# Hand-Painted Tactical Map Pipeline ## Scope The first forty-two campaign battles now use the same hand-painted tactical map pipeline. The renderer still reads the original scenario tile coordinates and battle logic; only the map texture asset changes from flat/vector map art to low-contrast raster terrain. ## Art Direction - Units must read before the terrain at 100% desktop browser scale. - Terrain uses muted greens, ochre roads, dark blue-green water, and compact structure markers. - Roads, forests, rivers, camps, villages, cliffs, and forts should be recognizable by silhouette and texture, not by high saturation. - The grid remains subtle and embedded in the paint grade, so it helps targeting without becoming the main visual layer. ## Resolution Policy - Battles 1-25 keep the original 224px hand-painted tile target. - Large maps starting at battle 26 use a 192px tile target through `LARGE_MAP_TILE_SIZE` in the generator. - Very large maps can use a 176px tile target through `VERY_LARGE_MAP_TILE_SIZE` when WebP encoding or browser memory pressure becomes the limiting factor. - Re-evaluate the tile target before a generated map's longest edge approaches roughly 16,384px at 192px per tile. - Use `--tile-size` only for controlled comparisons; commit the selected production size in the map config. ## Generator `scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py` reads terrain and unit positions from `src/game/data/scenario.ts`, then outputs a WebP map and documentation previews. Map configs can set `tile_size`; otherwise the default is 224px. Example: ```powershell python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map second --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map third --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map fourth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map fifth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map sixth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map seventh --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map eighth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map ninth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map tenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map eleventh --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twelfth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirteenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map fourteenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map fifteenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map sixteenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map seventeenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map eighteenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map nineteenth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twentieth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-first --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-second --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-third --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-fourth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-fifth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-sixth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-seventh --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-eighth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map twenty-ninth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirtieth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-first --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-second --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-third --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-fourth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-fifth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-sixth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-seventh --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-eighth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirty-ninth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map fortieth --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map forty-first --webp-quality 90 python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map forty-second --webp-quality 90 ``` Comparison example: ```powershell python scripts/generate-handpaint-map-sample.py --map thirtieth --tile-size 192 --out tmp\thirtieth-battle-map-192-test.webp --comparison tmp\thirtieth-battle-map-192-test-before-after.png --preview tmp\thirtieth-battle-map-192-test-preview.png --webp-quality 90 ``` ## Current Assets - `src/assets/images/battle/first-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/second-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/third-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/fourth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/fifth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/sixth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/seventh-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/eighth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/ninth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/tenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/eleventh-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twelfth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirteenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/fourteenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/fifteenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/sixteenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/seventeenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/eighteenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/nineteenth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twentieth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-first-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-second-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-third-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-fourth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-fifth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-sixth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-seventh-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-eighth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/twenty-ninth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirtieth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-first-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-second-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-third-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-fourth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-fifth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-sixth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-seventh-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-eighth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/thirty-ninth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/fortieth-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/forty-first-battle-map.webp` - `src/assets/images/battle/forty-second-battle-map.webp` ## QA Outputs - `docs/second-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/second-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/third-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/third-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/fourth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/fourth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/fifth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/fifth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/sixth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/sixth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/seventh-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/seventh-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/eighth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/eighth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/ninth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/ninth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/tenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/tenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/eleventh-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/eleventh-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twelfth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twelfth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirteenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirteenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/fourteenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/fourteenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/fifteenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/fifteenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/sixteenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/sixteenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/seventeenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/seventeenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/eighteenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/eighteenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/nineteenth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/nineteenth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twentieth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twentieth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-first-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-first-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-second-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-second-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-third-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-third-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-fourth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-fourth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-fifth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-fifth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-sixth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-sixth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-seventh-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-seventh-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-eighth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-eighth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/twenty-ninth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/twenty-ninth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirtieth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirtieth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-first-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-first-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-second-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-second-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-third-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-third-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-fourth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-fourth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-fifth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-fifth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-sixth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-sixth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-seventh-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-seventh-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-eighth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-eighth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/thirty-ninth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/thirty-ninth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/fortieth-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/fortieth-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/forty-first-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/forty-first-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` - `docs/forty-second-battle-map-handpaint-before-after.png` - `docs/forty-second-battle-map-handpaint-preview.png` Browser screenshots are saved per verification run after build/deploy.