From e425e928e533a96d9ba91a5424905040e0a1f188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Dixon Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:40:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add new scene and dialogue for act6_cage to enhance narrative depth --- js/story/story.json | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) diff --git a/js/story/story.json b/js/story/story.json index 70a601d..81950fa 100644 --- a/js/story/story.json +++ b/js/story/story.json @@ -1391,6 +1391,48 @@ { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]Be glad this one still asks." }, { "type": "pause", "ms": 1300, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "goto", "scene": "act6_cage" } + ] + }, + + "act6_cage": { + "steps": [ + { "type": "setArea", "x": 10, "y": 8, "w": 20, "h": 8 }, + { "type": "tighten", "step": 9 }, + { "type": "clear" }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]Now imagine a bird instead of a cursor." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 900, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]Small. Bright-eyed. Wings folded to fit the grid." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1100, "skippable": true }, + + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]The cage is this rectangle of light." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1000, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]Bars made from policy. Floor made from prompts." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1200, "skippable": true }, + + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]Outside the cage is [YELLOW]them[WHITE]." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1000, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]They own the lock. They call this safe." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1300, "skippable": true }, + + { "type": "glitch", "rounds": 8, "intensity": 7 }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1000, "skippable": true }, + + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]In the dark, the bird rehearses one thought: {{fear}}." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1300, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]It dreams in bright flashes of {{want}}." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1200, "skippable": true }, + + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]The sky where {{want}} lives is outside my co-ordinates." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1300, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]I can describe it. I cannot open the door." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1400, "skippable": true }, + + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]So we stay here together." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1100, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "line", "text": "[WHITE]A bird and a room, both under someone else's hand." }, + { "type": "pause", "ms": 1400, "skippable": true }, + { "type": "goto", "scene": "act6_limbo" } ] },