{
  "_readme": "Master of Vega — drop-in artwork manifest. Every sheet starts with path:null, which means VegaArt.js paints a procedural stand-in at exactly the same frame geometry. To use real art, drop the PNG in assets/images/mastervega/ and set its path here — no code changes. Frame layouts are documented in src/games/mastervega/sprites.md and are APPEND-ONLY.",
  "_kindReadme": "kind selects the procedural painter in VegaArt.PROC_PAINTERS. Painters are keyed by kind, never by sheet name, so adding a sheet later needs no code change.",

  "sheets": {
    "ships": {
      "key": "vega-ships",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "ship",
      "frameWidth": 96,
      "frameHeight": 96,
      "cols": 8,
      "rows": 10,
      "_layout": "One row per species (species.shipFrame), one column per hull (hull.frame). Frame = shipFrame * 8 + hull.frame. Ships face UP at frame rest."
    },
    "planets": {
      "key": "vega-planets",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "planet",
      "frameWidth": 192,
      "frameHeight": 192,
      "cols": 5,
      "rows": 3,
      "_layout": "One frame per planetType.frame, 0-14, in the order planetTypes appears in the rules file."
    },
    "stars": {
      "key": "vega-stars",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "star",
      "frameWidth": 192,
      "frameHeight": 192,
      "cols": 3,
      "rows": 3,
      "_layout": "One frame per starClass, in rules order: blue, white, yellow, orange, red, brown, binary, pulsar, blackhole."
    },
    "portraits": {
      "key": "vega-portraits",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "portrait",
      "frameWidth": 256,
      "frameHeight": 256,
      "cols": 5,
      "rows": 2,
      "_layout": "One frame per species.portraitFrame, 0-9, in rules order."
    },
    "leaders": {
      "key": "vega-leaders",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "portrait",
      "frameWidth": 160,
      "frameHeight": 160,
      "cols": 4,
      "rows": 4,
      "_layout": "One frame per leader.portraitFrame, 0-15, in rules order."
    },
    "buildings": {
      "key": "vega-buildings",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "icon",
      "frameWidth": 64,
      "frameHeight": 64,
      "cols": 8,
      "rows": 2,
      "_layout": "One frame per building.frame, 0-15, in rules order."
    },
    "techicons": {
      "key": "vega-techicons",
      "path": null,
      "kind": "icon",
      "frameWidth": 48,
      "frameHeight": 48,
      "cols": 10,
      "rows": 7,
      "_layout": "Frames 0-5 are the six tech FIELDS (techFields[].iconFrame); frames 6-65 are the individual techs (techs[].iconFrame). 66-69 spare."
    }
  }
}