The Vapor Book

Status: target outline.

This book explains Vapor as a whole: the content model, the tools, the launcher, Steam/GitHub integration, and the limits of the system.

A Small Vapor Tour

Status: target outline.

Show the shortest useful path through the finished system.

What Vapor Is

Status: target outline.

Define Vapor in plain language.

What Vapor Is Not

Status: target outline.

List the things Vapor does not promise.

Ecosystem Map

Status: target outline.

Show how Vapor, SDK, Launcher, Examples, Registry, Steam, GitHub, future engine repos, and future game repos fit together.

Engines, Games, And Mods

Status: target outline.

Explain the top-level content roles.

Content Types

Status: target outline.

Explain packagepacks, enginepacks, gamepacks, modpacks, engines, games, engine mods, game mods, and extension mods.

Packs And Composition

Status: target outline.

Explain how packs contain and select content.

Packagepacks

Status: target outline.

Explain packagepacks as the root playable composition boundary.

SDK And Launcher

Status: target outline.

Explain the authoring side and the playing/composition side.

Steam And GitHub

Status: target outline.

Explain Steam distribution, Workshop content, and GitHub-backed registry authority at a high level.

Authoring Content

Status: target outline.

Describe the ideal content creator flow.

Installing And Launching Content

Status: target outline.

Describe the ideal player and modpack author flow.

Publishing Content

Status: target outline.

Describe the intended public content release flow.

Local Development

Status: target outline.

Explain local workspaces, local content, and developer app-root workflows.

Limits

Status: target outline.

Explain what Vapor cannot do and what it refuses to promise.

Rationale

Status: target outline.

Explain why Vapor is split this way.

Glossary

Status: target outline.

Link to the canonical glossary once the glossary migration is complete.