AetheriaLore

AetheriaLore is the source vault for https://aetheria.gamecult.org: lore, design notes, stories, and the sort of worldbuilding that thrives when nobody forces it into a CMS shaped like office software.

The site now builds against the shared GameCult-Quartz engine instead of carrying its own private Quartz clone. This repo owns the vault content and the Aetheria-specific overlay; the engine lives next door.

Repository Map

• Aetheria/: the actual vault content
• site/: Aetheria-specific Quartz overlay
  • quartz.config.ts
  • quartz.layout.ts
  • custom components
  • custom styles
  • static assets
• quartz-site/public/: generated static output
• scripts/quartz/quartz.ps1: local build/dev launcher
• .github/workflows/deploy-quartz.yml: Pages deploy workflow, delegated to GameCult-Quartz
• AGENTS.md: writing and editing conventions

Shared Engine Dependency

Local builds expect the shared engine repo to exist either:

• as a sibling checkout at E:\\Projects\\GameCult-Quartz, or
• at the path provided through GAMECULT_QUARTZ_ROOT

Install dependencies in GameCult-Quartz first:

cd E:\Projects\GameCult-Quartz
npm ci

Local Development

From the repository root:

.\scripts\quartz\quartz.ps1 dev

For a one-off production build:

.\scripts\quartz\quartz.ps1 build

The shared engine stages a runtime under .quartz-build/engine and writes the finished static site to quartz-site/public.

Vault Structure

Most published material lives under Aetheria/, especially these branches:

• Lore/
• Game Design/
• Stories/

If you want the setting in sequence, start with:

1. Aetheria/index.md
2. Aetheria/Lore/index.md
3. Aetheria/Stories/index.md

Some vault paths remain intentionally unpublished, including internal brainstorming and inspiration dumps. They can stay messy in private instead of oozing onto the public site.