###### tags: `Deprecated` # (Visual) Direction? Shiptest Visual Direction Heirarchy *Every entry on this heirarchy inherits direction and theming from its preceding entries*. when it comes down to it i think that the """independent""" starsector Person look boils down to the average starsector Person look. this is what a spacer looks like. ![](https://i.imgur.com/opOcTon.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/4rocTye.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/dms83DA.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/HariMhZ.png) im sure its not a coincidence that the majority of them are wearing industrial-looking EVA gear. of course, there are a handful of exceptions ![](https://i.imgur.com/5qKQhqt.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/a6fof4G.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/2l6zNcW.png) ![](https://i.imgur.com/OiIDuuu.png) of people in... practical? looking clothes. theyve kind of got that Space Rogue look. which is the type of guy starsector is generally trying to push the player to be. okay. so let's start with our General Chart then. ```mermaid graph TD Start[Spriting / Visual Guidelines] Start ---> O[Overall Art Direction] O ---> O.1{Palette} O ---> O.2{Lighting} O ---> O.3{General Aesthetic} O ---> O.4{Perspective} O ---> O.5{Level of detail} ``` ![](https://i.imgur.com/VzK3TF4.png) just a heads up it's really late for me and i have classes, so i'm gonna head out. finish this later? gn zeta :wave: give me a sec here you should go to bed gn ya ill get what i can written on the doc linked :wave: sure thing This one can be a Factions Chart if you so wish, I'd like to start the general one first. Let's be detailed. frankly a chart isnt the best spot for detailed information yea im going to make another hackmd and d [Visual Guidelines](/fcPSXtRXSpCNBuGc6Aslgw) ```mermaid graph TD Start[Overall Direction, Spriting Guidelines] Start ---> M[Shading, Antialiasing, Etc.] M ---> O[Overall Aesthetics and Direction] O ---> F[Factional Aesthetics] F ---> F.N[Nanotrasen] F.N ---> F.N.S[Medical, Security, Command, Engineering, Service, Cargo, etc.] F ---> F.S[The Syndicate] F.S ---> F.S.S[ACLF, Gorlex, Cybersun, Donk!, GEC, NSV] F ---> F.SG[SolGov] F ---> F.M[Others] O ---> O.RDJ[Stuff] O ---> O.U[UI] O ---> O.P[Environments] O ---> O.P.B[Planets] ``` <!-- wagoogus -->