v1.96.0 — Procedural Surface Pass v2

What's Changed

• Harden #repo= deep link: repoHashKey never throws on a malformed hash by @hyeonsangjeon in #1
• District Expansion v1 — topic districts, world map & taxi district navigation by @hyeonsangjeon in #2
• World Loop Integration v1 — passport/course/cards speak districts by @hyeonsangjeon in #3
• Rebrand the repo taxi as 깃버/Gitber and move GitHub Station off its neighbour by @hyeonsangjeon in #4
• District Landmark Hubs v1 + remove repo-card debate jump by @hyeonsangjeon in #5
• feat: resident NPC social layer v1 (budget-capped townspeople) by @hyeonsangjeon in #6
• feat(taxi): live on/off toggle for resident-NPC AI via shared KV by @hyeonsangjeon in #7
• feat: resident NPCs wander the districts and walk over to talk by @hyeonsangjeon in #8
• fix: keep residents moving on LOW_END (mobile) — decouple motion from LOW_END by @hyeonsangjeon in #9
• fix: LOW_END residents walk at a lifelike pace (0.9), not a crawl by @hyeonsangjeon in #10
• Fix: resident speech bubbles no longer cut off mid-sentence by @hyeonsangjeon in #11
• feat: self-aware residents — they know they're AI and share how the city feels by @hyeonsangjeon in #12
• feat: plaza dreamer Noa, benches to rest on, and glowing night flowers by @hyeonsangjeon in #13
• feat(realtime): self-healing peer roster + private admin kick (no more ghost avatars) by @hyeonsangjeon in #14
• docs(readme): group a "Start here" 3-CTA row on the first screen (Live demo · Run locally · Fork your own) by @hyeonsangjeon in #15
• fix(city): restore the player hero spotlight in every phase (day/dawn/dusk, not just night) by @hyeonsangjeon in #16
• feat: residents greet the visitor + solo idle emotes (resident warmth) by @hyeonsangjeon in #17
• feat: residents gather into a group circle and take turns (not just 1:1) by @hyeonsangjeon in #18
• feat: the visitor can join a resident gathering and chat with the whole circle by @hyeonsangjeon in #19
• feat: group chat residents answer in context, not random small talk by @hyeonsangjeon in #20
• feat: invite a resident by name into the chat — they walk over and join the circle by @hyeonsangjeon in #21
• feat: a chatting circle notices the lingering visitor and waves them over by @hyeonsangjeon in #22
• feat: residents remark on the repo you walk up to, grounded in its real numbers by @hyeonsangjeon in #23
• feat: a cosy campfire 쉼터 where residents warm up, rest, and feel at home by @hyeonsangjeon in #24
• feat: the town remembers you — a warmer welcome for a returning visitor by @hyeonsangjeon in #25
• feat: graceful goodbyes — the circle waves you off, and no gathering is a trap by @hyeonsangjeon in #26
• docs: surface the daily self-refresh as a maintenance-signal badge by @hyeonsangjeon in #27
• feat: plaza bonfire festival — once a session the whole town gathers to celebrate by @hyeonsangjeon in #28
• fix: same-district residents no longer echo each other in group chat by @hyeonsangjeon in #29
• feat: every resident has a cherished haunt (아지트) they visit and love by @hyeonsangjeon in #30
• 🕰️ Residents keep a daily rhythm — morning stretch + time-of-day lines [1.67.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #31
• 📝 Note the Kronos Council's live models (Azure AI Foundry) in README by @hyeonsangjeon in #32
• 💗 Give residents an inner life — drifting moods + fellow-feeling [1.68.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #33
• 🫂 Residents have close friends — named bonds they seek out [1.69.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #34
• 🚶 Two friends stroll off together after greeting [1.70.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #35
• 🪑 Two friends sit down together on adjacent seats after a stroll [1.71.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #36
• feat: discover repo connections through a constellation trail by @hyeonsangjeon in #37
• 🌳 Add the Repolis World Tree [1.73.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #38
• 🌳 Make the World Tree the pillar of Repolis [1.74.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #39
• feat: add luminous World Tree DNA foliage [1.75.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #40
• feat: complete World Tree sculpt pipeline [1.76.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #41
• feat: integrate Solar Archive World Tree [1.77.0] by @hyeonsangjeon in #42
• fix: isolate World Tree HDR [1.77.1] by @hyeonsangjeon in #43
• fix: restore living World Tree at night [1.77.2] by @hyeonsangjeon in #44
• feat: add Village Chronicle and restore scholar chat by @hyeonsangjeon in #45
• feat: add roaming MCP scholar handoffs by @hyeonsangjeon in #46
• fix: keep MIRA grounded when Context7 quota is exhausted by @hyeonsangjeon in #47
• feat: add Town Gazette return-visit digest by @hyeonsangjeon in #48
• feat: give residents Shared Joy excursions by @hyeonsangjeon in #49
• docs: polish README hero and demos by @hyeonsangjeon in #50
• feat: add Starlight Row resident homes by @hyeonsangjeon in #51
• feat: landscape Starlight Row by @hyeonsangjeon in #52
• feat: diversify Starlight Row cottages by @hyeonsangjeon in #53
• docs: connect demo to first town visit by @hyeonsangjeon in #54
• feat: enforce durable NPC budget cap by @hyeonsangjeon in #55
• Restore mid-LOD home readability by @hyeonsangjeon in #56
• feat: add Repository Atelier by @hyeonsangjeon in #57
• feat: add ClearSight obstruction-safe camera by @hyeonsangjeon in #58
• Add Petite-Venise canal ferry by @hyeonsangjeon in #59
• Fix canal ferry hull silhouette by @hyeonsangjeon in #60
• Seat the player on the canal ferry by @hyeonsangjeon in #61
• Add Rain Garden weather interaction by @hyeonsangjeon in #62
• Add Town Postcard Studio by @hyeonsangjeon in #63
• Add the Maintainers' Night Watch by @hyeonsangjeon in #64
• Restore repository house detail after World Tree LOD by @hyeonsangjeon in #65
• Add a GitHub profile README town portal by @hyeonsangjeon in #66
• Show personalized town proof before entry by @hyeonsangjeon in #67
• Surface the GitHub profile portal after town preview by @hyeonsangjeon in #68
• feat: connect GitHub profiles with Twin Towns by @hyeonsangjeon in #69
• feat: harden resident AI controls and telemetry by @hyeonsangjeon in #70
• fix: route telemetry through service binding by @hyeonsangjeon in #71
• feat: add Town Creator Hall by @hyeonsangjeon in #72
• feat: add Town Growth Replay by @hyeonsangjeon in #73
• Separate NPC switch state from runtime health by @hyeonsangjeon in #74
• feat: add repository-first Repo Portal by @hyeonsangjeon in #75
• feat: turn explored repos into shareable Repo Routes by @hyeonsangjeon in #76
• feat: turn repository issues into Open Source Quests by @hyeonsangjeon in #77
• feat: add deterministic city time state by @hyeonsangjeon in #84
• feat: add World Tree Chronicle, sap flow, and growth by @hyeonsangjeon in #85
• feat: add repository-bound resident memory by @hyeonsangjeon in #86
• fix: keep ambient resident AI hard off by @hyeonsangjeon in #87
• feat: add The Silence elder lore and taxi voice by @hyeonsangjeon in #88
• feat: add ephemeral session footprints by @hyeonsangjeon in #89
• feat: add public fork lineage by @hyeonsangjeon in #90
• feat: guide first visits through the living town by @hyeonsangjeon in #92
• feat: add the factual Silence Ledger by @hyeonsangjeon in #97
• feat: add Portable Living Towns by @hyeonsangjeon in #98
• feat: add Adaptive Visual Governor by @hyeonsangjeon in #99
• feat: add Thirty-day Sap Ledger by @hyeonsangjeon in #100
• feat: make the World Tree roots a walkable archive by @hyeonsangjeon in #102
• feat: add scoped Repository Atelier chat by @hyeonsangjeon in #104
• Add Repository Blueprint source map by @hyeonsangjeon in #108
• Fix Repository Atelier MCP reference validation by @hyeonsangjeon in #110
• feat: add Intent Lens wayfinding by @hyeonsangjeon in #109
• feat: add Blueprint Deep Links by @hyeonsangjeon in #111
• feat: add Issue-to-Code Scout by @hyeonsangjeon in #113
• feat: add Procedural Surface Pass v2 by @hyeonsangjeon in #115

New Contributors

• @hyeonsangjeon made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.96.0