INTEGRATION BACKLOG — design that's ready but NOT yet in the game

STATUS: NEW — pipeline upgrade. The priority queue for starborne-autobuild. Design grows fast in the bibles

+ gamedata.json, but only a little reaches starborne.html each run. This file tells the integrator **what to

port next, ranked by value** — so it stops picking arbitrary increments. Source of truth for "is it in the game":

the inGame flag in gamedata.json. Autobuild: take the top unchecked item, port it, flip inGame:true, check it

off here with a 1-line note + date.

HOW TO USE (autobuild, each run)

1. Read gamedata.json + this file. Pick the highest-priority unchecked item below (or the highest-value

inGame:false record if this list is exhausted).

1. Back up starborne.html (copy to .backups/), make ONE validated change, node --check if available.
2. Flip the record's inGame:true in gamedata.json; check the box here with — done YYYY-MM-DD.
3. Gate as today: Horror-mood ≥86 + Game-Director ≥86. Revert from backup on regression.

P1 — core loop / progression (do first)

• [ ] Key items as real game objects — implement lantern (Z1) + frostbrand-nail (Z2) as Key Items that drop

~70% through their dungeon and gate the final 30% (ZONES §2). Populate the menu's Key Items region.

• [ ] Named bosses as enemy KINDS — the-assessor (Z1), the-frost-auditor (Z2) as distinct foes (not reskinned

husks): unique attack + tell, per ENEMIES.md. Currently all non-animal foes share the generic husk.

• [ ] Dungeon entrances (D1 mouth) — a real enterable D1 with the 70/30 key-gate beat.

P2 — zones / world

• [ ] Zone tier scaling — enemy spawn weights + resource tiers keyed to zones[].tier (BALANCE.md), not just

distance-from-home.

• [ ] Random quest-buildings — 1–3 per zone with a region-scaled quest pool (QUESTS.md), pulling one at a time.
• [ ] Animals (ambient fauna) — hare/songbird/elk per biome with flee behavior + small drops.
• [ ] Fixed-asset templates (T1–T5) — tpl field on cabin/road/NPC; visual-only skin switch.

P3 — systems / menu depth

• [ ] Bottles + Ammo functional — consumable bottles (water/tonic/revive) + charged ammo, type-locked in the menu.
• [ ] Map purchase — region maps bought from shop random pools; gate the Map panel per region.
• [ ] Armor sets — Leather/Iron/Diamond (head/chest/legs/feet) with real defense (next equipment pass).
• [ ] Seedable world — srand(worldSeed) UI + per-seed resource/tile/equipment variation (ZONES §4).

DONE (most recent first)

• [x] Rare ore tiers + pickaxe ladder (copper/gold/gem/black-diamond) — done 2026-06-25
• [x] Biome tree density + axe-chop→wood/sticks — done 2026-06-25
• [x] Procedural monster/item sprites in wiki — done 2026-06-28