Erik Michaelson

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Every mesh compiles from the same grid JSON the level design solver reads. Authors write levels; they do not model geometry.

Meshes

A mattress is exactly 2×3 cells — that size is a gameplay rule. Hand-modeled assets drifted from occupancy and lied about fit. Grid-extruded meshes can’t: tip (2×3 → door-tall 1×3) is another extrusion of the same footprint, same dimensions the solver uses.

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Geometry from the grid

Pipeline from grid level defs through generated primitives and triplanar materials to lookdev as JSON
Meshes from the grid. Materials are folders; meshes are extrusions of the same JSON the solver reads. Triplanar projection fits UV-less primitives.

Materials

No artist UVs on generated primitives → triplanar projection (world axes, blend by normal). Textures must tile.

Convention: assets/materials/<name>/ with albedo + normal. Godot auto- discovers folders; no scene wiring to add a material.

Lookdev

data/art/lighting.json and data/art/materials.json, hot-reloaded on a keypress — AgX, SDFGI, low-elevation sun.