# Isometric Art Direction

> Use when starting an isometric project to lock ONE consistent art style (angle, light, palette, scale) before generating any asset.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-0xheycat-isometric-game-skills-isometric-art-direction`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [0xheycat](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/0xheycat)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [0xheycat](https://github.com/0xheycat)
- **Source:** https://github.com/0xheycat/isometric-game-skills/tree/master/skills/isometric-art-direction
- **Website:** https://0xheycat.github.io/isometric-game-skills/demo/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-0xheycat-isometric-game-skills-isometric-art-direction
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Isometric Art Direction

## Overview

The difference between a hobby project and a polished game is consistency. This skill produces a one-page style sheet that every other asset skill must obey, so 200 generated assets look like one game instead of a random asset dump.

## When to Use

- Before generating the first tile, sprite, or building.
- Assets already look mismatched and need a unifying standard.
- Multiple people or sessions will generate art.

## Process

1. Fix the projection: true 2:1 isometric (dimetric). Write it down.
2. Fix the light direction (e.g. top-left) and keep it identical on every asset.
3. Define a tight color palette (8-12 swatches) and forbid off-palette colors.
4. Define the tile base size in pixels (e.g. 128x64) and the anchor point.
5. Pick ONE shading style (soft painterly / cel / pixel) and one reference image.
6. Write all of this into a single STYLE.md and link it from every asset prompt.
7. Generate 3 test assets and confirm they look like the same game before scaling up.

## Rationalizations (Stop Lying to Yourself)

| Excuse | Reality |
|---|---|
| "I will keep the style consistent in my head" | Your head is not version-controlled. Write the style sheet. |
| "I can fix the style later" | Restyling 150 assets later costs 10x more than agreeing now. |

## Red Flags - STOP if you catch yourself:

- No written style sheet exists.
- Light direction changes between assets.
- Color palette grows uncontrolled with every generation.

## Verification

You are NOT done until every box is checked:

- [ ] A STYLE.md exists with projection, light, palette, scale, anchor, shading.
- [ ] 3 test assets visibly belong to the same game.
- [ ] Every asset prompt references the style sheet.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [0xheycat](https://github.com/0xheycat)
- **Source:** [0xheycat/isometric-game-skills](https://github.com/0xheycat/isometric-game-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://0xheycat.github.io/isometric-game-skills/demo/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-0xheycat-isometric-game-skills-isometric-art-direction
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/0xheycat
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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