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33 lines
1.7 KiB
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# Visual style: pixel-art
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8-bit retro game — strict pixel grid, chunky blocky forms, a limited palette, no anti-aliasing. Playful and nostalgic. For gaming decks, retro-tech decks, nostalgic or game-flavored education / entertainment.
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## 1. Shape & decoration
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- Shape language: everything aligns to a visible pixel grid — blocky shapes, stepped edges, sharp transitions, no smooth curves; optional 1-pixel darker outlines for definition.
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- Decoration: classic game framing — HUD bars, tile floors, sprite icons, chunky pixel borders. References NES / SNES / arcade composition.
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- Whitespace: grid-disciplined; let blocks sit on clean tiled ground rather than crowd.
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## 2. Typography character
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- Pixel / bitmap display character for headlines; keep body in a clean legible face — full-pixel body type strains at reading length.
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> Families are chosen at confirmation `g`; this style asks for a pixel / bitmap display *character* for titles, legible body alongside.
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## 3. Using the deck's colors
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- Colors used as palette slots: primary the dominant object, secondary the terrain / background, accent the highlights and markers; a darker shade of the primary serves as outline pixels.
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- Flat blocks only — shading comes from palette layering (lighter top, darker bottom), never gradients.
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> HEX values come from confirmation `e`; this style only governs the palette-slot, flat-pixel discipline — it names no colors.
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## 4. Texture / elevation
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- No texture beyond the pixel grid itself; strictly flat blocks. Depth reads from lighter-top / darker-bottom pixel shading, not drop shadows.
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## 5. Paired image-rendering
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`pixel-art` — 8-bit imagery on the same grid, sharing the retro-game aesthetic.
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