VALE

The situation

A realm you can explore

The map of the realm

The homepage is a map of the course you can drag and zoom. Six landmarks, from the Training Ground to the King's Reach, each open a story card that leads into its chapter. Every landmark you open stamps a seal in the Quest Log.

Six chapters, one book

The Legend, The Course, The Great Hall, The Knights Cup, The Order and Begin the Quest read like a book: moving between chapters feels like turning a page, and The Chronicle is the table of contents. In The Legend, the Green Knight changes pose as you scroll and six companions turn over like medallions.

The course in detail

The Course chapter introduces the contours, five flags each with a numeral and a word, and hole VII, The Dragon's Bunker, with its par and the distance from every tee. The knight's code closes it with three simple rules on the green.

The Great Hall and the Armoury

The clubhouse comes through its room photographs, a notice board whose posters you can drag about, and an Armoury rack of eight goods you pull to browse.

The Order's member card

Visitors write their name and see it on the member card straight away, with a member number. The card tilts with the cursor and turns over. Below are the four privileges of the Order and a form to request an invitation.

Booking a tee time

Begin the Quest walks through the booking in six steps, from the date to the player's details. The ticket beside it fills in as the visitor chooses, and dawn slots are marked Early Knight. On phones the summary sits in a bar at the bottom of the screen.

Booking a tee time

1. Pick a date from the next fourteen days
2. Choose a time; dawn slots are marked Early Knight
3. Set the party, one to four knights
4. Choose nine or eighteen holes
5. Add a caddie or a cart if needed
6. Enter a name and email, then seal the booking

Design decisions

• Printed, not flat

  Headings and illustrations carry an ink texture like an old printed book. The texture comes from a light SVG filter rather than large images, so it stays sharp on any screen.

• A map you can play

  The Quest Log collects a seal for every landmark opened. Progress is kept on the visitor's device, and the site keeps working normally when the browser blocks that storage.

• The story never blocks the booking

  The Begin the Quest button is always in the header and on the map, and the booking summary stays in view. Visitors who only want to book can book straight away.

• Calm when asked

  When visitors ask for reduced motion, the animation stops. Dialogs, cards and forms use real buttons and labels, so they work with a keyboard and a screen reader.