*
Systems
6 pages- Death & Rebirth - the heart of the game
- Essence as the survival resource (and the sapling)
- The Fae Bargaining Matrix *(from the original brief - preserved & extended)*
- The Sacrifice Menu - working first-pass tiers
- Seeming & Sight
- The Liminal Debt System
Character
3 pages- The Morrigan's Favor & the Reincarnation Loop *(from the original brief - preserved)*
- Class & Lineage: Ways of Seeing
- Classes & Resources
Bestiary
2 pages- The Fae Manual
- Wyrm & Dragon Bestiary
Narrative
1 page- The Broken Wheel: Narrative Spine
Multiplayer
1 page- Multiplayer
Art
2 pages- Art Direction
- The Veil: Interactive Art Mockup
Camera & Expansion
1 page- Camera & Expansion Threads
Open Questions
1 page- Open Questions for the Next Pass