Art Assets

Every image at the project root, and what's still missing. A visual rendering of Art_Asset_Index.md in the repository root — that file is the source of truth; if this page and it ever disagree, the file wins.

No graphics are finalized. Every image below is inspiration and mood reference, not final art, not locked, and not something later work needs to match exactly. A consistent badge means an image doesn't contradict the locked lore in Planet_Spec_Sheet.md — not that it's the confirmed final look of anything. Only text there tagged [Locked] is locked.

Click any image to open it full-size. See the 3D asset pipeline for how future assets might get made from these.

Environment mood art

Storm-lit valley with bloom-mat and vent-tower growths, a steaming mineral river, lightning-lit peaks behind.

ART-01 consistent

Storm-lit valley: bloom-mat/vent-tower growths, a steaming mineral river, lightning-lit peaks behind.

Art/Environment/env 1.png

Same valley type from a different angle — vent towers, steam, a lit river under a stormy sky.

ART-02 consistent

Same valley type, different angle — vent towers, steam, a lit river under a stormy sky.

Art/Environment/rock env.png

The valley at night with heavier lightning, a wider view of the tower field.

ART-03 consistent

The valley at night, heavier lightning, a wider view of the tower field.

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Looking out over an unbroken cloud deck at sunset from a jagged, vent-tower-lined ridge; eruptions glow on the horizon.

ART-04 consistent

Over an unbroken cloud deck at sunset from a vent-tower-lined ridge; eruptions glow on the horizon. Candidate for the spec's "File 06" — see below.

Art/Environment/krag env.png

Above the cloud deck in clear daylight, sun visible, eruption columns breaking the cloud surface below.

ART-05 consistent

Above the cloud deck in clear daylight, sun visible, eruptions breaking the cloud surface below. Also a "File 06" candidate.

Art/Environment/mountain env.png

Reference infographics

ART-06 consistent

"Planetary Atmosphere" sheet: pressure/temperature profile, gas composition, Earth comparison. Supports spec §2.

Art/Environment/Atmosphere composition.png

Creature Reference Sheets: twelve creatures with role, size, diet, senses, threat and detail crops.

ART-07 consistent

"Creature Reference Sheets": 12 creatures — Bloom Runner, Burrowing Harvester, Giant Arthropodoid, Apex Predator, Atmospheric Floater, Aerial Glider, Storm Feeder, Gas-Frond Colony, Vent Tower, Bloom Mat, Marine Filter Colony, Colonial Drifter. The bestiary's visual reference (spec §6.10).

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Planet Environment Reference: one-page overview of atmosphere, flora, fauna, environmental zones and key ecological principles.

ART-10 consistent

"Planet Environment Reference": a one-page overview of atmosphere, flora, fauna, environmental zones and ecological principles. Broad reference for spec §1–§6.

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Life Carriers, and two images that need a decision

ART-11 consistent

Tall, armored, insectoid-humanoid figures at a hydrothermal pool, one holding a glowing sphere. Supports spec §7.1.

Art/Life Carriers/Life Carrier.png

Intelligent Species Base Camp infographic: approach, perimeter, living quarters, communal hall, work area, layout and culture, for a native arthropodoid people.

ART-08 needs review

"Intelligent Species — Base Camp": a settlement infographic for a native arthropodoid people. May predate the current Life-Carriers-in-suits framing — see the flagged section below.

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Indigenous Intelligent Species anatomy infographic: multi-view anatomy, senses, life stages and culture notes for a native sapient arthropodoid.

ART-09 needs review

"Indigenous Intelligent Species": an anatomy infographic for a native sapient arthropodoid. Same flag as ART-08.

Art/Environment/conten2t.png

Pod and tech

Midway Reconnaissance Probe MR-7 Seeker spec sheet: exterior views, searchlight modes, articulated arms, internal layout, scale, environment ratings.

ART-12 needs review

"Midway Reconnaissance Probe MR-7 Seeker": a spherical probe's spec sheet. Format/mood inspiration only — MR-7 is a different, unrelated craft.

Art/Pod/con4tent.png

Hand-drawn sketch of the pod's exterior showing two broken arms, one damaged-but-working arm and one 50%-working arm, plus an interior layout with research, camera, maintenance and chair areas.

ART-13 sketch

Hand-drawn, not AI-generated: the pod's exterior damage states, and an interior layout (research, camera, maintenance, chair). A design reference from Winds.

Art/Pod/image.png

Hand-drawn sketch of the pod from the front with two searchlight beams crossing the dark and small creature silhouettes at the beam's edge.

ART-14 sketch

Hand-drawn: the pod with two searchlight beams and creature silhouettes at the edge. Matches the locked flash/searchlight perception mechanic (spec §8).

Art/Pod/image_12.png

Console (pod interior)

Added 2026-09-22 — fills the pod-interior gap in the "needed" backlog below.

Exploration Pod Mech, Cockpit Interior infographic: exterior-to-interior comparison, a rotating pilot chair, and three labeled stations -- Scan/Nav, Systems/Repair, Life Support/Comms.

ART-19 consistent

"Exploration Pod Mech — Cockpit Interior": the spherical exterior opens into a human-scale cockpit with a ~270° rotating pilot chair and three stations. Directly answers the pod-interior gap.

Art/Console/Interior console.png

Hand-drawn proximity warning HUD: a dark viewport with a spider-like creature silhouette, signal waveforms, and scream and bright-light toggle controls.

ART-20 sketch

Hand-drawn: a proximity-warning HUD — a dark viewport showing a creature silhouette, signal waveforms, and physical toggle controls.

Art/Console/interior console 1.png

Hand-drawn toggle switches for Life Support, Communications, Power and Locomotion, beside a circular repair status wheel and a Confirm Repair prompt.

ART-21 sketch

Hand-drawn: labeled system toggles beside a repair/status wheel and a "Confirm Repair" prompt.

Art/Console/Interior Console 2.png

Hand-drawn UI wireframe: an upgrade-tree style card labeled Improved Walk Cycle with a training timer and a power-too-low warning, beside a second small device sketch.

ART-22 sketch

Hand-drawn: a UI wireframe — an upgrade card ("Improved Walk Cycle"), a training timer, a power warning, and a second small device.

Art/Console/Interior Console 3.png

A cockpit-view screenshot from the game Steel Battalion, showing its dense physical control-panel HUD.

ART-23 reference

External reference, not original concept art: a cockpit screenshot from Steel Battalion (Capcom), used for its dense physical-control-panel feel.

Art/Console/Steel batallion game view.webp

A second reference image from the game Steel Battalion.

ART-24 reference

External reference, same source as ART-23.

Art/Console/Steel Batallion.jfif

Exploration Pod Upgrade Sequence: an 8-panel infographic showing arrival, docking, module replacement, system integration, pilot sync, testing, completion and return to the field, plus upgrade categories and a cockpit comparison.

ART-27 consistent

"Exploration Pod Upgrade Sequence": an 8-panel infographic — arrival, docking, module replacement, system integration, pilot sync, test cycle, completion, return to the field — plus upgrade categories and a standard-vs-upgraded cockpit comparison.

Art/Pod/upgrade pod.png

On ART-27: a mechanical upgrade loop (swap modules at an outpost) matching §7's "outpost-processed remnants" path and the pod's Vehicle stage. It doesn't yet depict the arc's later biological stages (Symbiosis, Integration, Environmental adaptation). Pod_Systems_Design.md (added 2026-09-22, [Proposed, exceeds current Locked scope]) formalizes a fuller systems vision extrapolated from the Console/ art, including this piece.

Alien Life

First-person pod cockpit view: a HUD over a windshield view of three unidentified arthropodoid creatures at range, thermal and spectral scan active, classification unknown.

ART-26 consistent

First-person pod cockpit POV: a full HUD (pod status, environment readout, terrain map, 3D scan, mission checklist) over a windshield view of three unidentified arthropodoid creatures at 27–41m range, classification "UNKNOWN."

Art/Alien Life/Console detection.png

Why this isn't filed under Console: the image shows a console, but its subject is detecting alien life, which is why it's grouped here rather than with ART-19–22. One numbers mismatch worth a glance: the readout shows "1.8 bar" and an N₂/CO₂ breakdown, where the locked spec is 30 atm and CO₂-dominant (§2) — likely an unconnected placeholder HUD value, not a proposed revision.

Narrative and pitch material

A twelve-panel storyboard, The Descent: a probe descends into darkness, finds ruins, detects a signal, makes contact, and reveals the abyss is inhabited.

ART-15 pitch

A 12-panel storyboard, "The Descent": a probe descends, finds ruins, detects a signal, makes contact, and reveals the abyss is inhabited. A pitch/trailer beat sheet.

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Likely a different or earlier concept pass

These three are internally consistent with each other but not with the locked spec, so they're not marked "consistent." They may be an earlier pass, reference material from a different project, or unfinished worldbuilding to reconcile — that's Winds' call, not something the images themselves settle.

Planet Xerathion, Unknown World: five exploration zones — dense atmosphere, luminescent abyss, mineral forests, abyssal trenches, echo ruins — shown with the MR-7 probe.

ART-16 different pass?

"Planet Xerathion — Unknown World": five exploration zones, with the MR-7 probe. Names the planet "Xerathion" and states gravity 1.3g — the spec locks 1.6g (§1) and this planet is unnamed. Reads as underground/cave zones, not the locked surface-and-elevation-band structure (§3).

Art/Environment/env1.png

Planet Xerathion, Atmospheric Fauna: Voltarok, Pressora, Thunderspore, Lumivore, Gloowisp, Abysslurk, Crystal Mantis, Embermite Swarm, Stonebloom, Trenchworm, Voidjelly, Ventstalker.

ART-17 different pass?

"Planet Xerathion — Atmospheric Fauna": a 12-creature bestiary. Same Xerathion material as ART-16; none of these names match the locked bestiary (ART-07, spec §6.10) — two parallel creature lists exist unless this one is retired.

Art/Environment/env2.png

An underground golden city with domes, spires, flying fish-like creatures, robed figures, and the MR-7 probe in the foreground.

ART-18 different pass?

An underground golden city — domes, spires, flying fish-like creatures, robed figures, and the MR-7 probe. Tonally far from the "Chemosynthetic Arthropod Age" elsewhere. Could be a Life Carrier installation, or could belong to the Xerathion pass above.

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ART-08 and ART-09 above (the base camp and native-species anatomy sheets) carry the same flag for a different reason: game_concept_all_systems_red.md records that an "indigenous intelligent species" reveal was proposed, then retracted, then re-reframed more than once. These two may predate that reframing.

Suggested resolution. For ART-16/17/18: is "Xerathion" retired reference material, or unfinished worldbuilding to reconcile into the spec? For ART-08/09: do they still depict the current Life-Carriers-in-suits framing, or the retracted native-species version?

Corps outposts

Added 2026-09-22.

A branded colonial outpost: modular habitat pods, a geodesic greenhouse dome, a walking mech, a landed shuttle, EVA-suited crew, bioluminescent flora, and a ringed gas giant overhead. Branded Terran Colonial Authority.

ART-25 consistent

A branded colonial outpost — modular habitat pods, a geodesic greenhouse dome, a walking mech sharing ART-19's cockpit design, a landed shuttle, EVA-suited crew, bioluminescent flora, and a ringed gas giant overhead. Branded "TCA — Terran Colonial Authority."

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Where this fits, and where it's ambiguous. The spec splits Corps outposts into on-planet crash-site fragments of the wrecked mothership (slice-scoped) versus off-world bases on the system's other worlds (backstory). This shows a full, intact, functioning installation — no wreckage — which reads more like the off-world kind, or general Corps branding/architecture reference, than a literal on-planet wreck fragment. Still useful as a materials and mech-design reference either way.

A naming candidate, not yet canon: "TCA — Terran Colonial Authority" is the first proposed name for the spec's unnamed "corp" (§9.2 flags "corp name... not yet set"). Not adopted here — that's Winds' call — but it now has a candidate name and brand language to react to.

On the "File 05" / "File 06" citations

The spec cites concept art that no index previously resolved (re-evaluation-2026-09-16/inventory.md §2):

§9.1: "...matching the warm-amber sun already in the cloud-deck-breach concept art (File 06)." — ART-04 and ART-05 above both show a cloud-deck breach with a warm sun; either is a plausible match. Proposed, not confirmed.
§9.5: "...the group now running the survey world's decimal-world experiment (§7, File 05)." — no image among the 18 depicts this. "File 05" has no candidate yet.

Needed, not yet created

What Winds has asked for that doesn't exist yet, grounded against Planet_Spec_Sheet.md so whoever draws or generates it starts from the right constraints. None of this is finalized either — it's a backlog, not a brief.

A naming note. The spec uses "corps" for two different things: the Life Carrier expeditionary corps (§7.1, the ancient non-human presence) and "the corp" (§9.2, the player's own people's asteroid-mining mega-corporation). "Corps fleet / mothership / outposts" reads as the second one — §9.2 is the section with fleet construction, a generational ship, and outposts.

Pod

Item	Spec grounding	Current status
Pod interior	§8: hybrid pod/on-foot movement, four-stage integration arc (Vehicle → Symbiosis → Integration → Environmental adaptation), Hull Integrity + Oxygen as the tracked resources.	Filled 2026-09-22 — see the Console section above (ART-19..22).
Pod specifics (exterior)	Same §8 arc, plus §7's "integration modules" as the upgrade path. Whatever it looks like at Stage 1 needs room to visibly change through Stage 4.	ART-14 and ART-12 are inspiration/format reference only. Nothing depicts the actual player pod as a finished design.

Environments / biomes

The spec locks seven vertical layers (§3) plus the ocean (§5) and gas-ocean atmospheric behavior (§4). Existing art clusters around one look.

Layer / environment	Spec grounding	Existing inspiration
Abyssal Basins40–70+ atm	§3 — hottest, densest, largest predators	ART-01/02/03, plausibly — not distinguished from Lowlands yet
Lowlands25–40 atm	§3 — primary early-game environment; the vertical slice's leaning	Same as above
Uplands10–25 atm	§3 — midgame exploration	None
Storm Highlands3–10 atm	§3 — lightning increasingly dominant	None
Cloud Interior~1–5 atm	§3 — near-zero visibility, violent electrical weather	None
Cloud Crown<1–2 atm	§3 — first diffuse natural illumination	ART-04/05, plausibly — not distinguished from Upper Clear yet
Upper Clear<<1 atm	§3 — direct star exposure, transmission territory (win condition)	Same as above
Ocean~190 atm at floor	§5 — late-game/optional, explicitly not an early biome	None, and low priority per spec
Gas-ocean effects	§4 — debris drifts, shockwaves propagate further, explosions read compressed, plumes rise buoyantly	None — a rendering/VFX direction more than a single image

Production_Plan §1 leans toward one elevation band (a mid-pressure basin) for the vertical slice, so Abyssal Basins/Lowlands is the nearer-term need.

The Corps (§9.2)

Item	Spec grounding	Current status
Corps fleet	§9.2: "asteroid collection, planetary mining, fleet construction, and technology development" — preparation for an eventual interstellar voyage. Standard permanent-settlement-class vessels, not one-off arks.	Nothing exists.
Corps mothership	§9.2: the crashed vessel is ordinary corp fleet doctrine, "generational" because that's how the corp always builds ships, not a one-of-a-kind ark. Integrated life support, onboard fabrication, a crew large enough to fragment into outposts.	Nothing exists. Decide whether it's needed whole/pre-crash, as the crash-site wreck, or both — the wreck and the outposts may be the same structure at different scales.
Corps outposts — on-planet	§7's core loop: deliver to an outpost, the outpost processes it into a system upgrade. Surviving sections of the crashed vessel, cooperative with the player. Production_Plan §1 scopes "one outpost contact loop" as vertical-slice content.	See Corps outposts above (ART-25) — close but not a direct match; it shows an intact installation, not crash wreckage.
Corps outposts — off-world	§9.2's recent expansion: surface mining, outposts, bases and engineering facilities on the other three goldilocks worlds.	Nothing exists. Backstory flavor, not a slice location.

Proposed folder structure (not applied)

Nothing below has been created. Left undecided on purpose: whether Guanacito wants this structure or a different one, whether working files (PSDs, etc.) belong in the repo given the free LFS quota, and a naming convention for files if they're ever moved.

Art/
  Concepts/
    environment/     ART-01..05, ART-10  ·  plus the open layers above
    creatures/        ART-07, ART-11
    settlements/      ART-08, ART-09 (pending review)  ·  plus corp outposts
    pod-and-tech/      ART-12, ART-13, ART-14  ·  plus the pod work above
    corps-fleet/       nothing yet — fleet, mothership
    narrative/         ART-15
  Archive/            ART-16, ART-17, ART-18 (pending confirmation)

Full detail and change history: Art_Asset_Index.md in the repository root. Last updated 2026-09-22.