v0.17.2 — Initial internal release

Initial internal release. The repository is private and pre-public — 1.0.0 is reserved for public
launch (repo goes public + website ships). This tag marks the first checkpoint worth cutting after
strong progress across the importer, engine, and comic presentation.

Major achievements so far

• AI-assisted modernization pipeline. Two historical Microsoft open-source projects (Zork I ZIL,
  MS Comic Chat) modernized into a browser-native adventure engine via an Intermediate Representation —
  extract semantics, execute the IR, never emulate the runtime. ZIL S-expression importer → IR schema +
  validator → zero-dependency TypeScript engine.
• Engine parity: 143/143 strict. The engine replays 11 golden walkthroughs turn-for-turn against
  the original Release 119 transcripts with full strict parity. (Gate C — engine complete — claimed at
  v0.9.0.)
• The game is completable: 350/350. The engine wins Zork I end-to-end, scoring 350/350 and ending
  in Stone Barrow with a game-over{victory}, zero crashes/deaths, pinned by a completion test.
• Comic Chat presentation. A browser-native comic pane beside the live console: art decode/pose/pack
  pipeline, backdrops, panel sequencing (a faithful CUnitPanelPage port), character portraits, and a
  Narrative Director that edits the turn stream into a past-tense story (drops refusals, collapses
  backtracks, gives the Guide a voice).

This release (v0.17.2)

• Speech-balloon tails now connect to their speaker instead of ending in mid-air.
• A whole comic panel is readable without scrolling on portrait mobile — including with the on-screen
  keyboard up — by capping panel height to the pane and hiding the member list where space is tight.

Tests: 113 web · ~129 engine · 193 IR · 143/143 strict transcript parity.