game-2d-art-animation-and-vfx-pipeline

name	game-2d-art-animation-and-vfx-pipeline
description	Use when producing, importing, validating, or optimising 2D game concepts, sprites, atlases, tile sets, skeletal or frame animation, UI art, particles, VFX, resolution variants, or licensed source assets.
metadata	{"portable":true,"compatible_with":["claude-code","codex"]}

Game 2D Art, Animation, and VFX Pipeline

Move traceable 2D source art through deterministic transforms into readable, budgeted engine assets.

Use When

• Work involves sprites, texture atlases, tiles, 2D rigs/animation, particles, effects, UI art, or pixel-density variants.

Do Not Use When

• The task is 3D asset production or runtime graphics architecture.

Required Inputs

Art direction, source/provenance/licence, target devices/resolutions, colour/alpha contract, camera/units, atlas/import settings, animation/VFX budgets, accessibility/readability needs, naming/version rules, and acceptance scenes.

Workflow

1. Preserve licensed source and provenance; define deterministic export naming, scale, pivots, trim, colour, alpha, and compression rules.
2. Specify atlas/tile grouping from runtime locality and update needs, not convenience alone.
3. Define animation states/events/root/pivot behaviour and VFX lifecycle, pooling, overdraw, photosensitivity, and gameplay-readability limits.
4. Validate dimensions, formats, duplicates, missing frames, pivots, atlas boundaries, import drift, memory, draw calls, and target-device readability.
5. Retain source-to-export-to-import manifest and device captures for normal, low-quality, accessibility, and failure variants.

Outputs

Art direction contract; provenance manifest; export/import profiles; atlas/animation/VFX specifications; validator results; engine/device acceptance evidence.

References

• 2D content acceptance matrix