00 — Prepare a game for implementation
Deliver reviewable documentation for the entire agreed scope, with a stage 21 verdict. Continue available work toward that result; a first draft does not complete the assignment. Implementing the game is a separate task.
Follow the shared protocol. Choose the appropriate entry below; reuse instructions already read unless they change or leave context.
| Task state | Next action |
|---|---|
| First full run | Locate the game root and profile, normally docs/preproduction/project-profile.json. Run 01 to establish the profile, sources, and full applicability matrix. |
| Resume | Read the actual profile, state, open findings, source versions, and unfinished delegations using session-state.md. Check changed sources and immediate dependencies. Do not restart current diagnostics merely because the session is new. |
| Focused domain task | Use the relevant SKILL.md without starting the whole workflow; keep the result's scope local. |
Choose the next stage from stages in workflow.json, current dependencies, and applicability. Read the selected skills, relevant rechecks, and due subagent_reviews, rather than loading every skill body. The final gate requires the full route and completion criteria. Workflow resource paths start at this directory; game paths start at the game root.
Numbers preserve the first-pass order; dependencies and changes determine repeats. An evidenced N_A satisfies a dependency; an unknown does not. Partial applicability retains the relevant work. Early feasibility checks and independent design, UX, art, or audio tasks can run in parallel when their inputs are defined. All stages and content units must be accounted for before 21.
Read the exact SKILL.md before executing or delegating a stage. The coordinator owns shared records and integrates every worker's result; use session-state.md for writing, snapshots, delegation, and recovery. Route shared contract changes through 16 and affected workflow rechecks, preserving current unaffected evidence.
Consult independent Codex subagents at MR-DESIGN after the first full 11a, MR-TECH after 15a, and MR-HANDOFF after the full 20 and before 21. Read subagent-review.md when a checkpoint is due. The default profile also requires actual visual inspection of every used image and every new artistic candidate version before visual acceptance. 10c loads image generation and preparation details when needed. Unavailable delegation or image viewing leaves required evidence pending; continue independent work. Stage 20 uses a fresh reader without author or previous review history.
For NEEDS_REVISION, fix specific gaps. For NEEDS_USER_DECISION, present the consequential unresolved choice with a recommendation and continue independent work. Complete the full assignment with a justified READY_FOR_IMPLEMENTATION from 21, or save the exact blocking dependency and next step. Future playtests and measurements remain hypotheses with owners and criteria, not proven game quality.