Let the village lead
Player feedback values the coziness while asking for deeper lighting, livelier pacing and a more playful interface that moves out of view. The amount of text is explicitly considered good.
Full entry & measurements
Notes saved in docs/design-notebook.md. Preserve the owner’s correction: no general text reduction is requested. The Open Valley header is too prominent; hiding or withdrawing UI is an outcome to elaborate, not a chosen interaction. SAP comparison records the owner’s subjective response. Assistant suggestions are labeled separately. No implementation or new visual iteration. Reused capture from 15 October 2026 at 22:56:34 Europe/Zurich, player unity-thought-ui-source-f35fc9015b61-20261015204249, 2880 × 1800 pixels, provides historical appearance only. No new lighting, pacing or performance measurements were taken during this notes-only conversation. Next: elaborate how the UI can recede while keeping information accessible.