genre-strategy-sim

Genre: Strategy / Sim

Iconic buildings. Tile clarity. Unit read at camera distance. Sim props tell systems.

Recipe

Tile-clear iconic view: 2:1 dimetric orthographic camera, 1 m or 2 m tiles, bright even light, strong silhouettes readable at 64 px.

1. Camera with iso_camera.py: projection dimetric_2_1, pixel_tile 64. For a perspective RTS camera with a given pitch, use camera-cinematography/scripts/camera_rig.py with elevation_deg = the pitch below the horizon (55 is typical, 50-65 range) and lens_mm 35; Blender's rotation_euler.x is 90 minus that pitch, so don't set it to the pitch itself.
2. Even light with light_rig.py preset overcast.
3. Stylised color-block materials with toon_material.py (bands 3, outline 0.02) for buildings/units.
4. Populate props with scatter_props.py (count 12, clusters 4).
5. Optional bake LOD chain: generate_lods.py (ratios [0.5, 0.25]) for unit meshes.

import runpy
skills = "<skills_dir>"  # parent folder of this skill (the plugin's skills/ directory)
target = "SM_Asset"      # object to style / dress
r = {}
r["cam"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/isometric-style/scripts/iso_camera.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"projection": "dimetric_2_1", "target": None, "pixel_tile": 64}})["result"]
r["light"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/lighting/scripts/light_rig.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"preset": "overcast", "target": target}})["result"]
r["toon"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/stylized-style/scripts/toon_material.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"name": "MAT_Building", "base_color": [0.8, 0.5, 0.3], "bands": 3, "outline": 0.02, "objects": [target]}})["result"]
r["props"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/set-dressing/scripts/scatter_props.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"target": target, "count": 12, "clusters": 4}})["result"]
r["lod"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/lod-pipeline/scripts/generate_lods.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"object": target, "ratios": [0.5, 0.25]}})["result"]
result = r

Item	Value
Tile	1 or 2 m
Unit footprint	1 tile
Building footprint	2x2 to 4x4 tiles
Unit height	1-2 m (exaggerated)
Tris per unit	500-2000