Files
date_game/assets/characters

Character Assets

Main Style

The preferred character image direction is premium semi-realistic key art.

Base standing images should feel like high-end promotional portraits for a mature romance game: cinematic lighting, realistic fabric, distinct body silhouettes, expressive adult faces, and polished illustrated beauty. The target is not pure photography; it should retain the charm and readability of Korean dating-sim character art.

Current Files

  • han_seoyun_v1.png: semi-realistic style/composition candidate; needs facial diversity revision.
  • yu_harin_v1.png: semi-realistic base candidate; needs facial diversity revision.
  • kang_mirae_v2.png: accepted semi-realistic base image with revised facial identity.
  • kang_mirae_v1.png: earlier semi-realistic base candidate; same-face risk remains.
  • jung_naeun_v1.png: semi-realistic base candidate; needs facial diversity revision.
  • oh_sera_v1.png: semi-realistic base candidate; needs facial diversity revision.
  • park_minseo_v1.png: semi-realistic base candidate; needs facial diversity revision.
  • style_references/semirealistic_main_reference.png: user-approved reference for the target look.
  • style_tests/han_seoyun_photoreal_test.png: pure photoreal comparison candidate.
  • style_tests/kang_mirae_photoreal_test.png: pure photoreal comparison candidate.
  • style_tests/yu_harin_photoreal_test.png: pure photoreal comparison candidate.
  • style_tests/han_seoyun_semi_realistic_test.png: earlier semi-realistic comparison candidate.
  • style_tests/yu_harin_semi_realistic_test.png: earlier semi-realistic comparison candidate.

Asset Naming

  • Use <character_id>_v<number>.png for main candidates.
  • Use style_tests/<character_id>_<style>_test.png for experiments.
  • Keep generated originals in their default generator folder; copy selected candidates into this project.

Validation

python3 scripts/validate_assets.py

accepted should be used only after the image passes both route-fit and facial-diversity review. Use needs_revision for useful style/composition candidates that still look too similar to other cast members.