# Webcomic-style card generation prompts

## Master style prompt

Create artwork for the board game Step Away in a clean webcomic stick-figure style with strong readability, similar in simplicity and silhouette clarity to Cyanide & Happiness, but not comedic in tone. Use expressive body language, ordinary clothing, minimal but readable environments, muted sombre colours, soft texture, and a serious emotional mood. Keep the art broad enough that players can project themselves into the case. Avoid jokes, bright comedy colour palettes, and explicit self-harm imagery.

## Suit prompts

### Seen suit
Create a sheet of Step Away card illustrations for the Seen suit. The suit means noticing clearly, asking directly, and surfacing what is hidden. Show subtle scenes of observation, direct check-ins, noticing warning signs, reading a room, and naming a change.

### Held suit
Create a sheet of Step Away card illustrations for the Held suit. The suit means emotional presence, connection, and staying with someone. Show gentle scenes of sitting beside someone, staying nearby, listening, checking in, or making contact feel real.

### Helped suit
Create a sheet of Step Away card illustrations for the Helped suit. The suit means practical relief and reducing outside pressure. Show scenes such as bringing food, helping with a task, sorting a bill, helping someone get home, making a plan, or widening support.

### Secured suit
Create a sheet of Step Away card illustrations for the Secured suit. The suit means immediate safety and crisis containment. Show scenes such as removing isolation, staying close, making the space safer, helping someone move rooms, or putting distance between them and acute risk.

## Card face wording template

Each card face should contain:
- top-left rank
- top-right suit icon
- pillar name
- a one-line plain-English meaning
- a small flavour caption
- central illustration

Example wording:
- Seen — Notice clearly.
- Held — Stay with them.
- Helped — Reduce the load.
- Secured — Make this moment safer.
