AgrarianGameArchive/Docs/Investor/InvestorDemoStatus.md

Agrarian Investor Demo Status

Current classification: systems-first investor prototype.

The current investor demo should not be described as an investor visual MVP. It proves the survival, persistence, multiplayer, terrain, weather, fire, shelter, menu-flow, and packaging foundations, but it remains visually below the realism bar expected for investor-facing excitement.

Visual MVP Gate

The build can be reclassified as investor visual MVP only after the 0.1.O visual/menu quality gate is complete and verified:

• menus use intentional widget-driven segments with reliable mouse, keyboard, controller focus, back, and escape behavior;
• startup credits, character selection, server/join, loading, pause, save, and quit read as separate presentation states instead of gameplay under overlays;
• young-adult male and female character choices no longer look like mannequin placeholders;
• survival objects, resource pickups, water, wildlife, shelter, and fire read as believable MVP objects rather than debug shapes;
• Ground Zero terrain, grasses, brush, shrubs, bushes, trees, rocks, water, lighting, and color variation communicate grounded coastal-scrub realism;
• non-ray-traced default/compatibility rendering remains credible on common investor, tester, and remote-session hardware;
• optional ray tracing is reserved for cinematic/high-end presentation and is never required for baseline visual credibility;
• packaged-demo visual QA screenshots or clips are captured from a real GPU desktop path before the build is called visually ready;
• the build passes Docs/Investor/InvestorDemoAcceptanceGate.md with no hard fail conditions.

Current Demo Language

Use this wording until the visual gate is complete:

Agrarian systems-first investor prototype - visual MVP gate pending.
Not for public distribution.