# MRPGI theme packs

Drop-in archetypes across four genres. Each folder has:
- **`objects.json`** — a catalog of ready-made objects (name / look / use text / `needs` / `wins` / synonyms all written). Copy any into a room.
- **`locations/*.json`** — a sample room you can use as-is or as a template.
- **`gemini_sprites.md`** — Nano Banana prompts to make the art when you have time.

| theme | vibe | object highlights |
|-------|------|-------------------|
| `scifi/` | derelict-ship sci-fi | console, blaster, alien, robot, keycard, airlock (win) |
| `monsters/` | a bestiary | goblin, slime, troll, ghost, dragon, mimic, skeleton |
| `saucy/` | flirty nightlife comedy | rose, wine, cocktail, jukebox, letter, velvet door (win) |
| `horror/` | gothic candlelit dread | candle, skull, coffin, ouija, portrait, crypt door (win) |

## Use an object
Open a theme's `objects.json`, copy one `{ … }` block, and paste it into the
`objects: [ … ]` array of any `rooms/roomN.json` (tweak its `x`/`y`). Or place a
sprite with the object tool (`0`) in the editor and copy the look/use/needs text
into its fields.

## Use a location
```sh
cp kit/themes/horror/locations/crypt.json rooms/room5.json
```
Launch, press `>` to walk to room 5, then re-wire its **exits** on the top strip
to connect it to your world. (Sample locations ship sealed — you add the doorways.)

## Make the art (later)
Each `gemini_sprites.md` has a shared STYLE line + a per-sprite table. The flow:
1. Generate on a **solid magenta background** (image models don't do transparency well).
2. Key the magenta to transparent in any editor (magic-wand / "remove background").
3. Save as `sprites/<filename>.png` — the name must match the object's `sprite` field.
4. Press `R` in the editor. Done.

Until then, objects whose sprite doesn't exist show as a small **magenta square**
placeholder — totally fine for blocking out a game. Many sprites already exist
from the fantasy kit (`orc`, `chest`, `door`, `key`, `torch`, `potion`, …) and are
reused across themes.

## Note on the EGA palette
Don't stress matching colours exactly — the engine snaps every loaded image to the
16-colour EGA palette automatically. Load `palettes/mrpgi-ega.gpl` in Aseprite if
you want to paint in the exact colours from the start.