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# 🎨 REFERENCE GAPS - Animation & UI Polish
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**Date:** Jan 10, 2026 18:24 CET
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**Purpose:** Verify what references exist for polish items
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## ❌ **MISSING REFERENCES (Need to generate)**
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### 🐕 **SUSI ANIMATIONS**
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**Current Status:**
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- ❌ No `susi/` folder in `main_characters/`
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- ❌ All Susi animations missing
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**Need to Generate:**
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1. **Sit animation (3 frames)**
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- Susi sitting position
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- Tail wagging variants
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- Cute sitting pose
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2. **Sleep animation (2 frames)**
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- Susi curled up sleeping
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- Breathing/sleeping loop
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3. **Excited jump (2 frames)**
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- Susi mid-jump
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- Landing pose
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**TOTAL:** 7 frames for Susi
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**NOTE:** Will need to create full `susi/` character reference folder!
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### 👨🌾 **KAI FARMING ANIMATIONS**
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**Current Status:**
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- ✅ Have: idle, walk, dig, swing
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- ❌ Missing: farming-specific actions
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**Need to Generate:**
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1. **Harvest animation (4 frames)**
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- Kai reaching down
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- Picking crop
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- Standing up
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- Holding harvested item
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2. **Plant seeds (4 frames)**
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- Kai bending down
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- Hand to soil
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- Planting motion
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- Standing back up
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3. **Water crops (4 frames)**
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- Kai holding watering can
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- Tilting can
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- Watering motion
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- Reset position
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**TOTAL:** 12 frames for Kai farming
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### 👻 **ANA MEMORY/GHOST SPRITE**
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**Current Status:**
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- ❌ No ghost/memory sprites found
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- ✅ Have aging timeline references (but not ghost effect)
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**Need to Generate:**
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1. **Ghost/memory sprite (3 frames)**
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- Ana translucent/ethereal
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- Floating animation
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- Fade in/out effect
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2. **Diary portrait (1 frame)**
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- Ana portrait for diary item
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- Close-up face
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- Emotional expression
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**TOTAL:** 4 frames for Ana memory
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### 🌾 **ENVIRONMENTAL - CROP WILTING**
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**Current Status:**
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- ❌ No wilting animations found in crops
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**Need to Generate:**
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1. **Crop wilting (3 frames per crop type)**
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- Healthy crop (already exists)
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- Slightly wilted
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- Very wilted/dying
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**Note:** Only need for main demo crops
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**TOTAL:** ~3 frames (can be generic overlay)
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### 🎨 **UI POLISH ELEMENTS**
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**Current Status:**
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- ✅ Have: health_stamina, inventory, buttons, icons, dialogue
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- ❌ Missing: XP, weather, time, tooltips
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**Need to Generate:**
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**1. XP Bar (2 elements):**
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- XP bar background
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- XP bar fill (gradient)
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**2. Weather Indicators (2):**
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- Weather icon (sun/rain/snow)
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- Temperature gauge
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**3. Time Indicators (2):**
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- Clock/time widget
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- Day/night indicator
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**4. Tutorial Tooltips (2):**
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- Tooltip background panel
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- Tooltip arrow pointer
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**TOTAL:** 8 UI elements
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## 📊 **GENERATION SUMMARY:**
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| Category | Frames | Priority |
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|----------|--------|----------|
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| **Susi Animations** | 7 | Medium |
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| **Kai Farming** | 12 | High |
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| **Ana Memory** | 4 | Medium |
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| **Crop Wilting** | 3 | Low |
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| **UI Polish** | 8 | Low |
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| **TOTAL** | **34 frames** | - |
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## 🎯 **RECOMMENDATION:**
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**TIER 1 - HIGH PRIORITY (Essential for demo feel):**
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- ✅ Kai farming animations (12 frames)
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- Makes farming feel alive!
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- Critical for demo gameplay loop
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**TIER 2 - MEDIUM PRIORITY (Nice polish):**
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- ✅ Susi animations (7 frames)
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- Adds personality
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- Makes companion feel real
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- ✅ Ana memory (4 frames)
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- Important for story moments
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**TIER 3 - LOW PRIORITY (Can add later):**
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- ⚠️ Crop wilting (3 frames)
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- Gameplay mechanic (optional for demo)
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- ⚠️ UI polish (8 frames)
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- Nice-to-have, not critical
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## ✅ **ACTION PLAN:**
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**OPTION A: Focus on Gameplay (Tier 1 only)**
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- Generate 12 Kai farming frames
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- Launch demo with polished farming
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- Skip Susi/Ana/UI for now
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- **Time:** 2-3 hours generation
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**OPTION B: Full Character Polish (Tier 1 + 2)**
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- Generate Kai farming (12)
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- Generate Susi extras (7)
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- Generate Ana memory (4)
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- Skip UI and wilting
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- **Time:** 4-5 hours generation
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- **Result:** Characters feel ALIVE!
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**OPTION C: 100% Complete (All tiers)**
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- Generate everything (34 frames)
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- Perfect polish before Tiled work
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- **Time:** 6-8 hours generation
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- **Result:** Demo je TIPI TOPI! 🎆
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## 🛹 **MOJA PREPORUKA:**
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**Go with OPTION B!** (Tier 1 + 2)
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**Zakaj:**
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- ✅ Kai farming je MUST for demo feel
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- ✅ Susi + Ana dodasta SOUL igri
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- ⚠️ UI in wilting lahko počaka (ne vpliva na fun)
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**Result:** 23 frames, 4-5h dela, game feels AMAZING! 💜
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**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*
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