Trust is slow to earn and quick to lose, and a betrayal should leave a ceiling

If a lie costs ten points and a kind word wins ten back, nothing the player does ever really matters. Here is how trust gets harder to raise the higher it is, how a betrayal hits at once, and how the ceiling lifts again with days.

Why this works

Trust works like this in life: each good deed counts for less the more you already have, and one breach undoes a lot. Letting the limit rise again with time means a mistake costs dearly yet can still be repaired, so the story stays open.

When not to use it

Skip it when betrayal should be final, as in a story where one lie ends a friendship or a character never forgives. Then drop the recovery and make the loss permanent, and tell the player clearly in advance.

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
• 20 lines of example code with 3 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Trust is slow to earn and quick to lose, and a betrayal should leave a ceiling" (read_entry narr-vn-trust-betrayal-recovery-cap) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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