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+---
+name: panopticon
+description: >-
+  Auto-generated project overview for snow_trail. Structure, conventions,
+  and recent activity. Updated nightly by Panopticon.
+---
+
+# snow_trail — Project Overview
+
+Pure Rust retro-aesthetic 3D game using SDL3 windowing, wgpu rendering, and rapier3d physics. Implements a pure ECS architecture with intent-based cross-system communication, state machines via TypeId polymorphism, and compute-shader snow deformation. Content authored in Blender 5.0 (glTF meshes + EXR heightmaps).
+
+## Quick Reference
+
+- **Language:** Rust (stable)
+- **Key dependencies:** sdl3, wgpu, rapier3d, glam, bladeink
+- **Build:** `cargo build --release`
+- **Test:** `cargo test`
+- **Entry point:** `src/main.rs::main()`
+
+## Documentation
+
+- [Structure](structure.md) — modules, types, data flow, dependencies
+- [Guide](guide.md) — conventions, patterns, anti-patterns, testing
+- [Changelog](changelog.md) — recent changes, active areas, stability
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+# Changelog
+
+*Last updated: Friday, April 3, 2026*
+
+## Active Areas
+
+| Area | Changes (30d) | Status |
+|------|---|---|
+| Main loop & systems | 9 churn | Active — intent-based architecture solidifying |
+| Dialog system | 10 churn | Active — projectiles, camera, rendering |
+| Render core | 15 churn | Active — text pipeline, font atlas, globals |
+| World state | 8 churn | Active — intent storage, component management |
+| Player mechanics | 6 churn | Stable — character bundle, player states |
+| Shader system | 4 churn | Active — gizmo lines, dissolve, snow light |
+
+## Recent Changes
+
+### Intent-Based Architecture
+- **Completed major refactor** (3 weeks ago): Systems now communicate through one-frame `Storage<T>` intents instead of direct function calls.
+- **Intent types**: `FollowPlayerIntent`, `StopFollowingIntent`, `CameraTransitionIntent`, `SpawnParticleIntent`
+- **Consumer pattern**: Systems read intents from world storage, act on them, then remove them. Producers don't import consumer modules.
+- **Documented pattern** in `docs/intent-based-architecture.md` with full execution order contract.
+
+### Dialog System Suite
+- **Dialog state machine**: Ink-based story progression with display timer, projectile phases, parry mechanics.
+- **Projectile system**: Spawns physics-driven projectiles with parry windows; detects hits vs. evasion vs. parries (I/J/L buttons).
+- **Dialog camera**: Auto-frames all dialog participants; transitions smoothly between follow-cam and dialog-cam via intent; computes centroid + spread.
+- **Bubble rendering**: Billboard-based text with word-wrap, dynamic sizing (tail height → body dimensions), border/fill colors, RGBA text atlas.
+
+### Text & Font Rendering
+- **Font atlas pipeline**: Pre-rasterized glyphs (16×8 grid, 124px cells) from Departure Mono font.
+- **Text measurement**: Character-width aware layout with line wrapping against max bubble width.
+- **Vertex-based text**: Custom `TextVertex` (position, UV) fed into dedicated text pipeline with view-proj uniform.
+
+### Particle System
+- **Intent-driven spawning**: `SpawnParticleIntent` queues particle emissions; `particle_intent_system` transfers into persistent `ParticleBuffers`.
+- **Configurable emitters**: Burst count, lifetime range, speed range, directional spread (cone), gravity, size range, color gradient.
+- **Snow particle integration**: Spawned continuously at camera position for screen-fill effect.
+
+### Render Pipeline
+- **Global renderer via thread-local**: `render::global` module centralizes `Device`/`Queue` access for loaders and systems; long-term goal is explicit `RenderContext` params.
+- **Gizmo shader**: Fragment shader outputs world-normal as axis color (X=red, Y=green, Z=blue) for entity transform editing.
+- **Snow light accumulation**: Persistent texture tracking deformation; blue-noise dithering maps snow brightness into tile pattern (brightness > threshold → dither step).
+- **Dissolve shader**: Blue-noise masked alpha cutoff; controlled by `enable_dissolve` uniform.
+
+### Tree Occlusion & Instances
+- **Tree dissolve system**: Per-instance dissolve amounts lerp toward targets at configurable speed.
+- **Occlusion detection**: Instances between camera and player dissolve based on perpendicular distance to camera-to-player ray.
+- **Instance buffer sync**: Tree instances updated into GPU buffer after dissolve state changes.
+
+### Trigger & Event Flow
+- **Sphere-based triggers**: Continuous state tracking (Idle ↔ Inside); fires `TriggerEvent` with `Entered`/`Exited` kinds.
+- **Activation filtering**: `TriggerFilter::Player` specifies which entity types can activate.
+- **Event queue**: Events collected in `world.trigger_events` and consumed by dialog system to spawn bubbles.
+
+### Player State Machine
+- **State hierarchy**: Idle, Walking, Jumping, Falling, Leaping (dash), Rolling.
+- **Transition logic**: Grounded checks, input presence, airtime duration.
+- **Physics per-state**: Damping on enter (Idle), horizontal input application (Walking), vertical velocity control (Jumping).
+
+### Editor & Inspector
+- **Dear ImGui integration**: Inspector window with player state display, entity transform gizmos.
+- **Entity selection**: Right-click picking; gizmo renders for selected entity when editor active.
+- **UI mode gating**: Systems check `editor.wants_keyboard()`/`wants_mouse()` to suppress game input during inspector focus.
+
+## Stability
+
+| Area | Last Changed | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| Physics manager | 80+ days | Stable |
+| Camera follow | 30 days | Stable — intent system reduced coupling |
+| Movement component | 30+ days | Stable |
+| Mesh loader | 30+ days | Stable |
+| Spotlight sync | 30 days | Stable |
+| State machine physics | 30 days | Stable — core transitions unchanged |
+| Debug colliders | 30+ days | Stable |
+
+## Open Threads
+
+- **Global renderer thread-local**: Marked for gradual migration to explicit `RenderContext` parameters on systems/loaders. Current implementation works; refactor is low-priority.
+- **Text rendering completeness**: Font atlas + text pipeline in place; scaling and color support functional. No known issues.
+- **Dialog parry mechanics**: Projectile system complete; integration with Ink outcomes working. Gameplay tuning (PARRY_WINDOW_RADIUS, HIT_RADIUS) ongoing.
+- **Tree occlusion performance**: Occlusion system runs every frame; no visibility culling yet. Scalability unknown for >100 trees.
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+# Guide
+
+## Conventions
+
+### Naming
+- **Bundles**: `*Bundle` suffix (e.g., `PlayerBundle`, `TerrainBundle`)
+- **Components**: `*Component` suffix (e.g., `MeshComponent`, `MovementComponent`)
+- **States**: Plain names without suffix (e.g., `IdleState`, `WalkingState`); impl `State` trait
+- **Intents**: `*Intent` suffix for one-frame events (e.g., `CameraTransitionIntent`, `FollowPlayerIntent`)
+- **Systems**: `*_system` suffix for functions (e.g., `player_input_system`, `trigger_system`)
+- **Storage containers**: lowercase plural (e.g., `world.transforms`, `world.movements`)
+- **Tags** (marker components): bare unit type in `Storage<()>` (e.g., `player_tags`, `bubble_tags`)
+
+### Formatting
+- Run `cargo fmt` with `brace_style = "AlwaysNextLine"`, `control_brace_style = "AlwaysNextLine"`
+- **NO inline comments** unless absolutely necessary—code must be self-documenting
+- Doc comments (`///`) **only** for public APIs and complex algorithms
+- **NO inline paths** in code—always use `use` statements at file level
+- **NO `use` statements inside functions or impl blocks**—all imports at module level
+
+### Imports
+- Group imports: standard library, external crates, internal modules (in that order)
+- Use fully-qualified module paths in `use` statements; never nest unnecessarily
+- Example:
+  ```rust
+  use crate::components::{CameraComponent, FollowComponent};
+  use crate::world::World;
+  use glam::Vec3;
+  ```
+
+## Patterns
+
+### Intent-Based Communication (One-Frame Queues)
+**Why**: Systems don't call each other directly. This decouples producer from consumer and maintains a flat pipeline.
+
+**How**: Intent is a simple struct in a queue (`Vec<T>`). Producer inserts, consumer reads and removes.
+
+```rust
+// components/intent.rs
+pub struct CameraTransitionIntent {
+    pub duration: f32,
+}
+
+// systems/camera.rs - consumer
+pub fn camera_intent_system(world: &mut World) {
+    let transition_entities: Vec<EntityHandle> = world.camera_transition_intents.all();
+    for entity in transition_entities {
+        let duration = world
+            .camera_transition_intents
+            .get(entity)
+            .map(|i| i.duration)
+            .unwrap_or(0.5);
+        start_camera_transition(world, entity, duration);
+        world.camera_transition_intents.remove(entity);  // consumed
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Bundle Pattern (Entity Factory)
+**Why**: Encapsulate all initialization logic for related components into one spawnable unit.
+
+```rust
+// bundles/player.rs
+pub struct PlayerBundle {
+    pub position: Vec3,
+}
+
+impl Bundle for PlayerBundle {
+    fn spawn(self, world: &mut World) -> Result<EntityHandle, String> {
+        let entity = world.spawn();
+        
+        // Physics
+        let rigidbody = RigidBodyBuilder::kinematic_position_based()
+            .translation(self.position.into())
+            .build();
+        let rigidbody_handle = PhysicsManager::add_rigidbody(rigidbody);
+        world.physics.insert(entity, PhysicsComponent { rigidbody: rigidbody_handle, .. });
+        
+        // State machine with transitions
+        let mut state_machine = StateMachine::new::<FallingState>();
+        state_machine.register_state(|w: &mut World| &mut w.falling_states);
+        state_machine.add_transition::<FallingState, IdleState>(move |world| {
+            is_grounded(world, entity_id) && !has_input(world, entity_id)
+        });
+        world.state_machines.insert(entity, state_machine);
+        
+        // Tags
+        world.player_tags.insert(entity, ());
+        
+        Ok(entity)
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### State Machine with Type-Safe Transitions
+**Why**: Encapsulate state logic (on_enter, on_exit, physics_update) and guard transitions with closures.
+
+```rust
+// states/player_states.rs - implement State trait
+impl State for IdleState {
+    fn tick_time(&mut self, delta: f32) {
+        self.time_in_state += delta;
+    }
+    
+    fn on_enter(&mut self, world: &mut World, entity: EntityHandle) {
+        // Apply damping on enter
+        world.physics.with(entity, |physics| {
+            PhysicsManager::with_rigidbody_mut(physics.rigidbody, |rb| {
+                let current_velocity = *rb.linvel();
+                rb.set_linvel(Vector::new(0.0, current_velocity.y, 0.0), true);
+            });
+        });
+    }
+    
+    fn on_physics_update(&mut self, world: &mut World, entity: EntityHandle, _delta: f32) {
+        // Ground snapping
+        let current_y = world.physics.with(entity, |p| {
+            PhysicsManager::with_rigidbody_mut(p.rigidbody, |rb| rb.translation().y)
+        }).flatten();
+        // ...
+    }
+}
+
+// bundles/player.rs - register transitions
+state_machine.add_transition::<IdleState, WalkingState>(move |world| {
+    world
+        .inputs
+        .with(entity_id, |i| i.move_direction.length() > 0.01)
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+});
+```
+
+### Storage.with/with_mut Pattern (Closure-Based Access)
+**Why**: Avoids holding mutable references across multiple accesses; satisfies borrow checker.
+
+```rust
+// systems/spotlight_sync.rs
+pub fn spotlight_sync_system(world: &World) -> Vec<Spotlight> {
+    let mut spotlights = Vec::new();
+    for entity in world.spotlights.all() {
+        // Closure captures immutably—safe to call multiple times
+        if let Some(spotlight_component) = world.spotlights.get(entity) {
+            if let Some(transform) = world.transforms.get(entity) {
+                let position = transform.position + spotlight_component.offset;
+                spotlights.push(Spotlight::new(position, ..));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    spotlights
+}
+
+// With mutation
+world.movements.with_mut(entity, |movement| {
+    movement.movement_context.is_floored = true;
+});
+```
+
+### System Function Signature
+**Why**: Pass only the storages (or immutable `World`) that the system needs. Makes data dependencies explicit.
+
+```rust
+// Good: explicit dependencies
+pub fn camera_follow_system(world: &mut World) {
+    let camera_entities: Vec<_> = world.follows.all();
+    for camera_entity in camera_entities {
+        // Access what's needed
+        if let Some(follow) = world.follows.get(camera_entity) {
+            world.transforms.with_mut(camera_entity, |t| {
+                t.position = target_position + new_offset;
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// For read-only systems
+pub fn spotlight_sync_system(world: &World) -> Vec<Spotlight> { .. }
+```
+
+### Default Trait for Configuration Components
+**Why**: Sensible defaults allow bundle code to be cleaner; override what's needed.
+
+```rust
+// components/jump.rs
+impl Default for JumpComponent {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            jump_height: 5.0,
+            jump_duration: 0.5,
+            air_control_force: 100.0,
+            max_air_momentum: 3.0,
+            air_damping_active: 0.95,
+            air_damping_passive: 0.9,
+            jump_curve: CubicBez::new((0.0, 0.0), (0.4, 1.0), (0.6, 1.0), (1.0, 0.0)),
+            jump_context: JumpContext::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Usage in bundle
+world.jumps.insert(entity, JumpComponent::default());
+```
+
+### Physics Closure Pattern
+**Why**: Avoids lifetime tangles when borrowing rigidbody from PhysicsManager static storage.
+
+```rust
+// states/player_states.rs
+world.physics.with(entity, |physics| {
+    PhysicsManager::with_rigidbody_mut(physics.rigidbody, |rigidbody| {
+        let vel = *rigidbody.linvel();
+        rigidbody.set_linvel(Vector::new(vel.x, 0.0, vel.z), true);
+    });
+});
+```
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+### Direct System-to-System Calls
+**Don't do this:**
+```rust
+// ❌ Bad: tightly coupled, hard to debug
+fn system_a(world: &mut World) {
+    system_b_logic(world);  // Hidden dependency
+}
+```
+
+**Do this instead:**
+```rust
+// ✅ Good: intent in queue, flat pipeline
+pub fn system_a(world: &mut World) {
+    world.some_intents.insert(entity, MyIntent { .. });
+}
+
+pub fn system_b(world: &mut World) {
+    for entity in world.some_intents.all() {
+        // process
+        world.some_intents.remove(entity);
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Holding Mutable References Across Multiple Storage Accesses
+**Don't do this:**
+```rust
+// ❌ Bad: won't compile (borrow checker)
+let mut movement = world.movements.get_mut(entity).unwrap();
+let mut transform = world.transforms.get_mut(entity).unwrap();
+movement.foo = transform.position.x;
+```
+
+**Do this instead:**
+```rust
+// ✅ Good: use closures
+world.movements.with_mut(entity, |movement| {
+    world.transforms.with(entity, |transform| {
+        movement.foo = transform.position.x;
+    });
+});
+```
+
+### Inline Paths in Code
+**Don't do this:**
+```rust
+// ❌ Bad
+let velocity = *crate::physics::PhysicsManager::with_rigidbody_mut(..);
+```
+
+**Do this instead:**
+```rust
+// ✅ Good: use statements at top
+use crate::physics::PhysicsManager;
+// ... in code
+let velocity = *PhysicsManager::with_rigidbody_mut(..);
+```
+
+### Global or Context-Based Component Queries
+**Don't do this:**
+```rust
+// ❌ Bad: loses intent, repeats queries
+for entity in world.meshes.all() {
+    if let Some(mesh) = world.meshes.get(entity) { .. }
+}
+for entity in world.meshes.all() {
+    if let Some(mesh) = world.meshes.get(entity) { .. }
+}
+```
+
+**Do this instead:**
+```rust
+// ✅ Good: query once, iterate clearly
+let entities: Vec<_> = world.meshes.all();
+for entity in entities {
+    if let Some(mesh_comp) = world.meshes.get(entity) {
+        // process
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Overly Generic (World/&mut World) Parameters
+**Don't do this:**
+```rust
+// ❌ Bad: implicit dependencies
+fn update_position(world: &mut World, entity: EntityHandle) {
+    // What do we actually need?
+}
+```
+
+**Do this instead:**
+```rust
+// ✅ Good: explicit dependencies
+fn update_position(
+    transforms: &mut Storage<Transform>,
+    entity: EntityHandle,
+) {
+    transforms.with_mut(entity, |t| t.position.y += 1.0);
+}
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+### Structure
+Tests are inline with source (`#[cfg(test)] mod tests`). Focus on:
+- Component initialization and state transitions
+- Bundle spawning and validation
+- Physics helper calculations
+- Intent queue ordering
+
+### What to Test
+- **State transitions**: Verify conditions gate transitions correctly
+  ```rust
+  #[test]
+  fn test_idle_to_walking_transition() {
+      let world = setup_test_world();
+      world.inputs.with_mut(player, |i| i.move_direction = Vec3::X);
+      assert!(should_transition_to_walking(&world, player));
+  }
+  ```
+
+- **Bundle spawning**: Ensure all components are inserted
+- **Default values**: Verify sensible defaults in `Default` impls
+- **Physics calculations**: Unit-test slope calculations, terrain queries
+
+### Running Tests
+```bash
+cargo test
+cargo test --lib  # Unit tests only
+cargo test -- --nocapture  # Show output
+```
+
+## References
+- See **CLAUDE.md** in project root for authoritative style rules (no inline comments, doc comments for public APIs only)
+- See **docs/self-gating-systems.md** for detailed intent-based pipeline patterns
+- See `src/states/player_states.rs` for canonical State impl examples
+- See `src/bundles/player.rs` for complete Bundle pattern with state machine setup
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+# Structure
+
+## Modules
+
+### `src/entity.rs`
+Manages entity lifecycle with `EntityHandle` (u64 alias) and `EntityManager` tracking alive entities. Entities are opaque IDs; all data lives in component storages on `World`.
+
+### `src/world.rs`
+Core ECS container holding `EntityManager`, 20+ typed `Storage<T>` collections (one per component type), and intent queues (`follow_player_intents`, `stop_following_intents`, `camera_transition_intents`). One-frame intents are inserted and consumed within a single frame. World also holds singleton state: `snow_layer`, `debug_mode`, `gizmo_mesh`.
+
+### `src/components/`
+Component types define entity data. Key storages:
+- **Transforms** (`Transform`): position, rotation, scale
+- **Physics** (`PhysicsComponent`): rapier3d rigidbody/collider handles
+- **Movement** (`MovementComponent`): walking speed, acceleration, damping state
+- **Jump** (`JumpComponent`): jump height, air control, jump curve
+- **State machines** (stored per-entity): `IdleState`, `WalkingState`, `JumpingState`, `FallingState`, `LeapingState`, `RollingState`
+- **Input** (`InputComponent`): current move direction, jump/parry key states
+- **Camera** (`CameraComponent`): FOV, aspect, yaw/pitch; `CameraTransition` for animated transitions
+- **Dialog** (`DialogBubbleComponent`, `DialogProjectileComponent`, `DialogSourceComponent`): Ink story state, projectile tracking, outcome events
+- **Rendering** (`MeshComponent`): mesh reference, pipeline, instance buffer, dissolve/snow-light flags
+- **Misc**: `FollowComponent`, `RotateComponent`, `DissolveComponent`, `TriggerComponent`, `ParticleEmitterConfig`
+
+### `src/states/state.rs`
+Per-entity state machine: `StateMachine` holds current `TypeId`, registered state types, and transitions. `State` trait defines lifecycle (`on_enter`, `on_physics_update`, `on_exit`). Transitions are condition predicates checked each update. Player entity uses this for locomotion states.
+
+### `src/systems/`
+Flat list of update functions called in main loop. No cross-system coupling; all communication via world state and intents.
+- **Camera**: `camera_input_system` → generates intents; `camera_intent_system` consumes them; `camera_follow_system` (follows player), `camera_noclip_system`, `camera_transition_system`, `camera_ground_clamp_system`
+- **Input**: `player_input_system` reads SDL3 `InputState`, writes `InputComponent`
+- **Physics**: `state_machine_physics_system` (fixed-step), `PhysicsManager::physics_step()`, `physics_sync_system` (copies rapier bodies back to transforms), `trigger_system` (AABB overlap → events)
+- **Dialog**: `dialog_system` (ticks story state), `dialog_projectile_system` (moves projectiles), `dialog_camera_system` (focuses camera on speaker), `dialog_bubble_render_system` (generates billboard/text draw calls)
+- **Rendering**: `render_system` collects `DrawCall` from meshes/transforms; `spotlight_sync_system` syncs light positions to shader uniform
+- **State machine**: `state_machine_system` (per-frame), `state_machine_physics_system` (fixed-step) tick state lifecycle
+- **Trees**: `tree_occlusion_system` (culls trees behind camera), `tree_dissolve_update_system` (animates dissolve), `tree_instance_buffer_update_system` (writes GPU buffer)
+- **Snow**: `snow_system` deforms snow layer at physics contacts; `particle_intent_system`/`particle_update_system` manage particle emitters
+- **Rotate**: `rotate_system` rotates entities by delta
+
+### `src/bundles/`
+Factory functions to spawn pre-configured entity groups:
+- `PlayerBundle`: player character with all locomotion components
+- `TestCharBundle`: test NPC
+- `CameraBundle`: camera entity
+- `TerrainBundle`: terrain mesh + collider
+- `SpotlightBundle` + `spawn_spotlights()`: light entities from scene data
+
+### `src/render/`
+GPU rendering pipeline via wgpu. Singleton `Renderer` stored in thread-local (global.rs).
+- **`Renderer`**: wgpu device/queue/surface, framebuffer, pipelines, bind groups, shadow map texture, spotlight data
+- **`DrawCall`** (types.rs): vertex/index buffers, model matrix, pipeline enum, instance buffer, entity ref
+- **Pipelines** (pipeline.rs): `create_main_pipeline()`, `create_snow_clipmap_pipeline()`, `create_wireframe_pipeline()`, `create_shadow_pipeline()`, `create_debug_lines_pipeline()`
+- **`Uniforms`** (types.rs): model/view/projection, 4 spotlights, camera position, height scale, player position, time, tile scale, debug mode
+- **Shadow**: `render_shadow_pass()` renders scene depth to shadow map from each spotlight
+- **Snow**: `SnowLayer` deforms snow heightfield via compute; `ClipmapConfig` manages multi-level clipmap grid; `deform_at_position()` marks terrain changed
+- **Snow light**: `SnowLightAccumulation` ping-pong texture accumulates light contributions from spotlights onto snow surface
+- **Billboard pipeline** + **Text pipeline**: render dialog bubbles and text overlays
+- **Particle pipeline**: billboarded particles with per-instance color/velocity
+- **Font atlas**: pre-rasterized glyph texture from embedded font file
+
+### `src/loaders/`
+Load scene data from glTF files:
+- **`scene.rs`** `Space::load_space()`: loads meshes, lights, player spawn, test char spawn from single glTF
+- **`mesh.rs`** `Mesh::load_gltf_with_instances()`: parses glTF buffers, vertex/index data, multi-instance mesh batches; `InstanceData` (position/rotation/scale/dissolve); `Vertex` (position/normal/UV)
+- **`lights.rs`**: extracts spotlight transforms/params from glTF nodes
+- **`empty.rs`**: extracts named empty (spawn point) transforms from glTF
+- **`heightmap.rs`**: loads EXR heightfield texture for terrain collision
+- **`terrain.rs`**: builds rapier heightfield collider from EXR matrix
+
+### `src/physics.rs`
+Thread-local `PhysicsManager` wrapping rapier3d. `physics_step()` runs one integration step; `add_rigidbody()`, `add_collider()` register bodies; `raycast()` queries. `HeightfieldData` caches terrain height matrix.
+
+### `src/utility/`
+- **`transform.rs`** `Transform`: matrix conversions to/from nalgebra `Isometry3`; getters/setters for position/rotation/scale
+- **`input.rs`** `InputState`: SDL3 key states (WASD, Space, Shift, Ctrl) and mouse delta; `handle_event()` updates state; `clear_just_pressed()` resets one-frame flags
+- **`time.rs`**: `Time::get_time_elapsed()` returns seconds since init (static Instant)
+
+### `src/debug/`
+- **`mode.rs`** `DebugMode` enum: None, Normals, UV, Depth, Wireframe, Colliders, ShadowMap, SnowLight; `cycle()` steps through
+- **`collider_debug.rs`**: renders rapier collider AABBs as line meshes
+- **`gizmo.rs`**: renders 3D transform gizmo (position/rotation/scale) for editor
+
+### `src/editor/`
+- **`inspector.rs`** `Inspector`: wraps Dear ImGui context; `render()` draws frame to texture; `build_ui()` draws entity inspector panels
+- **`mod.rs`** `EditorState`: manages editor active state, selected entity, mouse capture; `editor_loop()` calls inspector, handles picking
+
+### `src/picking.rs`, `src/postprocess.rs`, `src/texture.rs`, `src/paths.rs`
+Utility modules: ray casting for mouse pick, fullscreen blit/framebuffer downsampling, dither/flowmap texture loading, paths to asset files.
+
+## Data Flow
+
+1. **Initialization** (`main.rs` `init()`): SDL3 window → wgpu renderer (Vulkan) → World creation → load scene (Space from glTF) → spawn bundles (player, terrain, camera, lights) → initialize physics
+2. **Main loop** (`main.rs` `main()` with 60 Hz fixed physics + variable-rate graphics):
+   - **Per-frame** (delta): Input events → `player_input_system` (fills `InputComponent`) + `camera_input_system` (generates intents)
+   - **Intent processing**: `camera_intent_system` consumes intents, updates `CameraComponent`/`CameraTransition`
+   - **Camera systems**: follow player, noclip, transition, clamp to ground
+   - **Fixed physics** (1/60s accumulator):
+     - `state_machine_physics_system`: tick state's `on_physics_update()`
+     - `PhysicsManager::physics_step()`: rapier integration
+     - `physics_sync_system`: copy rigidbody poses to `Transform`
+     - `trigger_system`: detect collisions, emit events
+     - `dialog_system`, `dialog_projectile_system`: Ink story tick, projectile movement
+   - **Per-frame systems**: `state_machine_system` (non-physics update), rotate, particle, tree dissolve, snow deformation, spotlight sync
+   - **Render collection**: `render_system` → `Vec<DrawCall>` from all meshes; snow layer adds clipmap draw calls; debug adds collider/gizmo calls
+   - **Submission**: `submit_frame()` renders draw calls, dialog bubbles/text, particles to framebuffer; blit to screen; optional ImGui overlay
+3. **Frame cleanup**: `InputState::clear_just_pressed()` (flags reset for next frame)
+
+## Key Types
+
+| Type | Module | Description |
+|------|--------|-------------|
+| `EntityHandle` | entity | u64 opaque entity ID |
+| `Storage<T>` | world | HashMap storage for per-entity component data |
+| `World` | world | ECS container: entities, 20+ storages, intent queues, singleton state |
+| `Transform` | utility/transform | Position (Vec3), rotation (Quat), scale (Vec3); matrix conversions |
+| `StateMachine` | states/state | Per-entity state machine: current state TypeId, registered states, transitions |
+| `State` trait | states/state | Lifecycle: `on_enter`, `on_physics_update`, `on_exit`, `on_update` |
+| `PhysicsComponent` | components/physics | Rapier3d rigidbody + optional collider handles |
+| `MovementComponent` | components/movement | Walking speed, acceleration, damping, context (floored, last floor time) |
+| `JumpComponent` | components/jump | Jump height, duration, air control, context (in progress, origin height) |
+| `CameraComponent` | components/camera | FOV, aspect, yaw/pitch angles, is_active flag |
+| `InputComponent` | components/input | Current frame: move direction, jump/parry key states (flags) |
+| `MeshComponent` | components/mesh | Mesh ref, pipeline enum, instance buffer, dissolve/snow-light flags |
+| `DialogBubbleComponent` | components/dialog | Ink story, current text, dialog phase (displaying/projectile in flight), parry button |
+| `DrawCall` | render/types | GPU command: vertex/index buffers, model matrix, pipeline, instance count, entity ID |
+| `Uniforms` | render/types | Per-frame shader data: matrices, spotlight array, debug flags |
+| `Renderer` | render/mod | GPU state: device, queue, surface, all pipelines, framebuffer, texture samplers |
+| `Space` | loaders/scene | Loaded scene: mesh batches, spotlight data, spawn positions |
+| `Mesh` | loaders/mesh | GPU vertex/index buffers, AABB, CPU vertex data for physics |
+| `SnowLayer` | render/snow | Snow heightfield: deform bind groups, depth texture, clipmap grid levels |
+| `SnowLightAccumulation` | render/snow_light | Ping-pong textures + pipeline accumulating spotlight contributions onto snow |
+| `InputState` | utility/input | SDL3 event state: key flags, mouse delta, relative mode |
+| `PhysicsManager` | physics | Rapier3d bodies/colliders/pipeline; thread-local singleton |
+| `DebugMode` | debug/mode | Enum: None, Normals, UV, Depth, Wireframe, Colliders, ShadowMap, SnowLight |
+
+## Entry Points
+
+1. **`main()` in src/main.rs**
+   - Calls `init()` → initializes SDL3, wgpu, loads world from scene glTF, spawns entities
+   - Runs infinite loop: event poll → systems (camera/input/physics/render) → frame submit → sleep to 60 Hz
+2. **`Game::init()` in src/main.rs**
+   - SDL3 window + Vulkan surface
+   - `Renderer::new()` initializes all GPU pipelines and textures
+   - `init_world()` loads space, spawns bundles, sets up terrain/snow/lights
+3. **`World::new()` in src/world.rs**
+   - Creates empty storages for all 20+ component types and intent queues
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- **Engine**: wgpu (GPU), rapier3d (physics), glam (math), nalgebra (nalgebra for physics conversions), SDL3 (windowing/input)
+- **Content**: bladeink (Ink story scripting), image crate (EXR heightmaps), gltf (scene loading)
+- **Editor**: Dear ImGui via imgui crate + SDL3 integration
+- **Internal**: All systems read/write `World`; systems are called in fixed sequence from main loop; no circular dependencies
+- **Thread-local singletons**: `Renderer` (render/global.rs), `PhysicsManager` (physics.rs), `GLOBAL_RENDERER`, `GLOBAL_PHYSICS`
+
+## Initialization Order
+
+1. SDL3 init → window creation → Vulkan adapter/device
+2. `Renderer::new()` → wgpu device/queue, create all pipelines, load textures (dither, flowmap, font atlas, shadow map, blue noise)
+3. Load scene from glTF → meshes, lights, spawns
+4. Spawn bundles: player (with input/movement/jump/state machine), terrain (mesh + heightfield collider), camera (follows player), lights (spotlights)
+5. Initialize snow layer (deform by tree positions)
+6. Initialize snow light accumulation (bind to spotlight data)
+7. Main loop: process events → run systems in sequence → submit frame
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diff --git a/blender/addons/snow_trail_export.py b/blender/addons/snow_trail_export.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..759a734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender/addons/snow_trail_export.py
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+bl_info = {
+    "name": "Snow Trail Export",
+    "author": "Snow Trail",
+    "version": (1, 0, 0),
+    "blender": (5, 0, 0),
+    "location": "3D Viewport > Sidebar > Snow Trail",
+    "description": "One-click glTF export to project assets folder",
+    "category": "Import-Export",
+}
+
+import bpy
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def find_project_root():
+    blend_path = Path(bpy.data.filepath)
+    if not blend_path.exists():
+        return None
+    candidate = blend_path.parent
+    while candidate != candidate.parent:
+        if (candidate / "assets").is_dir() and (candidate / "blender").is_dir():
+            return candidate
+        candidate = candidate.parent
+    return None
+
+
+def get_export_path():
+    blend_path = Path(bpy.data.filepath)
+    project_root = find_project_root()
+    if project_root is None:
+        return None
+    stem = blend_path.stem
+    return project_root / "assets" / "meshes" / f"{stem}.gltf"
+
+
+class SNOWTRAIL_OT_export_gltf(bpy.types.Operator):
+    bl_idname = "snow_trail.export_gltf"
+    bl_label = "Export to Project"
+    bl_description = "Export selected objects as glTF to assets/meshes/"
+    bl_options = {'REGISTER'}
+
+    def execute(self, context):
+        if not bpy.data.filepath:
+            self.report({'ERROR'}, "Save the .blend file first")
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
+
+        export_path = get_export_path()
+        if export_path is None:
+            self.report({'ERROR'}, "Could not find project root (looking for assets/ + blender/ dirs)")
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
+
+        export_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        selected = [obj for obj in context.selected_objects if obj.type == 'MESH']
+        if not selected:
+            self.report({'ERROR'}, "No mesh objects selected")
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
+
+        props = context.scene.snow_trail_export
+
+        bpy.ops.export_scene.gltf(
+            filepath=str(export_path),
+            export_format='GLTF_SEPARATE',
+            use_selection=True,
+            export_apply=props.apply_modifiers,
+            export_yup=True,
+            export_texcoords=True,
+            export_normals=True,
+            export_colors=props.export_vertex_colors,
+            export_materials='NONE' if not props.export_materials else 'EXPORT',
+            export_animations=props.export_animations,
+        )
+
+        rel_path = export_path.relative_to(find_project_root())
+        self.report({'INFO'}, f"Exported → {rel_path}")
+        return {'FINISHED'}
+
+
+class SNOWTRAIL_OT_export_heightmap(bpy.types.Operator):
+    bl_idname = "snow_trail.export_heightmap"
+    bl_label = "Bake Heightmap"
+    bl_description = "Run heightmap bake script for selected terrain"
+    bl_options = {'REGISTER'}
+
+    def execute(self, context):
+        project_root = find_project_root()
+        if project_root is None:
+            self.report({'ERROR'}, "Could not find project root")
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
+
+        script_path = project_root / "blender" / "scripts" / "generate_heightmap.py"
+        if not script_path.exists():
+            self.report({'ERROR'}, f"Script not found: {script_path}")
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
+
+        import importlib.util
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("generate_heightmap", str(script_path))
+        mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+
+        terrain_obj = context.active_object
+        if terrain_obj is None or terrain_obj.type != 'MESH':
+            self.report({'ERROR'}, "Select a mesh object first")
+            return {'CANCELLED'}
+
+        output_path = project_root / "assets" / "textures" / "terrain_heightmap.exr"
+        mod.bake_heightmap(
+            terrain_obj=terrain_obj,
+            resolution=context.scene.snow_trail_export.heightmap_resolution,
+            output_path=str(output_path),
+        )
+
+        self.report({'INFO'}, f"Heightmap → assets/textures/terrain_heightmap.exr")
+        return {'FINISHED'}
+
+
+class SNOWTRAIL_ExportProperties(bpy.types.PropertyGroup):
+    apply_modifiers: bpy.props.BoolProperty(
+        name="Apply Modifiers",
+        default=True,
+        description="Apply modifiers before export",
+    )
+    export_vertex_colors: bpy.props.BoolProperty(
+        name="Vertex Colors",
+        default=True,
+        description="Export vertex colors",
+    )
+    export_materials: bpy.props.BoolProperty(
+        name="Materials",
+        default=False,
+        description="Export materials (usually not needed for retro aesthetic)",
+    )
+    export_animations: bpy.props.BoolProperty(
+        name="Animations",
+        default=False,
+        description="Export animations",
+    )
+    heightmap_resolution: bpy.props.IntProperty(
+        name="Heightmap Resolution",
+        default=1024,
+        min=128,
+        max=4096,
+        description="Resolution for heightmap bake",
+    )
+
+
+class SNOWTRAIL_PT_export_panel(bpy.types.Panel):
+    bl_label = "Snow Trail Export"
+    bl_idname = "SNOWTRAIL_PT_export_panel"
+    bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
+    bl_region_type = 'UI'
+    bl_category = "Snow Trail"
+
+    def draw(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout
+        props = context.scene.snow_trail_export
+
+        export_path = get_export_path()
+        if export_path:
+            project_root = find_project_root()
+            rel = export_path.relative_to(project_root)
+            layout.label(text=f"Target: {rel}", icon='FILE')
+        elif not bpy.data.filepath:
+            layout.label(text="Save .blend file first!", icon='ERROR')
+        else:
+            layout.label(text="Project root not found!", icon='ERROR')
+
+        layout.separator()
+
+        box = layout.box()
+        box.label(text="glTF Options:", icon='MESH_DATA')
+        box.prop(props, "apply_modifiers")
+        box.prop(props, "export_vertex_colors")
+        box.prop(props, "export_materials")
+        box.prop(props, "export_animations")
+
+        selected_meshes = [o for o in context.selected_objects if o.type == 'MESH']
+        row = layout.row()
+        row.scale_y = 1.5
+        row.operator("snow_trail.export_gltf", icon='EXPORT')
+        if not selected_meshes:
+            row.enabled = False
+
+        if selected_meshes:
+            layout.label(text=f"{len(selected_meshes)} mesh(es) selected")
+        else:
+            layout.label(text="Select mesh objects to export", icon='INFO')
+
+        layout.separator()
+
+        box = layout.box()
+        box.label(text="Terrain Tools:", icon='WORLD')
+        box.prop(props, "heightmap_resolution")
+        box.operator("snow_trail.export_heightmap", icon='IMAGE_DATA')
+
+
+classes = (
+    SNOWTRAIL_ExportProperties,
+    SNOWTRAIL_OT_export_gltf,
+    SNOWTRAIL_OT_export_heightmap,
+    SNOWTRAIL_PT_export_panel,
+)
+
+
+def register():
+    for cls in classes:
+        bpy.utils.register_class(cls)
+    bpy.types.Scene.snow_trail_export = bpy.props.PointerProperty(type=SNOWTRAIL_ExportProperties)
+
+
+def unregister():
+    del bpy.types.Scene.snow_trail_export
+    for cls in reversed(classes):
+        bpy.utils.unregister_class(cls)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    register()