Old Lu's Promise (老陆的约定) — AI-Built Bakery Roleplay
Final Product: 老陆的约定 (Old Lu's Promise)
Cover
The 16:9 key-art cover: 老陆, the bakery's oldest regular, sits by the window at dusk with his coffee and his paper bag of bread, turning a stopped wristwatch between his fingers. Behind him 老面 works the dough in a white hat and apron and 小满 holds a bag of baguettes in her green apron; outside the glass, the empty street corner waits under a low moon. Painted for this story with GPT Image 2 from the work's own bakery cast and the world's tenebrist-painterly brief.
Gameplay
Actual gameplay: the 360-degree bakery panorama at the default viewpoint. 老陆 stands at the left in his flat cap and wool overcoat with his takeaway coffee, 老面 waits at the centre in a white chef's hat and long apron, and 小满 holds a paper bag of baguettes at the right. Drag to turn the room, scroll to zoom, and tap a resident to step into their roleplay.
Gameplay
Actual gameplay: a turn to the left swings the camera along the bread counter — trays of croissants, dark loaves and glazed pastries sliding past, the chalkboard menu shifting out of frame, the three residents repositioned against the shelves. The shop is one continuous painted panorama, not a set of still backgrounds, so the same walk from the door to the window seat is always there.
Gameplay
Actual gameplay: tapping 老陆 opens this work's roleplay. The opening screen states the premise — “The coffee is still warm. 老陆 turns the old watch on his wrist toward you: he has waited half a lifetime in this bakery for one person, and today is the day they agreed on.” Choose who you act as, then press Start Roleplay and answer in your own words.
The coffee is still warm when 老陆 turns the old watch on his wrist toward you: he has waited half a lifetime in this bakery for one person, and today is the day they agreed on. 老陆 is a retired clockmaker from across the street — flat cap, heavy wool overcoat, a coffee in one hand and a paper bag of bread in the other, a man who looks at your watch before he looks at your face and keeps half of every sentence for later. 老面, behind the counter, has kneaded dough his whole life and says “再等等” more often than anything else. 小满 at the till remembers every regular's name and always keeps the window seat free — and she has never once asked why.
Answer in your own words, or tap one of the suggested moves, and a live AI agent writes the next beat while keeping 老陆's slow clockmaker's half-sentences, 老面's short flat baker's lines and 小满's bright, careful chatter in character. Two investigable threads run under the small talk. The old watch is the main one: a watch stopped at four, a man who cannot stop checking it, and an appointment he has kept every day for years. The window seat is the second: a seat that sees the street corner, a table booked long before you arrived, and a girl who leaves it empty without being told. Each thread carries its own clues, actions, discoveries, reveal and consequences — and the choice at the end decides whether 老陆 finally gets his second chance, or finally gets to stop waiting.
Play it now: 老陆的约定 (Old Lu's Promise) →
Game Features
- Live LLM Narrative Direction — nothing here is a fixed script. A deepseek-v4-flash agent reads what you say, keeps 老陆's slow, winding, clockmaker's half-confidences, 老面's clipped sentences like a hand pressing dough and 小满's light, careful warmth in voice, and writes the next beat, the subtext and the suggested moves as you play. The same agent built the premise, the relationship graph, the opening hooks and both investigable threads from a one-line idea.
- One Evening, Two Threads — the main thread follows the stopped watch: why it froze at four, why he checks it before he checks you, and what happened on the day the appointment was set. The second follows the window seat: the corner it looks onto, the table 老陆 reserved years ago, and why 小满 never asks. Each thread has clues you can examine, questions you can ask and a reveal that quietly reframes the whole conversation.
- Three Voices In One Warm Room — 老陆 speaks slowly and precisely, hides half a sentence, and is far more frightened of forgetting than of being refused; 老面 talks in short flat lines, minds his own dough, and measures every customer by how long they stay; 小满 is quick with names and quicker with kindness, and deflects any question about the window seat with a joke. Each one has a different stake in whether the truth gets said out loud.
- Answer In Your Own Words — Or Tap A Move — type anything into the free-text box (“Ask why the watch stopped at four”, “Tell him you will wait with him until the door opens”, “Ask 小满 who used to sit in that seat”), or pick one of the AI's suggested moves. Every reply shifts 老陆's willingness to finish a sentence, 老面's patience and 小满's instinct to protect the old man.
- A Room That Remembers You — the relationship graph tracks listening, trust, pity and protectiveness between you, 老陆, 老面 and 小满, while four story directions set where the evening can turn: wait beside him and see whether the person arrives, press the watch until the broken promise surfaces, ask 小满 and recover years of quiet habit, or persuade him to let the appointment go. Leave and come back and the bakery resumes with the coffee still warm and the seat still empty.
- Transparent Sprites, A Real Panorama, Zero Install — 老陆, 老面 and 小满 were background-removed with birefnet-general into true transparent PNGs, so they stand cleanly over the bread shelves, the counter and the window light. The shop itself is a real 360-degree painted panorama you can drag, rotate and zoom. Free to start, mobile-first, nothing to download.
Character Sprites
Sprite
老陆, the retired clockmaker from across the street and the bakery's oldest regular: an elderly man in a flat cap, a heavy charcoal wool overcoat and dark trousers, a takeaway coffee in one hand and a paper bag of bread in the other, the old watch just visible at his wrist. He stands as if he is always about to say the second half of a sentence. Background-removed with BiRefNet into a true transparent PNG for compositing over the shop.
Sprite
老面, the bakery's owner and the man who has kneaded dough his whole life: grey-white beard, white chef's hat, rolled white sleeves, a long white apron and khaki trousers, a wooden bread peel in his hands. He looks like he has been standing in the same warm spot since before dawn, and he would rather talk about flour than about feelings. Cut out with BiRefNet into a clean transparent PNG.
Sprite
小满, the cashier who remembers every regular and guards the window seat: a young woman in a white shirt under a dark green apron, a name tag pinned at the chest, blue jeans and white trainers, a paper bag of baguettes held against her arms. She is the one who has watched 老陆 come in at the same hour for years without ever asking why. Background-removed with BiRefNet into a transparent PNG.
Production Process Breakdown
Stage 1: World Buildingdeepseek-v4-flash
The world 未命名世界 fixed the house rules and the art direction first: a moon that never sets over an old continent, a Gothic-fantasy tone where etiquette and hunger sit side by side, four laws about the unbroken night, the red carpet, blood and courtesy, and a tenebrist-painterly style built on one restrained light direction, large dark shapes and deep indigo, blood red, jade green and bone white. The bakery is this world's second stage — a warm, ordinary room lit by evening lamps instead of moonlight, where an intimate human story can sit beside the castle's eternal night.
The world 未命名世界 fixed the house rules and the art direction first: a moon that never sets over an old continent, a Gothic-fantasy tone where etiquette and hunger sit side by side, four laws about the unbroken night, the red carpet, blood and courtesy, and a tenebrist-painterly style built on one restrained light direction, large dark shapes and deep indigo, blood red, jade green and bone white. The bakery is this world's second stage — a warm, ordinary room lit by evening lamps instead of moonlight, where an intimate human story can sit beside the castle's eternal night.
Stage 2: Roleplay & Story Draftingdeepseek-v4-flash
From one line — an old man, a stopped watch, a bakery and an appointment half a lifetime old — the agent drafted the playable spine: 老陆's slow confession, 老面's flour-and-patience silence, 小满's protective brightness; a relationship graph of listener, long-time patron and remembered regular; three locations (the window seat, the bakery, the street corner); three opening hooks; four story directions; and two investigable threads, each with clues, actions, discoveries, reveal and consequences.
From one line — an old man, a stopped watch, a bakery and an appointment half a lifetime old — the agent drafted the playable spine: 老陆's slow confession, 老面's flour-and-patience silence, 小满's protective brightness; a relationship graph of listener, long-time patron and remembered regular; three locations (the window seat, the bakery, the street corner); three opening hooks; four story directions; and two investigable threads, each with clues, actions, discoveries, reveal and consequences.
Stage 3: Cast Portraitsgpt-image-2
老陆, 老面 and 小满 were painted as full-body character references against clean mattes so their silhouettes read at dialogue scale: the flat cap and grey overcoat with coffee and bread bag, the white chef's hat and wooden peel, the green apron, name tag and paper bag of baguettes. Those portraits became the character atoms every roleplay in this bakery draws from — 老陆's atom carries the watch, the window seat and the person he is still waiting for.
老陆, 老面 and 小满 were painted as full-body character references against clean mattes so their silhouettes read at dialogue scale: the flat cap and grey overcoat with coffee and bread bag, the white chef's hat and wooden peel, the green apron, name tag and paper bag of baguettes. Those portraits became the character atoms every roleplay in this bakery draws from — 老陆's atom carries the watch, the window seat and the person he is still waiting for.
Stage 4: Scene Art & Key Visualgpt-image-2
The shop was built as a real equirectangular 360-degree panorama — a wooden counter loaded with loaves and pastries, warm hanging lamps, tiled floor, shelves of bread and a clear walkable space in front of the viewer — so the three residents can be staged inside a room you can actually turn around in. The 16:9 key-art cover was then painted from the same cast and brief, placing 老陆, the stopped watch and the cold street corner in one dusk-lit composition for the share card.
The shop was built as a real equirectangular 360-degree panorama — a wooden counter loaded with loaves and pastries, warm hanging lamps, tiled floor, shelves of bread and a clear walkable space in front of the viewer — so the three residents can be staged inside a room you can actually turn around in. The 16:9 key-art cover was then painted from the same cast and brief, placing 老陆, the stopped watch and the cold street corner in one dusk-lit composition for the share card.
Stage 5: Transparent Cut-Outbirefnet-general
Each resident was background-removed into a true transparent PNG with a clean alpha edge — no white box, no matte fringe — so 老陆, 老面 and 小满 composite cleanly over the counter, the shelves or any future scene. These are the same cut-outs used for the three sprites on this page.
Each resident was background-removed into a true transparent PNG with a clean alpha edge — no white box, no matte fringe — so 老陆, 老面 and 小满 composite cleanly over the counter, the shelves or any future scene. These are the same cut-outs used for the three sprites on this page.
Stage 6: Visual QA & One-Click Publishneta-studio
The build was checked in a real browser at 1280×800 — panorama framing, sprite scale, evening-light contrast and the tap-through from each resident into their roleplay — then published in one click to a shareable play link at https://neta.art/w/ed289905-0e21-44a0-862d-e5ff6bb458d6, with the world's portraits, panorama and prompts left reusable by any fork of 未命名世界.
The build was checked in a real browser at 1280×800 — panorama framing, sprite scale, evening-light contrast and the tap-through from each resident into their roleplay — then published in one click to a shareable play link at https://neta.art/w/ed289905-0e21-44a0-862d-e5ff6bb458d6, with the world's portraits, panorama and prompts left reusable by any fork of 未命名世界.
Scene Backgrounds
BG
The bakery's own 360-degree painted panorama, a 2:1 equirectangular image the interactive shop wraps around you: a curved wooden counter stacked with baguettes, sourdough and glazed pastries, warm pendant lamps, tiled walls, shelves of bread and a chalkboard menu. This is the room where 老陆 has kept his appointment every evening — and the room where the stopped watch finally gets explained.
BG
The window side of the shop, cropped from the same real panorama: the glass case, the trays of brioche and fruit pastries, the chalkboard above and the evening street beyond the glass. This is the view 老陆 chose years ago — the only seat in the room that can see the corner where someone once turned and disappeared.
BG
The east side of the shop, cropped from the same panorama: tall shelves of baguettes and round loaves, the door frame that lets a colder light in, and the warm shadow that makes the counter feel smaller than it is. Where 小满 watches the door, and where every evening begins with the same sound of the bell.
Asset Prompts
World Style Promptneta-studio
"Dark tonal digital painting, forming dramatic light-shadow with a single restrained light direction, large dark shapes, and thick-thin strokes. Build weight and identity with large dark shapes, brush planes, and selective clear edges. Combine ink-like broken edges, solid structural edges, and large-area lost edges. Compress dark value ranges with a few combined colors and identity colors; do not fix a red-black-cyan palette. A single restrained light direction extracts the focal point from large dark areas; avoid all-black swallowing structure." — the exact house style stored with 未命名世界, with the palette deep indigo, blood red, jade green and bone white. Every asset in this work inherits it.
"Dark tonal digital painting, forming dramatic light-shadow with a single restrained light direction, large dark shapes, and thick-thin strokes. Build weight and identity with large dark shapes, brush planes, and selective clear edges. Combine ink-like broken edges, solid structural edges, and large-area lost edges. Compress dark value ranges with a few combined colors and identity colors; do not fix a red-black-cyan palette. A single restrained light direction extracts the focal point from large dark areas; avoid all-black swallowing structure." — the exact house style stored with 未命名世界, with the palette deep indigo, blood red, jade green and bone white. Every asset in this work inherits it.
Bakery Panorama Sourcegpt-image-2
"equirectangular 360 degree panorama, 2:1 aspect ratio, seamless horizon, cozy artisan bakery interior, wooden counter with fresh bread loaves and pastries on display, warm hanging lamps, tiled floor with clear walkable space in front of the viewer, shelves of baked goods, no people" — the exact scene prompt for the shop background, generated without people so the three transparent residents could be staged into it.
"equirectangular 360 degree panorama, 2:1 aspect ratio, seamless horizon, cozy artisan bakery interior, wooden counter with fresh bread loaves and pastries on display, warm hanging lamps, tiled floor with clear walkable space in front of the viewer, shelves of baked goods, no people" — the exact scene prompt for the shop background, generated without people so the three transparent residents could be staged into it.
老陆 Character Briefgpt-image-2
"面包房的老常客，鸭舌帽羊毛大衣，手里永远一杯咖啡一纸袋面包。" — the exact character atom behind 老陆: the bakery's oldest regular in a flat cap and wool overcoat, always with a coffee and a paper bag of bread. A retired clockmaker from across the street, slow and exact, waiting for someone he arranged to meet half a lifetime ago.
"面包房的老常客，鸭舌帽羊毛大衣，手里永远一杯咖啡一纸袋面包。" — the exact character atom behind 老陆: the bakery's oldest regular in a flat cap and wool overcoat, always with a coffee and a paper bag of bread. A retired clockmaker from across the street, slow and exact, waiting for someone he arranged to meet half a lifetime ago.
老面 Character Briefgpt-image-2
"面包房的主理人，白围裙白高帽，手里的木面包铲从没放下过。" — the exact brief for 老面: the bakery's owner in a white apron and white tall hat, never without the wooden bread peel. Grey-white beard, rolled sleeves, khaki trousers, a patient man who says “再等等” and keeps his questions folded into the dough.
"面包房的主理人，白围裙白高帽，手里的木面包铲从没放下过。" — the exact brief for 老面: the bakery's owner in a white apron and white tall hat, never without the wooden bread peel. Grey-white beard, rolled sleeves, khaki trousers, a patient man who says “再等等” and keeps his questions folded into the dough.
小满 Character Briefgpt-image-2
"面包房收银员，围裙上别着名牌，怀里总抱着一纸袋法棍。" — the exact brief for 小满: a bakery cashier with a name tag on her apron who always carries a paper bag of baguettes. Bright, quick with names, an excellent memory for regulars — and the only person who has quietly kept the window seat free for years.
"面包房收银员，围裙上别着名牌，怀里总抱着一纸袋法棍。" — the exact brief for 小满: a bakery cashier with a name tag on her apron who always carries a paper bag of baguettes. Bright, quick with names, an excellent memory for regulars — and the only person who has quietly kept the window seat free for years.
16:9 Cover Key-Art Promptgpt-image-2
"Tenebrist painterly game cover art, 16:9 cinematic widescreen composition. A cozy artisan bakery interior at dusk, warm hanging lamps, wooden shelves dense with baguettes, croissants and dark sourdough loaves. An elderly gentleman in a flat cap and charcoal wool coat sits at a window seat, a chipped white coffee cup and a paper bag of bread before him; he turns an old wristwatch in his hands, calm and a little tired. Behind the counter a white-aproned baker dusts flour from a wooden peel, and a young cashier in a dark green apron holds a paper bag of baguettes. Beyond the window, a cold blue street corner under a low moon. Dark tonal digital painting with large dark shapes, thick-thin brush strokes, ink-like broken edges, a single restrained warm light source pulling the old man's face and hands out of the deep shadow; jade green and bone white accents, no fixed red-black palette. Atmospheric, mysterious, restrained, no text, no lettering, no logos, no watermark." — generated with GPT Image 2 at 2048×1152 for a true 16:9 cover.
"Tenebrist painterly game cover art, 16:9 cinematic widescreen composition. A cozy artisan bakery interior at dusk, warm hanging lamps, wooden shelves dense with baguettes, croissants and dark sourdough loaves. An elderly gentleman in a flat cap and charcoal wool coat sits at a window seat, a chipped white coffee cup and a paper bag of bread before him; he turns an old wristwatch in his hands, calm and a little tired. Behind the counter a white-aproned baker dusts flour from a wooden peel, and a young cashier in a dark green apron holds a paper bag of baguettes. Beyond the window, a cold blue street corner under a low moon. Dark tonal digital painting with large dark shapes, thick-thin brush strokes, ink-like broken edges, a single restrained warm light source pulling the old man's face and hands out of the deep shadow; jade green and bone white accents, no fixed red-black palette. Atmospheric, mysterious, restrained, no text, no lettering, no logos, no watermark." — generated with GPT Image 2 at 2048×1152 for a true 16:9 cover.
Style Negative Promptneta-studio
"Avoid borrowing line, lighting, material, or post-process mechanisms from other visual styles; automatically switching to photography, PBR, heavy paint, comic, or other rendering systems based on a character's profession, subject matter, or environment; automatic blood and horror atmosphere; Extra characters, character merging, and identity-feature swapping; Changing established age, gender, body type, facial-mark left-right positions, hairstyle, clothing, equipment, and signature props; Generic beautification, forced idealization, and proportion redesign that conflicts with facts; Readable text, titles, subtitles, fonts, logos, watermarks, and interface elements; Duplicate limbs, malformed hands, and cropping out identity-critical features; Characters, clothing, scenes, stories, compositions, and rendering mechanisms from unrelated references, previews, or other styles." — the world's stored negative prompt, applied to every render.
"Avoid borrowing line, lighting, material, or post-process mechanisms from other visual styles; automatically switching to photography, PBR, heavy paint, comic, or other rendering systems based on a character's profession, subject matter, or environment; automatic blood and horror atmosphere; Extra characters, character merging, and identity-feature swapping; Changing established age, gender, body type, facial-mark left-right positions, hairstyle, clothing, equipment, and signature props; Generic beautification, forced idealization, and proportion redesign that conflicts with facts; Readable text, titles, subtitles, fonts, logos, watermarks, and interface elements; Duplicate limbs, malformed hands, and cropping out identity-critical features; Characters, clothing, scenes, stories, compositions, and rendering mechanisms from unrelated references, previews, or other styles." — the world's stored negative prompt, applied to every render.
Why Choose Neta Studio
Professional — a cloud harness runs the whole production from world building to roleplay direction to publishing, with no local setup. Stable access to the latest models: deepseek-v4-flash · GPT Image 2 · BiRefNet.
One-click generation — officially tuned skills drive every step: world building, roleplay and thread drafting, cast portraits, panorama and key-art generation, transparent cut-outs, in-browser QA and one-click publishing, with world fork and resource sharing built in — so every portrait, scene and prompt in this bakery is reusable in your own world.
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老陆的约定 was generated by Neta Studio AI from a single one-line idea — the bakery, the old regular, the stopped watch and both threads took minutes. You can do it too — sit down beside him, or adapt the world and start fresh from any idea. No coding required, free to start.
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