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AI RPG Engine

AI RPG Engine Handbook

A guide to building simulation-driven terminal RPGs.

Getting Started

Section titled “Getting Started”

Part I — Orientation

Section titled “Part I — Orientation”
  1. What AI RPG Engine Is
  2. Engine Philosophy
  3. Quick Start

Part II — Engine Architecture

Section titled “Part II — Engine Architecture”
  1. The Simulation Core
  2. The Event System
  3. Modules
  4. Rulesets

Part III — Simulation Systems

Section titled “Part III — Simulation Systems”
  1. AI Cognition
  2. Perception Layers
  3. Environment Simulation
  4. Progression System
  5. Narrative Authority

Part IV — Authoring Games

Section titled “Part IV — Authoring Games”
  1. Content Files
  2. Rooms and Zones
  3. Entities
  4. Dialogue Trees
  5. Items and Status Effects

Part V — Building Modules

Section titled “Part V — Building Modules”
  1. Writing a Module
  2. Testing Modules

Part VI — Starter Examples

Section titled “Part VI — Starter Examples”
  1. The Chapel Threshold (Fantasy)
  2. Neon Lockbox (Cyberpunk)
  3. Gaslight Detective (Detective)
  4. Black Flag Requiem (Pirate)
  5. Ashfall Dead (Zombie)
  6. Dust Devil’s Bargain (Weird West)
  7. Signal Loss (Colony)

Part VII — Systems

Section titled “Part VII — Systems”
  1. Character Creation
  2. Asset Registry
  3. Image Generation
  4. Equipment System
  5. Character Profiles

Part VIII — Debugging and Tools

Section titled “Part VIII — Debugging and Tools”
  1. Save Files
  2. Deterministic Replay
  3. Observability

Part IX — Future Directions

Section titled “Part IX — Future Directions”
  1. Planned Systems
  2. AI-Assisted Worldbuilding

Part X — Advanced Systems

Section titled “Part X — Advanced Systems”
  1. Quest Webs & Emergent Opportunities
  2. Composition Guide — Build your own game by composing engine modules

Appendix

Section titled “Appendix”

Building Worlds with AI RPG Engine

Section titled “Building Worlds with AI RPG Engine”

AI RPG Engine is built to support simulation-driven storytelling, reactive worlds, modular design, and terminal-native games.

The engine does not tell you what kind of world to build. It gives you the systems to build one that behaves.

Experiment. Break things. Build something that surprises you.