Smoke

Visuele omschrijving

Soft vapor made from readable cloud clusters, not blurred gradients.

Pixelcluster regels

Use rounded overlapping puffs.

.MMM.

MMDDM

.DD..

Contrast

Low-to-medium; silhouette matters more than detail.

Hue shifting

Warm lit gray, neutral gray mid, cool purple-blue shadow.

Highlights

Soft top-right puff highlights.

.HH.

HMMH

.DD.

Shadow behavior

Interior shadow separates puffs.

Outline

Usually no hard outline; use soft dark edge clusters.

Rim lighting

Subtle cool rim on outer puffs.

Ambient lighting

High ambient; smoke is translucent in feel but not alpha-blurred.

AA regels

AA with solid palette pixels.

Dithering regels

Clustered dissolve allowed on animated edges.

Veel voorkomende fouten

Bad:

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.X.X.

..X..

Good:

.MMM.

MMDDM

.DD..

QA checklist

• 50% scale herkenbaar: Ja, by puff silhouette.
• No soft blur.
• Dissolve is clustered.
• Puffs have volume.
• Does not hide gameplay sprites.