The cove, piece by piece

24 buildings. 53 items. Scenery, lamps and every stage a crop grows through. Every one made for this game — no asset packs, no stock.

Harbour lamp
Harbour lamp
Sea rocks
Sea rocks
Dune grass
Dune grass
Coconuts (forage)
Coconuts (forage)
Beach plums (forage)
Beach plums (forage)
Crop — sprout
Crop — sprout
Crop — growing
Crop — growing
Crop — ripe
Crop — ripe
Coconut
Coconut
Chandlery
Chandlery
Commons House
Commons House
Cottage A
Cottage A
Cottage B
Cottage B
Cottage C
Cottage C
Cove Post
Cove Post
Driftwood Bakery
Driftwood Bakery
Ferry Skiff
Ferry Skiff
Garden Bed
Garden Bed
Glassworks
Glassworks
Grist Windmill
Grist Windmill
Hive
Hive
Kettle House
Kettle House
Saltlight Lighthouse
Saltlight Lighthouse
Palm Fronds
Palm Fronds
Palm Trunk
Palm Trunk
Preservery
Preservery
Reclamation Dock
Reclamation Dock
Salt Pan
Salt Pan
Tide Kitchen
Tide Kitchen
Tide Pen
Tide Pen
Town Fountain
Town Fountain
Town Fountain Company
Town Fountain Company
Weavery
Weavery
Beach Plum
Beach Plum
Beeswax
Beeswax
Beeswax Candle
Beeswax Candle
Blue Mussels
Blue Mussels
Breakfast Tray
Breakfast Tray
Brined Oysters
Brined Oysters
Candied Mint
Candied Mint
Dune Mat
Dune Mat
Flower Card
Flower Card
Flower Garland
Flower Garland
Flower Soap
Flower Soap
Gift Hamper
Gift Hamper
Glass Float
Glass Float
Glass Jar
Glass Jar
Golden Squash
Golden Squash
Harvest Stew
Harvest Stew
Honey
Honey
Honey Bun
Honey Bun
Kelp
Kelp
Kelp Ash
Kelp Ash
Kelp Broth
Kelp Broth
Kelp Twine
Kelp Twine
Lantern
Lantern
Lantern Pane
Lantern Pane
Meadowbloom
Meadowbloom
Meadowbloom Tea
Meadowbloom Tea
Mint
Mint
Mint Tea
Mint Tea
Mussel Chowder
Mussel Chowder
Oat Flour
Oat Flour
Oat Milk
Oat Milk
Oat Porridge
Oat Porridge
Oyster Platter
Oyster Platter
Oysters
Oysters
Pickled Samphire
Pickled Samphire
Plum Cordial
Plum Cordial
Plum Jam
Plum Jam
Plum Tart
Plum Tart
Salt Scrub
Salt Scrub
Salted Mussels
Salted Mussels
Saltlight Loaf
Saltlight Loaf
Samphire
Samphire
Samphire Hand-pie
Samphire Hand-pie
Scallop Skillet
Scallop Skillet
Scallops
Scallops
Sea Glass
Sea Glass
Sea Oats
Sea Oats
Sea Salt
Sea Salt
Seaweed Salad
Seaweed Salad
Squash Pie
Squash Pie
Straw Bundle
Straw Bundle
Woven Basket
Woven Basket

How they were made

Each one starts as a written description — "a tied sheaf of golden sea-oat stalks bound with a thin twine band" — becomes a 3D model, gets hand-checked, and is baked to a sprite. The ones that came out wrong got their prompts rewritten and were made again.

Some lessons were expensive. Ask for a plant and you get a hut; ask for the harvested bundle and you get a sheaf. Kelp arrived as brown rope until the prompt said, in as many words, not a rope, not a coil.

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