jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.8
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D-244 ratifies what the character architecture (D-159..D-164, runtime CharacterVisualDescriptor compositing) and the Trellis env pipeline already implied but no decision had recorded: the in-world view renders 3D objects directly; the only flattened 2D content is textures + flat 2D artwork (paintings/flags/billboards/signage). There is no per-object sprite layer. Roots out the drift: the early-spike 3D->2D sprite pipeline (#541) and the sprite-centric docs/assets/visual catalog were never cleaned out when the project went 3D, so the 2026-06-12 fable-ous audit read them as live and re-injected the dead sprite model into T-1049/T-1050. Fix: - docs/assets/visual/README.md + docs/assets/README.md re-scoped to 3D models + textures + flat artwork (dropped the sprites/tilesets-as-entities framing). - /sprite-gen + renderer/README repurposed as the 2D-artwork generator (paintings/flags/ billboards/signage), not the in-world object format; legacy 4-direction object-sprite mode flagged as retired. - T-961/T-1049/T-1050 already held in backlog pending this. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
title, description, type, status
| title | description | type | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Asset Pipeline | Visual pipeline index — 3D models, textures, and flat 2D artwork (D-244) | design | active |
Visual Asset Pipeline
Status: Stub — awaiting first visual sprint.
Per D-244: the in-world view renders 3D objects directly. The only flattened 2D content is textures (PBR maps on 3D surfaces) and flat 2D artwork (paintings, flags, billboards, signage) applied as textures/decals on flat surfaces within the 3D world. There is no per-object sprite layer — game objects are not pre-rendered to sprites.
Categories
| Category | File | Count | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Models | models.md | 0 | 3D objects/props (.glb) via Trellis (/glb-gen), promoted per [D-241] |
| Characters | — | — | 3D meshes composited at runtime via CharacterVisualDescriptor — see character-asset-organization.md |
| Textures | textures.md | 0 | PBR surface maps (BaseColor / Normal / Roughness) for 3D models |
| Artwork | artwork.md | 0 | Flat 2D art — paintings, flags, billboards, signage, screen content — applied as textures/decals (via the /sprite-gen 2D-artwork generator) |
| Icons | icons.md | 0 | UI icons, status indicators (2D, UI layer only) |
| Effects | effects.md | 0 | Shaders, particles, overlays |
Palette
See palette.md for art direction, "the angle", and colour relationships.
Pipeline
- 3D objects / props: concept image (
/image-gen) → Trellis image→3D (/glb-gen) →.glb→ promoted toclient/assets/models/. - Characters: Quaternius source meshes, segmented + rigged, composited at runtime from slots (
CharacterVisualDescriptor); see the character-asset doc. - Textures: PBR maps authored/generated for 3D surfaces.
- 2D artwork (paintings / flags / billboards / signage): the
/sprite-gen2D-artwork generator → flat PNG → applied as a texture/decal on a flat surface in the 3D world.
Decision References
- D-244: 3D objects in-world; 2D limited to textures + flat artwork.
- D-159–D-164: character 3D pipeline. D-241: asset promotion.
- D-019: top-down camera, "the angle". D-033: entity colour = relationship to player. D-045: environmental neutrality.