{
"title": "The Vault of Shadows",
"startNode": "intro",
"nodes": {
"intro": {
"id": "intro",
"type": "input",
"text": "The year is 2087. Neo-Tokyo sprawls beneath neon skies.\n\nYou are a freelance hacker known only by your handle.\n\nWhat do they call you?",
"variable": "playerName",
"next": "apartment",
"location": "Character Creation",
"timeSet": 1320,
"_editor": { "x": 100, "y": 100 }
},
"apartment": {
"id": "apartment",
"type": "choice",
"text": "Welcome back, {player}.\n\nYour cramped apartment overlooks the megacity. A message blinks on your terminal:\n\n'URGENT: High-paying gig. Meet at the Red Dragon Bar. -M'\n\nYou recognize M's signature. This could be big.",
"location": "Your Apartment - Level 47",
"image": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1519389950473-47ba0277781c?w=800",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Grab your gear and head to the bar",
"next": "red_dragon_bar",
"effects": [
{ "type": "ADD_ITEM", "item": "Cyberdeck" },
{ "type": "ADD_ITEM", "item": "Encrypted Comm" }
]
},
{
"text": "Check the darknet for intel first",
"next": "darknet_check",
"effects": [
{ "type": "SET_FLAG", "flag": "cautious_hacker", "value": true }
]
},
{
"text": "Ignore it and sleep",
"next": "missed_opportunity"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 400, "y": 100 }
},
"darknet_check": {
"id": "darknet_check",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You boot up your terminal and dive into the darknet.\n\nChatter suggests M is working on something involving MegaCorp's downtown vault. High security. High reward.\n\nYou also find a vendor selling EMP grenades.",
"location": "Your Apartment - Darknet",
"timeSet": 1350,
"choices": [
{
"text": "Buy an EMP grenade (500 credits)",
"next": "red_dragon_bar",
"effects": [
{ "type": "ADD_ITEM", "item": "EMP Grenade" },
{ "type": "ADD_ITEM", "item": "Cyberdeck" }
]
},
{
"text": "Save your credits and leave",
"next": "red_dragon_bar",
"effects": [
{ "type": "ADD_ITEM", "item": "Cyberdeck" }
]
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 400, "y": 300 }
},
"red_dragon_bar": {
"id": "red_dragon_bar",
"type": "choice",
"text": "The Red Dragon Bar reeks of synth-whiskey and burnt electronics.\n\nM sits in a corner booth, hood up. You approach.\n\nM: '{player}. Good. We're hitting MegaCorp's vault tonight. You in?'",
"location": "Red Dragon Bar - Lower District",
"timeSet": 1380,
"choices": [
{
"text": "I'm in. What's the plan?",
"next": "plan_briefing"
},
{
"text": "What's the payout?",
"next": "negotiate_payment"
},
{
"text": "This sounds too risky. I'm out.",
"next": "walk_away"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 700, "y": 200 }
},
"negotiate_payment": {
"id": "negotiate_payment",
"type": "choice",
"text": "M: 'Two million credits. Split three ways. You, me, and our demo expert.'\n\nYou lean back. 'Make it 40% for me.'\n\nM pauses, then nods. 'Deal. But you better be worth it.'",
"location": "Red Dragon Bar",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Agreed. Let's talk plan.",
"next": "plan_briefing",
"effects": [
{ "type": "SET_FLAG", "flag": "negotiated_pay", "value": true }
]
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 1000, "y": 100 }
},
"plan_briefing": {
"id": "plan_briefing",
"type": "choice",
"text": "M: 'The vault is in MegaCorp Tower. 80th floor. We go in through the ventilation system.'\n\n'Your job: hack the security grid. Our demo guy handles the physical locks. I'll watch for guards.'\n\nYou check your gear.",
"location": "Red Dragon Bar",
"timeSet": 1400,
"choices": [
{
"text": "Let's do this tonight",
"next": "vault_approach"
},
{
"text": "I need to prepare more",
"next": "prep_phase"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 1300, "y": 200 }
},
"prep_phase": {
"id": "prep_phase",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You spend the next few hours modding your cyberdeck and reviewing building schematics.\n\nYou also grab a stealth cloak from your stash.",
"location": "Your Apartment",
"timeSet": 1440,
"choices": [
{
"text": "Ready. Head to the tower.",
"next": "vault_approach",
"effects": [
{ "type": "ADD_ITEM", "item": "Stealth Cloak" }
]
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 1300, "y": 400 }
},
"vault_approach": {
"id": "vault_approach",
"type": "choice",
"text": "MegaCorp Tower looms ahead, a monolith of steel and glass.\n\nYou slip into the service entrance. The ventilation shaft is ahead.\n\nSuddenly: footsteps. A guard patrol.",
"location": "MegaCorp Tower - Ground Level",
"timeSet": 60,
"choices": [
{
"text": "Use stealth cloak",
"next": "stealth_success",
"condition": { "type": "HAS_ITEM", "item": "Stealth Cloak" }
},
{
"text": "Hack the security camera",
"next": "camera_hack"
},
{
"text": "Fight the guards",
"next": "combat_guards"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 1600, "y": 300 }
},
"stealth_success": {
"id": "stealth_success",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You activate the cloak. The guards walk right past you.\n\nYou slip into the vent and begin climbing.",
"location": "MegaCorp Tower - Vents",
"timeSet": 90,
"choices": [
{
"text": "Continue to 80th floor",
"next": "vault_door"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 1900, "y": 200 }
},
"camera_hack": {
"id": "camera_hack",
"type": "logic",
"condition": { "type": "HAS_FLAG", "flag": "cautious_hacker", "value": true },
"nextTrue": "hack_success",
"nextFalse": "hack_fail",
"_editor": { "x": 1900, "y": 350 }
},
"hack_success": {
"id": "hack_success",
"type": "choice",
"text": "Your darknet research pays off. You breach the camera network in seconds.\n\nThe guards see nothing. You proceed.",
"location": "MegaCorp Tower - Vents",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Climb to the vault",
"next": "vault_door"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2200, "y": 300 }
},
"hack_fail": {
"id": "hack_fail",
"type": "choice",
"text": "Your hack triggers an alarm. Red lights flash.\n\nM's voice crackles in your ear: 'Abort! Get out!'",
"location": "MegaCorp Tower",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Run for it",
"next": "escape_fail"
},
{
"text": "Use EMP grenade",
"next": "emp_save",
"condition": { "type": "HAS_ITEM", "item": "EMP Grenade" }
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2200, "y": 450 }
},
"emp_save": {
"id": "emp_save",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You toss the EMP grenade. Electronics fry. Darkness.\n\nYou scramble into the vents before backup arrives.",
"location": "MegaCorp Tower - Emergency Power",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Continue to vault",
"next": "vault_door",
"effects": [
{ "type": "REMOVE_ITEM", "item": "EMP Grenade" }
]
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2500, "y": 500 }
},
"vault_door": {
"id": "vault_door",
"type": "choice",
"text": "80th floor. The vault door stands before you - a masterpiece of security engineering.\n\nM and the demo expert are already here.\n\nM: 'Your turn, {player}. Crack it.'",
"location": "MegaCorp Tower - Floor 80 - Vault Entrance",
"timeSet": 120,
"choices": [
{
"text": "Hack the vault security",
"next": "vault_hack"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2200, "y": 100 }
},
"vault_hack": {
"id": "vault_hack",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You jack into the vault's system. Code streams past your vision.\n\nThe lock mechanism has three layers. You're through two...\n\nLayer three: military-grade ICE. This could fry your brain.",
"location": "Vault System - Cyberspace",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Push through the ICE",
"next": "ice_challenge"
},
{
"text": "Let the demo expert blow it",
"next": "explosive_entry"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2500, "y": 100 }
},
"ice_challenge": {
"id": "ice_challenge",
"type": "logic",
"condition": {
"type": "AND",
"conditions": [
{ "type": "HAS_ITEM", "item": "Cyberdeck" },
{ "type": "HAS_FLAG", "flag": "cautious_hacker", "value": true }
]
},
"nextTrue": "vault_open",
"nextFalse": "ice_death",
"_editor": { "x": 2800, "y": 50 }
},
"vault_open": {
"id": "vault_open",
"type": "choice",
"text": "The ICE shatters. The vault door hisses open.\n\nInside: rows of data servers and a single briefcase.\n\nM grabs it. 'Jackpot. Let's move!'",
"location": "The Vault",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Escape through the roof",
"next": "ending_success"
},
{
"text": "Copy the server data first",
"next": "data_theft"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 3100, "y": 100 }
},
"data_theft": {
"id": "data_theft",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You upload the data. Corporate secrets. Blackmail material. This could be worth millions more.\n\nBut sirens wail. Security incoming.",
"location": "The Vault",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Run now!",
"next": "ending_success",
"effects": [
{ "type": "SET_FLAG", "flag": "stole_data", "value": true }
]
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 3400, "y": 200 }
},
"ending_success": {
"id": "ending_success",
"type": "win",
"winMessage": "You escape into the neon night. The briefcase contains 10 million in untraceable credits.\n\nM splits the take. {player}, you're rich.\n\nBut in Neo-Tokyo, there's always another job...\n\nMISSION COMPLETE",
"_editor": { "x": 3700, "y": 150 }
},
"ice_death": {
"id": "ice_death",
"type": "death",
"deathMessage": "The ICE counterattacks. Your nervous system overloads.\n\nYou convulse, then go still.\n\nM drags your body out, but the job is blown.\n\nFLATLINED",
"_editor": { "x": 2800, "y": 200 }
},
"explosive_entry": {
"id": "explosive_entry",
"type": "choice",
"text": "The demo expert plants charges. BOOM!\n\nThe vault door blasts open, but half the floor collapses.\n\nM is hit by debris.",
"location": "The Vault - Damaged",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Save M",
"next": "save_m"
},
{
"text": "Grab the briefcase and run",
"next": "betray_m"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2500, "y": 300 }
},
"save_m": {
"id": "save_m",
"type": "choice",
"text": "You pull M free. 'Thanks, {player}.'\n\nYou both grab the briefcase and escape via the emergency stairs.",
"location": "Emergency Stairwell",
"choices": [
{
"text": "Escape together",
"next": "ending_success"
}
],
"_editor": { "x": 2800, "y": 350 }
},
"betray_m": {
"id": "betray_m",
"type": "death",
"deathMessage": "You leave M behind and grab the case.\n\nBut the exit is blocked. Security has you cornered.\n\nWithout M's help, you don't make it out.\n\nELIMINATED",
"_editor": { "x": 2800, "y": 450 }
},
"combat_guards": {
"id": "combat_guards",
"type": "death",
"deathMessage": "You attack the guards. They're trained and armed.\n\nYou're not.\n\nIt's over in seconds.\n\nNEUTRALIZED",
"_editor": { "x": 1900, "y": 500 }
},
"escape_fail": {
"id": "escape_fail",
"type": "death",
"deathMessage": "You run, but the tower lockdown seals every exit.\n\nSecurity swarms in.\n\nCAPTURED",
"_editor": { "x": 2500, "y": 600 }
},
"walk_away": {
"id": "walk_away",
"type": "death",
"deathMessage": "You walk away from the job.\n\nTwo days later, M is found dead. The job went bad.\n\nYou survive, but you'll always wonder: what if?\n\nMISSED OPPORTUNITY",
"_editor": { "x": 700, "y": 400 }
},
"missed_opportunity": {
"id": "missed_opportunity",
"type": "death",
"deathMessage": "You ignore M's message and sleep.\n\nThe next morning, news reports a failed heist at MegaCorp Tower.\n\nM is dead. You missed your shot at the big time.\n\nGAME OVER",
"_editor": { "x": 400, "y": 400 }
}
}
}