ForgeWarden: Live Game Dev Suite

Give live game developers the confidence to ship.

ForgeWarden is a collection of four professional-grade Unity Editor tools purpose-built for developers of MMORPGs, live service games, and persistent open-world games. It addresses the complete pre-launch validation lifecycle by surfacing data errors, world imbalances, economic failures, and narrative inconsistencies early in development.

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🛠 The ForgeWarden Suite

Tool	Package ID	Purpose
Runtime Schema Validator (RSV)	com.forgegames.livegamedev.rsv	Validates server-driven JSON data against Unity-side schemas during Editor and Play Mode.
Zone Density Heatmap Generator (ZDHG)	com.forgegames.livegamedev.zdhg	Generates visual density maps from spawn points, NavMesh, and object data — no playtesting required.
Economy Simulation Sandbox (ESS)	com.forgegames.livegamedev.ess	Simulates player-driven economies over time to detect inflation, deflation, and sink failures pre-launch.
Narrative Layer Manager (NLM)	com.narrativelayermanager.nlm	Preview any story beat, quest flag, or game phase in your scenes — without entering Play Mode.

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🚀 Key Features

• Automated Validation: Catch data and logic errors before they reach production.
• Visual Balance Analysis: Understand your world's density and layout at a glance.
• Economic Resilience: Stress-test your game's economy with Monte Carlo simulations.
• Narrative Preview: Scrub through story beats and visualize scene state changes instantly.
• Unity 6 Native: Built exclusively with UI Toolkit and modern Unity 6 features.
• Micro-Service Architecture: Tools install independently but share a common core and event bus.

🎯 Target Users

• Solo MMORPG Developers: Automate QA tasks to save hundreds of hours of manual playtesting.
• Live Service Studios: Empower designers to validate content without programmer intervention.
• Live Ops Teams: Pre-validate patches and balance updates before shipping to players.

📋 Technical Requirements

• Unity Version: Unity 6.0 LTS (Minimum), 6.3 LTS+ (Recommended).
• Dependencies:
  • Newtonsoft.Json (com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json) — required by RSV and Core.
  • AI Navigation (com.unity.ai.navigation) — required by ZDHG.
  • Burst, Collections, Mathematics — required by ZDHG for Job System heatmap generation.
• Render Pipeline: Pipeline-agnostic (Editor-only tools, NLM is pipeline-agnostic).

🖱 Getting Started

Install each package via Window → Package Manager → + → Add package from git URL, using the ?path= suffix to target the correct subfolder:

# Shared core (installed automatically as a dependency — install manually first if needed)
https://github.com/Synaptikal/ForgeWarden.git?path=/core

# Runtime Schema Validator
https://github.com/Synaptikal/ForgeWarden.git?path=/rsv

# Zone Density Heatmap Generator
https://github.com/Synaptikal/ForgeWarden.git?path=/zdhg

# Economy Simulation Sandbox
https://github.com/Synaptikal/ForgeWarden.git?path=/ess2

# Narrative Layer Manager
https://github.com/Synaptikal/ForgeWarden.git?path=/NLM

After installation, open Project Settings → Live Game Dev Suite to configure shared preferences.

📖 Documentation

Detailed documentation for each module can be found in the Docs directory:

• Suite Overview
• Runtime Schema Validator (RSV)
• Zone Density Heatmap Generator (ZDHG)
• Economy Simulation Sandbox (ESS)
• Narrative Layer Manager (NLM)

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Developed by Forge Games — a Kodaxa Studios label.