{
  "id": "grit",
  "displayName": "Grit",
  "description": "A faithful Codex pet recreation of a gray-and-cream spotted mechanical explorer kitten with brass goggles, a bell collar, a vintage brass backpack, and a gentle map-reading companion spirit.",
  "spritesheetPath": "spritesheet.webp",
  "states": {
    "idle": {
      "atlasRow": "idle",
      "notes": "Quiet standing idle with tiny blink and soft explorer composure."
    },
    "walk": {
      "atlasRows": [
        "running-right",
        "running-left"
      ],
      "notes": "True directional walk rows used for movement and drag-facing behavior."
    },
    "curious": {
      "atlasRow": "review",
      "notes": "Gentle observing loop with a head tilt, lean, and attentive gaze."
    },
    "happy": {
      "atlasRow": "waving",
      "notes": "Restrained pleased loop with a tiny proud paw lift and brighter expression."
    },
    "sleep": {
      "atlasRow": "waiting",
      "notes": "Curled resting loop with closed eyes and visible goggles, bell, backpack, and ringed tail."
    },
    "explore": {
      "atlasRow": "running",
      "notes": "In-place scout loop for careful searching, not literal sprinting."
    },
    "jump": {
      "atlasRow": "jumping",
      "notes": "Small agile jump with tidy takeoff, air moment, and landing."
    },
    "map": {
      "atlasRow": "failed",
      "notes": "Fixed-atlas spare row intentionally remapped to a map-checking loop with a non-text explorer map."
    }
  },
  "atlasRowSemantics": {
    "idle": "idle",
    "running-right": "walk-right",
    "running-left": "walk-left",
    "waving": "happy",
    "jumping": "jump",
    "failed": "map",
    "waiting": "sleep",
    "running": "explore",
    "review": "curious"
  },
  "requestedActionMap": {
    "idle": {
      "atlasRow": "idle",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "walk_right": {
      "atlasRow": "running-right",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "walk_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 left-facing and right-facing walk rows."
    },
    "explore": {
      "atlasRow": "running",
      "status": "implemented",
      "notes": "Fixed atlas running row was intentionally remapped to an in-place scout loop."
    },
    "map": {
      "atlasRow": "failed",
      "status": "implemented",
      "notes": "Fixed atlas spare row was intentionally remapped to a map-checking loop with no text."
    },
    "jump": {
      "atlasRow": "jumping",
      "status": "implemented"
    },
    "helper": {
      "approxAtlasRow": "running",
      "status": "approximated",
      "notes": "No dedicated helper row remained in the fixed 8x9 atlas after preserving idle, walk, curious, happy, sleep, explore, jump, and map. The explore loop is the nearest companion-support behavior."
    }
  },
  "dragFacingValidation": {
    "rule": "deltaX < 0 => facing left; deltaX > 0 => facing right",
    "leftDragUses": "running-left",
    "rightDragUses": "running-right",
    "leftRowDerivedFrom": "generated-directly",
    "rightRowDerivedFrom": "generated-directly",
    "manualVerification": [
      "left drag uses a true left-facing strip",
      "right drag uses a true right-facing strip",
      "walk_left and walk_right are not swapped",
      "head, eyes, muzzle, body, backpack, and tail all face left in running-left",
      "head, eyes, muzzle, body, backpack, and tail all face right in running-right",
      "left drag never faces right",
      "right drag never faces left",
      "goggles, bell collar, brass backpack, ringed tail, and gray-white spotted coat stay readable at small size"
    ]
  }
}