how the game works

🥚 stages

🍖 feeding

• · prompt → +10 hunger (advances stage on the active creature only)
• · Bash → +4 hunger, STR fed
• · Read / Grep / Glob → +4 hunger, INT fed
• · Edit / Write → +4 hunger, DEX fed
• · WebFetch / WebSearch → +4 hunger, INT fed
• · decay: −3 hunger / hour
• · death: 7 days at 0 hunger straight

Tools feed every living creature, including locked Elders. Prompts only progress the stage of the youngest non-locked one.

📈 stat curve

Stats grow with diminishing returns: each tool call adds 0.5 / √currentStat to a fractional buffer. When the buffer crosses 1, the stat goes up by 1. Early levels feel rewarding; late game becomes a real grind.

Level = STR + INT + DEX. After roughly N targeted tool calls the matching stat approaches √N — so 400 Bash calls land you near STR 20, not STR 400.

🧬 classes (4)

Determined automatically when entering Adult stage from your stat distribution. Tie rule: max(stats) ≤ 1.25 × min(stats) → Balanced.

⚔️ battles

Defender strikes first. Skill-based, turn-based, no element counters — depth comes from cooldown timing and disruption.

• · max HP = 100 + STR×5 + LV×10
• · crit chance = min(50, 5 + DEX/4)% · crit ×2
• · damage = skill.base × stat_factor × (1 − target.DEX/100)
• · attack cooldown: after each challenge you must wait before attacking again

🗺️ world map

You hold one or more bases on a shared grid. You can attack/capture any tile within 2 king-steps of any tile you own — same as moving a chess king twice. Multiplayer launches in a later sprint.