Sanctum Avatar Creator

The avatar creator in Sanctum is not cosmetic customization for its own sake. It is grounded in a conviction: every human being is made in the image of God, and the character the player brings into the Sanctum world should reflect the dignity of that. The morph controls are designed to create recognizable, varied, and dignified human figures — not exaggerated game archetypes, but people. The design philosophy comes from Genesis 1:27 before it comes from any game design document.

Every claim about the Avatar Creator carries an evidence tier — nothing outruns its proof.

Prototype means the core mechanic is proven in local tools — morph controls demonstrated with canvas-change evidence on desktop and mobile.

Review means quality, appropriateness, and technical stability under active assessment.

Staged means queued for the next bounded step — refinement pass or player character model pilot.

Runtime means the created character loads in-engine with locomotion and camera — not claimed until a documented proof pass completes.

Public Release means player-facing availability — not claimed until refinement and review gates pass.

Sanctum Wiki hub — /sanctum-wiki — animals, people, enemies, creation atlas, devlog, roadmap.

The Sanctum — /sanctum — game overview, vision, and story.

Sanctum Roadmap — /sanctum-wiki-roadmap — Phase 3 player and environment gates.

Ask Dave — /dave-ai — Genesis 1:26-27, Imago Dei, and identity theology.

Support — /support — partner with the ministry sustaining this build.

The avatar creator uses a morph-target system — pre-authored mesh shapes that blend under numeric control. Each control surface maps to a specific set of morph targets: facial structure, jawline, eye shape, nose profile, body proportions, and skin tone. The player adjusts sliders to shape their character; the system blends the underlying mesh in real time. The result is a specific, individual-looking character rather than a selection from a small preset pool.

The refinement pass will address model quality at in-game camera distances, the clothing and equipment layer integration, and the save/load system that persists the character across sessions. Once the refinement pass is documented and reviewed, the Avatar Creator advances to the Player Character Model pilot — where the created character is imported into the Sanctum runtime and tested with locomotion and camera.