Micro-32 Generation III
Micro-32 is TBG's Generation III in-world home computer / fantasy-console
platform.
The console and cartridges are persistent physical world Objects. A Micro-32
is intended to exist in a real Room, such as a Character's apartment. Mini
Micro/WebGL gameplay itself executes in the player's web browser; the
server does not run the graphical game simulation.
Physical substrate
The physical console/cartridge substrate is live and persistence-verified.
A reachable Micro-32 supplies the text commands:
insert <cartridge> in <console>
eject <cartridge> from <console>
Each spawned cartridge has its own stable physical identity. The
exact physical cartridge is the object that will own authoritative save
state when the cartridge-save bridge is added.
Two copies of the same title are two different physical cartridges.
Playing through GAMES
Open GAMES while a Micro-32 is physically within reach.
GAMES discovers the exact console plus compatible cartridges in your
inventory or the immediate Room.
INSERT
Moves the selected exact physical cartridge into the Micro-32 slot.
PLAY
Is offered only when the inserted cartridge has a registered Micro-32
title. The server revalidates the exact console, exact inserted cartridge,
and registered title before admitting the browser runtime.
EJECT
Returns the exact inserted cartridge to your Character.
For the current M5 development title, PLAY launches the pinned Mini Micro
1.2.6 runtime in your browser. The title and runtime wrapper are selected by
the server; the browser does not choose arbitrary cartridge paths.
Current persistence boundary
M5 proves physical admission and browser runtime launch only.
Micro-32 save transport is not implemented yet. Browser localStorage,
IndexedDB, the Account, the Character, and the console chassis are not
canonical save owners.
The exact physical cartridge remains the locked future save owner for M6.
Shared same-room multiplayer remains a later M7 milestone.
Related help:
help games
help micro-32 builder