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Overview Start with Dusk All documents131

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Start here4

Collection overview Dusk overview SDK & The Meridian Darkwind playtest Garden ferry example

World authoring12

Collection overview World Atelier Authoring contracts Place authoring Collaborative saves Authoring proposals Prefabs Live revisions Workspace access Panel workshop Creator tasks World lettering Tilemaps

Landscape & atmosphere11

Collection overview Terrain Terrain streaming Voxels Woodland Water Rivers Sky Day night Weather Particle effects Spatial audio

Models & materials16

Collection overview GLB import Authored models Model rendering Model admission Model LOD Material textures Surface materials Cutout materials Material graphs Texture compiler GPU uploads Asset work Animation clips Skeletal animation Equipment Traveler artwork

Gameplay & interaction19

Collection overview Input actions Player input Gamepad input Touch input Shared travelers Remote actors Animation state Owned physics Character motor Buoyancy Swimming Sliding props Vehicles Ragdolls Scripted patrols Trusted behaviors Restricted behaviors Object & vehicle crossings Arrival points

Rendering & presentation9

Collection overview ECS presentation Presentation protocol Render graph Observatory & capabilities Render visibility Shader activation Adaptive quality Graphics recovery Visible portals

Runtime & toolchain8

Collection overview Core contracts Component catalog Entity identity Simulation time Checkpoints & replay Runtime recovery World compiler Build worker

Multiplayer & rooms9

Collection overview Room protocol Authoritative rooms Persistent rooms Room routing Place interest Place residency Content streaming Player accounts Player recovery

Hosting & operations7

Collection overview Coolify deployment Retained engine builds Control service Host lifecycle Host health Persistent backups Room capacity

Project & research9

Collection overview Architecture & product plan Implementation roadmap Capability matrix Feature inventory Delivery history Release & acceptance Dusk compatibility Beta decisions Spawn research

Research & records

Evidence archive22

Collection overview Animation clips CI player error Animation clips CI probe error Animation state initial browser error Authored portal second · arrival error Authored portal second · publication error Authored portal third · arrival error Creator panel keyboard context Frame submission initial error Model pool residency initial · error context Player portal initial · error context Portal interest initial · place error Portal interest initial · portal error Portal live initial · error context Portal reference initial · error context Relay shutdown CI replay error Relay shutdown CI worker error Shared travelers CI probe error Shared travelers resource assertion Skeletal CI player error Skeletal CI probe replay error Skeletal CI probe retry error Traveler CI multiplayer error

Repository reference5

Collection overview Darkwind · The First Light LLM implementation plans Wayfarer character source Agent instructions Dusk identity and Darkwind reference-game plan

Dusk is the engine.
Darkwind is a reference game.

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