Three Makko-framed document plates side by side: a vision document answering WHY with pillars and a tie-breaker, a style guide answering WHAT with palette, light and outline rules, and a pro

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Art Bible vs Style Guide vs Design Doc: Which One You Need

Three documents answering three different questions. Most teams write one that tries to be all three, and nobody reads it. What goes in each, which rots fastest, and which ones you actually need.

Tony Valcarcel · 14 min read

Godot Game Art Workflow: How to Produce Art Without Drawing

Godot's official animation tutorial begins after you already have your frames. This is the weekly loop that produces them, plus the exact import settings and the AnimatedSprite2D vs AnimationPlayer decision nobody writes down.

What Four Public Game Art Bibles Actually Say

0 A.D., Liberated Pixel Cup, Wesnoth and Riot published their art bibles in full. Here is what they specify, plate by plate — and the one gap all four share.

How to Write a Game Art Bible (With a Free Template)

An art bible fixes your game's palette, line, silhouette, lighting and detail rules in one document, so work made months apart still looks like one game. What goes in one, why they drift, and a fill-in template.

How to Make AI Sprite Animations That Match the Rest of Your Game

Generating one good character is easy. Getting the next fifty to look like they belong is the hard part. Here's the full pipeline, collections, concept art, reference sheets, animation model choice, and sprite sheets.

How to Add a Second AI Character That Matches Your First

Short answer: lock your first character's style in a reference sheet, create a sub-collection that inherits from it, and generate the second

Vampire Survivors-Style Game and Art With AI: Prompt to Prototype

This is a guide about the art: a full Vampire Survivors-style set that stays in one style, a hero with real animations, the first

Best AI Tools for Game Backgrounds and Environments (2026)

The best AI tools for 2D game backgrounds and environments in 2026, compared: Makko, Scenario, Leonardo, and more, with honest picks.

How to Build a Consistent Game World with AI

Build a 2D game world where every character, biome, and prop matches. How Makko Collections and sub-collections keep your AI art consistent.

Best AI Tools to Make a Visual Novel (2026)

The best AI tools to make a visual novel in 2026, compared: Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, Visual Novel Maker, Rosebud, and Makko, with honest picks for writers who can't draw or code.

How to Turn a Rough AI Animation Into a Clean Sprite Sheet

Your first AI animation is a starting point, not the finish. Here is how to clean it up in Makko and bake a sprite sheet you can drop into a 2D game.

7 Best No-Code Game Makers in 2026

No coding required. We compared 7 no-code game makers on what you can actually build, where each one hits its limits, and who each one serves.

Art Bible vs Style Guide vs Design Doc: Which One You Need

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