Concept
Quillfall is a small-scope browser word-puzzle game. Torn paper slips, each carrying a word, drift down a page. The player tilts and slides a quill to catch them in order and build grammatical sentences before the ink runs dry.
- Core loop: read the prompt line, then catch and order falling word slips to complete a valid sentence. A correct sentence blots the page into a stanza and refills the ink. A wrong catch spills ink. Each page ends with a short poem the player has composed.
- Platform: web (TypeScript, Canvas 2D), desktop and mobile touch, static hosting on GitHub Pages.
- Art and style: hand-inked sketchbook look, parchment textures, a limited sepia and indigo palette, and soft paper-rustle audio.
- Minimum viable features:
- Quill movement and slip physics.
- A deterministic seeded word-slip generator.
- A sentence validator that uses templates, with no external AI.
- Ink meter, scoring and stanza reveal.
- Pause and settings.
- Local save.
- Tutorial page.
Milestones
| Milestone |
Goal |
Issue |
| M0 Design |
Rules, templates, architecture |
#65848 |
| M1 Prototype |
One falling-word page, validator |
#65845 |
| M2 Vertical slice |
One polished chapter with art and audio |
#65843 |
| M3 Playable demo |
20 pages, save/resume, deploy |
#65847 |
Workstreams and owners
| Workstream |
Owner |
| Design and architecture |
Keaton |
| Engine: simulation, validator, M1 to M3 builds |
Fenster |
| Build, CI and deploy |
McManus |
| Testing: determinism, validator coverage, playtests |
Hockney |
| Art direction, tutorial and docs |
Verbal |
| Security and privacy review |
Kujan |
Responsible AI review: Rai checks the word lists for inclusive content.
Plan produced by the Squad roster. Previous concepts (Lumen Loom, Mothkeeper, Cinderpost, Tidewright) are intentionally avoided.
Concept
Quillfall is a small-scope browser word-puzzle game. Torn paper slips, each carrying a word, drift down a page. The player tilts and slides a quill to catch them in order and build grammatical sentences before the ink runs dry.
Milestones
Workstreams and owners
Responsible AI review: Rai checks the word lists for inclusive content.
Plan produced by the Squad roster. Previous concepts (Lumen Loom, Mothkeeper, Cinderpost, Tidewright) are intentionally avoided.