Recorded 13 October 2026 · Codex
The same character brief in Codex.
The design's own files as the session left them, running sandboxed on a separate origin. The starter it restyled is beside it.
Moûsa · Taste Provenance
Ilo makes carrying light feel like useful, tender craft.
6 of 6
design devices rest on what the model did not predict
The audience, as the person named itHollow KnightSpirited AwaySigur RósNujabesPaterson
60works measured, 2 of them predicted
18shared qualities, 1 predicted
24pacing, surface and tone tags, 0 predicted
14Qloo requests
The captures of round 1, the last the agent reviewed: 4 criteria met, 0 partly, 0 missed.
Frozen before Qloo was asked, so what Qloo adds can be told apart from what the model already assumed. An entry a measured name matches is marked; the match is liberal, so it only lowers what counts as new.
The design the model would make from it alone
A small hooded traveller in moss cloth carrying amber light, with a slow buoyant walk and lyrical whispers.
#344b47#82998b#d6b78b#f3bc64Type: none sketched
#hood#coat#lanternThe audience it expected
Players who love intimate melancholy, patient craft, and strange worlds with a small brave presence.
Pacing
SlowDreamlikeContemplative
Surfaces
WeatheredSoftOrganic
Tone
Melancholic measuredGentleHopeful
Shared qualities
SolitudeCareRitual
Art styles
Hand-Drawn measuredWatercolorPainterly measured
The works it expected them to love
Games
Journey matched Kino's Journey (TV)Ori and the Blind ForestGRIS measured
Films
My Neighbor TotoroPerfect DaysOnly Lovers Left Alive
TV
MushishiAdventure TimeOver the Garden Wall
Music
BonoboÓlafur ArnaldsTycho
Books
The Little PrinceA Wizard of EarthseaThe Summer Book
What this audience loves, the qualities those works share and the tags ranked for it. New means the prediction did not contain it.
Look qualities
Mood qualities
Meaning qualities
Games
Films
Films, lesser known
TV
Music
Books
Before deciding anything, the agent grouped what belongs together. Each cluster rests on a quality; the works are its evidence.
c1 · carries palette, imagery and motion
InterpretationA small readable presence in broad dusk.
c2 · carries structure, interaction, voice and imagery
InterpretationIntimacy becomes a visible repair and careful handling of light; craftsmanship informs durable workwear.
c3 · carries voice, motion and imagery
InterpretationReserved voice, restrained pacing and drawn edges.
How the medium carries itChange Ilo JSON only; original workwear and lamp, grounded motion and plain English. Interface typography stays fixed.
6 binding devices with literal tokens the check looks for in the files. 6 rest on what the prediction did not contain.
Anchored to
Translates: Atmospheric · melancholic
InterpretationCool plum and chalk separate worker from dusk; honey marks flame.
#51475f#b8c9d0#fff0bfMade with source for “Small presence”: Original shapes and supported parameters in Ilo JSON.
Away from the sketch: 3 colours
Anchored to
Translates: hand-drawn · Stylized · Quality Craftsmanship
InterpretationInk contours and shaded masses keep Ilo legible.
"preset": "ink"characters/ilo.jsonMade with source for “Care”: Original shapes and supported parameters in Ilo JSON.
Anchored to
Translates: Visually Austere · melancholic
InterpretationLow bounce, level head and weighted pivot.
"cadence": 1.8"headStabilize": 0.9"duration": 0.32Made with source for “Reserved craft”: Original shapes and supported parameters in Ilo JSON.
Anchored to
Translates: Reserved · Intimate
InterpretationConcrete observations and an honest admission replace ornate prophecy.
I nearly turned back too. Is this where you keep watch?
There. One light, then another.
Made with source for “Reserved craft”: Original shapes and supported parameters in Ilo JSON.
Anchored to
Translates: Love · Intimate · Stick figure minimalism
InterpretationBroad collar and visible repair communicate care; exposed face replaces hood.
#storm-collar#repair-panel#enamel-cageMade with source for “Care”: Original shapes and supported parameters in Ilo JSON.
Away from the sketch: 3 new parts
Anchored to
Translates: Love · Intimate
InterpretationFree hand shields lamp then opens; feet stay planted.
#kindle-breath"kindleAt": 1.65Made with source for “Care”: Original shapes and supported parameters in Ilo JSON.
Away from the sketch: 1 new part
The design's palette, type and parts against the sketch frozen with the prediction. A colour counts as moved at a CIE76 difference of 20 or more from every sketch colour.
Sketch palette
#344b47#82998b#d6b78b#f3bc64Design palette: 3 of 3 moved
#51475fΔE 23 from #344b47#b8c9d0ΔE 22 from #82998b#fff0bfΔE 20 from #d6b78bType
The sketch named no type. The design names no type.
Parts
Sketch sections: #hood #coat #lantern
New in the design
#storm-collar#repair-panel#enamel-cage#kindle-breathThe agent judged each criterion of its plan on the captures it took, then repaired what fell short. The verdicts are its own.
The implemented worker is readable at game scale, and the beacon moment keeps the character grounded. Static captures confirm the silhouettes and endpoint poses; the strict validator checks the complete supported animation data. Taste translation remains a design interpretation, not proof of audience preference.
Collar, repair and lamp readable in pose at 60 pixels.
Observed in r1-frame-poseAt 60 pixels the cap, broad collar, apron and hanging lamp separate clearly; the pale repair appears in colour, while stitches are only readable in the enlarged pose.
Walk filmstrip shows low bounce and steady lamp.
Observed in r1-frame-walkSix frames show alternating planted boots, modest body-height change and a held forward arm. The hanging lamp swings noticeably beneath the steady hand.
Worker and light visible in cliff scene.
Observed in r1-frame-scenePale collar and apron distinguish Ilo from basalt and the bright glass remains visible near Maren on the bridge.
Grounded offering catches beacon.
Observed in r1-frame-kindleIlo stands on both boots with raised lamp and extended free arm below the lit beacon; the still shows the offering's end rather than its earlier shielding phase.
Whether each device's declared tokens are in the project's files, through its own design system, and how much of the look models default to the page kept.
1.00 conformance · 6 of 6 devices in the files · design system: css-vars
Styling at the start: 726 hand-written declarations and 18 classes; now 726 and 18.
17 Moûsa calls, 2 refused by a validator and repaired; 0 reads, 1 writes and 9 shell commands. Tool names, stages and outcomes only: no file contents, commands or model text.
Models vary from run to run, so a new session reaches its own design; the prediction it freezes and the measurement are compared in the same way.
The request
Design Ilo, the playable lamplighter of The Long Dusk, the game in this folder, for one moment on the Vesper Cliffs: walking the cliff road, answering the keeper and waking the cold beacon. My audience loves Hollow Knight, Spirited Away, Sigur Rós, Nujabes and the film Paterson. Make Ilo a character this audience would want to play: their look, the way they move and the way they speak. Keep the world, its lore, the keeper and Ilo's fixed facts. Write the character's description and lines in English. Use the Moûsa plugin, so the design rests on what this audience actually loves.
The command
From the repository at commit 461c3e8:
node scripts/run-codex-live.mjs --run --from examples/long-dusk --brief-file scripts/briefs/long-dusk.mdThe same evidence as data and as pictures, for reading without this site.
The report on its ownrecord.jsonThe whole report as one pictureThe card
