How This Works

Umbrella patterns are platform-agnostic concepts. Each links DOWN to platform-specific implementations in dc/patterns/, ps2/patterns/, etc.

Platform patterns are implementation-specific. Each links UP to its umbrella concept (if one exists). Some patterns are purely platform-specific with no umbrella equivalent.

Status lifecycle: | Status | Meaning | |——–|———| | theoretical | Observed in commercial game or documentation. Not yet attempted by us. | | attempted | We tried it. Results logged. May or may not have worked. | | validated | Works in our stack. Tested in at least one project. | | refined | Battle-tested across multiple projects. Known gotchas documented. |

Confidence is separate from status — a pattern can be validated at 0.7 confidence (works but we’re not sure why) or theoretical at 0.95 (clearly documented, just haven’t tried it yet).