Phase 9.0R1 Game Opening Redesign Goal

Status: CANDIDATE_READY

Candidate source: a534af9f7cc477dc977f958a9f2a4bf26b40ab71

Authoritative evidence: ignored local runtime/evidence/p9-0r1-a534af9-attempt02/. Attempt 01 is retained only as INVALID_CONTROLLING_SESSION and was not reused. Owner comprehension, visual, fun, listening, physical-device, packaging, store and release gates remain open.

Owner Decision

The Owner rejected remote Web source f0aa84738041cebf4968d91c6bf170668804e203. The opening looked like a form rather than a game, exposed development labels, split recruitment into two unexplained systems, hid revision/reset affordances, and stopped before any playable encounter.

This Goal replaces that first-play structure. It does not preserve the rejected Contract/First Market presentation merely because its domain tests were green.

Decision Enabled

Decide whether a fresh player can enter a recognizable Japanese hand-painted fantasy game, build one understandable two-person Company, see those characters act in a short battle, understand the result, and restart without coaching.

Player Chain

title -> guild_yard_team_build -> departure -> tutorial_battle -> first_victory
          ^          |                                      |
          +-- replace+---------------- home / restart -------+

Owned Scope

Keep the verified cold boot and Title technical behavior but remove internal milestone language from all player-facing screens.
Replace Contract, difficulty, four-provisional-plus-two-paid recruitment, equipment purchase/equip, order optimization and receipt screens with one scene-based opening Company choice.
Present two explicit positions:
- front: Hearthguard or Wayrunner;
- rear: Farstring or Kindhand.
Show the selected characters standing in the yard before departure. Choosing the other candidate replaces the current occupant; it never dead-ends.
Run one 30-60 second authored tutorial battle with visible advance, front-line contact, enemy attack, front role response, rear ranged attack or healing, enemy defeat and victory.
Always expose Home and a confirmed Restart Experience action after Title.
End with First expedition complete, the chosen Company and one explicit next goal. No chapter-complete claim is legal.

Experience Contract

Fantasy: assemble a small guild squad and watch the formation prove itself on a dangerous route.
First focal read: characters acting in the world.
Second focal read: the current choice or threat.
Third focal read: compact health/role feedback and one primary action.
First action by 20 seconds: place or replace one character.
First complete Company by 60 seconds without coaching.
First encounter begins by 90 seconds and resolves by 150 seconds.
The player can explain front versus rear contribution after the result.

Presentation Contract

Japanese 2D hand-painted fantasy environment and full-body character art are the visual authority already accepted in Phase 6.
World/actors occupy at least 70% of the landscape play field. HUD and commands overlay the world; they do not replace it with a dashboard.
UI materials use dark indigo lacquer, warm parchment, brushed gold edge, teal magical glass and crimson danger. Rectangular controls need layered border, highlight, shadow and pressed states; generic flat gray/gold buttons are prohibited.
Cards may frame one candidate choice, but a card wall or page-sized panel is prohibited. Each candidate owns one clear role, consequence and Join/Replace action.
No P9, CTR, OFF, MKT, EQ, receipt, vertical-slice, locked-future or implementation terminology appears in player copy.

Dynamic Slice

Representative screen: tutorial battle at 844x390 landscape.

Focal order:

selected front and rear characters versus the Riftblade on one ground line;
the current attack/guard/heal/projectile consequence;
compact health and one pause/restart surface.

Motion-state table:

Event	Actor	Anticipation	Impact	Recovery/final	Reduced motion
departure	Company	250 ms lean	advance across ground	contact stance	snap to contact
enemy attack	Riftblade	telegraph	front HP loss	idle	telegraph + final
guard/dodge	front	brace/lean	reduced damage	ready	final pose
arrow	Farstring	draw	projectile + enemy HP loss	ready	projectile final
heal	Kindhand	lantern raise	front HP restoration	ready	value + final
victory	Company/enemy	final attack	enemy falls	victory banner	final poses

Acceptance

Fresh launch and in-game Restart both reach the same Title/yard state.
Home and Restart remain visible and touchable on yard, battle and victory.
Exactly one front and one rear choice are required; every candidate can be selected, replaced and selected again with no stale state.
No pre-battle Contract, difficulty, paid hire, equipment or order step exists.
Parsed ScreenTouch drives the complete chain with fallback/direct zero.
Normal rendering covers Title, empty yard, one selection, ready Company, battle pressure and victory at 1280x720, 844x390 and 390x844 in zh_CN/English and 130% text without clipping.
A 15-30 second normal-render recording proves visible actor motion and state change; screenshots alone cannot pass the dynamic slice.
Strict script/parse/resource/import/ObjectDB/RID diagnostics are clean and no owned process remains.

Frozen

Contract selection, difficulty, paid Market recruitment, equipment and manual formation optimization.
Persistent save/migration, chapters, expanded battles, progression, economy, final audio, bulk assets, device packaging, stores and release.
Changes to complete content counts or later-game authority.

Legal Terminal

Aetherbound Guild P9.0R1 game opening candidate ready

Aetherbound Guild P9.0R1 redesign required: <earliest failed player boundary>

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