feat: stage simulation garden first read

docs/BUILD_IN_PUBLIC_PLAN.md

@@ -637,11 +637,14 @@ Completed:
     and verifies live NPC visuals in the terrain-backed village.
 12. Runtime task glyphs: active NPCs now keep compact task-intent markers in
     cinematic mode while debug names, labels, and inspector UI remain optional.
+13. Runtime first-read staging: the capture tool uses an explicit presentation
+    camera preset, the gameplay camera supports the same staging API, and the
+    village has authored dirt path strips for the current task loop.
 
 Next:
 
-1. Improve camera staging plus readable path and landmark composition without
-   adding new simulation mechanics.
+1. Strengthen landmark and work-site silhouettes without adding new simulation
+   mechanics.
 
 Do not start with GIS data, a full city, a large asset pack, or more NPC
 mechanics. The next proof is a beautiful stage for the systems that already

docs/LEARNING_ROADMAP.md

@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ Recently completed:
   village.
 - Runtime task glyphs preserve active NPC task intent in cinematic mode while
   leaving the simulation task state authoritative.
+- Runtime first-read staging now includes a presentation camera preset and
+  authored path strips that reveal the active village task loop.
 
 This order strengthens the simulation while regularly producing visible
 progress suitable for public development updates.

docs/PROJECT_CONTEXT.md

@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ plugin content, not game architecture.
 - The player is a `CharacterBody3D` represented by placeholder primitive
   geometry.
 - WASD movement is camera-relative.
-- The elevated third-person camera rotates with the mouse and uses smoothed
-  follow/focus behavior.
+- The elevated third-person camera rotates with the mouse, uses smoothed
+  follow/focus behavior, and exposes an opt-in presentation preset for
+  reproducible runtime captures.
 - Pressing `E` near a berry bush or tree extracts its configured yield into the
   village through the same `ResourceNode` contract used by NPCs.
 - Guard, study, rest, and food interactions now use typed world sites.
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@ distance with resource `safety_risk`, `comfort_distance`, and
 - a centered 512 m Terrain3D landscape split across four regions;
 - deterministic shaped terrain data and six game-owned surface layers;
 - fortress, houses, mill, bridge, shader river/waterfall, mist, and smoke;
+- authored dirt path strips that make the current village task loop readable;
 - warm sky, fog, shadows, and wind-reactive foliage;
 - eight ResourceNodes preserving stable food/wood discovery IDs;
 - typed village pantry storage and typed guard, study, and rest activity sites;

docs/baselines/SIMULATION_GARDEN_01.md

@@ -29,15 +29,18 @@ Terrain3D world is running in `main.tscn`, NPCs are alive in the terrain-backed
 village, the selected-NPC reason inspector is fed by real task scoring, and the
 cinematic/debug toggle produces a shareable view without changing simulation
 state. A follow-up pass adds small task glyphs above active NPCs, so the
-cinematic view now preserves task intent after the debug labels are hidden.
+cinematic view now preserves task intent after the debug labels are hidden. A
+camera-staging pass then gives the runtime capture a wider village view and adds
+authored dirt path strips that make the task loop readable from the first frame.
 
 The frame also makes the next presentation risks plain:
 
 - the camera still favors verification over composition;
 - placeholder characters, houses, and work props remain useful but visibly
   prototype-grade;
-- terrain texture variation reads better than the old flat map, but paths,
-  landmarks, water, and foreground silhouettes need stronger first-read staging;
+- terrain texture variation and path strips read better than the old flat map,
+  but landmarks, water, and foreground silhouettes need stronger first-read
+  staging;
 - task glyphs help, but the cinematic view still needs clearer work-site props
   and route composition so intent is readable before the viewer learns the icon
   language.