======================================================================== CORE DESIGN PRINCIPLES

• Do as much in node-space in the world as possible.
  • Minimize use of off-grid entities.
  • Avoid encapsulating things in inventories, machines, GUIs.
  • Crafting and transforming in-world.
• Minimal set of primitive composable functions.
  • Each node should do one job (or one part of a job).
  • Only include the most primitive, fungible components.
  • Avoid redundant functionality, include fewest possible different elements.
  • Complex emergent gameplay by combining simple nodes.
• Challenging and constrained gameplay.
  • Limited inventories, very restricted item storage, e.g. one stack per node.
  • Large, complex machines to design and build for resource transformations.
  • Subtle environmental hazards, like deadfalls and pestilence.
• Rich, subtle interactions.
  • Digging, placing, punching and battering.
  • Different effects from different tools (including empty hand).
  • Different faces of node may have different effects.
• Focus on puzzle-oriented single-player/cooperative gameplay.
  • Avoid dependence on action, combat, PvP.
  • Slow-moving hazards, players have a chance to think and plan.
  • Acessible for slow reflexes, slow networks, mobile devices.

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