expanded basic game features

docs/README.md

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+# VCK Online Docs
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+This folder contains developer documentation for the VCK Online dev/test server and game engine.
+
+## Start here
+
+- `README_SERVER.md`: how to run the FastAPI server and use the dev HTML client
+- `dev-setup.md`: local environment setup (venv + MariaDB connector)
+- `database.md`: database expectations, SSH tunnel, and stored procedure setup
+- `server.md`: FastAPI server architecture and API surface
+- `game.md`: game engine model and the DB-backed game bootstrap flow
+- `testing.md`: how to run the included test scripts
+