The grass wasn't finished.
I could see flat patches in the ground cover. The AI-assisted review described coverage. We needed a better way to show what a player would actually see.
Make the gap visible.
I outlined the places that looked like a flat green floor and asked for a temporary contrasting ground colour. The magenta test made the disagreement easier to see, but colour counting proved unreliable because the bright material could affect the plants. A later depth-based check measured visible terrain instead.
I lost much of a weekend to this problem. About eight hours of focused review moved it forward: looking at each angle, explaining what still felt wrong and checking the next attempt. Building with AI still requires human direction and judgment. I want that care to be felt in the world players explore.
From complaint to a clearer test.
The sequence shows an earlier playtest, a temporary diagnostic, and two current close-up views. The images tell the process; they do not prove that every habitat or the uploaded game build is finished.
Jim marked the patches that still read as a flat floor despite surrounding grass. These outlines are his review notes.
Magenta made exposed areas obvious. This was a test material, not the game's normal appearance, and its colour-based measurement was not kept as a reliable baseline.
Red marks exposed terrain in this 75-degree close-up. The sampled image reported 0.37% exposed ground; objects in front of the ground are not all necessarily vegetation.
The paired editor-run capture shows the present close-up result. Natural appearance in motion, other habitats and packaged-build performance still need review.
Keep testing the experience.
Version 15L, including the full vegetation update, is scheduled for upload October 19, 2026. This journal entry does not confirm that the build is already available. The current close-ups are controlled editor-run captures, not uploaded-build evidence.
For alpha access and a chance to review the vegetation yourself, request access at Jim@iconicxp.games. Hearth & Fortune remains a closed alpha in development.