Language mascots:
- 11 mascots across common/uncommon/rare/legendary tiers (Pythia, Asynclet,
Bashling, Goroutling, Typeling, Vueling, Querion, Ferrix, Perlius,
Cobolithon, Lispling)
- Full evolution chains for all mascots (16 evolutions total in catalog)
- Spawn via PostToolUse after language affinity milestones; probability
scales with affinity level; only fires with no active encounter
- Passive strength reduction: each Write/Edit in the mascot's language
ticks current_strength down (floor 5%, triggers re-announcement)
- Mascot-aware catch formula: base_rate + affinity_bonus (6% per level) +
weakness_bonus + soft element gating via existing player_elements
- Language-themed weakening menu and catch failure messages in CLI
- Caught mascots stored as type="caught_language_mascot"; assignable as buddy
- UserPromptSubmit uses distinct 🦎 announcement with language context
Roster display:
- New "Language Mascots" section between core buddymon and caught bug monsters
- Language affinity table marks languages with spawnable mascots (🦎)
- Discovery counter now tracks both bug monsters and mascots separately
Veritarch (third evolution):
- Debuglin → Verifex (Lv.100) → Veritarch (Lv.200)
- TYPE FORTRESS / INVARIANT PROOF / ZERO FLAKE challenges
- xp_multiplier 1.7, catch_rate 0.90
Script-first architecture:
- All game logic extracted to lib/cli.py (~850 lines); SKILL.md is now
a ~55-line relay — 88% token reduction per invocation
- CLI emits [INPUT_NEEDED] and [HAIKU_NEEDED] markers for interactive flows
- PostToolUse hook re-emits CLI stdout as additionalContext for inline display
Session XP fix:
- statusline.sh and session state now read from sessions/<pgrp>.json
(per-window) with fallback to active.json; fixes stale XP in statusline
Adds lib/statusline.sh — a fast bash+jq status bar widget showing
active buddy, level, session XP, and any active encounter in red.
install.sh now copies the script to ~/.claude/buddymon/statusline.sh
and wires it into settings.json automatically during install.
/buddymon statusline subcommand documented in SKILL.md for manual install.
