QA Index

QA categories

• Asset QA
• Animation QA
• Data QA
• Code QA
• Gameplay QA
• Visual regression QA

Rule

No asset or feature is approved without documented acceptance criteria.

Registry Validation

Asset lifecycle validation starts from assets/registry/ASSET_REGISTRY.v2.yaml.

Run pnpm validate:registry to check:

• Required asset fields
• Unique asset IDs
• Valid lifecycle status values
• Existing source_definition paths or explicit TODO: markers
• QA score fields

Palette Validation

Run pnpm validate:palette to check:

• Duplicate color IDs
• Duplicate names
• Duplicate HEX colors
• Valid HEX, RGB, and HSV values
• Non-empty allowed usage lists
• Palette token schema completeness

Anatomy Validation

Run pnpm validate:anatomy to check:

• Anatomy standard schema completeness
• Required joint IDs
• Positive proportions
• Pivot values
• Collision box values
• Silhouette score and scale tests

Animation Validation

Run pnpm validate:animation to check:

• Animation event schema completeness
• Frame order
• Known event IDs
• Hitbox enable/disable timing
• Event group IDs

Character Validation

Run pnpm validate:character to check:

• Production character schema completeness
• Palette token references
• Material references
• Animation IDs
• Collision boxes
• Pivot values
• QA score and checklist

Concept Validation

Run pnpm validate:concepts to check:

• Concept review schema completeness
• Unique review IDs
• Valid asset IDs, stages, statuses, and asset types
• Review scores between 0 and 100
• Required strengths, issues, and action lists
• Pass reviews meeting the minimum score gate

Visual Development Validation

Run pnpm validate:visual to check:

• Visual development pack schema completeness
• Existing source document and asset folder references
• Required silhouette, shape, value, color, material, pose, expression, animation, and review records
• Selected top 3 concepts and approved concept references
• Scores between 0 and 100
• QA approval score gate

Production Pipeline Validation

Run pnpm validate:production to check:

• Production pipeline schema completeness
• Required lifecycle stages
• Required generation workflow steps
• Pipeline file IDs
• Asset package outputs
• 100 AI production rules from RULE0001 through RULE0100

Golden Reference Validation

Run pnpm validate:golden to check:

• Golden reference schema completeness
• Required reference categories
• Existing folder and source document references
• All nine quality score fields
• Scores between 0 and 100
• Reference averages meeting the 95% approval gate

Character Production Validation

Run pnpm validate:character-production to check:

• Required CHR001 production pack documents
• 12 silhouette candidates and top 3 concept references
• 6 color directions
• Required poses, animations, attacks, VFX, materials, export settings, and QA score
• Source pack and golden reference links

Hero Identity Validation

Run pnpm validate:hero-identity to check:

• Required CHR001 identity documents
• Hero identity schema completeness
• Existing source folder and production pack references
• Identity pillars, material references, color references, and pixel translation rules
• QA approval score gate

QA Engine

The central QA runner is documented in [QA_ENGINE.md](QA_ENGINE.md).