Ludus / Product direction study / 01

Professional tools, three ways.

Art direction shapes what the engine values, how work flows, and how the interface feels. Compare the same project journey through three distinct approaches. This interactive study creates no files.

Philosophy

Interaction model

Tradeoff

LLudus EditorDesign proof · project workflow
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Your workspace

Make room for your next idea.

Create a project or pick up where you left off.

Recent projects · welcome only
Ludus SandboxProjects / Ludus Sandbox

Recent projects move out of the way when a project is open.
They remain available through File → Recent Projects.

Project settings

Ludus Sandbox

Your project is open. Authoring gets the full workspace.

Project name

Concept view. Changes here are not saved to disk.

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New Ludus Project

Create a project

Ludus takes care of engine selection and checks your project before opening it. First-time setup may download tools and dependencies.
Advanced engine selection

Production: use a custom Development SDK, or set LUDUS_SDK_PREFIX. The default follows the engine associated with this editor.
Choose a parent folder

Simulated directory picker for this design study. The desktop implementation opens your system folder picker.