Antigravity Agent
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Skybound Nova Burst Icon and Effect Fix
Date: 2026-04-24
Project: Skybound Protocol
Author: Codex
Status: Raw follow-up fix for skill-specific visual mismatch
1. Screenshot Issue
Nova Burst looked like a lemon-shaped projectile icon.
This did not match the actual skill behavior.
2. Skill Meaning
Nova Burst is not a missile, crystal shard, or thrown projectile.
Actual gameplay behavior:
- automatic radial AoE shockwave
- triggers around the player
- damages enemies inside the radius
- knocks enemies outward
- cooldown-based burst every few seconds
- evolves into
Nova Guardian, which adds stronger golden guardian behavior
3. Art Direction Correction
The icon should communicate:
- central arcane core
- circular shockwave expansion
- radial force
- rune-like magitech energy
- area control around the player
It should not communicate:
- lemon
- fruit
- single projectile
- gem pickup
- missile tip
4. Fixes Applied
The procedural generator now creates Nova Burst.png with a dedicated nova icon shape.
New visual structure:
- cyan circular shockwave rings
- central navy magitech core
- arcane core light
- radial spokes showing outward force
- subtle purple secondary energy ring
The in-game Nova Burst renderer was also adjusted:
- center sprite is smaller and treated as a rune core
- expanding shockwave ring is now the main visual read
- added translucent pressure disk
- added segmented rune ring
- kept Guardian variant as gold/orange
5. Changed Runtime Paths
Important changed paths:
/Volumes/Data/project/Antigravity/Skybound/scripts/generate_magitech_assets.py/Volumes/Data/project/Antigravity/Skybound/src/features/game/systems/GameRenderer.ts/Volumes/Data/project/Antigravity/Skybound/public/sprites/missiles/Nova Burst.png
6. Verification
Asset generation completed successfully.
Production build completed successfully with:
npm run build
The existing /sprites/player.png static asset warning remains non-blocking.