Game Lore & Worldbuilding

Narrative worldbuilding, NPC definitions, campaigns, and location data.

This document will be auto-updated by Minh when code changes are detected.

Feature Repositories

• lore-repo → project_id: the-smithy1/grit/lore-repo
• knowledge-repo → project_id: the-smithy1/pariah/knowledge-repo

Code Paths to Explore

• chapters/** in knowledge-repo
• characters/** in knowledge-repo
• campaigns/** in lore-repo
• worldbuilding/** in knowledge-repo

Campaigns

Campaign plans and distribution strategies live in campaigns/ within lore-repo.

Existing Campaigns

Campaign	Path	Description
Grit Showcase	campaigns/grit-showcase/	Platform strategy, storyboards, UTM tracking
The Smithy App	campaigns/the-smithy-app/	Music distribution strategy, social profile management, 2-week content cadence
AI Coworkers	campaigns/ai-coworkers/	B2B distribution strategy for AI coworker consulting and book

The Smithy App Campaign

The Smithy App distribution strategy (campaigns/the-smithy-app/distribution-strategy.md) ties together short-form video (TikTok + YouTube Shorts), music streaming (Spotify, Apple Music), and The Smithy app in a 2-week content cadence. Free content on social and streaming platforms drives paid subscriptions to The Smithy app.

Social profiles are being set up across all platforms under the handle @thesmithyofficial: - TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook - Link-in-bio tool to be configured

Music platform artist profiles: - Spotify for Artists — claim process initiated (March 30), profile setup in progress - Apple Music for Artists — claim requested (March 31), awaiting approval

Active release schedule (songs as singles via DistroKid):

Song	Release Date	Status
The Traveler's Incantation (feat. Chisel & Twylight)	March 30, 2026	Released
The Song of Making	April 6, 2026	Submitted to DistroKid
Home is Where the Hearth is (Spyder feat. Taryn & Arturo)	April 20, 2026	Not yet submitted

Also in this folder: distrokid-distribution-agreement.md — DistroKid terms and key agreement summary.

Chapters

Needs expansion. Chapter narrative content lives in chapters/ in knowledge-repo. Current files: prologue.md, chapter-01.md through chapter-04.md, plus an archive/ directory.

Characters

Needs expansion. Character definitions live in characters/ in knowledge-repo. Known characters: Arturo, Chisel, Echo, Harvest, Minh, Old Char, Pearl, Roland, Spyder, Spyder the Elder, Taryn.

Worldbuilding

Needs expansion. Worldbuilding lore lives in worldbuilding/ in knowledge-repo. Covers magic systems, mythology frameworks, character attributes, the Gramophone Network, folklore, the education system, and more.

Feature Repositories

• lore-repo → project_id: the-smithy1/grit/lore-repo
• knowledge-repo → project_id: the-smithy1/pariah/knowledge-repo

Code Paths to Explore

• chapters/** in knowledge-repo
• characters/** in knowledge-repo
• campaigns/** in lore-repo
• worldbuilding/** in knowledge-repo