The Butcher Remembers — playable demo (2D client, .soul export, reputation, cost overlay)

[prakashUXtech]

Top of the stack. The 90-second demo as a runnable local app: a browser client over the GameWorld event stream, with the soul-file and reputation moments wired as buttons.

Run it

uv run python examples/butcher_remembers/server.py --scripted
# open http://localhost:8777

Engines: --engine templated (default, deterministic, free) · --engine claude (live LLM lines via claude -p, ~20-40s each) · --engine deepseek (needs DEEPSEEK_API_KEY; falls back to templated with a warning if missing).

What's in here

• Server + client (367a885): stdlib-only HTTP server bridging the async GameWorld; canvas client with tavern zones, speech bubbles, a per-NPC grudge ledger (color-coded, shows the remembered grievance), and a director-phase chip.
• The demo moments (f843f4b): free-play input with a keyword kind-classifier; ⬇ Export bjorn.soul (a real zip downloads — the artifact moment) and ⬆ import to rewind him; "ask the innkeeper about me" — Astrid, who has never met Ragnar, reads his player.soul and reacts to his notoriety; a cost overlay (claude meters at $0 here, same traffic re-priced for DeepSeek).

Review notes

• The scripted arc plays the canonical beats (befriend → betray → theft → return-still-hostile → clean-player control) and is what the demo video would record.
• Playtest verdicts (fun/feel) are explicitly the captain's — this PR delivers the machinery.

Tests

46/46 in tests/profiles/game/, including: import-reverts-the-grudge round-trip, the reputation gut-punch (clean player warm, notorious player cited), classifier unit cases, and cost-endpoint shape. Smoke-verified live over HTTP.

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