urufu meadow · character system

Every meadow inhabitant runs the same recipe: identity lock, row prompts, strip selection, atlas build, in-scene test. Three characters live here so far — flip through to see what each one looks like in motion.

animation states

wave · friendly greeter

first arrival and lobby hello

character bible

Urufu Pup

the little host who makes the meadow feel watched over

Round sheep-like body with dark wool curls and tiny horns.
Wolf ears, pink eyes, one fang, and a coin charm keep the suspicious read.
Rows are made for host reactions more than combat animation.
The atlas is the template for every future meadow character.

qa contact sheet Urufu Pup sprite atlas contact sheet

running-left has a visible row glitch and should be repaired before player movement use.

reproducible workflow

Make characters like tiny stage actors.

The pipeline keeps the art weird and handmade while making the atlas contract testable enough for the browser.

Identity lockChoose a character name, source references, chroma key, palette, silhouette, forbidden details, and a canonical base image.
Row promptsGenerate one prompt per animation row, each with the same base identity plus a layout guide for exact frame count and spacing.
Selected stripsPick one clean strip per state only after checking frame count, unclipped poses, flat removable background, and no detached effects.
Atlas buildExtract frames, remove chroma key, normalize transparent pixels, compose the atlas (8x9 for hero, 4x4 for ordinary cast), and render previews.
In-scene testRegister the atlas in /gui, preview every state, then put the character into a small interactive scene before generating the next one.

next character seeds

Coming up next.

Moss Menderfield spirit

round meadow spirit with mossy wool, twig horns, tiny sewing needle, patches fences and leaves clover footprints

⋆ thinking 〜 ⋆

cooking $URU 印

just a sec ♡ chibi's grabbing the data 〜

Urufu Pup

the little host who makes the meadow feel watched over

Round sheep-like body with dark wool curls and tiny horns.

Wolf ears, pink eyes, one fang, and a coin charm keep the suspicious read.

Rows are made for host reactions more than combat animation.

The atlas is the template for every future meadow character.

Here's how we build them.Here's how we build them.Here's how we build them.Here's how we build them.

wave · friendly greeter

Urufu Pup

Make characters like tiny stage actors.

Coming up next.

cooking $URU 印

Here's how we build them.Here's how we build them.Here's how we build them.Here's how we build them.

wave · friendly greeter

Urufu Pup

Make characters like tiny stage actors.

Coming up next.