Checkpoint current interactive fiction state

data/worlds/example_world.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ title: The Mysterious Mansion
 author: AI Interactive Fiction
 version: 1.0.0
 introduction: |
-  You find yourself standing outside an old, abandoned mansion on a hill.
-  Rain patters gently on the gravel path leading to the front door.
-  A strange letter in your pocket invited you here, but you can't remember who sent it.
-  Perhaps the answers lie within...
+  ::music[crossfade, loop, lead=10](Dark Jodler.mp3)
+
+  ::chapter[The Mysterious Mansion]
+
+  The last thing you remember is the letter: heavy paper, black wax, your name written in a hand you almost recognized.
+  It asked you to come after dusk, alone, and promised that the house would answer what the sender could not.
+
+  Now you stand beyond the wrought iron gate, with rain cooling your face and the hill rising before you.
+  At its crest waits the old Victorian mansion, every dark window turned toward the path as if the building has been expecting you.
 
 # Room definitions
 rooms:
@@ -13,9 +18,11 @@ rooms:
   front_yard:
     name: Front Yard
     description: |
-      You stand on a gravel path leading to an imposing Victorian mansion.
-      The rain has softened to a drizzle, and moonlight peeks through gaps in the clouds.
+      You follow the gravel path up the hill.
+      The rain softens to a drizzle, and moonlight peeks through gaps in the clouds.
       Ancient oak trees frame the property, their branches swaying in the gentle breeze.
+      At the top of three worn stone steps, the mansion's front door waits under a sagging porch roof.
+      When you reach for the handle, it turns before your fingers touch it, and the door opens {{sfx:squeaky-door.ogg}} with a long, complaining squeak.
     exits:
       - direction: north
         targetRoomId: entrance_hall
@@ -678,4 +685,4 @@ initialState:
     hasMetButler: false
     hasFoundSecret: false
   counters:
-    moveCount: 0
+    moveCount: 0