Magic Civilization

Fantasy 4X turn-based strategy game (Civ5 + Master of Magic + MTG color pie) in Godot 4 / GDScript.

Structure

engine/          — genre-agnostic game engine (GDScript)
  src/           — autoloads, entities, map, generation, modules, rendering
  scenes/        — Godot scenes (.tscn + .gd)
  docs/          — engine architecture docs

games/
  age-of-dwarves/   — fantasy game pack (the default theme)
    data/        — all JSON game content
    assets/      — sprites, icons
    docs/        — game design docs (races, combat, spells, economy)

guide/           — player guide web app (React/TypeScript)
  engine/        — @magic-civ/guide-engine (shared components)
  age-of-dwarves/   — guide pages for Age of Dwarves

packages/
  engine-ts/     — @magic-civ/engine-ts (auto-generated climate simulation)

tools/           — sprite generation, transpiler, screenshot capture

Docs

Engine (engine/docs/)

Doc	Covers
ARCHITECTURE.md	Project structure, autoloads, scene lifecycle
ABSTRACTION.md	Genre-agnostic vocabulary, theme pack system
DATA_FORMAT.md	JSON data schemas, DataLoader patterns

Game Design (public/games/age-of-dwarves/docs/)

Doc	Covers
RACES.md	4 demo races, gendering, fusions, release schedule
ECONOMIC_SYSTEMS.md	Economy, civic axis, capitalism cascade
GOVERNMENTS.md	Government types and mechanics
GLOSSARY.md	Term definitions
COMBAT_SYSTEM.md	Combat mechanics (written when M8 is built)
SPELL_SYSTEM.md	Spell/mana system (written when M9 is built)
ERA_SYSTEM.md	Era progression (written when needed)

Build Process (.project/)

Doc	Covers
ROADMAP.md	Demo scope + 12-phase build sequence
FEATURE_GAP.md	New systems beyond the reference implementation
tasks/m0-m4/	Milestone task lists with porting checklists

Quick Start

./run play          # Launch the game
./run editor        # Open Godot editor
./run lint          # gdlint engine/src/
./run test          # GUT tests headless
pnpm dev            # Serve the player guide