Function renderSprite

src/buddy/sprites.ts:454–469

(bones: CompanionBones, frame = 0)

}

export function renderSprite(bones: CompanionBones, frame = 0): string[] {
  const frames = BODIES[bones.species]
  const body = frames[frame % frames.length]!.map(line =>
    line.replaceAll('{E}', bones.eye),
  )
  const lines = [...body]
  // Only replace with hat if line 0 is empty (some fidget frames use it for smoke etc)
  if (bones.hat !== 'none' && !lines[0]!.trim()) {
    lines[0] = HAT_LINES[bones.hat]
  }
  // Drop blank hat slot — wastes a row in the Card and ambient sprite when
  // there's no hat and the frame isn't using it for smoke/antenna/etc.
  // Only safe when ALL frames have blank line 0; otherwise heights oscillate.
  if (!lines[0]!.trim() && frames.every(f => !f[0]!.trim())) lines.shift()
  return lines
}

export function spriteFrameCount(species: Species): number {
  return BODIES[species].length