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CLAUDE.md

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 # Dusk — Claude Code rules
 
+See `STATUS.md` for a periodically-refreshed inventory of subsystem
+maturity, test coverage gaps, and known open issues — check it before
+assuming a subsystem is fully wired up or before picking a next task.
+
 ## File headers
 Every C, H, and JS file starts with:
 
@@ -251,6 +255,31 @@ Entity prefabs (`src/dusk/entity/entityprefab.h`) and scene prefabs
 
 ---
 
+## Save system
+Save data lives under `src/dusk/save/` (`save.h`/`savefile.h`/
+`saveplatform.h`). Slots are fixed-count (`SAVE_FILE_COUNT_MAX`), each
+holding a yyjson document persisted with its byte size and a CRC32
+checksum. `saveLoad`/`saveSave` read/write the JSON fresh every call —
+callers own the returned/passed `yyjson_doc`/`yyjson_mut_doc` and must
+free it themselves. Actual file I/O goes through platform-specific
+`saveplatform_t`/stream hooks (one implementation per platform under
+`src/dusk<platform>/save/`) — do not add direct filesystem calls to the
+core `save.c`, extend the platform stream hooks instead.
+
+## Network system
+`src/dusk/network/` (`network.h`) is a connection-state layer only — a
+`networkstate_t` state machine (`DISCONNECTED`/`CONNECTING`/`CONNECTED`/
+`DISCONNECTING`) plus an HTTP client (`network/http/`) used for one-off
+requests. It is not a multiplayer/replication protocol — that layer
+doesn't exist yet (see `ROADMAP.md` items on the socket server/client
+and packet handlers). Platform-specific connection logic (e.g. PSP's
+`sceNetApctl` polling, GameCube/Wii's `if_config()`) lives under
+`src/dusk<platform>/network/`, wired through `networkplatform.h` macros
+the same way display/input are. Whenever this eventually grows a
+multiplayer protocol, apply `ROADMAP.md`'s principle: never trust
+incoming packet data — validate defensively with `errorret_t`/
+`errorThrow()`, not asserts.
+
 ## Adding a new script (JS) module
 Dusk embeds JerryScript (`src/dusk/script/`, fetched via
 `cmake/modules/Findjerryscript.cmake`). Today only `Entity`, the

ROADMAP.md

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     or is disconnected, so clients can spawn or remove the
     corresponding `clientplayer` entity in the world.
 
+## Infrastructure / debt backlog
+
+Found during a full-codebase inventory pass (2026-07-30, see `STATUS.md`
+for the full survey). These aren't new feature milestones so much as
+loose ends worth closing, roughly in order of how cheap/safe they are to
+fix:
+
+1. Re-enable `test/item` (currently commented out in
+   `test/CMakeLists.txt`) -- confirm it still passes and turn it back on.
+2. Restore `itemgive.c/h` in `src/duskrpg/item/CMakeLists.txt` -- the
+   textbox UI dependency it was waiting on (`ui/textbox/`) is already
+   back.
+3. Decide the fate of the `vita` target: `scripts/build-vita.sh` and
+   `docker/vita/` reference `-DDUSK_TARGET_SYSTEM=vita`, but no
+   `cmake/targets/vita.cmake` exists, so the build is currently broken.
+   Either implement it or remove the dangling scripts/Dockerfile.
+4. Add per-PR CI build coverage for at least one non-Linux target (PSP,
+   Knulli, GameCube, Wii currently only build on tag push, so
+   regressions there are invisible until a release).
+5. Tackle milestone 4 above (poor UI rendering performance) with a
+   concrete lead: extend `uiconsole.c`'s cached-mesh pattern (rebuild
+   only on dirty) to the general widget framework
+   (`uiframe.c`/`uilabel.c`/buttons/menus), which currently rebuilds and
+   re-uploads geometry via `spriteBatchBuffer`/`meshFlush` every frame.
+6. Revisit the GameCube/Wii networking static-IP workaround in
+   `networkdolphin.c` -- it's standing in for an unresolved suspected
+   memory-corruption bug in `if_config()`'s DHCP path.
+7. Decide whether the PSP dialog-based network connect UI needs to come
+   back -- it was removed entirely (not fixed) when the original
+   dialog-tearing bug proved hard to resolve.
+8. Backfill unit tests for the biggest untested surfaces: `ui/` (whole
+   widget framework), `save/`, `script/` (JerryScript bindings), `event/`.
+
 ## Principles
 
 - Never trust the network implicitly. Neither side (server or client)

STATUS.md

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+# Dusk Engine - Status Snapshot
+
+This is a point-in-time inventory of the codebase's maturity, test coverage,
+and known gaps. It is not auto-maintained -- re-survey periodically (or
+whenever picking a new roadmap milestone) rather than trusting it blindly.
+See `ROADMAP.md` for the ordered feature milestones this status feeds into,
+and `CLAUDE.md` for coding conventions.
+
+Last surveyed: 2026-07-30, at commit `e61914ba`.
+
+## Core engine (`src/dusk/`)
+
+| Subsystem  | Maturity                          | Notes |
+|------------|------------------------------------|-------|
+| asset      | Mature, fully wired                | Model loading's "async" path is actually synchronous (`assetmodelloader.h`) -- only real stub found in core. |
+| script     | Mature for its current scope       | Registered modules: `modulePlatform`, `moduleComponent`, `moduleEntity`, `moduleScene` only. No typed per-component JS wrappers (all components go through the generic `Component`). No unit tests. |
+| entity     | Mature                             | Engine-level prefab lists are empty sentinels; all real prefabs live in `duskrpg`. |
+| scene      | Mature                             | Same prefab-delegation pattern as entity. No JSON serialize/deserialize (removed by design). |
+| save       | Mature, but undocumented           | Slot-based, yyjson + CRC32, platform stream hooks. Not covered in `CLAUDE.md`, no tests. |
+| network    | Connection-state layer only        | HTTP client + connection state machine; no multiplayer/replication protocol (expected -- that's roadmap items 8-17). Not covered in `CLAUDE.md`, has HTTP tests only. |
+| physics    | Mature, recently churned           | Recent revert/re-disable of "old ent code" suggests component wiring around physics isn't fully settled. Well tested. |
+| animation  | Early/mid-stage                    | Keyframes + easing only, no blend trees or state machines. Terse commit history ("ANIM") suggests still iterating. |
+| display    | Most mature/battle-tested          | Backbone of the engine; dominated by platform optimization commits. |
+| ui         | Actively churning                  | Widget framework has had features added and ripped out repeatedly (story/battle UI added then removed). Rendering path is the likely root cause of roadmap item 4 (see below). No tests at all. |
+| console    | Small, finished for its scope      | Already has the cached-mesh optimization pattern the rest of `ui/` lacks. |
+| event      | Clean, small, finished             | Pub/sub, rebuilt to replace the old input system. |
+| game       | Intentionally header-only          | Real implementation lives in `duskrpg/game/game.c`. |
+
+### UI rendering performance (roadmap item 4)
+Confirmed root-cause candidate: `src/dusk/ui/debug/uiconsole.c` caches a
+persistent mesh and only rebuilds on dirty/scroll change. The rest of the
+widget framework (`uiframe.c`, `uilabel.c`, buttons, menus, settings
+screens) still goes through `spriteBatchBuffer`/`spriteBatchFlush` and
+re-uploads vertex data via `meshFlush` every frame, with a full flush
+forced on every shader/material change. This is almost certainly what
+"tanks framerate" on PSP. Fix direction: extend the console's cached-mesh
+pattern to the general widget path (rebuild only on dirty, not every
+frame).
+
+## Game layer (`src/duskrpg/`)
+
+Actively maintained, not orphaned (despite an old "remove rpg" commit deep
+in history) -- last touched the same day as this survey.
+
+- **cutscene/** -- actively developed, matches `CLAUDE.md`'s documented
+  recipe exactly. 16 registered item types.
+- **entity/, scene/** -- overworld player/camera/interactable components
+  and prefabs, active.
+- **item/** -- `item.c`/`inventory.c`/`backpack.c` built via a working
+  `item.json` -> `itemdef.h` codegen pipeline. `itemgive.c/h` exist on
+  disk but are explicitly excluded from the CMake build pending textbox
+  UI restoration -- **that UI (`ui/textbox/`) is already restored**, so
+  this looks like an overdue follow-up, not a real blocker.
+- **input/** -- headers only, no implementation. Contains the one
+  genuine TODO found in the whole `duskrpg` tree: `// TODO: Wiimote, USB
+  Keyboard, probably more.`
+- **ui/** -- textbox restored and built; `uitestlabel.c/h` is an
+  intentional smoke-test scaffold, not dead code.
+
+## Platform layers
+
+| Platform     | Status |
+|--------------|--------|
+| duskgl / dusksdl2 | Complete, shared by Linux/Knulli/PSP, no gaps found. |
+| dusklinux    | Complete, well-trodden. |
+| duskpsp      | Complete for current design. The historical dialog/tearing bug (see memory `project_psp_dialog_tearing` etc.) was **not fixed -- the dialog-based connect UI was removed entirely** (commit `d7982599`, "Simplified PSP network") in favor of a silent profile-based connect. Revisit if the dialog UX is still wanted. |
+| duskdolphin (GameCube/Wii) | Functional, not a stub -- real GX-based display/mesh/shader/texture. Wii input uses only the GameCube `PAD_*` library; no WPAD/Wiimote support (`inputdolphin.h` has `#error "Wii not implemented"` gated behind macros that are never defined, so currently dormant, not a live build break). `networkdolphin.c` hardcodes a static IP as an explicit temporary workaround for a suspected DHCP-related memory-corruption bug in `if_config()` -- root cause still open. |
+| vita         | **Referenced by `scripts/build-vita.sh` and `docker/vita/` but no `cmake/targets/vita.cmake` exists** -- the build target is broken/unfinished at the CMake level. |
+
+### CI coverage gap
+`.github/workflows/test.yml` only builds+tests Linux, on PRs to `main`.
+`build.yml` builds all other platforms (PSP, Knulli, GameCube, Wii +
+ISO variants) but **only on tag push** (release time). Vita and Dolphin
+aren't in CI at all. Net effect: regressions on 4+ platforms can land
+silently until a release tag is cut.
+
+## Test coverage gaps
+
+Core `src/dusk/` subsystems with **zero** unit tests: `console`,
+`engine`, `event`, `game`, `input`, `log`, `save`, `script` (+ all JS
+module bindings), `system`, `ui` (entire widget framework).
+
+`src/duskrpg/` has almost no test coverage: `test/item/test_inventory.c`
+exists but **`add_subdirectory(item)` is commented out in
+`test/CMakeLists.txt`**, so even that one test never runs. `cutscene`,
+`entity`, `game`, `input`, `scene`, `ui` under `duskrpg` have no tests at
+all.
+
+No stale tests were found referencing deleted systems (old JSON
+serialize/deserialize, old event/cutscene modules) -- the test suite is
+internally consistent with current code, just incomplete in coverage.
+
+## Build/tooling gaps worth knowing about
+
+- `assetsraw/` -> `assets/` (chunk JSON -> `.dcf`) is a manual/editor-only
+  step (`tools.asset.chunk`), not part of the CMake build -- committed
+  `.dcf` files can silently drift from their raw source.
+- Several Python tool packages exist but aren't wired into any build:
+  `tools/color/csv/`, `tools/asset/chunk_json/`, `tools/asset/dmf/`,
+  `tools/asset/tiles/`, `tools/input/csv/`. Some may be superseded by
+  `tools/color.py`/`tools/item.py`; worth a pass to confirm which are
+  live vs leftover.

src/dusk/display/text/CMakeLists.txt

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 # Sources
 target_sources(${DUSK_LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME}
   PUBLIC
+    font.c
     text.c
 )

src/dusk/display/text/font.c

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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Dominic Masters
+ *
+ * This software is released under the MIT License.
+ * https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+ */
+
+#include "font.h"
+#include "util/memory.h"
+#include "util/math.h"
+#include "display/color.h"
+
+font_t FONT_DEFAULT;
+static texture_t FONT_DEFAULT_TEXTURE;
+static tileset_t FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET;
+
+const uint8_t FONT_DEFAULT_GLYPHS[FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_COUNT][
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT
+] = {
+  { 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // !
+  { 0x00, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // "
+  { 0x00, 0x14, 0x14, 0x3E, 0x14, 0x3E, 0x14, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00 }, // #
+  { 0x00, 0x08, 0x1E, 0x28, 0x1C, 0x0A, 0x3C, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // $
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x22, 0x24, 0x08, 0x12, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // %
+  { 0x00, 0x08, 0x14, 0x14, 0x1A, 0x24, 0x24, 0x1A, 0x00, 0x00 }, // &
+  { 0x00, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // '
+  { 0x00, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, // (
+  { 0x00, 0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // )
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x2A, 0x1C, 0x2A, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // *
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // +
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x20, 0x00 }, // ,
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // -
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // .
+  { 0x00, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // /
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x26, 0x2A, 0x32, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 0
+  { 0x00, 0x08, 0x18, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 1
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 2
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x02, 0x0C, 0x02, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 3
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3E, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 4
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3C, 0x02, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 5
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 6
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 7
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 8
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x02, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // 9
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // :
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // ;
+  { 0x00, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, // <
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // =
+  { 0x00, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // >
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // ?
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x26, 0x2A, 0x2A, 0x26, 0x20, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // @
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // A
+  { 0x00, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // B
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // C
+  { 0x00, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // D
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3C, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // E
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3C, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00 }, // F
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x20, 0x2E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // G
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // H
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // I
+  { 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // J
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x24, 0x28, 0x30, 0x28, 0x24, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // K
+  { 0x00, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // L
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x36, 0x2A, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // M
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x32, 0x2A, 0x26, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // N
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // O
+  { 0x00, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00 }, // P
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x06, 0x00 }, // Q
+  { 0x00, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // R
+  { 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x20, 0x1C, 0x02, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // S
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // T
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // U
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x14, 0x14, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // V
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x2A, 0x36, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // W
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // X
+  { 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // Y
+  { 0x00, 0x3E, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // Z
+  { 0x00, 0x0C, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x0C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // [
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // backslash (not drawn in source font)
+  { 0x00, 0x18, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x18, 0x00, 0x00 }, // ]
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // ^ (not drawn in source font)
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // _ (not drawn in source font)
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // ` (not drawn in source font)
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // a
+  { 0x00, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // b
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x20, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // c
+  { 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x1E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // d
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x3E, 0x20, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // e
+  { 0x00, 0x0C, 0x12, 0x10, 0x3C, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // f
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x02, 0x1C }, // g
+  { 0x00, 0x20, 0x20, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // h
+  { 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x18, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // i
+  { 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x06, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x02, 0x22, 0x1C }, // j
+  { 0x00, 0x20, 0x20, 0x22, 0x24, 0x38, 0x24, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // k
+  { 0x00, 0x30, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // l
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x2A, 0x2A, 0x2A, 0x2A, 0x00, 0x00 }, // m
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // n
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // o
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x3C, 0x20, 0x20 }, // p
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x02, 0x02 }, // q
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x2C, 0x32, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00 }, // r
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1E, 0x20, 0x1C, 0x02, 0x3C, 0x00, 0x00 }, // s
+  { 0x00, 0x10, 0x10, 0x3C, 0x10, 0x10, 0x10, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // t
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // u
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00 }, // v
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x2A, 0x2A, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00 }, // w
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00 }, // x
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1E, 0x02, 0x1C }, // y
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x3E, 0x00, 0x00 }, // z
+  { 0x00, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, // {
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // | (not drawn in source font)
+  { 0x00, 0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x04, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00 }, // }
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // ~ (not drawn in source font)
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // unused trailing tile
+  { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, // unused trailing tile
+};
+
+errorret_t fontInitDefault(void) {
+  const int32_t width = (int32_t)mathNextPowTwo(
+    FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS * FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH
+  );
+  const int32_t height = (int32_t)mathNextPowTwo(
+    FONT_DEFAULT_ROWS * FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT
+  );
+
+  color_t *pixels = memoryAllocate(sizeof(color_t) * width * height);
+  memoryZero(pixels, sizeof(color_t) * width * height);
+
+  for(uint16_t i = 0; i < FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_COUNT; i++) {
+    const uint16_t tileX = (i % FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS) * FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH;
+    const uint16_t tileY = (i / FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS) * FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT;
+
+    for(uint8_t row = 0; row < FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT; row++) {
+      const uint8_t bits = FONT_DEFAULT_GLYPHS[i][row];
+
+      for(uint8_t col = 0; col < FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH; col++) {
+        if(!((bits >> (FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH - 1 - col)) & 1)) continue;
+        pixels[((tileY + row) * width) + (tileX + col)] = COLOR_WHITE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.tileWidth = FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH;
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.tileHeight = FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT;
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.columns = FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS;
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.rows = FONT_DEFAULT_ROWS;
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.tileCount = FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_COUNT;
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.uv[0] = (float_t)FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH / (float_t)width;
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET.uv[1] = (float_t)FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT / (float_t)height;
+
+  const texturedata_t data = { .rgbaColors = pixels };
+  errorret_t textureResult = textureInit(
+    &FONT_DEFAULT_TEXTURE, width, height, TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA, data
+  );
+  memoryFree(pixels);
+  errorChain(textureResult);
+
+  FONT_DEFAULT.texture = &FONT_DEFAULT_TEXTURE;
+  FONT_DEFAULT.tileset = &FONT_DEFAULT_TILESET;
+  errorOk();
+}
+
+errorret_t fontDisposeDefault(void) {
+  errorChain(textureDispose(&FONT_DEFAULT_TEXTURE));
+  FONT_DEFAULT.texture = NULL;
+  FONT_DEFAULT.tileset = NULL;
+  errorOk();
+}

src/dusk/display/text/font.h

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #pragma once
+#include "error/error.h"
 #include "display/texture/texture.h"
 #include "display/texture/tileset.h"
 
@@ -13,3 +14,53 @@ typedef struct {
   texture_t *texture;
   tileset_t *tileset;
 } font_t;
+
+/**
+ * Pixel width/height of a single default-font glyph tile. Matches the
+ * glyph grid baked into the (now retired) ui/minogram.png + .dtf asset
+ * pair this data was extracted from.
+ */
+#define FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH 6
+#define FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT 10
+
+/** Grid layout of the generated default-font texture, in tiles. */
+#define FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS 16
+#define FONT_DEFAULT_ROWS 6
+
+/**
+ * Number of glyphs defined in FONT_DEFAULT_GLYPHS (FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS *
+ * FONT_DEFAULT_ROWS), covering the printable ASCII range starting at
+ * TEXT_CHAR_START ('!') plus a couple of unused trailing tiles.
+ */
+#define FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_COUNT (FONT_DEFAULT_COLUMNS * FONT_DEFAULT_ROWS)
+
+extern font_t FONT_DEFAULT;
+
+/**
+ * Hard coded bitmap data for the built-in default font, extracted
+ * pixel-for-pixel from the original ui/minogram.png glyph atlas (alpha
+ * >= 128 counts as set). Indexed [glyph][row], where glyph 0 corresponds
+ * to TEXT_CHAR_START ('!') and glyphs run consecutively through the
+ * printable ASCII range. Each row byte holds FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH bit
+ * flags, one per pixel column: bit (FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_WIDTH - 1) is the
+ * leftmost pixel and bit 0 is the rightmost; 1 means the pixel is set,
+ * 0 means it is not.
+ */
+extern const uint8_t FONT_DEFAULT_GLYPHS[FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_COUNT][
+  FONT_DEFAULT_TILE_HEIGHT
+];
+
+/**
+ * Builds the built-in default font (texture + tileset) directly from
+ * FONT_DEFAULT_GLYPHS, without going through the asset system.
+ *
+ * @return Either an error or success result.
+ */
+errorret_t fontInitDefault(void);
+
+/**
+ * Disposes of the built-in default font created by fontInitDefault.
+ *
+ * @return Either an error or success result.
+ */
+errorret_t fontDisposeDefault(void);

src/dusk/display/text/text.c

@@ -9,34 +9,15 @@
 #include "assert/assert.h"
 #include "util/memory.h"
 #include "display/spritebatch/spritebatch.h"
-#include "asset/asset.h"
-#include "asset/loader/display/assettextureloader.h"
-#include "asset/loader/display/assettilesetloader.h"
 #include "display/shader/shaderunlit.h"
 
-font_t FONT_DEFAULT;
-
 errorret_t textInit(void) {
-  assetloaderinput_t input = { .texture = TEXTURE_FORMAT_RGBA };
-  assetentry_t *entryTexture = assetLock(
-    "ui/minogram.png", ASSET_LOADER_TYPE_TEXTURE, &input
-  );
-  assetentry_t *entryTileset = assetLock(
-    "ui/minogram.dtf", ASSET_LOADER_TYPE_TILESET, NULL
-  );
-  errorChain(assetRequireLoaded(entryTexture));
-  errorChain(assetRequireLoaded(entryTileset));
-
-  FONT_DEFAULT.texture = &entryTexture->data.texture;
-  FONT_DEFAULT.tileset = &entryTileset->data.tileset;
+  errorChain(fontInitDefault());
   errorOk();
 }
 
 errorret_t textDispose(void) {
-  FONT_DEFAULT.texture = NULL;
-  FONT_DEFAULT.tileset = NULL;
-  assetUnlock("ui/minogram.png");
-  assetUnlock("ui/minogram.dtf");
+  errorChain(fontDisposeDefault());
   errorOk();
 }
 

src/dusk/display/text/text.h

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 #define TEXT_CHAR_START '!'
 
-extern font_t FONT_DEFAULT;
-
 /**
  * Initializes the text system.
  *