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One arm of a comparison · Without Qloo

Ilo with title-card portraits: Codex: Without Qloo

Host
Codex
Model
the Codex CLI's default model
Moûsa
0.5.0
Started
13 October 2026
Time
8.1 minutes
Qloo requests
16
Pictures
Codex image generation

Play it

The design's own files as the session left them, running sandboxed on a separate origin.

Without Qloo Open full screen

Moûsa · Taste Provenance

For an audience that loves Hollow Knight, Spirited Away, Sigur Rós, Nujabes and Paterson

A patient road worker with a small warm light.

Design without QlooGameCodexPrediction frozen 13 October 2026

5

design devices rest on the model's own prediction, with no Qloo data

The audience, as the person named itHollow KnightSpirited AwaySigur RósNujabesPaterson

30entries in the prediction

0Qloo requests

5design devices over 5 layers

The result

The captures of round 2, the last the agent reviewed: 4 criteria met, 0 partly, 0 missed.

frame · walk, round 2
frame · walk · round 2 · judged in the review
frame · pose, round 2
frame · pose · round 2 · judged in the review
frame · kindle, round 2
frame · kindle · round 2 · judged in the review
frame, round 2
frame · round 2 · judged in the review

Before any data: the model's own prediction

Frozen before the design began. Without Qloo it is the whole taste input.

The design the model would make from it alone

A small hooded road worker in a wind-worn teal cape, carrying an amber lantern, walking in a measured rhythm and speaking in concrete, spare observations.

#263e48#65877f#c3ccbb#e9b96a#302e3e

Type: none sketched

#road-hood#cape-tail#lantern-cage#work-boots
  • worn hem
  • warm lantern
  • small nod
  • offering flame

The audience it expected

Players who love solitary journeys, gentle surrealism, musical repetition and the poetry of ordinary work.

Pacing

slow-pacedcontemplativelyrical

Surfaces

weatheredsofthandmade

Tone

melancholicgentlehopeful

Shared qualities

quietatmosphericeveryday ritual

Art styles

Hand-DrawnWatercolorPainterly

The works it expected them to love

Games

JourneyOri and the Blind ForestGRIS

Films

Princess MononokePerfect DaysMy Neighbor Totoro

TV

MushishiOver the Garden WallSamurai Champloo

Music

BonoboÓlafur ArnaldsTycho

Books

The Little PrinceA Wizard of EarthseaThe Summer Book

How the agent read it

Before deciding anything, the agent grouped what belongs together. Each cluster rests on a quality; the works are its evidence.

c1 · carries palette, structure and imagery

Quiet road silhouette

InterpretationSmall traveller shapes and weathered surfaces keep the landscape readable.

quiet quality · own predictionatmospheric quality · own predictionJourney game · own predictionPrincess Mononoke film · own predictionWatercolor art style · own predictionweathered surface · own prediction

c2 · carries voice and motion

Work as ritual

InterpretationPatient repetition makes practical gestures welcoming.

everyday ritual quality · own predictiongentle tone · own predictionMushishi TV · own predictioncontemplative pacing · own prediction

How the medium carries itUse only Ilo's character data, with layered shapes, a restrained gait and an offering gesture.

The Design DNA

5 binding devices with literal tokens the check looks for in the files. Each rests on the model's own prediction.

palette · d1In the files

Teal cloth and amber glass

Anchored to

quiet quality · own predictionatmospheric quality · own prediction

InterpretationMuted cloth holds one warm flame.

#263e48#65877f#c3ccbb#e9b96a#302e3e

Made with source for “Quiet road silhouette”: Palette lives in character data.

imagery · d5In the files

Pigment dusk portrait

Anchored to

Watercolor art style · own predictionatmospheric quality · own predictionweathered surface · own prediction

InterpretationSoft washes surround a clearly edged hood and lantern.

A picture made for Pigment dusk portrait
"preset": "watercolor"

Made with generated-image ×1 for “Quiet road silhouette”: Portrait matches rig and wash rendering.

motion · d3In the files

Measured road steps

Anchored to

contemplative pacing · own prediction

InterpretationKeep the head level and the flame steady; nod before raising it.

"cadence": 1.7"headStabilize": 0.9"kindleAt": 1.8

Made with source for “Work as ritual”: Gait and clips define timing.

voice · d4In the files

Plain observations

Anchored to

everyday ritual quality · own predictiongentle tone · own predictionMushishi TV · own prediction

InterpretationConcrete short lines speak to work and companionship.

The wind gets here before I do.
Then I'll take it a little at a time.
A little warmth. Then the next.

Made with copy for “Work as ritual”: Four story slots preserve beats.

structure · d2In the files

Pointed hood and split cape

Anchored to

Journey game · own predictionPrincess Mononoke film · own prediction

InterpretationA compact hood, trailing hem and broad boots read at small scale.

#road-hood#cape-tail#lantern-cage#work-boots

Made with source for “Quiet road silhouette”: Parts and cloth define the silhouette.

Away from the sketch

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

#263e48#65877f#c3ccbb#e9b96a#302e3e

Design palette: 0 of 5 moved

#263e48ΔE 0 from #263e48#65877fΔE 0 from #65877f#c3ccbbΔE 0 from #c3ccbb#e9b96aΔE 0 from #e9b96a#302e3eΔE 0 from #302e3e

Type

The sketch named no type. The design names no type.

Parts

Sketch sections: #road-hood #cape-tail #lantern-cage #work-boots

No new parts.

The review

The agent judged each criterion of its plan on the captures it took, then repaired what fell short. The verdicts are its own.

All four visual criteria met after restricting the handle to the near hand. No measured taste used.

met

Pose: pointed hood, cape and lantern read at 60 pixels.

Observed in r2-frame-poseHood, cape and lantern read in small silhouette.

met

Walk: six frames keep feet on the road and head level.

Observed in r2-frame-walkSix planted steps and stable gaze; only the near hand carries the handle.

met

Title: portrait shows teal hood, amber light and the same face.

Observed in r2-frameTitle portrait retains teal hood and amber cage lantern.

met

Kindle: offering gesture and short original line remain legible.

Observed in r2-frame-kindleGrounded offering gesture lights the beacon; dialogue is checked in source because capture omits subtitles.

What earlier rounds found short, and the repairs

Round 1: 3 met, 1 partly, 0 missed. Baseline is coherent and playable. Repair the duplicated handle, then recapture. Portrait detail exceeds the simplified rig.

partly

Walk: six frames keep feet on the road and head level.

Observed in r1-frame-walkSix grounded steps and stable head are visible, but the handle is duplicated on the far hand.

RepairRestrict lantern-cage part to the front hand.

The check

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 · 5 of 5 devices in the files · design system: css-vars

d1 presentd2 presentd3 presentd4 presentd5 present

Styling at the start: 735 hand-written declarations and 19 classes; now 735 and 19.

Limits

  • No Qloo data was used: the taste input is the agent's own prediction, frozen before the design began.
  • The check shows that the declared tokens are in the files, not that the design is good. The review is the agent's own reading of its captures.
  • One session is one sample. It shows where this design's choices came from, not that people prefer it.

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