Scene Atlas

Your private map of BARs — a compass for the next step, written and read by you.

Scene Atlas is the 52-cell lab in BARs (four rows × thirteen prompts). You answer each cell with a short BAR — note, intention, or next move — so over time you build something like personal divination: not prophecy from outside, but a layout you authored that you can return to, draw from, and see what to do next. Nothing here has to be "correct"; it is your workspace.

Before you start

  • Account — Sign in. Finish onboarding so you have a Nation and Archetype (same rule as creating any BAR in the app).
  • Data exists — The grid is seeded on the server (creator-scene-grid instance). If you see "No deck found," an operator needs to run npm run seed:creator-scene-deck.

How to use it (short version)

  1. Open /creator-scene-deck. You will land on the lab instance (creator-scene-grid).
  2. You will see four rows of chips. Each row is one "suit" of the grid (labels like Top/Bottom and Lead/Follow). Each row has 13 numbered slots — 4 × 13 = 52 cells total.
  3. Tap an empty chip (or one you want to redo). Read the prompt in the popup.
  4. Give your answer a short title and put the real substance in Notes. Submit. That creates a private BAR and attaches it to that cell.
  5. The chip turns "filled" and shows your BAR title. Your progress line at the top counts how many of 52 you have answered.
  6. Replacing an answer — Open the same cell again and save a new BAR. Your old link is archived; only the new answer stays active on that card.

What the four rows are for (two polarity pairs)

The grid is really a 2×2: two polarity pairs, four combinations. Example default axes: Top ↔ Bottom and Lead ↔ Follow. Your in-app row titles may differ — the page shows Axis 1 and Axis 2 and labels each row from your resolved pairs. Values vs polarities (footnote) →

Where labels come from (first match wins): a Wake Up / values orientation adventure can save your chosen pairs to your profile JSON; otherwise the app derives pairs from your Nation (element) and your playbook’s I Ching trigram (parsed from the archetype name, e.g. Water (Kan)) for the second axis — not only the “signature wave,” so different playbooks don’t collapse to the same row labels. If a name doesn’t parse, the app falls back to wave-based hints.

Ranks 1–13 are the third dimension: same three prompt questions (Focus, Constraint, Next) with lenses like Anchor, Beat, Boundary, etc.

Privacy

  • Bars you create from the grid are private by default.
  • Other players cannot see your titles or notes through the grid.
  • You can still use your normal Hand to work with BARs you made elsewhere.

How this fits the rest of BARs

The game often uses the pattern something happens → you capture it as a BAR. Scene Atlas adds: that BAR also sits on a card, so you can see coverage and gaps at a glance. The same skill (writing a clear BAR) powers quests, campaigns, and your hand.

Glossary (BAR, Vibeulons, …) · The four moves · All player guides (hub)

For operators

Spec and implementation: .specify/specs/creator-scene-grid-deck/

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