01 / BRIEF
Set the intent
Choose the scale, danger, source books, tone, and any set pieces the evening requires.
From idea to incident report
A generator that remembers you have to run this thing.
DOA handles the spatial work, content passes, and export plumbing. You keep the part that needs a GM: judgment, taste, and knowing when a secret door is funny.
02 / BUILD
Generate the place
Biomes, organic zones, and room geometry become a connected dungeon from one deterministic seed.
03 / REVIEW
Inspect the trouble
Read the adventure frame and room key. Check exits, CER, hazards, treasure, and hidden routes.
04 / EXPORT
Take it to the table
Send players the clean map. Keep the secrets, procedures, encounter notes, and treasure to yourself.
The unusual bit
AI imagination, made to follow the rules.
DOA’s local directors interpret your brief, suggest themes and set pieces, and improve the narrative. Every action travels through a typed tool the generator understands.
Director request pipelineGuardrails active
01 / Ground
Your party and library set the facts: CER, owned source books, DFRPG data, tone, tags, and requested set pieces.
02 / Propose
Local AI turns the brief into intent: loose notes become structured suggestions and director actions.
03 / Build
Deterministic systems do the physical work: partitions, zones, rooms, connections, encounters, treasure, and player-safe visibility.
04 / Verify
Validators get the last word: they reject impossible geometry, broken references, and disallowed mutations before the result reaches DungeonState.
AI proposes → typed tool call → seeded pass → validationResult: a real DungeonState
The prep packet
The packet you wish the map generator had given you.
DOA tracks each room’s purpose, connections, inhabitants, contents, and visibility alongside the map geometry.
Dungeon geometry
Tactical spaces at DFRPG scale
One-foot cells preserve wall thickness and room detail; a one-yard hex overlay keeps the finished map useful at the table.
GM key
Notes built for play
Adventure framing, room descriptions, encounters, hazards, treasure, and dungeon procedures remain attached to the place they belong.
Player safety
Secrets stay secret
Player exports omit hidden connections, GM notes, encounters, treasure, and the adventure frame.
Export desk
Use the dungeon where you actually play
Export GM and player PNGs, Foundry VTT scenes, Universal VTT files, Markdown room keys, placement TSV, and the complete dungeon state.
Selective control
Random where you want it. Stable where you need it.
Keep the topology you approved while revising the encounters, treasure, or dressing that still needs work.
Seeds
Repeat a result exactly. Keep the same seed and configuration when you need the same dungeon bones again.
Rerolls
Change the offending part. Encounter and dressing rerolls preserve the approved topology.
Sources
Use the books on your shelf. Enable the DFRPG and GURPS sources you own before the next generation pass.
Local AI
Polish is optional. Connect Ollama, LM Studio, or llama.cpp for local narrative help; deterministic code still owns the dungeon state.
The Stage Manager
Four specialists. One regrettable floor plan.
KovathCreative director
VorgaEncounters
MizzikFurniture & loot
ZarlzazzNarrative
The players have arrived early