# Misaligned — the design corpus

Misaligned is specified by the whole [wiki](wiki/overview.md), not by one
master document. This file is the doorway into that corpus. It contains no
unique game law.

## Start here

1. Read the [wiki overview](wiki/overview.md) for the authority and page-type
   model.
2. Read the [premise](wiki/vision/premise.md), [player
   contract](wiki/vision/player-contract.md), and relevant subject pages.
3. For implementation work, follow the owning `Type: spec` page and its
   dependencies. The status board is [wiki/process/specs.md](wiki/process/specs.md);
   dispatch lives in [wiki/process/ROADMAP.md](wiki/process/ROADMAP.md).
4. For repository work, follow [AGENT.md](AGENT.md).

## What “the spec” means

The spec is the wiki as a whole. Page type says what part a page plays:

- `Type: law` defines durable intent and cross-system invariants.
- `Type: spec` defines one implementable system and its acceptance criteria.
- `Type: knowledge` records current-state facts that must stay honest.
- `Type: log` preserves history and never overrides the current design.

No page outside the wiki outranks that corpus. If two current pages disagree,
the disagreement is a bug to resolve, not permission to choose whichever page
is convenient.

## Where the former monolith went

The old `DESIGN.md` was split by subject on 2026-07-09. Its laws now live in
`wiki/vision/`, `wiki/gameplay/`, `wiki/mechanics/`, `wiki/interface/`,
`wiki/art/`, and `wiki/process/`. Its current-build snapshot lives under
`wiki/engineering/`; its decision history lives under `wiki/log/`.

Use [wiki/SUMMARY.md](wiki/SUMMARY.md) as the complete navigation manifest.