{"id":"vis-hs-game-character-turnaround","audience":"high-school","category":"image-video","track":"visual","technique":"examples","title":"Keep your game character the same in 3 views","free":false,"task":"For your game design class you need a character turnaround made with Midjourney. Get Claude to write exactly 3 numbered Midjourney prompts, plain text, under 200 words in total: front view, side view and back view. Each repeats the same character description word for word, ends with --ar 2:3 and the same --no list, and the character must be your original, not a famous game character.","materialLabel":"The brief (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Game Design 1 - Project 2: \"Tinker\" character sheet\n\nMy character: Tinker, a small robot mechanic. Round copper body, one big blue camera eye, two thin arms (left arm ends in a wrench, right arm in a three-finger claw), tank treads instead of legs, a red bandana tied around the neck, a tool belt with 3 screwdrivers.\n\n(Old sketch had Tinker with a top hat; I removed it because it hid the eye in side view.)\n\nTurnaround needed: front, side, back, on a plain light gray background, full body, same scale in all 3 so I can line them up.\n\nStyle: clean 2D game concept art, flat colors, thick outlines.\n\nMy friend said I should make Tinker look like the famous plumber from the video games \"so people get it\". Teacher says original characters only.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":200},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Redescribing each view","why":"The AI rewords Tinker each time, so the views don't match.","fix":"Add: \"Repeat the same character description word for word.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Old design details","why":"The notes mention the top hat, and the AI may keep it.","fix":"Add: \"No top hat.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing views or parameters","why":"The AI gives one prompt or forgets --ar 2:3.","fix":"Add: \"1 front, 2 side, 3 back, each ending --ar 2:3 --no ...\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Borrowing a famous character","why":"The AI leans on the plumber idea.","fix":"Add: \"Original character; no famous game characters.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Headings and tips","why":"The AI bolds the view names.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 3 numbered prompts, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for 3 views","patterns":["front","side","back"]},{"label":"Repeats the character","patterns":["word for word","same (character )?description"]},{"label":"Sets the shape","patterns":["--ar\\s*2\\s*:\\s*3"]},{"label":"Plain background","patterns":["gray background","plain"]},{"label":"Keeps it original","patterns":["original","no (famous|copyright)"]}],"hint":"A turnaround only works if all views show the exact same character. Write it once, have it repeated word for word, and change only the view.","rubricLabels":["All 3 prompts repeat the same character description word for word (copper robot, blue eye, wrench and claw, treads, red bandana, tool belt; no top hat)","The prompts show front view, side view and back view, and each ends with --ar 2:3 and the same --no list","Each prompt says plain light gray background and full body, and none references a famous game character"]}