【Change】Conclusion of the Brainstorming Phase

Document ID & Time Reference

Document ID: FM-DEV-0005
Effective Time: 2025-11-29 【PST】
Publication Time: 2026-01-11 14:06 【PST】

Official Announcement

This document is an official 【Change】 rules and phase-transition announcement
within the FireMatch development progress archive.

It confirms a stage-level change that has already occurred:

The brainstorming phase of the FireMatch Empire project has formally concluded,
and the development process is no longer driven primarily by unrestricted creative divergence.

Change Description

On 2025-11-29 【PST】, FireMatch reached a clear internal determination:

The project had sufficiently explored its core creative space.
Continuing unconstrained brainstorming would no longer meaningfully improve overall quality,
and would instead risk undermining structural stability and long-term coherence.

As a result, from this point forward:

Creativity driven solely by the question “Is this interesting?” was discontinued
New ideas must be evaluated within established principles and structural frameworks
All new content must clearly justify its position within the overall system

The project’s primary focus shifted toward:

Structural judgment
System constraints
Logical closure
Long-term maintainability

Post-Change Development Approach

Following the end of the brainstorming phase, the development approach of FireMatch Empire changed in the following ways:

Ideas are no longer evaluated by quantity or novelty
Discussion emphasis shifted from “Can we add more?” to “Is this actually necessary?”
Any new system must explicitly define its long-term responsibility and cost
Already established content receives higher stability priority

Creativity itself was not prohibited,
but the threshold for inclusion into the project framework was significantly raised.

Change Boundary Clarification

This announcement does not indicate that:

The project will no longer generate new ideas or content
Creative exploration has been rejected within the development process
All structures and systems were fully frozen at this point

This announcement exists solely to confirm that:

FireMatch Empire has concluded
the phase of development dominated by open-ended exploratory ideation,
and has entered a stage centered on structural judgment and system integration.

Change Attributes

Type: 【Change】
Nature: Development phase workflow adjustment
Overwritable: No
Constitutes a commitment: No

Historical Positioning

This announcement marks an important turning point in the development of FireMatch Empire:

The project transitioned from
“continuously proposing possibilities”
to
“taking responsibility for the possibilities already chosen.”

All subsequent system design, structural expansion, and content evaluation
are built on the premise that the brainstorming phase has concluded.

— FireMatch Studio