February 2025 — Vanderlin project (Vanderlin-Tales-Of-Wine/Vanderlin). Key features delivered: - Veteran Blacksmith Progression Enhancement: Extends veteran blacksmith progression by granting additional skills to older blacksmiths, delivering deeper character specialization and longer-term engagement. Commit: 8ece27c186ea52ee870c4591926743e7d56ceabc. - Force-start Without Monarch: Introduced start_immediately support to allow starting the game without requiring a Monarch, enabling streamlined testing and admin-initiated starts. Commit: 63dd4827008fd5654b729d5a1abdbd23efc965c0. Major bugs fixed: - Door Lock Interaction Integrity Fix: Ensured proper transfer of lockhash when new doors are created to stabilize metalizer interactions with locked doors. Commit: ae65f3cefb409c5b1350ae8d46d72b4a190afe0c. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Business value: Improved player progression depth for veteran characters, increased reliability of door interactions, and enhanced testing/ops workflow via immediate-start capability. These changes reduce risk in new build validations and support faster iteration cycles. - Technical footprint: Commit-traceable changes across gameplay progression, interaction system, and start flow; improved maintainability and testability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Gameplay scripting and progression design; state management for veteran character enhancements - Robust interaction fixes with lock/state transfer - Feature flag usage for testing and admin operations - Clear commit discipline and traceability

Consolidated content accuracy for Decurion role in Aurorastation/Aurora.3 for 2025-01. Corrected the Decurion role description wording from 'enlisted officer' to 'commissioned officer' to reflect actual rank, and added a changelog entry documenting the correction. The change enhances narrative consistency and reduces player confusion around military ranks. Implemented via a targeted text adjustment with traceability to issue #20389 and commit 246063706f03b55836cdfba0b65e69e36f9b6a26.