Implement a fully playable Gin Rummy game with Phaser-based UI,
pure logic engine, and heuristic AI (skill levels 1-5).
Features:
- Complete Gin Rummy rules: draw, discard, knock, gin, layoff, scoring
- Meld detection with optimal deadwood minimization
- 2-4 player support with AI opponents
- Drag-to-reorder hand, visual meld highlights, turn indicators
- Round and game-over overlays with score tracking
- Headless verification script with unit tests and self-play simulation
Files added:
- public/src/games/ginrummy/GinRummyData.js (card helpers, layout, constants)
- public/src/games/ginrummy/GinRummyLogic.js (deterministic game engine)
- public/src/games/ginrummy/GinRummyAI.js (AI decision making)
- public/src/games/ginrummy/GinRummyGame.js (Phaser scene)
- server/scripts/verifyGinRummy.js (headless test harness)
Also updates game-icons/opponents assets and registers the game
in the server registry and game room scene dispatcher.
Fix hitbox misalignment where Phaser's Container displayOrigin already
centers bounds, causing manual Rectangle offsets to double-shift.
feat: add Rummikub game with AI, immutable engine, and solver
- Implement full Rummikub gameplay: drag & drop, sets/runs, jokers,
table manipulation, opening meld rule, and scoring
- Add immutable game engine (RummikubLogic) following existing patterns
- Add rules solver (RummikubSolver) for set validation and AI planning
- Implement 5-level heuristic AI (RummikubAI) with configurable delay
- Register game in registry and routing, include tutorial markdown
- Add headless verification script (fixture tests + AI self-play)
- Allow spell chaining within a turn (Puzzle Quest rule): casting a spell
no longer ends your turn, enabling multiple casts per turn followed by a
gem swap to pass play.
- Add procedural spell-icon textures (shield, swords, bolt, flame, meteor,
thorn, poison, dagger, banner, leaf) for visual spell feedback.
- Implement combat animations: skull-match convergence strike, spell damage
fly-in, spell heal burst with particle ring, HP bar flash, and floating
damage/heal numbers.
- Refactor HP and mana updates into separate `updateHpBar` and `updateManaBar`
methods so mana reacts immediately while HP drains at animation climax.
- Defer stun application until the caster's turn actually ends.
- Update tutorial and verification tests to match the new turn-passing rules.
Introduce Dot Link, a Flow-Free-style single-player puzzle game where players connect matching colored dots to fill the grid. Includes:
- Pure JS puzzle engine with deterministic board generation, DFS solver, and win validation (`DotLinkLogic.js`)
- Phaser 3 UI scene featuring a cyberpunk/synthwave theme, level select, daily runs, hint system, and smooth path-drawing mechanics
- Deterministic bank of 100 hand-tuned puzzles (`dotlink.json`)
- Node scripts for puzzle generation and verification
- Full integration into the app's preload, routing, and game registry
- Implement full game logic, scoring, and UI scenes for Cribbage and Canasta
- Add heuristic AI opponents with 5 skill levels and reaction delays for both games
- Cribbage: race-to-121 track, pegging, crib scoring, and cut mechanics
- Canasta: 108-card shoe, partnership melding, canastas, frozen/blocked piles, and go-out rules
- Include headless verification scripts (fixture + self-play tests) for both games
- Register new games in server registry and update scene routing
- Add tutorial markdown files and update game icon assets
- Implement Phaser scenes and pure JS logic modules for both games
- Register games in server registry and scene routing
- Add headless verification scripts for Bejeweled and Mini Motorways logic
- Update game-icons sprite sheet
Make board edges open instead of walled — blobs that slide off the
table fall and die, faithful to the original Pudding Monsters.
- Detect edge deaths in computeSlide (deathCause: 'edge')
- Animate blobs tumbling off the board with overshoot + fade
- Show 'Overboard!' death overlay for edge falls vs 'Splat!' for spikes
- Redesign board as a floating table with open edges (drop shadow, no rim)
- Regenerate all levels with walls added to every tier (walls are the
only terrain that stops a slide, so they're required from tier 1)
- Update UI copy to explain the new slide-and-fall rules
Implement a complete Zuma-style puzzle game featuring:
- Pure game engine (`ZumaLogic.js`) with Catmull-Rom path animation,
segment-based chain physics, match-3 popping, and power-ups (slow,
reverse, accuracy, explosion)
- Phaser scene (`ZumaGame.js`) with procedural textures, laser sight,
and full UI (level select, overlays, scoring)
- 20 hand-designed levels across 6 path shapes (s-curve, horseshoe,
spiral, zigzag, double-loop, figure-eight) with calibrated difficulty
- Level generator (`genZuma.js`) and verification suite (`verifyZuma.js`)
for path geometry, parameter ranges, and engine correctness
- Platform integration: game registry, scene dispatch, preload asset
- Register new Jewel Quest game across client and server
- Update game icons spritesheet with new frame (59)
- Fix memory leaks in Portrait components by implementing proper
cleanup with double-destruction guards and returning destroy function
- Implement pure logic engine for tile management, shanten calculation, claim resolution, and faan scoring.
- Add heuristic AI (5 skill levels) using shanten minimization, ukeire tiebreaking, and adaptive defense.
- Build Phaser UI with tile rendering, dynamic scoreboard, claim prompts, hand-end modals, and a scoring reference panel.
- Integrate into frontend routing, opponent selection, and backend registry.
- Include headless verification script for tile catalog, scoring fixtures, and AI self-play invariant checks.
- Update game icon assets and add in-game tutorial.
- Add complete Mahjong Match game (MahjongLogic.js + MahjongMatchGame.js) with pure board model and Phaser UI
- Implement 6 layouts: Garden, Crossroads, Pyramid, Butterfly, Fortress, and classic Turtle (up to 144 tiles)
- Generate guaranteed-solvable deals by simulating reverse removal of free pairs
- Add tile matching logic using half-tile coordinate system for proper layer overlap detection
- Include 38 tile face images (bamboo, circle, pinyin characters, winds, dragons, flowers, seasons)
- Add hint system, shuffle functionality, timer, best time tracking per layout
- Register game in server registry and scene dispatch tables
- Add headless verification script for face set validation and random self-play testing
- Replace star collection with target-square coverage for Pudding Monsters
- New 3-star medal system: min(targets covered, par-based efficiency)
- Add "Reset Progress" buttons to Pudding Monsters and Rush Hour level select
- Add reset API endpoint for puzzle progress
- Add Beth and Blackwind opponents with idle/happy/upset animations
- Update puddingmonsters.json levels with target squares instead of stars
Introduce a new single-player logic puzzle game where players flick jelly
blobs across a grid to slide and merge them into a single monster.
- PuddingMonstersLogic.js: pure slide-and-merge model with BFS solver,
no Phaser/DOM dependencies; shared by client and generator
- PuddingMonstersGame.js: Phaser scene with drag-to-flick, arrow keys,
undo/reset/hint, par tracking, star collection, death on spikes
- genPuddingMonsters.js: offline level generator using seeded RNG and
BFS solver; produces 40 levels across 5 difficulty tiers
- puddingmonsters.json: generated level data (40 levels, 5–7 grid sizes)
- Update main.js, GameRoomScene.js, PreloadScene.js, registry.js to
wire the new game into the app
- Update game-icons assets
- Register Rush Hour game in server registry (logic category, single-player)
- Add "Logic & Puzzle" tab to game menu
- Integrate RushHourGame scene in client-side main.js and GameRoomScene
- Load rushhour.json game data in PreloadScene
- Add puzzle API routes for server-side puzzle management
- Configure tab icon frame for new logic category
Brian Fertig