# 🎨 REFERENCE GAPS - Animation & UI Polish
**Date:** Jan 10, 2026 18:24 CET  
**Purpose:** Verify what references exist for polish items  

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## ❌ **MISSING REFERENCES (Need to generate)**

### 🐕 **SUSI ANIMATIONS**

**Current Status:**
- ❌ No `susi/` folder in `main_characters/`
- ❌ All Susi animations missing

**Need to Generate:**
1. **Sit animation (3 frames)**
   - Susi sitting position
   - Tail wagging variants
   - Cute sitting pose

2. **Sleep animation (2 frames)**
   - Susi curled up sleeping
   - Breathing/sleeping loop

3. **Excited jump (2 frames)**
   - Susi mid-jump
   - Landing pose

**TOTAL:** 7 frames for Susi

**NOTE:** Will need to create full `susi/` character reference folder!

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### 👨‍🌾 **KAI FARMING ANIMATIONS**

**Current Status:**
- ✅ Have: idle, walk, dig, swing
- ❌ Missing: farming-specific actions

**Need to Generate:**
1. **Harvest animation (4 frames)**
   - Kai reaching down
   - Picking crop
   - Standing up
   - Holding harvested item

2. **Plant seeds (4 frames)**
   - Kai bending down
   - Hand to soil
   - Planting motion
   - Standing back up

3. **Water crops (4 frames)**
   - Kai holding watering can
   - Tilting can
   - Watering motion
   - Reset position

**TOTAL:** 12 frames for Kai farming

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### 👻 **ANA MEMORY/GHOST SPRITE**

**Current Status:**
- ❌ No ghost/memory sprites found
- ✅ Have aging timeline references (but not ghost effect)

**Need to Generate:**
1. **Ghost/memory sprite (3 frames)**
   - Ana translucent/ethereal
   - Floating animation
   - Fade in/out effect

2. **Diary portrait (1 frame)**
   - Ana portrait for diary item
   - Close-up face
   - Emotional expression

**TOTAL:** 4 frames for Ana memory

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### 🌾 **ENVIRONMENTAL - CROP WILTING**

**Current Status:**
- ❌ No wilting animations found in crops

**Need to Generate:**
1. **Crop wilting (3 frames per crop type)**
   - Healthy crop (already exists)
   - Slightly wilted
   - Very wilted/dying
   
**Note:** Only need for main demo crops  
**TOTAL:** ~3 frames (can be generic overlay)

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### 🎨 **UI POLISH ELEMENTS**

**Current Status:**
- ✅ Have: health_stamina, inventory, buttons, icons, dialogue
- ❌ Missing: XP, weather, time, tooltips

**Need to Generate:**

**1. XP Bar (2 elements):**
- XP bar background
- XP bar fill (gradient)

**2. Weather Indicators (2):**
- Weather icon (sun/rain/snow)
- Temperature gauge

**3. Time Indicators (2):**
- Clock/time widget
- Day/night indicator

**4. Tutorial Tooltips (2):**
- Tooltip background panel
- Tooltip arrow pointer

**TOTAL:** 8 UI elements

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## 📊 **GENERATION SUMMARY:**

| Category | Frames | Priority |
|----------|--------|----------|
| **Susi Animations** | 7 | Medium |
| **Kai Farming** | 12 | High |
| **Ana Memory** | 4 | Medium |
| **Crop Wilting** | 3 | Low |
| **UI Polish** | 8 | Low |
| **TOTAL** | **34 frames** | - |

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## 🎯 **RECOMMENDATION:**

**TIER 1 - HIGH PRIORITY (Essential for demo feel):**
- ✅ Kai farming animations (12 frames)
  - Makes farming feel alive!
  - Critical for demo gameplay loop

**TIER 2 - MEDIUM PRIORITY (Nice polish):**
- ✅ Susi animations (7 frames)
  - Adds personality
  - Makes companion feel real
- ✅ Ana memory (4 frames)
  - Important for story moments

**TIER 3 - LOW PRIORITY (Can add later):**
- ⚠️ Crop wilting (3 frames)
  - Gameplay mechanic (optional for demo)
- ⚠️ UI polish (8 frames)
  - Nice-to-have, not critical

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## ✅ **ACTION PLAN:**

**OPTION A: Focus on Gameplay (Tier 1 only)**
- Generate 12 Kai farming frames
- Launch demo with polished farming
- Skip Susi/Ana/UI for now
- **Time:** 2-3 hours generation

**OPTION B: Full Character Polish (Tier 1 + 2)**
- Generate Kai farming (12)
- Generate Susi extras (7)
- Generate Ana memory (4)
- Skip UI and wilting
- **Time:** 4-5 hours generation
- **Result:** Characters feel ALIVE!

**OPTION C: 100% Complete (All tiers)**
- Generate everything (34 frames)
- Perfect polish before Tiled work
- **Time:** 6-8 hours generation
- **Result:** Demo je TIPI TOPI! 🎆

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## 🛹 **MOJA PREPORUKA:**

**Go with OPTION B!** (Tier 1 + 2)

**Zakaj:**
- ✅ Kai farming je MUST for demo feel
- ✅ Susi + Ana dodasta SOUL igri
- ⚠️ UI in wilting lahko počaka (ne vpliva na fun)

**Result:** 23 frames, 4-5h dela, game feels AMAZING! 💜

**Potem greš direktno v Tiled z vsemi characterji ready!** 🎮

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**TVOJA IZBIRA? A, B, ali C?** 🤔🔥

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*Reference Gap Analysis - Jan 10, 2026*