v0.1.0 — M1: Project Setup + Tilemap + Combat + Backend

Frontend:
- HTML5 Canvas isometric tilemap renderer
- Eichenhafen starting city (procedural)
- Click-to-move A* pathfinding
- Player stats, HP/SP/EXP bars, skill bar, minimap
- 3 NPCs (merchant, class master, innkeeper)
- 6 monster spawns with aggro AI
- Combat: auto-attack, damage numbers, EXP/gold
- Player death + respawn

Backend:
- FastAPI server with SQLite
- Ollama LLM bridge for events + dialogue
- Event validation (no soft-lock)
- NPC dialogue generation

Design:
- Full DESIGN.md with architecture, formulas, milestones
- 6 base classes + 6 advanced classes
- 3 fixed cities, dynamic events

backend/README.md

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+# Aether Chronicles — Backend
+
+FastAPI server for LLM integration, game state persistence, and world event generation.
+
+## Setup
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install fastapi uvicorn ollama
+uvicorn main:app --reload --port 8000
+```
+
+## Endpoints
+
+- `GET /api/player` — Get player state
+- `POST /api/player/move` — Update player position
+- `GET /api/events/{map_id}` — Get active events for a map
+- `POST /api/llm/event` — Generate a new event via LLM
+- `POST /api/llm/dialogue` — Generate NPC dialogue via LLM