Keep what the character really saw apart from what they imagined

If a scare shows a ghost and the story then records that a ghost exists, the mystery falls apart. Here is how to keep a ledger that remembers where each clue came from, so the notebook and the final accusation only use what is real.

Why this works

A player can only reason about what the story lets them trust. Keeping every sighting together with whether it was real means the journal can show doubt honestly, and a late reveal that it was all imagined still has something to show for it.

When not to use it

Wrong when the character themselves cannot tell real from imagined, so the game should not tell the player either. Then show every clue the same way, and let the story decide later which ones were true.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 30 lines of example code with 3 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Keep what the character really saw apart from what they imagined" (read_entry hallucinated-clue-must-not-count-as-fact) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

Or skip this and connect the MCP: your AI then finds all of this by itself.Connect the MCP