{

  "profile": {
    "title": "Deckfall: Ember Ruins",
    "theme": "ash_fantasy",
    "session_style": "run_based",
    "platform": "mobile"
  },
  "player": {
    "hero_class": "ember_knight",
    "starting_health": 78,
    "starting_energy": 3,
    "starting_gold": 120,
    "hand_size": 5,
    "draw_per_turn": 5,
    "deck_limit": 40
  },
  "starting_deck": [
    { "card_id": "strike_01", "name": "Ash Strike", "type": "attack", "cost": 1, "power": 7, "copies": 4 },
    { "card_id": "guard_01", "name": "Molten Guard", "type": "skill", "cost": 1, "block": 6, "copies": 4 },
    { "card_id": "flare_01", "name": "Flare Jab", "type": "attack", "cost": 0, "power": 4, "burn": 2, "copies": 2 }
  ],
  "card_pools": {
    "common": [
      { "card_id": "cinder_slash", "type": "attack", "cost": 1, "power": 9 },
      { "card_id": "ember_wall", "type": "skill", "cost": 1, "block": 10 },
      { "card_id": "fuel_focus", "type": "skill", "cost": 1, "energy_gain_next_turn": 1 }
    ],
    "rare": [
      { "card_id": "phoenix_drive", "type": "attack", "cost": 2, "power": 18, "burn": 6 },
      { "card_id": "lava_bulwark", "type": "skill", "cost": 2, "block": 20, "retain": true }
    ],
    "legendary": [
      { "card_id": "eruption_core", "type": "power", "cost": 3, "effect": "all_attacks_apply_burn" }
    ]
  },
  "relics": [
    { "relic_id": "coal_heart", "rarity": "starter", "effect": "+1 burn on first attack each combat" },
    { "relic_id": "broken_compass", "rarity": "rare", "effect": "elite nodes grant +30 more gold" },
    { "relic_id": "obsidian_hourglass", "rarity": "legendary", "effect": "gain 1 temporary energy on turn 1" }
  ],
  "map": {
    "acts": 3,
    "nodes_per_act": 12,
    "branching_factor": "high",
    "node_types": {
      "battle": 0.45,
      "elite": 0.12,
      "event": 0.18,
      "merchant": 0.08,
      "rest": 0.09,
      "treasure": 0.08
    }
  },
  "encounters": {
    "normal_enemies": [
      { "enemy_id": "scorch_rat", "hp": 26, "intent_pattern": ["attack", "buff", "attack"] },
      { "enemy_id": "ruin_archer", "hp": 32, "intent_pattern": ["attack", "attack", "debuff"] }
    ],
    "elite_enemies": [
      { "enemy_id": "ash_colossus", "hp": 110, "traits": ["armor", "slow_charge"] },
      { "enemy_id": "grave_pyro", "hp": 94, "traits": ["burn_combo", "summon_cinders"] }
    ],
    "bosses": [
      { "boss_id": "infernal_warden", "hp": 320, "phases": 2 },
      { "boss_id": "sunken_dragon", "hp": 360, "phases": 3 }
    ]
  },
  "economy": {
    "battle_gold_range": [18, 34],
    "elite_gold_range": [45, 70],
    "merchant_refresh_cost": 18,
    "card_remove_cost": 90,
    "heal_at_rest_percent": 0.3
  },
  "events": [
    {
      "event_id": "ember_shrine",
      "choices": [
        "lose 10 hp and upgrade a card",
        "gain a random relic",
        "leave"
      ]
    },
    {
      "event_id": "buried_vault",
      "choices": [
        "pay 60 gold for a rare card",
        "fight an elite for double treasure"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "difficulty": {
    "ascension_enabled": true,
    "max_ascension": 20,
    "enemy_hp_scale_per_rank": 0.03,
    "enemy_damage_scale_per_rank": 0.025,
    "shop_price_scale_per_rank": 0.015
  },
  "live_ops": {
    "daily_run": true,
    "season_id": "embers-2026-spring",
    "leaderboard_enabled": true
  }
}