# Cache Creature Dashboard Guide

Version: 2026.05.27

## Quick Start

- Link only if desired: Use the mobile GUID from the app when you want dashboard access. Offline mobile play does not require it.
- Browse before acting: Public cards, sets, shops, auctions, and battles can be inspected before a linked session is used for actions.
- Keep economy actions deliberate: Bids, buy-now, shop purchases, trades, and battle rewards are platform-authoritative once submitted.
- Use reports and support: Report public content or submit support requests when marketplace, artwork, official review, or account data needs Admin attention.

## Account Linking
Dashboard linking starts with the GUID generated by the mobile app, then can be strengthened with email/password or Google authentication when configured.

- The GUID is a bridge to synced mobile data, not a requirement for offline collection play.
- Email/password sign-in stores dashboard access tokens in a protected cookie.
- Sensitive marketplace, wallet, trade, message, notification, and battle mutations should require authenticated tokens after production auth is fully verified.
- If a token expires, sign in again before trying economy actions.

## Public Collections And Sets
Synced public cards can be browsed by card, owner, set, rarity, source trait, official state, and marketplace readiness.

- Cards hidden, quarantined, or removed by moderation show safe placeholders instead of generated public text or artwork.
- Owner pages show public collections, battle records, and density controls for large inventories.
- Set pages highlight completion gaps, missing numbered slots, official badges, limited cards, and rarity summaries.

## Auctions, Shops, And Trades
Marketplace actions use server-side ownership, wallet, escrow, listing, and transfer rules.

- Auctions support bids, buy-now settlement, bid holds, refunds, and ownership history.
- Player shops handle fixed-price listings, purchases, and cancellations.
- Private trades use proposal and response flows so both sides can review card identity before transfer.
- Cards locked in active marketplace or transfer actions should not be eligible for conflicting actions.

## Artwork And Official Review
Community artwork and official-card review are intentionally separate so player art can be reviewed without automatically becoming official.

- Owners can submit synced cards for artwork review or official review from card detail when they are signed in.
- Approved artwork can render publicly only after Admin review; pending, rejected, quarantined, and removed submissions stay restricted.
- Official submissions move through candidate, needs-changes, approved draft, published, rejected, or retired states.
- Only Admin can publish official status, assign set or release metadata, or retire official status.

## Battle Center
Dashboard battles extend the mobile three-card battle mode into proposed, accepted, awaiting confirmation, completed, declined, canceled, and expired states.

- Each side submits three eligible synced cards before the server simulates a deterministic result.
- Battle detail pages show team snapshots, health bars, move logs, rewards, cooldowns, and result summaries.
- Battle rewards and cooldowns are platform records and do not change offline-only mobile collections.

## Cache Economy
Cache is a virtual currency capped at one trillion per wallet.

- Starter grants, battle rewards, auction holds, refunds, sales, purchases, and transfers are tracked through ledger entries.
- The wallet ledger is support-readable by admins but should not be manually edited from normal dashboard pages.
- Users can continue collecting offline without a wallet until they choose to sync.

## Reports And Moderation
Linked users can report cards and future report surfaces can target users, messages, shops, auctions, trades, and battles.

- Reports feed admin queues for review, but do not automatically mutate offline mobile cards.
- Admins can hide, quarantine, remove, or restore public platform visibility while preserving audit history.
- Official status is admin-controlled and separate from community artwork approval.
- Use Support for account deletion, data deletion, appeals, marketplace disputes, artwork questions, and official-submission questions.

## Privacy And Local-First Use
The mobile app remains useful without registration, validation, dashboard linking, or network access.

- The dashboard only shows card data that was synced from a device and allowed by visibility and moderation rules.
- Public dashboard actions may require authentication, but private offline generation, backup, and local battles do not.
- Cache is virtual game currency only and cannot be redeemed for real money.
- Use the Privacy page for the current local-first promise, data categories, account deletion path, and platform visibility rules.