LifePot roadmap

This roadmap describes direction, not shipped behavior. The README's “What ships today” section is the current product contract.

Now — make every run inspectable

• Make rule-graph state and accepted changes easy to inspect during a run.
• Preserve exact decision provenance and fallback labeling in the interface.
• Expand acceptance coverage across desktop, narrow, and reduced-motion layouts.
• Keep replay rejection strict as the simulation contract evolves.

Next — deepen bounded ecology

• Add ecology mechanics only when they can be expressed as finite, reviewable rules.
• Improve organism and lineage inspection without inferring events that were not recorded.
• Measure complete-run performance before changing storage or execution architecture.
• Add curated world examples that demonstrate distinct mechanics and remain replayable.

Later — share and compare experiments

• Export auditable run summaries alongside replay data.
• Compare runs by seed, rule graph, and accepted decision ledger.
• Publish a stable deployment after quota, privacy, and operational checks are automated.
• Integrate LifePot into the ModePot family site when its public surface is stable.

Standing constraints

• Deterministic code owns simulation mechanics.
• Model output stays typed, bounded, validated, and auditable.
• Replay compatibility is explicit and engine-versioned.
• Extinction remains a valid outcome.
• No roadmap item may be documented as shipped before implementation and verification.

Propose scoped work through GitHub Issues. Discuss contract changes before implementation.