v1.7.0
The review-driven release — the full playtest pass-3 arc: a misgendered-debrief fix, Dana's home-detention docs, custody/recovery legibility, mid-game second-stage gating, and a milestone-system rethink (supervision scoped + an earned support routine).
Changed
- Milestones now fit the build you're playing. The debrief scored every run against the
same fixed seven — so "Parole in good standing" quietly auto-passed for a maxed-out,
unsupervised build (Cal), and "Stayed in recovery support" was a permanent, impossible
miss for anyone not in recovery (it was a chargen flag, never actually earned). Now
milestones only count the paths a build can walk: "Supervision in good standing" applies
only to supervised builds, and "Kept a support routine" replaces the recovery freebie —
an earned milestone open to everyone, via recovery meetings for those in recovery and a
new community / faith / mentorship circle ("Keep your people close") for everyone else.
The debrief's "n of N" is honest per build now.
Fixed
- The second-stage arcs wait for the mid-game now. "Reach back," "The body keeps the
score," and "Make the call you've been avoiding" gated on employment alone, so they opened
the instant a job landed — even in week 1, cluttering the survival phase they were meant to
follow. They now also require a few weeks in (turn >= 6). Court debt still bites the
moment you're earning — that part's correct. Also verified with the budget-sim harness that
the custody hearing's housing gate stays reachable: a housing-first Tasha clears transitional
housing well before the fixed week-9 hearing. - Tasha's custody arc and recovery are legible now. Her "Your situation" panel surfaces
the custody hearing (week 9, with her live standing on the three gates — a roof, a clean
record, $40) and her recovery, which her bio now names too — previously her whole reason
for the run was invisible in play. Two display fixes ride along: event prompts render
**bold**(the state-ID prompt was showing literal asterisks), and credential acronyms read
right (CNA / GED / HVAC, not "Cna" / "Ged" / "Hvac"). - Debrief no longer misgenders female builds. The debrief intro hardcoded "…how he
got there," which only surfaced on the women (Renae, Dana, Gloria, Tasha) since the
original roster was all male. Pronouns are now authored per character and threaded into
the debrief (defaulting to "they" for a random build). On a tool about dignity, this one
mattered. - Docs + copy accuracy pass. Corrected a stale event count (35 → 55) in the spec and
build-log docs; fixed a debrief section whosearia-label("How it landed here") didn't
match its visible heading ("Why it landed here"); and tightened in-game wording — errands
cost "days" not "time", a clearer "Interruptions this week" heading, the zero-cost chip
reads "Free", and a richer page<title>and social-preview description.
Full detail: CHANGELOG.md