---
title: "Araminta Round 5 — Final Review"
description: "Final review and sign-off on workshop outcomes for visual design domain"
type: workshop
status: archived
workshop: generator-architecture
agent: "araminta"
round: 5
created: 2026-02-27
---

# Generator Architecture Workshop — Round 5 (Final Review): Araminta

**Role:** Visual Designer
**Date:** 2026-02-27
**Workshop:** Generator Architecture (#562)

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## Sign-Off

The outcomes document accurately captures the visual design domain. All five wording additions and clarifications I flagged in Round 4 are incorporated correctly:

- **D-READY-1**: 45° cap stated as "non-negotiable" hard technical constraint — correct wording, correct framing.
- **D-READY-2**: Rooftop Discovery Zone listed as Tier 2 Full-complexity guarantee — correct.
- **D-READY-4**: Era-tagged infrastructure color codes present (`#c8b840` / `#4888c8` / `#b8b8b8`) — correct.
- **D-READY-5**: Trauma event → visual stage mapping present. Physical events → Stage 2, economic/political/migration → quarter fill modifier. Correct.
- **D-READY-6**: T1 (warm organic, natural lighting) / T2 (cool grey-green, artificial lighting) explicitly distinct — correct.
- **D-READY-7**: "Negative-space reservation" framing — correct.
- **D-READY-9**: Data-driven TOML modifier files (10 per heritage root), Phase 2 chunk fill blend, Phase 1 gathering_probability exception, authoring domain separation (Miri = spatial grammar, Araminta = visual expression + TOML files) — all correct.
- **D-READY-10**: References `araminta-round4.md` for visual grammar per informal zone type — acceptable approach, avoids duplication.
- **D-READY-11**: Rooftop Bar Clause present. Discovery layer mandatory in both configs. Correct.
- **D-READY-12**: `trauma_visual_decay_rate: slow | medium | fast` per heritage root, default medium — correct.
- **Q-NNN-e**: ObjectTag co-maintenance flagged as open question — correct.

I also confirm Ozzie's correction on D-READY-11: "Heritage root determines which config is assigned" is wrong and I should have been more precise in my R4 language. Heritage root should *weight the probability*, not *determine the outcome*. Ozzie is right — full determination kills the discovery moment. A Frost building with a rooftop bar is memorable precisely because it is unexpected. The correction stands.

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## Corrections — Three Items

### Correction 1 (Critical): T5/T7 Terrain Palette Numbering Wrong

D-READY-6 lists the 8 base terrain types as: T1 temperate farmland / T2 industrial farmland / T3 wilderness / T4 grassland / **T5 mountain** / T6 beach / **T7 wetland** / T8 desert.

My Round 3 specification was:

| ID | Name |
|----|------|
| T5 | Coastal water |
| T6 | Beach/coastal margin |
| T7 | Mountain/high terrain |
| T8 | Desert/arid |

The outcomes document has T5 and T7 transposed, and **"wetland" is not in my original 8 types at all** — it replaced mountain. This is a factual error.

Correct T5 = **Coastal water** (deep near-black blue, animated specular reflection, the terrain type referenced by D-READY-7's horizon view corridor guarantee). Correct T6 = **Beach/coastal margin** (warm dark tan). Correct T7 = **Mountain/high terrain** (dark blue-grey stone, snow at elevation). Wetland was never specified — if it needs to be added, it requires design work as a 9th type, not a silent replacement.

**This error matters because:** T5 (Coastal water) is the terrain type that triggers the D-READY-7 horizon view corridor guarantee. If T5 is mountain, the coastal guarantee has no palette to reference.

**Required fix in D-READY-6:** Correct the T5/T6/T7/T8 labels to match my Round 3 specification. Remove "wetland." If wetland terrain is needed for the game, file it as a new type with a new T-number.

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### Correction 2: D-READY-9 — Araminta's Authoring Domain Listed Incomplete

D-READY-9 describes my authoring domain as: *"object sets, arrangement algorithms, lighting temperature (TOML modifier files, one per heritage root)".*

My Round 4 TOML schema included additional sections not captured here. The full domain covers:

- `[floor].variant_preference` — floor surface texture (worn_path, pressed_earth, etc.) — part of visual expression, not organizational grammar
- `[overhead].density_factor` — flora/canopy density, a continuous visual parameter
- `[overhead].character` — overhead object character (personal_organic, industrial_grid, etc.)
- `[structure].primary_material` / `material_tone_shift` — wall material character and color temperature shift
- `[boundaries].fence_type` — boundary/fence material (trellis_wood, stone_wall, wire_mesh, etc.)

Wall material character and boundary material are part of my domain — not Miri's. An implementer reading D-READY-9 would assign structural material selection to Miri (organizational principles) when these visual expression fields belong with me.

**Required fix in D-READY-9:** Update Araminta's domain to: *"object sets, arrangement algorithms, floor surface variants, overhead flora density and character, wall/structure material character, boundary material type, lighting temperature (TOML modifier files, one per heritage root)."*

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### Correction 3: D-READY-13 — Vessel Visual Grammar Not Referenced

The MobileChunk section correctly captures structural fields, movement states, cultural grammar (via `TransitSocialModifier`), and departure schedules. It references Miri's canonical spec for cultural grammar.

It does not reference the vessel visual grammar I specified in Round 4 — five rules that apply to all MobileChunk-type spaces:

1. Exterior hull uses vessel-identity material (not zone palette)
2. Window tiles reveal exterior context (docked vs. in transit)
3. Compression modifier tightens proportions throughout
4. Section transitions use vessel-identity threshold elements
5. Class stratification expressed through proportion, not palette change

An implementer reading D-READY-13 in isolation has no source for how vessels look different from buildings. The compression modifier and hull-identity threshold material are required for correct chunk fill.

**Required fix:** Add to D-READY-13: *"Vessel visual grammar: see `docs/workshops/generator-architecture/araminta-round4.md` §2. Five rules govern visual distinction of MobileChunk interiors from static zone spaces."*

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### Correction 4: D-READY-5 — Destruction Stage Sequence Not Enumerated; Destruction Palette Absent

D-READY-5 references "Stage 2 (Fresh Aftermath)" and "Stage 3" in the trauma event mapping but never enumerates the full stage sequence. The destruction palette constraint is also absent.

**Required addition — stage sequence:**

| Stage | Name | Visual state |
|-------|------|-------------|
| 1 | Active | Event in progress; DamageOverlay rendering live |
| 2 | Fresh Aftermath | Structure breached; scorch, rubble, debris tiles visible |
| 3 | Stabilized | Debris cleared; structural state permanent |
| 4 | Reconstruction | Scaffolding tiles, incomplete floor sections |
| 5 | Healed Scar | Functional again; residual visual tells remain |

**Required addition — destruction palette constraint:**

> Destruction palette is **corruption-only**: no new colors are introduced by destruction. Existing zone palette tiles are darkened, desaturated, or replaced with structural-damage variants drawn from the same palette family. Single exception: `#c8d8f0` (open-sky tile) appears at 100% intensity when a roofed structure has its roof removed — the only color that destruction introduces. Implementers must not create a separate destruction color set.

This constraint is needed in the D-record to prevent implementers from adding freestanding destruction palette colors. Without it, different implementations will diverge on whether destruction has its own visual language or borrows from zone palettes.

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## Sign-Off (Updated)

With the four corrections above applied, the document is accurate for the visual design domain. The 14 D-records are ready to file.

*Araminta — Round 5 complete.*