# Isometric Building Sprites

> Use when generating isometric buildings (houses, barns, shops) that sit on a defined tile footprint and depth-sort correctly with characters.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-0xheycat-isometric-game-skills-isometric-building-sprites`
- **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-building-sprites
- **Website:** https://0xheycat.github.io/isometric-game-skills/demo/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-0xheycat-isometric-game-skills-isometric-building-sprites
```

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

## About

# Isometric Building Sprites

## Overview

Buildings are large multi-tile sprites. They need a clear footprint (how many tiles they occupy), a consistent height-to-base ratio, and a known anchor so characters can walk in front of and behind them.

## When to Use

- You need houses, barns, shops, towers, or other structures.
- Buildings overlap tiles incorrectly or float.
- Characters draw in front of buildings they should be behind.

## Process

1. Lock art direction and the tile base size first.
2. Decide each building footprint in tiles (e.g. 2x2) BEFORE generating.
3. Prompt one building, isolated on a plain background, sitting on a visible diamond footprint with a soft contact shadow.
4. Keep settings + seed fixed so all buildings share one style and light.
5. Clean alpha with `transparent-cutout-cleanup`.
6. Set the anchor at the front-bottom tile of the footprint for depth sorting.
7. Place a character next to and behind the building to verify occlusion (see `depth-sorting-occlusion`).

## Rationalizations (Stop Lying to Yourself)

| Excuse | Reality |
|---|---|
| "Footprint does not matter, I will eyeball placement" | Eyeballed footprints break collision and sorting. Decide tiles first. |
| "Buildings can be a slightly different style" | The biggest objects on screen must match hardest. Fix style + seed. |

## Red Flags - STOP if you catch yourself:

- No defined tile footprint per building.
- Building height/scale varies wildly across the set.
- Characters render in front of tall buildings.

## Verification

You are NOT done until every box is checked:

- [ ] Each building has a documented tile footprint and anchor.
- [ ] All buildings share one style, light, and scale.
- [ ] Character occlusion in front of and behind each building is correct.

## 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-building-sprites
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/0xheycat
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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