aetherbound-guild/CURRENT_CHECKPOINT.md

Current Checkpoint

Active Goal: docs/goals/PHASE8_EXPERIENCE_PROTOTYPE_GOAL.md Active contract: docs/presentation/PHASE8_EXPERIENCE_PROTOTYPE_CONTRACT.md Active ledger: docs/reviews/PHASE8_EXPERIENCE_PROTOTYPE_LEDGER.md Baseline: b3968b0f41f841efb0f699d8fb04a9bcb958182a Accepted P8.1 source: 0b4a64fe549af0ff965e654aa4f5fb7f2ff054b4 P8.2 candidate source: 86a8a1adec39de40b4adfee6b01033407e3e3421 Accepted P8.2 closure: d308f8bc14b043ed133ce2d99cbce461aecec81f Rejected P8.3 source: 5f0cb2695ba149b1efcab27a882ade00a275c6ac P8.3 documentation closure: fab5eebf4260ab3da42dee8abe63dd7b7588789b P8.3R1 candidate source: 169e3877fa262da3db7495d61bc77ce061704ae7 P8.3R1 documentation closure: 5f4e4cdadee6e0f6a457ab57a55964f7fd4c38a5 Stage: P8_3R2_FRONTLINE_BEHAVIOR_ACTIVE

The Phase 6 battle, VFX and equipment direction is Owner-accepted. Phase 7 turns the existing 50-screen design inventory into an individually viewable, Chinese-first, production-oriented landscape HTML atlas. Runtime, engine, audio, bulk asset production, device, package and release work remain frozen.

Strongest evidence: fixed-source static design validation, exact asset-provenance checks, browser interaction and responsive-layout verification, offline self-contained bundle verification, and agent visual review. The Phase 7.1 candidate evidence is ignored local evidence at prototype/gallery/evidence/r7-1-candidate-e23b00b-attempt01/. Its browser log SHA-256 is b735e2218321b4452e3ea2a49b0e03d6c2f568cd218fb15f340d9fe635453441; the 23-row inventory SHA-256 is a169dbdc4d03eb00a6ffffc447d035cf5cb0a423422af9060d4eaff81d0b2706 and verifies 23/23 from its evidence root. The self-contained HTML bundle SHA-256 is 64dbe54f94e66d0bff6bcdf17f5852c5c77c8b56b25eef8f30068ab9198f8176.

Phase 7.1 remains the accepted automated design baseline: every Recruit has one active equipment slot and individual run-scoped level/XP capped at level 10. The Owner has authorized Phase 8 as five separately playable experience packages. On 2026-08-12 the Owner reviewed the published P8.1 Contract and receipt flow and explicitly accepted it. P8.2 Market Preparation is now the only active package; P8.3-P8.5 and Godot/runtime development remain frozen.

The authoritative ignored local evidence is at prototype/gallery/evidence/p8-1-candidate-0b4a64f-attempt01/. Its nine-file inventory verifies 9/9 with SHA-256 b076e5990aadb5e2b72ed979e27403a294c17b342c9bbadbad63b460c7fd60f3. The P8.1 browser log SHA-256 is c7e9a7278cb99881b51715bc25e3bd3112293ad282b63bc8449c1150653f6729; the Phase 7 regression log SHA-256 is af5eb0616e7dc1061f702d392952419701a93b6452475d626fac490d5c8f3aae; the self-contained bundle SHA-256 is e5895441d2835a22e9f94d6615c95be7180b7df6983c4611b499efc730feb915.

P8.2 uses the authority price formula rather than the obsolete Phase 7 sample: each level-1 base Recruit costs 14 Coin, so two separate hire receipts move the opening balance 52 -> 38 -> 24 and Company 2 -> 3 -> 4 while Line capacity remains four. It then owns one equipment transaction and one tap-select/tap- destination order change, stopping before Risk. Fixed clean/upstream source 86a8a1adec39de40b4adfee6b01033407e3e3421 passes the complete P8.2 browser chain, P8.1 regression, complete Phase 7 browser regression, design validation, anti-dominance, single-equipment/individual-level and asset-provenance gates.

The authoritative ignored local evidence is at prototype/gallery/evidence/p8-2-candidate-86a8a1a-attempt01/. Its 42-row inventory verifies 42/42 with SHA-256 d41bed33f982b6504f91aaa6830d2ce09422d9b5dbbd70cfdf7c46d08f5b053e. The P8.2 browser log SHA-256 is 5eab37da40298740b76f598701b983a53584abef4f61e1f0c43bf3210a69d0a6; the P8.1 regression log SHA-256 is 564964d31a0bb1cf4c2f8ccb3611c8c94863d4f331d67e238851112773016f20; the Phase 7 regression log SHA-256 is 55616bf1325da8bce24fbe6d52adf002382ee37cd4ce0e7e780b0f0696b53d2f; and the self-contained bundle SHA-256 is 96751234e01a2c3c66fc4065be2db20517efd50abf0ced18075676ec42080251.

On 2026-08-12 the Owner reviewed the published P8.2 experience and replied OK. P8.2 comprehension and visual direction are accepted for progression. P8.3 is the only active package: compare three risks, commit one, observe a bounded automatic battle, pause/change speed and inspect one causal event. P8.4-P8.5, authoritative battle simulation, Godot/runtime, audio, device, packaging and release remain frozen.

Fixed clean/upstream P8.3 source 5f0cb2695ba149b1efcab27a882ade00a275c6ac passes the three-risk selection, single commit, frozen opening, six-event automatic presentation, pause/speed, read-only causal inspection and result-withheld terminal gates. It also passes P8.1/P8.2 and complete Phase 7 browser regressions plus unchanged design, anti-dominance, single-equipment/individual-level and asset-provenance gates.

The authoritative ignored local evidence is at prototype/gallery/evidence/p8-3-candidate-5f0cb26-attempt01/. Its 53-row inventory verifies 53/53 with SHA-256 3ad48cfa135a29f01f75ed69dc07f6a2037fbf984c3d94b7cae21da2199af1c8. The P8.3 browser log SHA-256 is f34ec892e12dfd5022182de2b5f3f68687a77e1066a78aa2fe8e81bdd3ea7e21; the P8.2 regression log SHA-256 is 3139beb66a7f265a40c29e02518ad63ffa802bb10f9ab819cb62cf7e39060747; the P8.1 regression log SHA-256 is c38118d8b66bb1270e625586f5d9ae77af85ae60ae0c1ab88631a2f764fc6a8b; the Phase 7 regression log SHA-256 is b2b8329301b944af8a9301da4a4c493007730f66a310e6942de67ba00a3343c8; and the self-contained bundle SHA-256 is 5989cb87c5e422d26bd1cdc5d2e74db4177090b32540d1cb53b77560bec943e9.

Owner review rejected the prior P8.3 battle presentation because static unit cards and the central event explainer made it read as a timeline board rather than an animated horizontal automatic battle. P8.3R1 is bounded to rebuilding that battle presentation around one continuous ground line with visible advance, attack, projectile, intercept/Guard, hit and sustain motion. The accepted P8.1/P8.2 behavior and the P8.3 risk/commit/event/result boundaries remain unchanged; P8.4 remains locked.

Fixed clean/upstream P8.3R1 source 169e3877fa262da3db7495d61bc77ce061704ae7 replaces the rejected static-card battle with one continuous horizontal arena. It uses 62 byte-identical accepted motion-proof frames for the Hearthguard and Riftblade identities, preserves the other three Recruit identities with explicitly prototype-only motion transforms, and visibly presents advance, equipment retarget, attack, projectile, Guard/ intercept, hit and sustain states. Pause freezes event and sprite-frame motion; 1x/2x/4x changes presentation speed only.

The authoritative ignored local evidence is at prototype/gallery/evidence/p8-3r1-candidate-169e387-attempt01/. Its 64-row inventory verifies 64/64 with SHA-256 336a6e1757470648d269c2206834fc95df2bc67013315d50c1a185cf1fac5b06. The P8.3R1 browser log SHA-256 is d86fb7527efc89a9c764ce94a818e71696406c9f9c9c70e54dc0d8ac18d0ea63; the self-contained bundle SHA-256 is c8d57710162a928dea583b54786afc58e61ec2d80aa8a546d01259a06d4cd717. Supporting motion evidence is the 8.76-second 1280x720 WebM at prototype/gallery/evidence/p8-3r1-motion-review-169e387-attempt02/ with SHA-256 55f7389afb08efa3a7e7b61b38618a1ffa6f4f850a533d8107bfba27944cdb3a.

Owner review rejected P8.3R1 because the units animated in fixed positions but did not visibly advance to collision, stop at contact, preserve a rear healer and ranged attacker, or replace a fallen frontline footprint. P8.3R2 is the only active repair. It must bind visible geometry and HP changes to one state chain: two-sided entry, collision stop, post-contact melee, Kindhand healing an injured ally, Farstring attacking from the rear, a separately labeled PF-B06 spell-language demonstration that does not add a fifth Company member, and one no-respawn frontline replacement. Victory/defeat, formal casualty, reward, recovery and P8.4 remain frozen.

Shortest next action: implement and browser-verify the P8.3R2 frontline behavior chain from a clean source before producing any new candidate evidence.