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megaproxy 128294c14f Phase 0 scaffold + asset audit findings 
Project scaffold:
- project.godot at repo root, GL Compatibility renderer (max mobile reach),
  pixel-snap on, texture filter nearest, sensor_landscape orientation
- 7 autoloads: World, Sim, GameState, EventBus, Strings, Audit, SaveSystem
- scenes/main/main.{tscn,gd} smoke-test scene with autoload assertions
- Folder layout matches tavernkeep idiom: autoload/ at root, scripts
  co-located with scenes/ (not the scripts/autoloads/ mirror originally
  sketched in implementation.md)
- Input map: pause, speed_cycle, speed_normal/fast/ultra, confirm, cancel.
  Mobile gestures (pinch/drag/long-press) handled at script level via
  Godot's InputEventScreenTouch/Drag/MagnifyGesture.
- SaveSystem skeleton: SAVE_VERSION=1, JSON to user://save_slot.json,
  version-mismatch warning. Phase 3 expands to real entity state.
- icon.svg placeholder (cabin silhouette on dark green field)
- README.md points at memory.md / implementation.md / docs/

Headless verification: 'godot --headless --path . --quit' exits 0,
'[main] Phase 0 smoke test online.' prints, no errors. Editor-side
green-dot check still pending — needs human launch of editor.

Asset audit (researcher Haiku, 2026-05-10):
- FG_Houses.png NOT autotile-solvable — pre-built decorative house
  compositions, 4 distinct roof palettes, no modular wall family.
  ~½–1 day per material to author terrain bits on top.
- FG_Fortress.png IS autotile-solvable — ~20–30 modular tan-stone
  pieces. Wang-style Godot 4 terrain works with minimal extra art.
  Iconic Homestead $19.99 fallback not needed.
- No wolf sprite anywhere in the bundle. EvoMonster packs all
  cute/fantasy. Need commission, CC0 source, or Ventilatore check.
- Retro Graveyard 16x16 [Kingdom Explorer] confirmed in Tier 3 with
  full graveyard suite — direct use in Phase 14.

New open questions surfaced in memory.md:
- Player-built wall material strategy (3 options laid out)
- Wolf sprite acquisition path (Phase 10 blocker)

Project move:
- Repo physical location moved from ~/claude/projects/rimlike to
  /mnt/d/godot/rimlike (D: drive, fast for Windows-side editor).
- Symlink at the original WSL path preserves the home-CLAUDE.md
  layout convention. Mirrors tavernkeep's pattern.
- Set core.filemode=false to silence DrvFs's everything-is-0777
  false-positive on git diff.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-10 20:09:11 +01:00

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rimlike — art / tileset strategy

Companion to memory.md. This file is the art strategy: owned tilesets (now substantial), aesthetic anchor, gaps, license notes, autotile gotchas.

Aesthetic anchor

Primary: ElvGames "Ultimate Farming RPG" bundle (Humble) — cute-farming-RPG palette.

The aesthetic shifted on 2026-05-10 when the bundle was found. Previously locked as "vibrant medieval-fantasy" via Ventilatore + planned Mana Seed; now the spine is ElvGames' bright, cheerful, Stardew-adjacent farming-RPG style. Project tone: "Going Medieval × Stardew × Rimworld" — cozier than Rimworld, deeper than Stardew, mobile-first.

Ventilatore Fantasy Tileset Bundle (already owned) stays as a secondary layer for biome variety, decorative props, and medieval-flavor accents. Mana Seed series is dropped from the buy plan entirely (the bundle covers what we'd planned to purchase).

Owned art foundation

Primary — ElvGames "Ultimate Farming RPG" Humble Bundle

Local path: /mnt/d/godot/assets/humble set new/. Three tiers, ~70 packs, ~2.8 GB. All 16×16 pixel art (matches our locked spec). License: commercial use OK with credit ("ElvGames"), no NFT/crypto, no resale of pack itself, modification permitted.

MVP-essential packs (the working art set):

Need Pack Tier
Default biome (forest) Forest Tileset 4 Seasons T3
Alt biome (open ground) Farm Game Grasslands 4 Seasons T1
Mining + caves + ores + crystals + minerals Mines Tileset 16x16 T3
Crops with growth stages (16+ crops) Crops with Stages 01 / 02 / 03 T2/T3
Pawn sprites (15 characters with anim) Farming Characters Pack T1
Animals / livestock (chicken, cow, duck, goat, pig) Animal Sprites Pixelart T2
Item icons Item Icons 16x16 T2
Workbench / decoration House Interior Tileset T3
House exteriors (2 seasons) Houses Tileset 2 Seasons T3
Castle / fortress / keep Fortress Tileset 2 Seasons T3
Defensive structures (sandbags, towers) Pixel Tower Defense 1 T2
Music — cozy ambient Cozy Melodies Pack 1, Retro Farming Music 1 T1
SFX — combat / crafting / mining / monsters / UI / sword Multiple SFX packs T3

Bonus / post-MVP packs:

Use Pack
Monster variety (15 species) for v2 threat events EvoMonster Pack 01–15
RPG-style enemies for combat polish Turn-Based RPG Monsters Pack 7–16
Modular building components Modular Pixel Houses Pack 01–05
Alt aesthetic option Retro Kingdom Explorer 16x16 series (Castle/Forest/Graveyard/Grotto/Plains/Town)
Additional biomes Mountains 2 Seasons / Marketplace / Village / Frozen Caves / Magma Caves / Dark Castle
Effects / spells Magic and Spells SFX 5/6

Secondary — Ventilatore Fantasy Tileset Complete Bundle

Owner: us. Bundle URL: https://itch.io/s/117124/the-fantasy-tileset-complete-bundle. Six packs, 16×16, vibrant medieval-fantasy.

Use as: decorative flourish — animated water, encampment props, medieval fences, foliage variety, bridges. Where ElvGames' farming-RPG palette feels too cute, slot in a Ventilatore prop.

Skip: prefab houses (wrong paradigm), most exterior buildings (ElvGames covers them).

Pack file structure

ElvGames packs are consistently structured:

<Pack Name>/
├── Characters/        # NPC sprite variants per pack
├── Item Icons/        # category-relevant icons
├── Objects/           # decorative / interactive objects
├── Tilesets/          # main tilesheet PNGs
├── RPG Maker/         # RPG-Maker import format (ignore)
├── License.txt
├── Read Me.txt
├── *.unitypackage     # Unity import (ignore)
└── *.yymps            # GameMaker import (ignore)

For Godot: import the Tilesets/*.png directly as TileSet sources. Objects + Item Icons are individual sprite assets.

Gaps still uncovered

Even with the bundle, these need authoring or sourcing:

  1. Autotile-ready buildable wall sets — UNKNOWN. The bundle's house and fortress sheets need an autotile audit (count corners / T-junctions / cap pieces). If insufficient, options are:
    • Custom-author terrain bits onto bundle wall tiles (~half-day per material)
    • Source a dedicated construction tileset (Mana Seed Iconic Homestead remains available as fallback at $19.99)
  2. Designation overlays — blueprint ghosts, chop-this-tree marks, mine-this marks. ~4–8 tiles, custom (~2 hrs).
  3. Indoor tint shader — a subtle blue-grey overlay on Layer 0/1 tiles when Roof flag set. Not asset, just shader work.
  4. Lighting shader — for visual lighting at night (we locked this in mood/lighting). Not asset.
  5. Cleaning visualization — dirty-tile decals. Some bundle packs (Mines? grass spring etc.) may have grunge tiles we can repurpose.
  6. Wolf sprite — bundle's Animal Sprites pack does NOT include wolves. Options:
    • Reskin a different animal (a darker dog?)
    • Pick a suitable wild creature from EvoMonster Pack series
    • Custom wolf sprite (a few hours of pixel art) or external pack
  7. Cremation pyre furniture — may be in House Interior or Marketplace; otherwise custom.
  8. Grave marker tile — likely needs custom or graveyard-themed pack (Retro Graveyard 16×16 in Tier 3 might have it).

Audit list (action items before any release build)

Audit results, 2026-05-10 — three of five closed via visual inspection (researcher Haiku subagent + verification).

  • FG_Houses.png autotile coverage — NOT autotile-solvable. Pieces are pre-built decorative house compositions across 4 distinct roof palettes (blue-roof timber, red-brick, dark-slate, plus accent details). No corner / T-junction / cap modular family. Estimated cost to author terrain bits on top: ~½–1 day per material.
  • FG_Fortress.png autotile coverage — autotile-solvable. ~20–30 modular tan-stone pieces (straight, corners, battlement caps) with dark-grid mortar lines. Wang-style Godot 4 terrain works with minimal extra art. Iconic Homestead fallback not needed.
  • Aesthetic harmony test — still open. Needs your eye on a Forest tile + a Ventilatore tile side-by-side. ~15 min.
  • Wolf sprite source — none in the bundle. Scanned EvoMonster Packs 03/04/06/09/10 (cute fantasy creatures, no canines), broader Tier 1–3 sweep (farm animals + humanoid monsters only). Action items in memory.md Open questions: commission, find CC0, or check Ventilatore.
  • Grave marker — Retro Graveyard 16x16 Tileset [Kingdom Explorer] confirmed in Tier 3. Path: Ultimate Farming RPG Tier 3/Retro Graveyard 16x16 Tileset [Kingdom Explorer]/Tilesets/KE_Graveyard.png. Contents: tombstones (varied), wooden crosses, grave mounds, crypt entries, skeletal markers, ground-transition tiles. Direct use in Phase 14.
  • License attribution credits document — kick off the list now; add to it as packs come in. Include Kingdom Explorer (likely separate license from ElvGames — check License.txt).

Wall-material decision (consequence of the audit)

The FG_Houses non-autotile finding is the biggest live blocker. architecture.md and implementation.md Phase 5 assume the player paints walls and they auto-junction. Options now under consideration (in memory.md Open questions):

  1. Fortress-stone-only — player walls use FG_Fortress exclusively. FG_Houses becomes static prebuilt-shelter art (no construction verb for cabins). Aesthetic shifts toward Going Medieval; loses some of the cute-cabin Stardew warmth.
  2. Custom-author wood walls on top of FG_Houses (~½–1 day per material). Preserves aesthetic; delays Phase 5 by ~3 days.
  3. Mix: FG_Houses static = starter shelter (drop-in, can't deconstruct), FG_Fortress autotile = player-built upgrade walls. Two materials, no custom art investment, but loses the "build your own first cabin" beat.

Decision needed before Phase 1 wall-tileset import (Phase 1 needs at least one wall material to render).

Tileset prep (the gotcha)

ElvGames packs are RPG-style — designed primarily for RPG Maker / GameMaker hand-painted maps, not tile-by-tile colony construction. Same caveat as Mana Seed: walls and floors may not have full 47-tile autotile coverage. Plan for ~half-day per buildable material to author Godot terrain bits onto the existing tiles.

Designation overlays still custom. Estimated 4–8 tiles, ~2 hours of pixel art.

License notes

ElvGames terms (most packs in the bundle):

You can: use in personal or commercial projects. Edit/modify to fit your game. Credits to ElvGames. You cannot: use in NFT/crypto projects. Sell this asset pack (even modified). Claim it as your own.

Source: License.txt in each pack. Full terms: https://elv-games.itch.io/terms

Some packs may be by other authors (e.g. Retro Kingdom Explorer series). License for each is in the pack's own License.txt. Audit and honor each.

Ventilatore terms: confirmed commercial-friendly during prior owner-of-bundle research; verify before any commercial release build.

Credits screen requirement: maintain a list of pack names + creator names; display in game's credits UI.

What was dropped from the plan

  • Mana Seed series purchases — Smithing Gear, Crops #1, Iconic Homestead. Bundle's coverage replaces them. Free Mana Seed forest packs and Character Base remain optional fallbacks if Bundle palettes mismatch a specific need.
  • Gold Rush / Pixel Farm RPG / LimeZu / Cute Fantasy / Mars Colony — all dropped from active consideration; bundle covers their roles.

Comprehensive survey (kept for reference)

Earlier-session survey of itch.io / OpenGameArt candidates (now superseded). Maintained so future sessions don't redo the search.

  • Mana Seed by Seliel the Shaper (itch profile) — only tileset family explicitly authored for tile-by-tile player construction. Free seasonal forest + Farmer Base remain optional fallbacks.
  • Iconic Homestead ($19.99) — fallback if bundle's wall autotile coverage is insufficient. Stone/wood/plaster wall variants explicitly construction-authored.
  • Modern Interiors / Exteriors by LimeZu — modern aesthetic, wrong direction.
  • Cute Fantasy RPG by Kenmi — Stardew-adjacent (similar to bundle's tone, could supplement).
  • Base Building Tileset by Eli Haun — Rimworld-genre match but small.
  • Colony Sim Assets by Buch — CC0 fallback.

Reading list (TBD)

  • ElvGames license fine-print on each pack used.
  • Godot 4 docs: TileMap, TileSet terrains, AStarGrid2D.
  • Rimworld design talks (Tynan Sylvester) — storyteller / drama / interest curve.

What lives elsewhere