Sylvia: beyond the public alpha

More rules and worlds

• Full SRD spell support: continue from SRD Lite’s selected 96-spell launch roster toward the full 339-spell SRD suite, building on the work already done
• Trigger Discipline and Siren Protocol: later support for tactical play and its accompanying setting, including character creation and advancement, equipment, specialties and in-world computer networks. This work is currently paused
• Riichi Mahjong: a playable ruleset, a readable visual table alongside the roleplaying, and an accompanying setting and adventures. The rules profile, setting and first stories still need to be chosen

Campaigns that can grow

• Update an existing campaign’s rules: review and adopt compatible changes while preserving progress and the player’s screen layout, with clear handling of conflicts
• Add chapters and sequels: append new authored acts or a subsequent adventure to the same campaign, retaining its characters, world and history
• DM Assistant Mode: let a human game master lead while Sylvia helps with descriptions, NPC dialogue, rules lookups and encounter calculations
• Multiplayer sessions: let several players share a campaign, with a host in control and Sylvia waiting for the people actually being addressed
• Campaign sharing: build on existing portable export/import to support the intended share-and-play journey. We first need to establish which parts are already covered and what additional sharing or reuse options are needed

More ways to play

• Phone-friendly play: a touch-friendly interface designed for small screens. The first devices, delivery format and connection model are still open
• Native Linux and macOS versions: normal installation, play, Builder and saved-work support on clearly defined platforms
• Accessible dictation: speak an action, review and correct the text, then send it. Keyboard and assistive-input controls are part of the plan
• Spoken narration: listen to Sylvia’s narration while keeping the readable text, with playback and replay controls
• In-app updates: discover and install new desktop releases at a suitable time while preserving campaigns, content and settings

Images and richer game panels

• Image generation and editing: create and revise visual references, character portraits, scene illustrations and location-sensitive backgrounds. Planned integrations include GPT Image and ComfyUI, with assets prepared during building or created on demand and reused in play
• Reusable visual game panels: let ruleset authors describe game-specific displays and interactions through shared capabilities. Riichi’s table is one intended use, with further displays able to reuse the same system

• More natural narration: targeted improvements for recurring model-specific writing habits while preserving clues, uncertainty and player choice
• SylviaBench: repeatable comparisons of how reliably models operate Sylvia, starting with SRD combat, saved-state updates, retrieval and progression across different player styles
• Broader SRD integration checks: start with equipment and its real effects in play, then address demonstrated gaps in supported rules
• Reliability and maintenance: make session, provider and ruleset responsibilities easier to maintain, preserve existing save/recovery behaviour, and investigate conflicts between narrative memory and committed game facts
• Performance and cost research: measure how repeated-input caching behaves in real GM and Builder journeys before choosing optimizations or claiming savings

• Further rulesets: revisit Cairn and discuss other openly licensed adaptations and original systems. These remain candidates for discussion
• Live generated worlds: explore a future visual world that stays consistent with campaign state as characters move, act and revisit places, when the technology is suitable
• Runtime and tooling changes: evaluate a move away from Python and other current tools where the benefits justify it. The replacement stack and extent of migration are undecided

Sylvia Portal is a separate project for an optional managed model subscription, intended to let players sign in inside Sylvia without setting up their own provider account or API key. Existing provider and bring-your-own-key options remain. It is not available yet, and no launch date is announced. Possible API access for other applications remains a post-launch research question.