# Development steps to MVP (rough outline)

## Phase 0 — Pre-production (1–3 days)

- Define the 3 MVP classes: what skills matter, what gear matters
- Define initial city districts/landmarks (pure flavor in MVP, but helps UI):
  - French Quarter, CBD, Garden District, Bywater, Ninth Ward, “The Sprawl”
- Decide the pacing levers:
  - energy regen rate, job cooldown, training duration, job generation cadence

## Phase 1 — Foundations (auth, layout, DB)

- Bootstrap project (Laravel + Postgres + Tailwind v4 build)
- Auth + basic account pages
- Global layout + navigation + dark cyberpunk base styling
- Seed tables: races, classes, skills

**Deliverable:** register/login, create character, view character sheet.

## Phase 2 — Core progression scaffolding

- Energy system (regen, caps, spend/restore rules)
- Skill system (levels/xp, modifiers via class/race)
- Add initial items + vendors (even a tiny catalog)

**Deliverable:** character can gain skills and buy items (even if items are “flat bonuses” initially.

## Phase 3 — Mr. Johnson job system (the heart)

- Job templates + job generator (daily refresh + per-player list)
- Job acceptance + resolution (success chance formula)
- Job outcomes: payout + xp + small chance of injury/penalty (optional MVP spice)

**Deliverable:** playable loop: jobs → rewards → progression.

## Phase 4 — Training

- Training actions per class
- Timed sessions (start now, finish later)
- Resolution on completion (xp gain, maybe small failure chance)

**Deliverable:** long-form progression path besides jobs.

## Phase 5 — Hirelings (gap-filler)

- Hireling catalog + purchase
- Add hirelings to job run (affects success chance / unlocks tag requirements)
- Profit cut applied on success

**Deliverable:** jobs can require tags that the player can satisfy via hirelings.

## Phase 6 — Banking + economy sanity

- Deposit/withdraw UI + endpoints
- Basic economic balance pass:
  - job payouts vs vendor pricing
  - early-game progression speed

**Deliverable:** cash loop + safe storage.

## Phase 7 — MVP hardening

- Anti-cheat basics (server-side validation everywhere)
- Rate limiting for actions
- Logging + audit trail for money changes and job results
- Basic admin screens for job templates/items/vendors

**Deliverable:** MVP that won’t fall over the moment someone gets curious.