Dungeon-Mind

Game design docs for Chris's roguelike: AI-native monsters (Ammann-style action profiles), tick-based PER combat, Pathfinder-inspired rules. Started 2026-09-27.

Overview

Overview Overview Dungeon-Mind teaser key art. "No monster fights alone." Overview dungeon-mind i...

Combat System

Tick engine, PER cycle, resolution, reactions, cancellation, movement

Tick Engine and PER Cycle

Tick Engine and PER Cycle The combat clock is a global discrete tick, not real time. Player-paced...

Resolution, Initiative, and Reactions

Resolution, Initiative, and Reactions Tick resolution Each tick runs one loop over every actor, i...

Cancellation and Readability

Cancellation and Readability Cancel actions Cancelling is itself an action with its own PER cycle...

Movement and Terrain

Movement and Terrain Movement is a PER action like any other. Terrain is paid at the borders: Pha...

Monster AI

Ammann action profiles, knowledge state, decision models

Action Profiles (Ammann Framework)

Action Profiles (Ammann Framework) Each monster type gets an action profile: a combat archetype (...

Knowledge State and Decision Models

Knowledge State and Decision Models The judgment layer Most trigger conditions are computable in ...

Rules and Licensing

ORC, Pathfinder SRD, scope decisions

ORC and Pathfinder Licensing

Rules and Licensing (ORC / Pathfinder) The short answer Building a Pathfinder-2e-inspired rogueli...

Planning

Open questions and next steps

Open Questions

Open Questions Open Questions Open Questions Things deliberately left undecided as of 2026-09-27 ...

Roadmap and Next Steps

Roadmap and Next Steps Spike 1 - tick engine core (first build) The smallest thing that proves th...

Representation and Feedback Doctrine

Representation and Feedback Doctrine Purpose This page fixes the game's presentation stance: what...