Spell specs for the story: The Magineer, you can read it at: https://www.themagineer.com/. The official document is now located at: https://www.themagineer.com/spell-syntax

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The Science Of Magic

Forces:

Spatial Manipulation:

• Manipulate (Attract/Repel/Move) (Velocity Manipulation)
• Spin (Angular Velocity Manipulation)

Atomic Manipulation:

• Compress <--> Expand
• Bind <--> Release (Transmutation/Alchemy)
• Shape

Energy Manipulation

• Infuse <--> Divest
• Reflect <--> Absorb
• Convert

Force Modifiers:

• Entropy: Orderly <--> Chaotic
• State: Bound <--> Unbound
• Charge: Positive <--> Negative
• Strength: Strengthen <--> Weaken
• Purity: Purify <--> Contaminate

Neutral Force:

• Stasis

Input/Detection Forces

• Connect (Energy)
• Detect (Energy/Matter)
• Select (Matter)

Mechanical Manipulation (Golemancy)

• Rotate
• Translate (Piston)

Spell Elements:

Matter:

• Gasses
• Liquids
• Solids
• Plasma

Energies:

• Light
• Electricity/Electromagnetism
• Kinetic/Heat
• Magnetism/Gravity
• Life (???)
• Soul (Mysterious and bizarre)
• Mana

Spell Formula Notation

• Vertical Pipe ‘|’ denotes a combination of two or more forces or modifiers.
• Asterisk ‘*’ denotes the application of forces to target element/energy. e.g. Repel | Spin * Target
• A plus ‘+’ separates independent reactions in the spell’s instruction chain. Both reactions are occurring simultaneously.
• A minus ‘-’ separates dependent reactions in the spell’s instruction chain. The right reaction must follow the left reaction sequentially.
• A greater than ‘>’ means that the result of the left side of the equation is the target of the right side. (Mainly used in Alchemy)
• Modifiers shall be surrounded with square brackets.
• Infuse takes one or multiple energies inside brackets, e.g. infuse(life [positive]) [orderly] * target
• Shape takes the target shape inside brackets, e.g: Shape("Sphere")
• A variable shall be prefixed by the dollar sign ‘$’, and a semicolon ‘;' shall separate assignment and the next part of the equation, e.g $energyType = ‘Light’ - Infuse($energyType) * Target
• A conditional statement shall look like this: $(condition) {reaction for true condition} {reaction for false condition}

Spell Examples:

Repel * Air = Gale
Bind | Compress * Air = Air Bubble 
Repel | Compress * Air > Expand = Sonic Boom
Repel | Spin * Air = Whirlwind

Infuse(Heat) * Air = Warmth
Repel | Infuse (Heat) [Chaotic] * Air = Fireball
Repel | Infuse (Heat) [Orderly] | Spin [Orderly] * Air = Whirling Flames

Divest(Heat) * Air = Chill
Divest(Heat) * Water = Frost
Divest (Heat) | Compress | Shape ("Wall") * Water = Ice Wall

$energy = Detect() | Shape("Sphere") - $(energy == 'Mana') {$energy} {Convert('Mana') * $energy} > Absorb = Energy Shield