Game Direction

Turn creator intent into a direction the creator recognizes as theirs: a short creative brief plus one named first playable build. Direction becomes stable through play, not through longer prose, so every route here ends with a playable build target, never with documentation alone.

Route First

Classify the entry before doing direction work:

Mode	When	First move
`direction-carry-in`	A thesis, pitch, mandate, prototype, or public promise already exists	Preserve it. Audit what is still unproven. Do not rewrite direction because an artifact is incomplete.
`taste-to-game`	The creator has taste, references, desired feelings, or hard noes, but no stable direction	Elicit taste, then build a small concept slate. Read `references/taste-to-game.md`.
`brownfield-unknown`	A repo, notes, or assets exist but authority and direction are unclear	Audit before writing anything new: separate playable truth from claims in notes, record who owns direction, then reroute to one of the modes above.

Two deeper tools:

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Game Direction

Route First