retro-16bit-style

Retro 16-bit Style

Richer palettes than 8-bit. Dither/gradient cues. Still texel-disciplined.

Recipe

Target SNES-like 256x224 internal render, 16 colors per sprite (about 256 on screen), 3-4 shading bands plus dither, 16 px tiles.

1. Camera: iso_camera.py projection "dimetric_2_1" with pixel_tile 16.
2. Shading: toon_material.py with bands 4, rim 0.15, outline 0 (richer ramps than 8-bit).
3. Render preset: render_preset.py stylized_flat, then ps1_look.py with snap 0, resolution [256, 224], flat True, fog False.
4. Dither is not scripted: add an Image Texture Bayer pattern (Nearest) as the ColorRamp factor offset, or dither in an image tool after rendering.

import runpy
skills = "<skills_dir>"  # parent folder of this skill (the plugin's skills/ directory)
target = "SM_Asset"      # object to style / dress
r = {}
r["camera"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/isometric-style/scripts/iso_camera.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"projection": "dimetric_2_1", "target": target, "pixel_tile": 16}})["result"]
r["toon"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/stylized-style/scripts/toon_material.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"name": "MAT_Toon_16bit", "base_color": [0.35, 0.6, 0.9], "bands": 4, "rim": 0.15, "objects": [target], "outline": 0.0}})["result"]
r["render"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/rendering/scripts/render_preset.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"preset": "stylized_flat"}})["result"]
r["pixel"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/lowpoly-style/scripts/ps1_look.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"objects": [target], "snap": 0, "resolution": [256, 224], "flat": True, "fog": False}})["result"]
result = r