Small Brain. Big Trades. — visual direction

A premium miniature 3D trading laboratory in midnight navy, phosphor mint, warm amber and coral red, with brushed dark metal, walnut, translucent glass, soft monitor light and warm rim lighting, contemporary retro-terminal design, and subtle fingerprints and edge wear.

• in-play.png: Playable 3D desktop diorama from elevated front-right orbit camera: a golden-brown fruit fly with large red eyes and translucent wings grips a tiny joystick with its front legs, sitting at a walnut trading desk with three monitors showing fictional stock candlesticks. Dark navy screen UI tastefully frames the scene with portfolio equity curve, recent BUY SELL orders, and an actual-neural-activity-style texture panel. Title Small Brain. Big Trades. A high-quality coherent game screen, readable sparse typography, simulation label, no human.
• title.png: Beautiful landscape indie videogame cover. Large immaculate title text 'SMALL BRAIN.' then 'BIG TRADES.' upper left. Hero golden fruit fly with red compound eyes sits at a miniature stockbroker desk gripping joystick. Teal candlestick screens, warm brass bull figurine and scattered ticker paper. Dramatic cinematic closeup with space around title. Small subtitle 'A neural trading experiment'. Professional finished key art, no fake endorsement logos.
• fly.png: Character reference on plain dark slate ground, front three-quarter view, clearly lit: golden brown anatomically recognizable fruit fly with red compound eyes, six jointed legs, delicate translucent wings, sitting and using front two legs to grip a little brushed metal joystick. Charming stylized scientific creature, detailed geometry, no humanoid body, no clothes, no scenery.
• trading-desk.png: Isolated signature prop reference on plain slate ground, three-quarter front view: a compact walnut stockbroker desk with dark metal frame, three angled thin monitors on sturdy stands, mint/coral candlestick chart screens, tiny keyboard, metal joystick on desktop and a small brass bull sculpture. Empty seat area for miniature fruit fly, no character. Distinct forms, detailed manufactured surfaces, actual coherent proportions.

The scene reuses the animated fly from the original cleaning experiment. Reference charts are artwork only; every chart in play must render actual simulated observations and portfolio accounting.