From 59af42843db422e70e00d2704f1b6a2786dc9024 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DualFroz <me@dualfroz.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 18:56:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(vf): add GossipEntry and Tuning

---
 core/include/vf/Gossip.h | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 104 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 core/include/vf/Gossip.h

diff --git a/core/include/vf/Gossip.h b/core/include/vf/Gossip.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/core/include/vf/Gossip.h
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace vf {
+
+// What a village remembers about one player. Every kind accumulates its own
+// saturating counter; the signed sum of those counters weighted per kind is the
+// reputation that trade prices and iron golem hostility read.
+enum class GossipKind : uint8_t {
+    MajorPositive = 0,   // saved the village from a raid
+    MinorPositive = 1,   // helped a villager
+    Trading = 2,         // completed a trade
+    MinorNegative = 3,   // hit a villager
+    MajorNegative = 4,   // killed a villager
+    Count,
+};
+
+const char* gossipKindName(GossipKind kind);
+
+// Value granted by one occurrence of each kind.
+constexpr int gossipMajorPositiveGain = 20;
+constexpr int gossipMinorPositiveGain = 25;
+constexpr int gossipTradingGain = 2;
+constexpr int gossipMinorNegativeGain = 25;
+constexpr int gossipMajorNegativeGain = 25;
+
+// Reputation at or below which iron golems turn on the player.
+constexpr int golemHostileReputation = -100;
+
+struct GossipEntry {
+    // Per-kind rules: how much a point of this kind is worth, where it
+    // saturates, how fast it fades per in-game day, and how far it travels when
+    // two villagers meet. A zero sharePercent means the kind never spreads.
+    struct Tuning {
+        int weight = 1;
+        int maxValue = 100;
+        int decayPerDay = 10;
+        int shareCap = 0;
+        int sharePercent = 0;
+
+        bool shareable() const { return sharePercent > 0 && shareCap > 0; }
+    };
+
+    GossipKind kind = GossipKind::Trading;
+    int value = 0;
+};
+
+const GossipEntry::Tuning& gossipTuning(GossipKind kind);
+
+// One villager's memory of the player. Values only ever saturate at their per
+// kind cap, so no single event source can dominate the sum without bound.
+class GossipLedger {
+public:
+    // Adds `amount` points of `kind`, clamped into [0, maxValue]. Returns the
+    // amount actually stored.
+    int add(GossipKind kind, int amount);
+
+    int valueOf(GossipKind kind) const;
+
+    // Signed weighted sum across every kind.
+    int reputation() const;
+
+    // Fades every kind by its own per-day rate. Returns true when anything moved.
+    bool decayDays(int days);
+
+    // Spreads shareable kinds into `receiver`. The receiver can never be pushed
+    // past the kind's share cap by gossip alone, so repeated meetings converge
+    // instead of growing without limit. Returns true when the receiver changed.
+    bool shareInto(GossipLedger& receiver) const;
+
+    // Non-zero entries in GossipKind order.
+    std::vector<GossipEntry> entries() const;
+
+    int entryCount() const;
+    bool empty() const;
+    void forget(GossipKind kind);
+    void clear();
+
+private:
+    int values[static_cast<int>(GossipKind::Count)] = {};
+};
+
+// Reputation resolved for one villager against the backdrop of its village:
+// `personal` drives that villager's prices, `village` drives golem hostility.
+struct ReputationView {
+    int personal = 0;
+    int village = 0;
+    int villagerCount = 0;
+    int majorNegative = 0;
+
+    // Positive lowers prices, negative raises them. Clamped to keep a single
+    // extreme ledger from making goods free.
+    int discountPercent() const;
+
+    bool golemHostile() const { return village <= golemHostileReputation; }
+    bool friendly() const { return personal > 0; }
+};
+
+ReputationView buildReputation(const GossipLedger& personal,
+                               const std::vector<const GossipLedger*>& village);
+
+} // namespace vf