{
  "id": "glint",
  "displayName": "Glint",
  "description": "A faithful pink mechanical kitten riding a broom, with dreamy soft star particles at the broom tail.",
  "spritesheetPath": "spritesheet.webp",
  "states": {
    "idle": {
      "atlasRow": "idle",
      "notes": "Quiet seated broom hover with tiny blink, tail response, and soft attached sparkle."
    },
    "walk": {
      "atlasRows": [
        "running-right",
        "running-left"
      ],
      "notes": "Directional broom-flight rows used for movement and drag-facing behavior."
    },
    "probe": {
      "atlasRow": "running",
      "notes": "Focused hover-scout commute with attentive scanning posture."
    },
    "curious": {
      "atlasRow": "review",
      "notes": "Gentle head tilt and forward-lean curiosity while staying seated on the broom."
    },
    "happy": {
      "atlasRow": "waving",
      "notes": "A restrained pleased expression with slightly livelier attached sparkle."
    },
    "sleep": {
      "atlasRow": "waiting",
      "notes": "Peaceful dozing pose on the broom with dimmer but still visible sparkle."
    },
    "fly": {
      "atlasRow": "jumping",
      "notes": "Light hover-lift accent where Glint stays seated on the broom throughout."
    },
    "fluff": {
      "atlasRow": "failed",
      "notes": "Subdued low-energy droop with quiet attached sparkle, never a crash."
    }
  },
  "atlasRowSemantics": {
    "idle": "idle",
    "running-right": "fly-right",
    "running-left": "fly-left",
    "waving": "happy",
    "jumping": "hover-fly",
    "failed": "low-energy",
    "waiting": "sleep",
    "running": "hover-scout",
    "review": "curious"
  },
  "requestedActionMap": {
    "idle": {
      "atlasRow": "idle",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "fly_right": {
      "atlasRow": "running-right",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "fly_left": {
      "atlasRow": "running-left",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "curious": {
      "atlasRow": "review",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "happy": {
      "atlasRow": "waving",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "sleep": {
      "atlasRow": "waiting",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "drag": {
      "leftAtlasRow": "running-left",
      "rightAtlasRow": "running-right",
      "status": "implemented",
      "notes": "Directional drag uses the true-facing broom-flight rows rather than a guessed mirror mapping."
    },
    "fly": {
      "atlasRow": "jumping",
      "status": "implemented",
      "notes": "Generic hover-fly accent."
    },
    "hover_scout": {
      "atlasRow": "running",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "low_energy": {
      "atlasRow": "failed",
      "status": "implemented"
    }
  },
  "dragFacingValidation": {
    "rule": "deltaX < 0 => facing left; deltaX > 0 => facing right",
    "leftDragUses": "running-left",
    "rightDragUses": "running-right",
    "manualVerification": [
      "left drag uses a true left-facing strip",
      "right drag uses a true right-facing strip",
      "fly_left and fly_right are not swapped",
      "cat head, eyes, body, broom, and tail direction stay unified in both flight rows",
      "broom-tail sparkle stays attached and directionally coherent in both flight rows",
      "left drag never faces right and right drag never faces left"
    ]
  }
}