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Design Documents

The design thinking behind Volley!, organised by subject. Each folder has its own INDEX listing the docs inside.

Start here

Doc Description
North Star What the game is, who it's for, and why it matters
Roadmap The main roadmap across all phases

By phase

Phase Folder Description
Prototype 01-prototype/ Public demo on itch.io
Alpha 02-alpha/ Pre-break content-complete
Beta 03-beta/ Full game structure, all phases playable
Content Updates 04-content/ Supplementary content

By discipline

Folder Description
art/ The art bible, direction, style workshop, and inspirations
platform/ Platform and distribution decisions (web export, hosting)
roadmaps/ Discipline-specific roadmap breakdowns

Process

Doc Description
Ticket Writing How we write Linear and GitHub issues
Labels The label taxonomy and what each label means
Swarm Architecture How the parallel agent system is shaped and why

Research

See research/INDEX.md for the full list.

Doc Description
Visual Positioning Where Volley! sits visually among its neighbours
Early Clone Games Why Breakout's clone lineage outlasted Pong's

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