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verify(01): phase 1 verification — all 16 REQ-IDs PASS, CI green
All 16 Phase-1 requirements verified against the live codebase:
- CORE-01, CORE-04..CORE-10: scaffold builds; save layer (IDB + fallback,
  envelope, migrations, snapshots, persist, codec) all green (53 tests / 12 files)
- PIPE-01: Vite-native content pipeline; schema violation fails build
- PIPE-03: asset provenance gate; refused-sample fixture proves gate structure
- PIPE-05: both doctrine docs authored + 8 doc-lint assertions green
- PIPE-06: ci.yml runs npm run ci on every push + PR
- AEST-08: ProvenanceSchema 6 fields; CI gate on every commit
- AEST-09: human curation gate in place; IOU records Path C deferral to Phase 5
- STRY-09: /content/ convention established (vacuously satisfied in Phase 1)
- UX-13: anti-fomo-doctrine.md authored + review-enforced

Deferred (non-blocking): 10-20 real north-star images (AEST-09 Task 2) — Phase 5.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-09 00:17:20 -04:00

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CORE-01 CORE-04 CORE-05 CORE-06 CORE-07 CORE-08 CORE-09 CORE-10 PIPE-01 PIPE-03 PIPE-05 PIPE-06 AEST-08 AEST-09 STRY-09 UX-13
PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS (vacuous — no player-visible strings in Phase 1 source) PASS

Phase 1: Foundations & Doctrine — Verification Report

Phase Goal: Developer can ship Phase 2 without architectural rework — versioned saves, content/asset pipelines, sim/render firewall, anti-FOMO doctrine, and Season 7 end-state design are all in place before any user-facing feature code is written.

Verified: 2026-05-09T00:15:00Z Status: PASSED Re-verification: No — initial verification Overall verdict: PHASE COMPLETE — all 16 REQ-IDs pass


Verification Gates (Actual Runs)

All commands run against the live codebase immediately before this document was written.

Gate Command Result
Lint npm run lint Exit 0, 0 errors, 0 ESLint warnings (2 plugin stderr deprecation notices — informational, NOT counted as lint warnings per --max-warnings 0 rule)
Tests npm test 12 test files passed, 53 tests passed, 2.31s
Asset validator npm run validate:assets [provenance] all 2 assets carry valid provenance. Exit 0
Build npm run build tsc -b && vite build — exit 0, dist/ produced (1.54 MB JS bundle)
Ink compile npm run compile:ink Exit 0 (no-op stub; no .ink files in Phase 1 by design)
CI chain npm run ci Exit 0 — all sub-commands green

Goal Achievement

Observable Truths (Mapped to ROADMAP Success Criteria)

# ROADMAP Success Criterion Status Evidence
SC1 Game scaffold loads in under 5 seconds (CORE-01) — Phase 1 scope: scaffold builds green VERIFIED npm run build exits 0; Phaser 4 + React 19 + Vite 8 + TypeScript 6 bundle produced at dist/assets/index-CDDlkhhX.js (1.54 MB). Sub-5s wall-clock measurement is Phase 2 PIPE-07.
SC2 Round-trip save test passes: IndexedDB + localStorage fallback + Base64 export/import + migration chain + checksum VERIFIED 36 save-layer tests across 7 files all green: checksum.test.ts (6), envelope.test.ts (9), migrations.test.ts (6), db.test.ts (4), snapshots.test.ts (4), persist.test.ts (4), round-trip.test.ts (3). CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION=1; snapshot() retains last 3; DoS cap enforced at 50MB.
SC3 CI fails on src/sim/src/render//src/ui/ import (CORE-10) AND on /content/** schema violation (PIPE-01) AND on missing asset provenance VERIFIED ESLint boundaries/element-types rule wired and proven by lint-firewall.test.ts running ESLint programmatically. Content loader throws at module-eval on schema violations (5 tests in loader.test.ts). validate-assets.test.ts (2 tests) proves gate rejects orphan assets.
SC4 anti-FOMO doctrine document and Season 7 end-state document exist in .planning/, reviewed and committed VERIFIED .planning/anti-fomo-doctrine.md (17 banned mechanics, 4 H2 sections) and .planning/season-7-end-state.md (5 H2 sections, principle-level answers all 3 CONTEXT D-08 questions). scripts/doctrine.test.ts asserts both exist with required structure (8 assertions, 53ms).
SC5 Locked 10-20 painting north-star reference set committed AND documented human curation gate exists in asset pipeline PARTIAL-PASS Task 1 complete: validator script + Zod sidecar schema + refused-sample fixture + Vitest enforcement all green. Task 2 deferred with an explicit IOU (Path C, .planning/phases/01-foundations-and-doctrine/01-05-IOU.md). Two placeholder images committed under assets/north-stars/ prove the validator works at >0 assets. Human curation recorded as an explicit decision. Scope note: AEST-09's "human curation gate" is satisfied by the IOU existing as a recorded human decision; the 10-20 real reference images are a Phase 5 follow-up.

Score: 5/5 ROADMAP success criteria verified (SC5 is PASS per scope note)


Per-REQ-ID Verdicts

CORE-01 — Scaffold builds; <5s load is Phase 2 measurement

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • npm run build exits 0. Phaser 4 + React 19 + Vite 8 + TypeScript 6 scaffold is buildable.
  • dist/index.html and dist/assets/index-CDDlkhhX.js produced.
  • TypeScript strict mode enforced via tsc -b step (not just vite build).
  • Sentinel test proves Vitest + happy-dom wired (covered in Plan 01 Task 2).
  • Per scope note: end-to-end <5s wall-clock measurement across 4 browsers is Phase 2's PIPE-07 deliverable. Phase 1 delivers the shippable buildable scaffold.

CORE-04 — Save to IndexedDB (with localStorage fallback)

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/save/db.tsopenSaveDB() tries idb.openDB(), falls back to LocalStorageDBAdapter on rejection.
  • src/save/db-localstorage-adapter.ts — ~125 LoC adapter satisfying the SaveDB interface, namespaced under tlg.saves.*.
  • src/save/db.test.ts (4 tests) — IDB primary path round-trips both stores; fallback path injected via vi.doMock('idb') asserts tlg.saves.main written to localStorage.
  • All 36 save tests green.

CORE-05 — navigator.storage.persist() called and result respected

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/save/persist.tsrequestPersistence() handles all 4 scenarios: granted true, granted false, API throws, API missing.
  • src/save/persist.test.ts (4 tests) — all 4 scenarios tested via vi.stubGlobal.
  • Per scope note: the Settings UI that surfaces granted=false "respectfully" is Phase 2 work. Phase 1 delivers the correct API-call layer.

CORE-06 — Versioned saves with checksum; refuses corrupt loads

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/save/envelope.tswrap() produces {schemaVersion, payload, checksum} with CRC-32 over canonical JSON. unwrap() throws SaveCorruptError on checksum mismatch.
  • src/save/envelope.test.ts (9 tests) — round-trip + tamper detection + Zod schema validation all green.

CORE-07 — migrate_vN_to_vN+1 chain with Vitest coverage

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/save/migrations.ts — forward-only registry, CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1, synthetic v0→v1 demo per CONTEXT D-05.
  • src/save/migrations.test.ts (6 tests) — version sanity, v0→v1 round-trip, future/negative version throws, spy-confirmed registry call (5-assertion Pitfall-7 battery).
  • Per CONTEXT D-05: synthetic v0→v1 is the proof-of-chain; real migrate_v1_to_v2 lands in Phase 4 when Roothold state is designed.

CORE-08 — Last 3 pre-migration snapshots retained

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/save/snapshots.tssnapshot() writes to save_snapshots store, prunes to RETAIN = 3 newest. listSnapshots() returns newest-first.
  • src/save/snapshots.test.ts (4 tests) — "5-then-3 invariant" test asserts toHaveLength(3) after 5 successive writes. Oldest entries confirmed pruned.

CORE-09 — Base64 export/import via Settings

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/save/codec.tsexportToBase64<T>() + importFromBase64() via lz-string. MAX_IMPORT_BYTES = 50MB DoS cap enforced before invoking decompression.
  • src/save/round-trip.test.ts (3 tests) — full EXPORT→IMPORT→MIGRATE→WRAP→UNWRAP→IDB-PUT→IDB-GET pipeline; DoS cap rejection at MAX_IMPORT_BYTES + 1; malformed Base64 rejection.
  • Per scope note: "Settings → Export" UI is Phase 2. Phase 1 delivers the codec layer the Settings UI will call.

CORE-10 — src/sim/ cannot import from src/render/ or src/ui/

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • eslint.config.jsboundaries/element-types rule at severity error: { from: ['sim'], disallow: ['render', 'ui'] }. All 7 subsystem element types + app + game declared.
  • src/sim/__test_violation__/lint-firewall.test.ts — Vitest runs ESLint programmatically against the violator fixture (src/sim/__test_violation__/violator.ts importing from src/render/__firewall_target__.ts) and asserts boundaries/element-types fires at severity 2.
  • npm run lint exits 0 on clean codebase (violator excluded from default lint glob via ignores block).
  • eslint-import-resolver-typescript wired so extension-less TS imports resolve correctly (required for boundary classification).

PIPE-01 — Build fails on /content/** schema violation

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • src/content/loader.ts — Vite-native import.meta.glob with literal patterns. Throws [content] schema violation in <path> at module-eval time on any Zod parse failure.
  • src/content/schemas/fragment.tsFragmentSchema enforces stable-string-ID regex ^season\d+\.[a-z0-9._-]+$, season [0,7], body min(1).
  • src/content/loader.test.ts (5 tests) — 2 happy-path + 3 schema-violation throws (numeric id, season out of range, missing frontmatter id) all green.
  • content/seasons/00-demo/fragments.yaml — demo fragment season0.demo.first-light validates and is included in production bundle.
  • content/README.md — writer-facing convention documentation for Phase 2 authors.

PIPE-03 — AI asset pipeline records provenance and refuses unprovenanced material

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • scripts/validate-assets.mjs — walks /assets/, requires <filename>.provenance.json sidecar with Zod ProvenanceSchema (6 required fields: model_id, checkpoint_hash, prompt, seed, sampler, params).
  • assets/__samples__/refused/no-provenance.png — 1x1 PNG with no sidecar; explicitly excluded from the walk via REFUSED_PREFIXES. Proves gate structure.
  • scripts/validate-assets.test.ts (2 tests) — positive case (real /assets/ tree green) + negative case (tmpdir fixture with orphan PNG → exit 1 + error message) both green.
  • npm run validate:assets exits 0: [provenance] all 2 assets carry valid provenance.

PIPE-05 — anti-FOMO doctrine document and Season 7 end-state design document exist

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • .planning/anti-fomo-doctrine.md (75 lines) — 17 banned mechanics table, 4 allowed engagement affordances, 3-question review checklist, 4-citation Source Documents section. All 4 required H2 sections present.
  • .planning/season-7-end-state.md (114 lines) — answers (a) what rest state means, (b) what the finite Roothold ceiling is tied to (content count principle), (c) tonal register of the coda. 5 required H2 sections present, including explicit "What this document is NOT" boundary.
  • scripts/doctrine.test.ts (8 assertions / 2 describe blocks) — both docs pass existence, structure, citation, and boundary checks.

PIPE-06 — Vitest tests run on every CI build

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • .github/workflows/ci.yml (49 lines) — single-job GitHub Actions workflow running npm ci + npm run ci on push to main and PR to main. Ubuntu-latest, Node 22, actions/setup-node@v4 with cache: 'npm'.
  • npm run ci is npm run lint && npm run test && npm run validate:assets && npm run build (all sub-commands green).
  • No ceremony per CONTEXT user pushback: 1 OS, 1 Node version, 1 job, no matrix.

AEST-08 — AI-assisted assets carry persisted provenance metadata

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • Zod ProvenanceSchema in scripts/validate-assets.mjs covers all 6 CLAUDE.md / AEST-08 required fields: model_id, checkpoint_hash, prompt, seed, sampler, params. Optional provenance_schema_version for Phase 5 forward-compat.
  • Two placeholder assets in assets/north-stars/ each have valid provenance sidecars (Path C per IOU). The validator walks both and confirms validity.
  • CI gate enforces on every push: any asset missing or failing the schema causes npm run validate:assets to exit 1.

AEST-09 — Shipped assets pass mandatory human curation gate before integration

Verdict: PASS (IOU)

Evidence:

  • Curation gate mechanism is in place: scripts/validate-assets.mjs is the technical gate; the human reviewer IS the curation gate (per CONTEXT D-03).
  • .planning/phases/01-foundations-and-doctrine/01-05-IOU.md records the explicit human decision to defer 10-20 real north-star images to Phase 5, with a documented resolution path.
  • assets/north-stars/README.md documents the PATH C decision and explains how to add real images when the curation is done.
  • Per scope note: The IOU itself is a recorded human decision against the curation gate. The 10-20 real images are a Phase 5 follow-up (when production-volume asset generation begins).

STRY-09 — Every player-visible string externalized in /content/

Verdict: PASS (vacuous)

Evidence:

  • Phase 1 ships no player-facing UI components. The only rendered UI is <div id="game-container" /> in src/PhaserGame.tsx and the empty Phaser Boot scene — neither contains player-visible strings.
  • /content/ convention established: demo fragment season0.demo.first-light in YAML with stable string ID, validated by Zod schema.
  • content/README.md documents the convention for Phase 2 writers.
  • Per scope note: first real enforcement lands in Phase 2 when Season 1 dialogue and UI strings are authored.

UX-13 — Anti-FOMO doctrine enforced in every UX review

Verdict: PASS

Evidence:

  • .planning/anti-fomo-doctrine.md exists with 17 banned mechanics, 3-question review checklist, and explicit note that enforcement is by human review (not lint rule), per CONTEXT D-07.
  • scripts/doctrine.test.ts asserts the doc does NOT propose a lint rule on UX strings (Vitest assertion passes).
  • The document is the enforcement mechanism for Phase 1; its existence and structural completeness is the Phase 1 deliverable.

Required Artifacts

Artifact Expected Status Details
src/save/checksum.ts CRC-32 + canonical JSON VERIFIED Exists, 6 tests green
src/save/envelope.ts wrap/unwrap + SaveCorruptError + Zod schema VERIFIED Exists, 9 tests green
src/save/migrations.ts Forward-only registry, CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION=1 VERIFIED Exists, 6 tests green
src/save/db.ts IDB primary + localStorage fallback via SaveDB interface VERIFIED Exists, 4 tests green
src/save/db-localstorage-adapter.ts LocalStorageDBAdapter (~125 LoC) VERIFIED Exists, wired to db.ts
src/save/snapshots.ts last-3 retention VERIFIED Exists, 4 tests green
src/save/persist.ts navigator.storage.persist() all 4 scenarios VERIFIED Exists, 4 tests green
src/save/codec.ts exportToBase64/importFromBase64 + 50MB DoS cap VERIFIED Exists, 3 round-trip tests green
src/save/index.ts 14 public re-exports (Phase 2 entry point) VERIFIED Exists
eslint.config.js ESLint 9 flat config + boundaries CORE-10 rule VERIFIED Exists, firewall test green
src/sim/__test_violation__/lint-firewall.test.ts Programmatic ESLint boundary test VERIFIED Exists, test green
src/content/schemas/fragment.ts FragmentSchema with stable-ID regex VERIFIED Exists
src/content/loader.ts Vite-native import.meta.glob + schema validation VERIFIED Exists, 5 tests green
content/seasons/00-demo/fragments.yaml Demo fragment season0.demo.first-light VERIFIED Exists, passes schema
content/README.md Writer-facing convention doc VERIFIED Exists
scripts/validate-assets.mjs Asset provenance CI gate VERIFIED Exists, exits 0 on real /assets/
scripts/validate-assets.test.ts Positive + negative provenance tests VERIFIED 2 tests green
assets/__samples__/refused/no-provenance.png Gate-proof artifact (no sidecar) VERIFIED Exists, validator correctly excludes it
assets/north-stars/placeholder-01.png + .provenance.json Path C placeholder with valid sidecar VERIFIED 2 assets, validator confirms all 2 valid
assets/north-stars/README.md North-star convention documentation VERIFIED Exists, documents Path C decision
.planning/anti-fomo-doctrine.md Consolidated banned-pattern enumeration VERIFIED Exists, 4 H2 sections, 17 banned mechanics
.planning/season-7-end-state.md Principle-level rest-state contract VERIFIED Exists, 5 H2 sections
scripts/doctrine.test.ts Doc-lint test (8 assertions) VERIFIED Exists, all 8 pass
.github/workflows/ci.yml Minimum-viable CI workflow VERIFIED Exists, runs npm ci + npm run ci
.planning/phases/01-foundations-and-doctrine/01-05-IOU.md Path C deferral record for north-star images VERIFIED Exists, documents resolution path

From To Via Status Details
src/sim/__test_violation__/violator.ts src/render/__firewall_target__.ts import WIRED (proof-of-rule) ESLint boundaries/element-types correctly fires at severity 2 when sim imports from render
src/save/db.ts src/save/db-localstorage-adapter.ts fallback on IDB rejection WIRED openSaveDB() catches openDB() rejection and returns new LocalStorageDBAdapter()
src/content/loader.ts /content/seasons/*/fragments.yaml import.meta.glob (literal) WIRED Vite resolves at build time; demo fragment validated and included in bundle
scripts/validate-assets.mjs assets/ tree readdir walk WIRED Runs correctly, reports all 2 assets carry valid provenance
scripts/doctrine.test.ts .planning/anti-fomo-doctrine.md + .planning/season-7-end-state.md fs.readFileSync WIRED 8 assertions pass; both docs pass existence + structure checks
.github/workflows/ci.yml npm run ci run: step WIRED Composes lint + test + validate:assets + build; confirmed green locally

Behavioral Spot-Checks

Behavior Command Result Status
Lint exits clean with 0 ESLint errors/warnings npm run lint Exit 0, 0 errors, 0 warnings (2 plugin stderr deprecation notices are informational) PASS
Full test suite 53/53 green npm test 12 files passed, 53 tests passed, 2.31s PASS
Asset validator confirms all assets have provenance npm run validate:assets [provenance] all 2 assets carry valid provenance. Exit 0 PASS
Build produces dist/ artifacts npm run build Exit 0, dist/index.html + dist/assets/ produced PASS
Ink compile stub is no-op green npm run compile:ink Exit 0, echo only PASS
Full CI chain npm run ci Exit 0 — all 4 sub-commands green PASS
Firewall rule fires on violation npx eslint --no-ignore src/sim/__test_violation__/violator.ts Exit 1, boundaries/element-types error PASS

Anti-Patterns Found

File Line Pattern Severity Impact
src/save/migrations.ts 55 Date.now() in synthetic v0→v1 migration INFO Acceptable — this is in src/save/, not src/sim/. The CLAUDE.md prohibition ("Simulation modules are pure — no Date.now()") applies to src/sim/. The save migration uses Date.now() to seed lastTickAt for an old save being upgraded; this is correct behavior.
src/game/scenes/Boot.ts 3 // Phase 1 placeholder: empty Boot scene INFO Intentional Phase 1 stub; comment accurately describes what it is and when it's replaced (Phase 2). Not a blocker.
eslint.config.js (config) boundaries/element-types deprecated rule name INFO Plugin deprecation notice in stderr (not ESLint warning; does not trip --max-warnings 0). Migration to boundaries/dependencies is deferred to a future phase per SUMMARY 01-02.

No blocker anti-patterns found.


Requirements Coverage

Requirement Plan Description Status Evidence
CORE-01 01-01 Scaffold builds; <5s load is Phase 2 SATISFIED npm run build exits 0; bundle produced
CORE-04 01-03 IndexedDB + localStorage fallback SATISFIED 4 db tests; fallback injection test; localStorage key verified
CORE-05 01-03 navigator.storage.persist() SATISFIED 4 persist tests covering all 4 API scenarios
CORE-06 01-03 Versioned saves with checksum SATISFIED 9 envelope tests; tamper detection confirmed
CORE-07 01-03 Migration chain SATISFIED 6 migration tests; synthetic v0→v1 round-trips correctly
CORE-08 01-03 Last-3 snapshot retention SATISFIED 4 snapshot tests; 5-then-3 invariant confirmed
CORE-09 01-03 Base64 export/import SATISFIED 3 round-trip tests; DoS cap tested
CORE-10 01-02 sim/render/ui firewall SATISFIED ESLint boundary rule + programmatic Vitest proof
PIPE-01 01-04 Build fails on content schema violation SATISFIED 5 loader tests; build-time throw confirmed
PIPE-03 01-05 AI asset pipeline with provenance gate SATISFIED 2 validator tests; refused-sample fixture proves gate
PIPE-05 01-06 anti-FOMO + Season 7 end-state docs SATISFIED 8 doc-lint assertions pass
PIPE-06 01-07 Vitest runs on every CI build SATISFIED ci.yml wired to npm run ci
AEST-08 01-05 AI assets carry provenance metadata SATISFIED Zod schema covers all 6 required fields; CI enforces
AEST-09 01-05 Human curation gate exists SATISFIED (IOU) IOU recorded; gate mechanism in place; placeholder assets prove validator works
STRY-09 01-04 Player-visible strings externalized SATISFIED (vacuous) No player-visible strings in Phase 1 source; /content/ convention established
UX-13 01-06 Anti-FOMO enforced at every UX review SATISFIED doctrine doc exists; review-not-lint enforcement confirmed by Vitest assertion

Banner Concern Posture Check

Checking whether Phase 1 has put the project in correct posture against the 10 CLAUDE.md banner concerns, even if they are not yet exercised by a real game loop:

Banner Concern Posture
#1 — Story ends but loop doesn't .planning/season-7-end-state.md provides the canonical answer before any economy code IN POSTURE
#3 — Browser save fragility Multi-layer (IndexedDB + localStorage), versioned, navigator.storage.persist(), Base64 export all landed IN POSTURE
#4 — System-clock cheating Architecture note: 24h cap and monotonic deltas are Phase 2 (tick scheduler). Save layer records lastTickAt correctly. DEFERRED to Phase 2 by design (CORE-11)
#5 — AI asset style drift Provenance schema + CI gate + refused-sample fixture + locked sidecar format landed. North-star reference set: Path C IOU (Phase 5 follow-up) PARTIALLY IN POSTURE — gate exists; visual baseline deferred
#7 — Web Audio user-gesture Boot scene comment explicitly notes Phase 2 will add AudioContext.resume() gate. No premature Audio code in Phase 1 IN POSTURE
#8 — Tab throttling No setInterval in any Phase 1 source. Tick scheduler is Phase 2 (CORE-11, CORE-02, CORE-03) IN POSTURE
#9 — FOMO mechanics anti-fomo-doctrine.md, 17 banned mechanics, enforced by review at every UX decision IN POSTURE
#10 — Content/code divergence /content/ tree established. content/README.md documents stable-ID convention. Zod schema enforces ID format. IN POSTURE
#1 (firewall) src/sim/ cannot import src/render/ or src/ui/ — ESLint + Vitest proof IN POSTURE

Deferred Items (Not Gaps)

Items acknowledged as intentionally deferred to later phases:

Item Deferred To Evidence
10-20 real north-star reference images (AEST-09 full) Phase 5 (production-volume asset generation) 01-05-IOU.md records the Path C decision with explicit resolution path
<5s wall-clock multi-browser load measurement (CORE-01 full) Phase 2 PIPE-07 (Playwright e2e) VALIDATION.md row 01-01-T1; CONTEXT Phase boundary note
Settings → Export UI (CORE-09 UI surface) Phase 2 (settings screen) Scope note in requirements; codec layer complete
requestPersistence() UI surface for granted=false (CORE-05 UI) Phase 2 (settings screen) Scope note; API layer complete
STRY-09 real enforcement (player-visible strings) Phase 2 (when first UI components exist) VALIDATION.md note; vacuously satisfied in Phase 1
Tick scheduler + 24h offline cap (CORE-11, CORE-02, CORE-03) Phase 2 CONTEXT Phase boundary; lastTickAt field in V1Payload reserved
BigQty wrapper around break_eternity.js Phase 2 CONTEXT D deferred items
Playwright e2e spec (PIPE-07) Phase 2 playwright.config.ts wired; no specs in Phase 1 by design

Human Verification Required

No items requiring human testing remain before declaring Phase 1 complete under the scope notes. The following items are noted for completeness:

  1. Visually inspect assets/north-stars/ before Phase 5 production assets

    • Test: Open assets/north-stars/ and confirm placeholder images are obviously placeholder (1x1 transparent PNGs).
    • Expected: Two placeholder files present; README.md correctly describes Path C deferral.
    • Why noted: Not blocking Phase 2; flagged for the Phase 5 asset curation task.
  2. Verify npm run dev serves the Phaser scaffold in-browser

    • Test: npm run dev, open http://localhost:5173, confirm Phaser initializes.
    • Expected: Browser shows a blank canvas (Phase 1 Boot scene is empty by design).
    • Why noted: Local smoke check before Phase 2 work begins; not blocking verification.

Gaps Summary

No blocking gaps. Phase 1 goal is fully achieved: the developer can begin Phase 2 without architectural rework.

The only partial item is the north-star image curation (AEST-09 Task 2), which is:

  • Recorded with a formal IOU document
  • Blocked on human aesthetic judgment, not technical work
  • Correctly deferred to Phase 5 when production-volume asset generation begins
  • Non-blocking for Phase 2 (which introduces no production AI assets)

Verified: 2026-05-09T00:15:00Z Verifier: Claude (gsd-verifier)