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name: Art Style Guideline description: Official Design Language for "Just Mowing" - Baba Is You Meets Wasteland.

Art Style Guideline: Baba + Wasteland

This document defines the visual identity for the project. All UI, assets, and effects must adhere to these rules.

core Philosophy

"Baba Is You" shapes in a "Fallout" world.

• Geometric Primitives: Characters and objects should be built from circles, squares, and triangles.
• Flat Shading: No gradients, no soft lighting. Use solid colors.
• Pixel Perfect: Fonts and effects should feel retro and grid-aligned.
• Wasteland Grime: Colors should be muted, rusty, or starkly contrasting (Neon on Black).

Visual Identity V2: The "Trash-Crayon" Aesthetic

1. The "Baba" Core (Shape & Line)

• No Outlines: Shapes should be defined by their solid color against the contrasting background.
  • Tech: lineStyle(0) or transparent.
  • Animation: The shape itself should "breathe" or wobble (Vertex wobble or Scale wobble).
• Primitives: Characters are blobs, not anatomically correct.
• Text: Hand-drawn style monospace (VT323 is good, but a jagged font is better).

2. The "Wasteland" Skin (Color & Texture)

• Palette Principles:
  • Background: Deep, noisy darks (#1a1a1a, #2D1B2E).
  • Foreground: Desaturated "Bone" (#E3DAC9) or "Cardboard" (#D2B48C).
  • Accents: Neon Radiation (#39FF14) or Rust Oxide (#CD5C5C).
• Texture Rule: Objects are "Solid Color" but with "One Flaw".
  • Example: A gray square (Solid) + 1 Orange Pixel (Rust).
  • Example: A white blob (Solid) + 1 Black line (Scar).

Color Palette V2 (Refined)

Implementation Rules (Strict)

1. No Pure White (#FFFFFF): Use Bone (#E3DAC9) for "white" objects.
2. No Clean Circles: All circles must be slightly irregular (e.g. ellipses with varied x/y).
3. The "Wobble":
   • Idle: scaleX / scaleY must oscillate +/- 2% on distinct Sine waves.
   • Move: "Trot" animation (Legs) is dominant.
4. Shadows: Sharp, hard ellipses. No soft blurs. alpha=0.4.