heros_web/docs/unit-sprite-rework-progress-log.md

Unit Sprite Rework Progress Log

2026-07-10 Status Audit

• Runtime unit sprite rework is complete for the current manifest.
• Approved baseline units: 91
• Pending approval units: 0
• Queued rework units: 0
• Source of truth: docs/unit-sprite-rework-manifest.json
• Generated queue: docs/unit-sprite-batch-queue.md
• Generated next steps: docs/unit-sprite-next-steps.md
• Workflow consistency: docs/unit-sprite-workflow-consistency.md
• Art gate: docs/unit-sprite-art-quality-gate.md

Shu Infantry Resolution

• unit-shu-infantry is no longer pending on the old v7 candidate.
• The approved runtime baseline is unit-shu-infantry v8.
• Approval packet: docs/unit-sprite-shu-infantry-v8-approval-packet.md
• Source evidence: docs/handpaint-batch2-shu-infantry-quality-restart-source-v8.png
• Runtime sheets:
  • src/assets/images/units/unit-shu-infantry.png
  • src/assets/images/units/unit-shu-infantry-actions.png
• The v8 packet records browser verification, build verification, and the reason it superseded v7.

Current Gate

• No current approval candidate is defined.
• No next unit queue is defined in the manifest.
• scripts/check-unit-sprite-approval-gate.py --mode release is the correct gate for sprite release checks in this state.
• scripts/render-current-sprite-approval-board.py is skipped until a new pending sample exists.

Workspace Note

• The working tree still contains many untracked historical art review artifacts under docs/.
• These are review/evidence files, not automatically releasable runtime assets.
• Stage only the specific files for the current task; do not bulk-add the untracked art review workspace.

Recommended Next Work

1. Move visual polish focus from unit sprites to remaining item/equipment icon and UI asset quality.
2. Build a small asset-quality inventory that lists runtime item/equipment images by file size, dimensions, and usage.
3. Pick the highest-impact low-quality item/equipment icon group and upgrade it with the same reviewable, one-batch workflow used for maps and sprites.
4. For any future sprite rework, first add a new pendingApproval candidate to docs/unit-sprite-rework-manifest.json, then regenerate the audit, boards, next steps, art gate, and workflow consistency docs.