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🎨 REFERENCE GAPS - Animation & UI Polish
Date: Jan 10, 2026 18:24 CET
Purpose: Verify what references exist for polish items
❌ MISSING REFERENCES (Need to generate)
🐕 SUSI ANIMATIONS
Current Status:
- ❌ No
susi/folder inmain_characters/ - ❌ All Susi animations missing
Need to Generate:
-
Sit animation (3 frames)
- Susi sitting position
- Tail wagging variants
- Cute sitting pose
-
Sleep animation (2 frames)
- Susi curled up sleeping
- Breathing/sleeping loop
-
Excited jump (2 frames)
- Susi mid-jump
- Landing pose
TOTAL: 7 frames for Susi
NOTE: Will need to create full susi/ character reference folder!
👨🌾 KAI FARMING ANIMATIONS
Current Status:
- ✅ Have: idle, walk, dig, swing
- ❌ Missing: farming-specific actions
Need to Generate:
-
Harvest animation (4 frames)
- Kai reaching down
- Picking crop
- Standing up
- Holding harvested item
-
Plant seeds (4 frames)
- Kai bending down
- Hand to soil
- Planting motion
- Standing back up
-
Water crops (4 frames)
- Kai holding watering can
- Tilting can
- Watering motion
- Reset position
TOTAL: 12 frames for Kai farming
👻 ANA MEMORY/GHOST SPRITE
Current Status:
- ❌ No ghost/memory sprites found
- ✅ Have aging timeline references (but not ghost effect)
Need to Generate:
-
Ghost/memory sprite (3 frames)
- Ana translucent/ethereal
- Floating animation
- Fade in/out effect
-
Diary portrait (1 frame)
- Ana portrait for diary item
- Close-up face
- Emotional expression
TOTAL: 4 frames for Ana memory
🌾 ENVIRONMENTAL - CROP WILTING
Current Status:
- ❌ No wilting animations found in crops
Need to Generate:
- 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)
🎨 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
📊 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 | - |
🎯 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
✅ 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! 🎆
🛹 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! 🎮
TVOJA IZBIRA? A, B, ali C? 🤔🔥
Reference Gap Analysis - Jan 10, 2026