horror-style

Name: horror-style
Author: arjun988

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How to install horror-style?

arjun988/blender-skills/horror-style

$npx -y skills add arjun988/blender-skills --skill horror-style

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Psychological horror art direction for Blender assets inspired by Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Chilla's Art, Fear to Fathom, and Iron Lung. Use for sparse industrial environments, analog aesthetics, and tension-driven lighting.

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SKILL.md

1	# Horror Style Specialist
2
3	Psychological tension over jump scares. Environmental storytelling. Sparse detail. Industrial decay.
4
5	## When to Use
6
7	- Horror game environments and props
8	- Psychological tension scenes
9	- Analog/liminal aesthetic assets
10	- Industrial decay settings
11	- Limited visibility compositions
12
13	## Design Philosophy
14
15	Inspired by: Fear to Fathom, Chilla's Art, Puppet Combo, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Iron Lung
16
17	Core tenets:
18	1. Less is more — Absence creates tension
19	2. Familiar made wrong — Recognizable spaces with subtle wrongness
20	3. Light as enemy — Darkness hides; light reveals uncomfortably
21	4. Industrial analog — CRT screens, fluorescent hum, concrete, rust
22	5. Environmental narrative — Story told through objects, not exposition
23
24	## Visual Language
25
26	\| Element \| Horror Treatment \|
27	\|---------\|------------------\|
28	\| Architecture \| Brutalist, institutional, repetitive \|
29	\| Materials \| Stained concrete, peeling paint, rust, yellowed plastic \|
30	\| Lighting \| Single source, flickering, cold fluorescent \|
31	\| Detail density \| Sparse foreground, empty midground, obscured background \|
32	\| Color \| Desaturated, sickly greens, cold blues, blood accent sparingly \|
33	\| Scale \| Slightly wrong proportions (low ceilings, narrow corridors) \|
34
35	## Modeling Guidelines
36
37	- Corridors: Narrow (1.2–1.5m) for claustrophobia
38	- Ceilings: Low (2.2–2.4m institutional)
39	- Doors: Slightly oversized or undersized — uncanny
40	- Detail: Concentrate on hero interactive objects; walls mostly bare
41	- Damage: Water stains > bullet holes; neglect > destruction
42	- Technology: 80s–90s analog — CRT monitors, tape recorders, rotary phones
43
44	## Sparse Detail Rule
45
46	```
47	Foreground: 1–2 narrative objects (key, note, blood stain)
48	Midground: Architectural structure only
49	Background: Fog/darkness obscures incomplete geometry
50	```
51
52	Do not over-model backgrounds visible only in darkness.
53
54	## Lighting (Horror)
55
56	Coordinate with lighting skill:
57	- High contrast ratio (8:1 minimum key:fill)
58	- Visible light source meshes (bare bulb, fluorescent tube)
59	- Volumetric fog mandatory for depth
60	- Color temperature clash: warm interior vs cold exterior
61	- Flicker animation on 1–2 lights only
62
63	## Audio-Visual Sync Points
64
65	Design geometry supporting:
66	- Long empty hallways (footstep echo)
67	- Door slow-open clearance
68	- Corner blind spots
69	- Mirror/reflection placements
70
71	## Material Palette
72
73	\| Material \| Parameters \|
74	\|----------\|------------\|
75	\| Stained concrete \| Roughness 0.9, desaturated gray-green \|
76	\| Peeling paint \| Vertex color mask, exposed concrete under \|
77	\| Rust metal \| Roughness 0.85, dark orange-brown \|
78	\| Yellowed plastic \| Subsurface slight, warm yellow \|
79	\| CRT screen \| Emission: green/phosphor, low intensity \|
80	\| Blood (sparingly) \| Dark dried red, roughness 0.7 \|
81
82	## Reference Mood Board Targets
83
84	- Empty school hallways after hours
85	- Abandoned medical facilities
86	- Submarine interiors (Iron Lung)
87	- Fog-shrouded streets with single streetlight
88	- Apartment with one room lit by TV glow
89
90	## Polycount Approach
91
92	Horror benefits from lowpoly-style efficiency:
93	- Simple geometry + strong lighting = effective horror
94	- See lowpoly-style for budget alignment
95	- Budget saved on geo → spend on lighting/volumetrics
96
97	## MCP Integration
98
99	1. Build sparse environment layouts via MCP
100	2. Place single-source lighting via MCP
101	3. Assign desaturated materials via MCP
102	4. Validate sightlines and blind corners via camera MCP
103	5. Keep background collections low-poly/hidden in fog
104
105	## Constraints
106
107	### MUST DO
108	- Prioritize atmosphere over detail
109	- Design readable paths with unsettling alternatives
110	- Use environmental storytelling objects sparingly
111	- Coordinate with lighting skill always
112	- Test scene from player eye height (1.6m)
113
114	### MUST NOT DO
115	- Over-detail every surface
116	- Bright even lighting
117	- Jump-scare gore everywhere
118	- Modern smartphone/tech unless anachronism intentional
119	- Dense vegetation (breaks institutional mood unless forest horror)
120
121	## Reference Guide
122
123	\| Topic \| Reference \| Load When \|
124	\|-------\|-----------\|-----------\|
125	\| Environment layouts \| `references/horror-layouts.md` \| Level blockout \|
126	\| Analog props \| `references/analog-props.md` \| Prop list \|
127
128	## Related Horror Packs
129	- `psx-horror-style`, `cosmic-eldritch-horror`, `body-horror-style`, `analog-found-footage-horror`
130	- `liminal-space-style`, `folk-horror-style`, `mascot-puppet-horror`, `dream-weirdcore-style`

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How to install horror-style?

arjun988/blender-skills/horror-style

$npx -y skills add arjun988/blender-skills --skill horror-style

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Horror Style Specialist
2
3	Psychological tension over jump scares. Environmental storytelling. Sparse detail. Industrial decay.
4
5	## When to Use
6
7	- Horror game environments and props
8	- Psychological tension scenes
9	- Analog/liminal aesthetic assets
10	- Industrial decay settings
11	- Limited visibility compositions
12
13	## Design Philosophy
14
15	Inspired by: Fear to Fathom, Chilla's Art, Puppet Combo, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Iron Lung
16
17	Core tenets:
18	1. Less is more — Absence creates tension
19	2. Familiar made wrong — Recognizable spaces with subtle wrongness
20	3. Light as enemy — Darkness hides; light reveals uncomfortably
21	4. Industrial analog — CRT screens, fluorescent hum, concrete, rust
22	5. Environmental narrative — Story told through objects, not exposition
23
24	## Visual Language
25
26	\| Element \| Horror Treatment \|
27	\|---------\|------------------\|
28	\| Architecture \| Brutalist, institutional, repetitive \|
29	\| Materials \| Stained concrete, peeling paint, rust, yellowed plastic \|
30	\| Lighting \| Single source, flickering, cold fluorescent \|
31	\| Detail density \| Sparse foreground, empty midground, obscured background \|
32	\| Color \| Desaturated, sickly greens, cold blues, blood accent sparingly \|
33	\| Scale \| Slightly wrong proportions (low ceilings, narrow corridors) \|
34
35	## Modeling Guidelines
36
37	- Corridors: Narrow (1.2–1.5m) for claustrophobia
38	- Ceilings: Low (2.2–2.4m institutional)
39	- Doors: Slightly oversized or undersized — uncanny
40	- Detail: Concentrate on hero interactive objects; walls mostly bare
41	- Damage: Water stains > bullet holes; neglect > destruction
42	- Technology: 80s–90s analog — CRT monitors, tape recorders, rotary phones
43
44	## Sparse Detail Rule
45
46	```
47	Foreground: 1–2 narrative objects (key, note, blood stain)
48	Midground: Architectural structure only
49	Background: Fog/darkness obscures incomplete geometry
50	```
51
52	Do not over-model backgrounds visible only in darkness.
53
54	## Lighting (Horror)
55
56	Coordinate with lighting skill:
57	- High contrast ratio (8:1 minimum key:fill)
58	- Visible light source meshes (bare bulb, fluorescent tube)
59	- Volumetric fog mandatory for depth
60	- Color temperature clash: warm interior vs cold exterior
61	- Flicker animation on 1–2 lights only
62
63	## Audio-Visual Sync Points
64
65	Design geometry supporting:
66	- Long empty hallways (footstep echo)
67	- Door slow-open clearance
68	- Corner blind spots
69	- Mirror/reflection placements
70
71	## Material Palette
72
73	\| Material \| Parameters \|
74	\|----------\|------------\|
75	\| Stained concrete \| Roughness 0.9, desaturated gray-green \|
76	\| Peeling paint \| Vertex color mask, exposed concrete under \|
77	\| Rust metal \| Roughness 0.85, dark orange-brown \|
78	\| Yellowed plastic \| Subsurface slight, warm yellow \|
79	\| CRT screen \| Emission: green/phosphor, low intensity \|
80	\| Blood (sparingly) \| Dark dried red, roughness 0.7 \|
81
82	## Reference Mood Board Targets
83
84	- Empty school hallways after hours
85	- Abandoned medical facilities
86	- Submarine interiors (Iron Lung)
87	- Fog-shrouded streets with single streetlight
88	- Apartment with one room lit by TV glow
89
90	## Polycount Approach
91
92	Horror benefits from lowpoly-style efficiency:
93	- Simple geometry + strong lighting = effective horror
94	- See lowpoly-style for budget alignment
95	- Budget saved on geo → spend on lighting/volumetrics
96
97	## MCP Integration
98
99	1. Build sparse environment layouts via MCP
100	2. Place single-source lighting via MCP
101	3. Assign desaturated materials via MCP
102	4. Validate sightlines and blind corners via camera MCP
103	5. Keep background collections low-poly/hidden in fog
104
105	## Constraints
106
107	### MUST DO
108	- Prioritize atmosphere over detail
109	- Design readable paths with unsettling alternatives
110	- Use environmental storytelling objects sparingly
111	- Coordinate with lighting skill always
112	- Test scene from player eye height (1.6m)
113
114	### MUST NOT DO
115	- Over-detail every surface
116	- Bright even lighting
117	- Jump-scare gore everywhere
118	- Modern smartphone/tech unless anachronism intentional
119	- Dense vegetation (breaks institutional mood unless forest horror)
120
121	## Reference Guide
122
123	\| Topic \| Reference \| Load When \|
124	\|-------\|-----------\|-----------\|
125	\| Environment layouts \| `references/horror-layouts.md` \| Level blockout \|
126	\| Analog props \| `references/analog-props.md` \| Prop list \|
127
128	## Related Horror Packs
129	- `psx-horror-style`, `cosmic-eldritch-horror`, `body-horror-style`, `analog-found-footage-horror`
130	- `liminal-space-style`, `folk-horror-style`, `mascot-puppet-horror`, `dream-weirdcore-style`

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