2026-09-07 20:50:26
Anonymous:
Owner decision: pause the rest of the game while the journal is open
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The player needs clear immediate goals and understandable controls and survival information. Mystery must not depend on bad UX. Encoded songs are rejected. The former city-depends-on-creatures twist is rejected.
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**Journal pause — owner decision, 2026-09-07:** while the journal screen is open, the rest of the game pauses, including enemies and oxygen consumption, even during combat. The journal's detailed design remains open; see [Oxygen and Observation](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Oxygen%20and%20Observation) for the current proposal.
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## Scope and constraints
- **Design only.** No game code, builds, prototypes, implementation, simulations or playtests until the owner explicitly authorizes the relevant phase.
