# Art Direction & Mood Board Workshop — Closing Round

**Date:** 2026-02-12
**Purpose:** Final statements, confirm decisions for recording, flag anything that needs follow-up work.

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## Workshop Summary

Three rounds produced unanimous consensus on art direction fundamentals:

- **Visual style:** Clean 2D, bold silhouettes, muted palette, lighting-driven atmosphere
- **Camera:** Shallow-tilt top-down (Rimworld-style) — D-019 amendment
- **World composition:** Tile-based, 1x1 placed objects on a grid (base builder compatible)
- **Lighting:** Darkwood cone mechanics + BR2049 color temperature + Hopper emotional register
- **Entity system:** 24x32 on 64x64 tiles, silhouette = identity (D-033 color = relationship)
- **Fog of perception:** Cone-shaped (D-015), graduated desaturation, fog = absence of knowledge
- **Insert overlay:** Geometric data + bloom render = precision perceived as organic
- **Environment:** Strict zero shift on conspiracy. Character temperature via daily spatial paths.
- **Animation:** Two-tier (clear routine / ambiguous investigation)
- **Weather:** Gameplay system (perception modifier, NPC disruptor, storyteller tool)
- **Z-levels:** 8-layer stack, walls Option B structural / Option A partitions, sprite stacking OUT
- **v0.1.1:** ~20-35 sprites, bar + corridor test scene, prove art direction in-engine
- **Planet:** Velen (Krenn System, temperate-maritime)

## Mood Board Images

9 images generated. Key references:
- **#1** (bar): Warmth register
- **#5** (vision cone): Camera scale and perspective
- **#6** (span gate): Emotional register, mundane-extraordinary
- **#7** (convergence): First synthesis attempt
- **#8** (tile composition): Tile-based world proven
- **#9** (bar antagonists): Emotional core — populated bar, surveillance composition

## Closing Round Instructions

This is your final statement. Keep it short. Address:

1. **Does the workshop output capture your domain's concerns?** Anything missing?
2. **What's the single most important thing to get right in v0.1.1?** One sentence.
3. **Any flags for Qatux's decision recording?** Corrections, nuances, things that must be worded carefully.
4. **One sentence: what is this game's visual identity?**

Write to `closing-{your-name}.md`. Qatux: compile the final workshop document after all four closing statements.