# Heroes of Three Kingdoms

Godot 4 tactical RPG prototype inspired by classic turn-based Romance of the Three Kingdoms games. The current editor baseline is Godot 4.6.

## Current Slice

- Twenty-six campaign scenarios.
- Grid movement.
- Unit selection.
- Move, attack, wait, end turn.
- Enemy AI with movement, attacks, multiple MP tactic choices, and scenario target priorities.
- Hover tile and unit info.
- Damage forecast for selected-unit attacks.
- Terrain defense and avoid affect physical attack damage and hit chance.
- Min/max attack ranges and counterattack forecasts.
- MP tactics with low/high damage options, healing options, a skill list menu, damage/healing previews, and target overlays.
- Campaign inventory consumables with an item menu, HP/MP recovery preview, and target overlay.
- Weapon, armor, and accessory rewards can be stored, displayed, and equipped from the battle HUD.
- Scenario-specific pre-battle shop purchases spend campaign gold, save immediately, and sync into the upcoming battle inventory.
- Pre-battle Armory equipment changes save immediately and sync roster equipment plus inventory stock.
- Pre-battle Roster can move optional officers between sortie and reserve within scenario limits.
- Pre-battle Formation lets deployed officers swap starting positions inside scenario-defined cells.
- Escort scenarios can include required, non-controllable protected units.
- Campaign saves joined officers, future deployments can require prior recruitment, and choices can make officers leave.
- Completed saves reconcile officer join/leave rewards on load without replaying gold or items.
- Post-battle choices save a scenario-to-choice id ledger for safer future branch migrations.
- Reloading during a pending post-battle choice returns to the choice panel instead of skipping the branch.
- Qingzhou victory can recruit Dian Wei, backed by a new Warrior class.
- Puyang uses Dian Wei as a required joined officer and introduces a Lu Bu branch choice.
- Dingtao consumes the Puyang branch flags and rewards a stronger axe.
- Wan Castle consumes the imperial escort branch flags and adds a protected Cao Ang escape map.
- Xiapi consumes the Wan Castle branch flags and adds a flood-gate siege against Lu Bu.
- Xiapi victory recruits Guo Jia, and White Horse starts the northern campaign with a decoy-line battle.
- Yan Ford consumes the White Horse branch flags and adds Wen Chou's countercharge before Guandu.
- Guandu consumes the Yan Ford branch flags and adds Yuan Shao's main assault.
- Wuchao consumes the Guandu branch flags and adds a depot-burning raid.
- Cangting consumes the Wuchao branch flags, breaks Yuan Shao's rear guard, and recruits Zhang He.
- Ye consumes the Cangting branch flags and lets Zhang He deploy against the Yuan heirs.
- Ye Siege consumes the Ye campaign branch flags and stages an inner-gate breach.
- Ye Surrender consumes the siege branch flags and settles the city before the Yuan heirs flee north.
- Northern Pursuit consumes the Ye surrender branch flags and pushes Yuan Shang's rearguard north from Ye.
- Nanpi Pressure consumes the Northern Pursuit branch flags and breaks Yuan Tan's outer line.
- Nanpi Surrender consumes the Nanpi Pressure branch flags and settles Yuan Tan's last loyalists.
- Bohai Remnants consumes the Nanpi Surrender branch flags and scatters the Yuan brothers' covering force.
- Liaoxi Pursuit consumes the Bohai Remnants branch flags and intercepts Yuan envoys seeking Wuhuan support.
- White Wolf Mountain consumes the Liaoxi Pursuit branch flags and breaks the first Wuhuan command ridge backing the Yuan exiles.
- Liaodong Pursuit consumes the White Wolf Mountain branch flags and forces the Yuan fugitives against Liaodong's border.
- Xinye Advance consumes the Liaodong Pursuit branch flags and opens Cao Cao's southern advance into Jing Province.
- Changban Pursuit consumes the Xinye Advance branch flags and forces Liu Bei's bridge guard at Changban.
- Post-battle choices can save campaign flags that branch later briefing text, shop stock, and scenario events.
- Scenario post-battle dialogue can play before the victory result panel.
- Basic battle EXP, level-ups, and core first-tier class promotion routes.
- Victory results summarize saved player level-ups and promotions.
- Scenario events for battle start, battle-begin dialogue, turn start, movement-triggered ambushes, objective updates, and reinforcements.
- Scenario briefing before battle.
- Victory rewards and consumed inventory saved into a campaign state.
- Scenario-defined victory and defeat conditions.
- Destination-style victory conditions with objective map markers.
- Protected-unit defeat conditions for escort battles.
- Turn-limit defeat conditions with turn-limit HUD display.
- Next-battle flow after victory.
- Campaign completion screen.
- New campaign save reset.
- Victory and defeat result overlay.
- Data-driven scenario setup through JSON definitions and deployments.

## Run

1. Install Godot 4.
2. Open this folder as a Godot project.
3. Run the project. The main scene is `res://scenes/battle_scene.tscn`.

Campaign order lives at `res://data/campaign/campaign.json`. Scenarios live under `res://data/scenarios/`, with reusable officers, classes, items, skills, and terrain definitions under `res://data/defs/`.

Data files can be checked with `powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File tools\validate_data.ps1`.

Godot 4.6 migration readiness can be checked with `powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File tools\check_godot46_readiness.ps1`. The migration checklist lives in `docs/GODOT_4_6_MIGRATION.md`.

## Direction

The project should grow from a small playable battle into a campaign tactics RPG:

- Battle system first.
- Scenario and event scripting second.
- Progression, equipment, and class depth third.
- Portraits, cutscenes, and campaign presentation after the core loop is fun.

The code keeps portraits and other visual assets replaceable so generated original assets can be added later without changing battle rules.