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  "$comment": "Machine-readable project manifest. The linacre.site Games page reads this directly so the website never contains hand-copied game data that can drift. Only verified facts belong here; anything unknown must be null so the site can render 'Not Yet Available'.",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "slug": "slime-factory-tycoon",
  "name": "Slime Factory Tycoon",
  "tagline": "🟢 Production-ready Roblox idle tycoon. Download the .rbxlx and publish a real game in under 60 minutes.",
  "description": "A complete, production-grade open-source Roblox idle tycoon template. Features server-authoritative Luau, session-locked DataStores, idempotent monetization, CI balance simulator, mobile-first code-only UI, and full accessibility support. All the hard parts are done — just add your art and IDs.",
  "status": "In development",
  "statusDetail": "Core systems complete. Download the .rbxlx and open it in Roblox Studio. Not yet published to Roblox.",
  "platform": "Roblox",
  "engine": "Roblox / Luau",
  "genre": [
    "Idle",
    "Incremental",
    "Tycoon",
    "Simulator"
  ],
  "devices": [
    "Phone",
    "Tablet",
    "Desktop"
  ],
  "links": {
    "github": "https://github.com/DLinacre/slime-factory-tycoon",
    "roblox": null,
    "play": "https://dlinacre.github.io/slime-factory-tycoon/",
    "devforum": null,
    "release": "https://github.com/DLinacre/slime-factory-tycoon/releases/latest",
    "download": "https://github.com/DLinacre/slime-factory-tycoon/releases/download/v0.3.0/SlimeFactoryTycoon-v0.3.0.rbxlx"
  },
  "brand": {
    "logo": "assets/logo.png",
    "logoWebp": "assets/logo.webp",
    "banner": "assets/banner.png",
    "bannerWebp": "assets/banner.webp",
    "icon": "assets/icon-512.png",
    "iconWebp": "assets/icon.webp",
    "colours": {
      "primary": "#78FF78",
      "accent": "#FF9628",
      "background": "#181228",
      "surface": "#261E3C",
      "void": "#0E0A18"
    }
  },
  "features": [
    {
      "title": "Modular service architecture",
      "desc": "Auto-discovered services with an explicit init/start/player lifecycle. New systems drop in without editing bootstrap code."
    },
    {
      "title": "Declarative networking",
      "desc": "Every remote is declared with its validator and rate limit in one table, so validation can't be forgotten and remote names can't be typo'd."
    },
    {
      "title": "Session-locked saves",
      "desc": "Atomic UpdateAsync locking prevents the cross-server duplication that plagues idle games, with autosave, retry backoff, and shutdown handling."
    },
    {
      "title": "Idempotent purchases",
      "desc": "ProcessReceipt keyed by PurchaseId with save-before-confirm and rollback, so players are never double-charged or charged for nothing."
    },
    {
      "title": "Achievement framework",
      "desc": "16 stat-driven achievements that unlock automatically. Bump a stat anywhere and the system works out what it completed."
    },
    {
      "title": "Cosmetics, never pay-to-win",
      "desc": "15 cosmetics across vat skins, goo colours, trails and titles. The cosmetic service has no access to the economy multiplier by design."
    },
    {
      "title": "Accessibility first",
      "desc": "Reduced motion, high contrast, 80-150% text scale, and colour-blind modes persist server-side and follow the player across devices."
    },
    {
      "title": "CI balance simulator",
      "desc": "A dependency-free Python model plays the game on every commit and fails the build if progression drifts into churn territory."
    }
  ],
  "systems": [
    "Save/load with session locking",
    "Player progression & rebirth prestige",
    "Generic inventory framework",
    "Economy & multiplier pipeline",
    "Achievements",
    "Daily reward streaks",
    "Server-persisted settings",
    "Procedural audio engine",
    "Themed UI component library",
    "Promo codes",
    "Global leaderboards",
    "Seasonal event framework"
  ],
  "screenshots": [
    "assets/screenshot-gameplay.webp",
    "assets/screenshot-rebirth.webp",
    "assets/screenshot-pets.webp",
    "assets/screenshot-leaderboard.webp",
    "assets/screenshot-settings.webp"
  ],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "version": "0.3.0",
      "date": "2026-07-30",
      "title": "Architecture & brand foundation",
      "changes": [
        "Refactored to an auto-discovering service registry with init/start/player lifecycle",
        "Added declarative Net layer: per-remote validators and rate limits in one table",
        "Added Validate module rejecting NaN, infinity, oversized strings and type confusion",
        "Added achievement system with 16 stat-driven unlocks and automatic reward granting",
        "Added cosmetic framework with 15 items, structurally unable to affect gameplay balance",
        "Added generic inventory framework with ownership verification and save-size pruning",
        "Added server-persisted settings with reduced motion, high contrast, text scale and colour-blind modes",
        "Added pooled procedural audio engine with pentatonic tap combo pitching",
        "Added themed UI component library with 44px minimum touch targets",
        "Established visual identity: logo, icon set, banner, and full brand guidelines",
        "Published v0.3.0 with a downloadable .rbxlx place file — no toolchain required"
      ]
    },
    {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "date": "2026-07-30",
      "title": "Automation",
      "changes": [
        "Added Rojo project for live Studio sync",
        "Added CI workflow: lint, balance check, and place-file build artifact",
        "Added dependency-free Python balance simulator with CI gating",
        "Added promo code system with server-side validation",
        "Rebalanced rebirth cost after the simulator found first rebirth at 33 minutes, past the churn point"
      ]
    },
    {
      "version": "0.1.0",
      "date": "2026-07-30",
      "title": "Initial foundation",
      "changes": [
        "Core tap-to-earn loop with client prediction and batched remotes",
        "Five upgrades, six factory zones, rebirth prestige",
        "Pet hatching with server-side RNG and published odds",
        "Offline earnings, seven-day daily streak, global leaderboards",
        "Session-locked DataStore persistence and idempotent receipt handling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "roadmap": [
    {
      "item": "Seasonal event content",
      "status": "planned"
    },
    {
      "item": "AnalyticsService funnel instrumentation",
      "status": "planned"
    },
    {
      "item": "Final art pass on pets and zones",
      "status": "planned"
    },
    {
      "item": "Roblox publication",
      "status": "planned"
    }
  ],
  "stats": {
    "$comment": "Code metrics only. No player counts, visits, ratings or revenue figures are recorded here because the game is unpublished and any such number would be fabricated.",
    "luauModules": 23,
    "linesOfLuau": 3724,
    "achievements": 16,
    "cosmetics": 15,
    "zones": 6,
    "pets": 10,
    "players": null,
    "visits": null,
    "rating": null
  },
  "license": "MIT",
  "version": "0.3.0"
}