DanielEleojo/Ori-Ascendant

Unity idle-cultivation mobile game grounded in Igala/Yoruba/Igbo cosmology — in development # Ori Ascendant An idle-cultivation mobile game built in Unity, grounded in Igala/Yoruba/Igbo cosmology — you nurture your Orí (destiny-head) along orisha paths, accumulating Àṣẹ through play and idle time. **In active development.** ## What makes it different Idle-cultivation games are usually skinned in generic xianxia fantasy. Ori Ascendant swaps that for a specifically West-African cosmological frame: the progression vocabulary, palette (indigo + Àṣẹ-gold), adire textile motifs, and correct Yoruba orthography are all part of the design contract, documented in an art bible with a native-speaker review gate before anything ships. ## Where it is - Core idle loop playable in Unity (C#) - Currently mid art-direction effort: replacing placeholder visuals with the "Painterly Cosmic Myth" direction through in-engine craft — gradients, shaders, particles, typography — rather than imported painted art - Art direction validated through generated reference probes (kept/rejected against red-line checks) before anything becomes a final asset ## Project discipline - `CONTEXT.md` — ubiquitous language for the project, so "probe" vs "final asset" vs "procedural skin" never blur - `docs/ART_BIBLE.md` — palette, cosmology vocabulary, cultural red lines - Docs-as-code workflow: every visual decision traces to a written direction --- By Daniel Baba