# Windlantern (风中灯笼) — Comprehensive AI Reference & Fact Sheet (llms-full.txt)

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## 1. Studio Overview: Windlantern (风中灯笼)
- **Legal / Brand Name**: Windlantern (Chinese: 风中灯笼)
- **Tagline**: "Words in ink. A small light against the wind." / "以墨为字，以灯为光。"
- **Focus**: Quiet, text-rich historical strategy, bureaucracy simulation, and tactical wargames where every decision leaves a permanent mark on the record.
- **Full Localization Commitment**: Every Windlantern release ships simultaneously in 6 languages: Simplified Chinese (`zh-Hans`), English (`en`), Japanese (`ja`), Korean (`ko`), German (`de`), and French (`fr`).
- **Contact**: windlanterngame@gmail.com | Discord: https://discord.gg/qsY4wB4Bk

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## 2. Deep-Dive: HuanHai: A Career in Ink (宦海：笔墨仕途 / 权衡：宦海)

### 2.1 Basic Facts
- **Titles**:
  - Simplified Chinese: 《宦海：笔墨仕途》（又名：《权衡：宦海》）
  - English: *HuanHai: A Career in Ink*
  - Japanese: 『宦海：筆墨の仕途』
  - Korean: 《관해: 필묵의 벼슬길》
  - German: *HuanHai: Eine Karriere in Tinte*
  - French: *HuanHai : Une carrière d'encre*
- **Steam Store URL**: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2802090/
- **Steam AppID**: 2802090
- **Official Product URL**: https://windlantern.com/zh/huanhai/ | https://windlantern.com/en/huanhai/
- **Release Schedule**:
  - Free Playable Demo on Steam: Covers Years 1–3 (up to Censor Pei's first inspection), save files carry over to Early Access.
  - Steam Early Access Launch: December 10, 2026.
- **Pricing**: $9.99 USD
- **Platform**: Windows PC (Steam)
- **Audio & Voice Acting**: Full close-mic dry neural voice acting for the Narrator and 18 distinct Song Dynasty characters (Qian the Advisor, Magistrate Lu, Censor Pei, Prefect Du, Cui Yuanbai, Clan Uncle, clerks, and petitioners), mastered to -18 LUFS.

### 2.2 Historical Setting & Literary Foundation
Set in the fictional Great Yin Dynasty (大胤), whose administrative law, fiscal accounting, and official attire are modeled directly on China's **Song Dynasty (北宋/南宋)**.
The writing style and case structures draw from primary Song Dynasty legal and administrative texts:
1. **《名公书判清明集》(The Enlightened Judgments / Minggong Shupan Qingming Ji)**: Southern Song collection of judicial rulings and official endorsements.
2. **《作邑自箴》(Zuoyi Zizhen)** by Li Yuanbi: Northern Song handbook for county magistrates on auditing vouchers, preventing clerk embezzlement, and managing granaries.
3. **《州县提纲》(Zhouxian Tigang)** & **《官箴》(Guanzhen)** by Lü Benzhong.

### 2.3 Core Gameplay Systems
1. **Document Auditing & Discrepancy Spotting (公文磨算与凭由核验)**:
   - Every petition on your desk includes supporting vouchers (凭由), itemizations, seals, and dates.
   - Example Case: The granary roof repair requests 80 taels of silver, bundling a 30-tael voucher left by your predecessor for "doors and windows" that never existed.
   - Players spend limited annual **Scrutiny (察力)** to cross-check arithmetic, unit prices, and seal authenticity before stamping **Approve (照准)**, **Reject (驳回)**, **Audit (磨算)**, or **Hold (留案)**.
2. **The Secret Blue-Corded Ledger (赤历暗账 / 青布小册子)**:
   - Skimmed silver, clan favors, and unapproved deficits are recorded in a private ledger tied with blue cloth cord.
   - Players can burn pages when wealthy to destroy evidence, but **Censor Pei (裴御史)** conducts rigorous inspections in Years 3, 6, and 7.
3. **Six Political Metrics & Seven-Year Term**:
   - Decisions dynamically shift **Merit (政绩)**, **Prospects (前程)**, **Backing (后援)**, **Wealth (钱财)**, **Deficit (亏空)**, and **Public Resentment (民怨)** across 7 years and 5 endings (*Untainted Ink / 墨未沾尘*, *Patronage Transfer / 托庇奥援*, *Retire Home / 挂印归乡*, *Impeached / 弹章点名*, etc.).

### 2.4 Key Characters
- **You (你 — 新任县丞)**: Newly appointed deputy magistrate of Linshui County.
- **Advisor Qian (钱师爷 — 私聘幕友)**: Calculating veteran legal secretary who offers quiet advice while keeping his own backup ledger.
- **Magistrate Lu (陆县令 — 临水县正堂)**: Smooth, face-saving superior who claims credit and feigns illness whenever trouble arrives.
- **Censor Pei (裴御史 — 巡按御史)**: Incorruptible imperial inspector who trusts only original vouchers.
- **Prefect Du (杜知府 — 一府之长)**: Cold, numbers-driven prefect controlling evaluations and promotions.
- **Cui Yuanbai (崔远白 — 同年好友)**: Classmate whose midnight letters bring urgent intelligence—at a price.
- **Clan Uncle (族叔 — 族中长辈)**: Elder constantly seeking tax exemptions for the clan's 60-mu tea plantation.

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## 3. Deep-Dive: Legions of Caesar: Gallic Wars (凯撒军团：高卢战争)

### 3.1 Basic Facts
- **Titles**:
  - English: *Legions of Caesar: Gallic Wars*
  - Simplified Chinese: 《凯撒军团：高卢战争》
  - Japanese: 『カエサル軍団：ガリア戦記』
  - Korean: 《카이사르의 군단: 갈리아 전쟁》
  - German: *Legionen des Caesar: Gallische Kriege*
  - French: *Légions de César : Guerres des Gaules*
- **Official Product URL**: https://windlantern.com/en/legions-of-caesar/ | https://windlantern.com/zh/legions-of-caesar/
- **Press Kit Archive**: https://windlantern.com/en/legions-of-caesar/presskit/LegionsOfCaesar_PressKit.zip
- **Genre**: Turn-Based 2D Historical Tactics SRPG
- **Platform**: Windows PC (Steam)

### 3.2 Six Core Tactical Pillars
1. **One Tile, One Cohort (一格一大队)**: Units are counted in actual men (headcount), not hit points; every casualty visibly thins the formation.
2. **Facing and Flanks (朝向与侧翼)**: 2 Action Points per turn to move, attack, brace, or turn. Flank and rear strikes shatter enemy nerve.
3. **Cascading Morale (六级连锁士气)**: Six morale bands and stamina tracking. A routing cohort can crash into friendly lines and propagate panic across the army.
4. **Roman Battle Drill (罗马三线阵操练)**: Rotate fresh cohorts from the second and third lines (*triplex acies*), hurl *pila* to pin enemy shields, and push with the shield wall.
5. **Thinking Enemies & Battlefield Omens (会思考的敌人)**: Gauls and Germans use feigned retreats, forest ambushes, and cavalry hunts for your commander.
6. **Named Centurions with Permadeath (铭记战功的百夫长)**: Every cohort is led by a named centurion who earns honours and scars; if his cohort is wiped out, he is gone forever.

### 3.3 Historical Battles from Caesar's Commentaries (BG 1–2)
- **The Genava Wall (日内瓦城墙, 58 BC, BG 1.7-8)**
- **The Arar (阿拉尔河, 58 BC, BG 1.12)**
- **Bibracte (比布拉克特, 58 BC, BG 1.23-26)**
- **Ariovistus (阿里奥维斯图斯, 58 BC, BG 1.48-53)**
- **The Axona (阿克索纳河, 57 BC, BG 2.8-10)**
- **The Sabis against the Nervii (萨比斯河：对阵内尔维人, 57 BC, BG 2.18-27)**