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Visual direction

New today? Start with First day (art). The art bible is now the baseline source for art-facing naming and production pipeline language; detailed asset cleanup still waits for art-lead approval.

This page records the current high-level direction so the wiki has an Art entry point without pretending that every production-ready art rule is final.

Current direction

  • Geometric, fragmented shape language — the world should feel broken, reconstructed, and rule-driven.
  • Humanistic traces of language — runes and ruins should imply a civilization, not abstract symbols alone.
  • World emotion arc through light and color — lighting and palette should support the act structure: disorientation, interpretation, destruction.
  • Minimal, symbolic characters — characters should read clearly at isometric scale and not compete with rune/environment readability.

Art bible baseline

The current art bible defines two pipeline tracks:

  • Concept pipeline: reference/moodboard, thumbnail shape and composition exploration, review, detailed concept, approval for 3D production.
  • 3D pipeline: production follows after approved concept work.

Baseline prefixes from the art bible: C_, SM_, SK_, M_, MI_, MF_, BP_, NS_, and DEC_. Use these for new art-facing assets. Do not bulk-rename existing art assets until the art lead approves the cleanup pass.

Needs art-owner input

  • Final folder placement rules for production art assets after the initial Content/Imports/ cleanup.
  • Concept reference boards and approved palettes.
  • Material and shader usage rules.
  • Character silhouette and animation style.
  • Environment kit rules for ruins, canyon spaces, and memory palace areas.

Change history

  • 2026-08-27 - Gabriel Li - Added art bible as the baseline source for art-facing naming and pipeline language.

  • 2026-05-23 — Gabriel Li — First day (art) callout at top.