- Implement cinematic noble claiming animation with fireworks and sound, shrinking to panel thumbnails
- Add hover ring highlight and gem sound effects for token selection zones
- Render claimed noble thumbnails in player panels with dynamic positioning
- Trigger happy emotion on player portraits when purchasing point cards
- Relocate Leave button to bottom-right and remove unused playIntro flag
- Exclude Splendor from card back selection in OpponentSelectScene
- Implement full Boggle frontend using Phaser, featuring a wooden tray UI, player word sheet, opponent cards, and an animated hourglass timer.
- Add AI scheduling system that simulates opponent word finds based on configurable skill levels and word length/rarity weighting.
- Introduce pure game logic for adjacency validation, path checking, and classic scoring with duplicate-word resolution.
- Add backend board generation and exhaustive solver using a dictionary trie, exposing `/api/words/boggle/start` for board setup.
- Register Boggle in the game registry, scene router, and opponent selection UI.
- Include tutorial assets for Parchisi.
- Register Connect 4 in server registry and frontend game config
- Add Connect 4 to slug dispatch and opponent select skill controls
- Update TutorialModal markdown parser to render embedded images
Prevents the playfield option section from appearing for Mastermind and Battleship games, which do not utilize playfield tiles in the same way as other games.
Introduces a per-peg feedback system where each marker corresponds to the specific slot's result (exact, partial, or none) instead of aggregate counts. Added `scoreGuessPerPeg` logic, updated UI rendering and sound triggers to handle per-peg data, and added a scene toggle for switching between Standard and Exact Placement modes.
- Introduce core game logic, AI engine, and Phaser UI for a cyberpunk-themed Mastermind implementation.
- AI features 5 difficulty tiers using random, consistent, and Knuth minimax strategies.
- Implement turn-based duel mechanics where player and AI race to crack each other's secret codes.
- Add neon visuals, peg-fly animations, staggered feedback reveals, and 7 custom sound effects.
- Register game in server registry, update menu/room scenes, preload assets, and include tutorial docs.
- Implement pure game logic for Othello (8x8) and Go (9x9)
- Add configurable AI opponents (skill 1-5) using heuristic look-ahead and alpha-beta minimax
- Build Phaser scenes with polished UI, stone/disc rendering, capture/flip animations, territory scoring, and end-game panels
- Register games in server registry and update client routing, opponent selection, and scene registration
Implement a fully playable Ticket to Ride game featuring a pure logic engine,
heuristic AI opponent, and Phaser UI scene.
Key additions:
- Board geometry, route definitions, destination tickets, and train card data
- State management, turn flow, payment validation, and scoring (routes, tickets, longest path bonus)
- AI decision-making for claiming routes, drawing cards/tickets, and endgame strategy
- Frontend integration (scene registration, opponent count default, slug dispatch)
- Server game registry configuration (supports 2-5 players)
Follows the existing architecture separating data, logic, AI, and rendering.
- Decouple static board geometry from game state by introducing a board registry and `geoFor(state)` accessor. All AI and logic functions now dynamically resolve topology.
- Add support for Seafarers scenarios (New Shores, Four Islands, Oceania, Fog Island) with scenario-specific setup rules and victory conditions.
- Implement ship mechanics: players build maritime routes on coastal/sea edges that count toward the longest road.
- Introduce sea, gold, and fog terrain types. Update hex rendering, AI pathfinding, and placement rules to respect land vs. water constraints.
- Add pirate token rendering and logic, plus expansion scoring hooks for bonus victory points.
- Update lobby UI to allow expansion and scenario selection, passing configuration through to the game scene.
- Refactor `CatanBoard.js` geometry generation for O(1) edge lookups and dynamic port assignment.
- Implement client and server logic for Ghost game (`GhostGame`, `GhostLogic`, `GhostAI`, `ghostEngine`).
- Add perfect-play search and 5-tier skill system to the server-side dictionary engine.
- Register Ghost in the game registry and route it through `GameRoomScene`.
- Add `playIntro` option to `Portrait.js` and `skipIntro` to Wordle to control intro speeches on round restarts.
- Improve Scrabble rack reordering layout and gap handling during drag-and-drop.
- Expose Ghost API endpoints (`/ghost/judge`, `/ghost/ai-move`) in `wordRoutes.js`.
- Implement `ScrabbleGame` scene with drag-and-drop, rack management, and animated tile placement.
- Add pure JS modules for Scrabble rules, scoring, and tile data (`ScrabbleLogic`, `ScrabbleTiles`).
- Create server-side dictionary trie and DFS-based move generator for AI (`scrabbleEngine`).
- Register game routes for move validation and AI move requests (`wordRoutes`).
- Update game registry, opponent selection, and preload scenes to support Scrabble.
- Include custom font (`YummyCupcakes`) for the scorepad UI.
- Adjust Wordle AI skill profiles to lower win rates and increase blunder chances for better difficulty curve
- Center Wordle player portrait vertically with the playfield
- Add Steve's humorous tutorial for Settlers of Catan (markdown + assets)
- Update OpponentSelectScene to hide playfield options for word games and adjust scroll height
- Fix migration script to temporarily disable foreign keys to allow schema changes
- Add migration to extend games.category to include 'word'
- Register Wordle game in server registry under 'word' category
- Add `/api/words` API routes
- Update client to integrate WordleGame scene
- Adjust game menu layout to accommodate a new 'Word' category column
- Enable skill controls and game room dispatch for Wordle
feat(dominion): add recommended kingdom presets and update deck mode UI
- Introduce four new recommended kingdom decks from the 2nd-edition rulebook: Size Distortion, Deck Top, Silver & Gold, and Helpful Actions.
- Refactor `kingdomFor` to use a `KINGDOM_PRESETS` mapping for cleaner extensibility.
- Update the Opponent Select Scene UI to display all deck mode options in a 3-column grid layout.
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- Implement Checkers and Chess with complete Phaser UI, pure logic modules, and alpha-beta minimax AI opponents featuring a 1-5 skill model.
- Extend opponent skill selector to support Checkers and Chess.
- Register new games in frontend routing and backend registry.
- Improve Dominion game UX: add persistent phase dials and turn arrow indicators, add confirmation prompts for ending actions/turns, and refine card animation timings.
- Update Dominion card asset files.
- Implement pure state engine (`DominionLogic.js`) with turn lifecycle, card effects queue, and pending decision resolution for complex interactions.
- Add card definitions and kingdom pool (`DominionCards.js`) supporting Standard and Random deck modes.
- Create AI logic (`DominionAI.js`) using Big Money/early engine strategies scaled by opponent skill.
- Build Phaser scene (`DominionGame.js`) with supply/hand rendering, turn drivers, modal prompts for pending decisions, and end-game scoring.
- Wire up game registry, routing, preload assets, and opponent selection UI to support the new mode.
- Go Fish: Add support for 2-card and 4-card match variants.
- Update `GoFishGame` and `GoFishLogic` to use a configurable `matchSize` (default 4).
- Add UI toggle in `OpponentSelectScene` to select match variant.
- Update labels and logic to reflect 'Books' (4-card) vs 'Pairs' (2-card).
- Nerts: Improve AI and UI responsiveness.
- Add 'Last Move' timer panel with Shuffle (60s) and Resign (90s) buttons.
- Implement foundation cooldowns to prevent rapid-fire AI moves.
- Add dynamic layout for foundations and opponent panels based on player count.
- Show opponent Nerts, stock, and waste cards in opponent panels.
- Add `reshuffleAllStocks` utility in `NertsLogic`.
- Add `STANDARD_RESOURCES` array to `CatanBoard.js` for the classic beginner layout
- Allow users to choose between 'random' and 'standard' tile placement in `OpponentSelectScene`
- Pass `tilePlacement` config through `GameRoomScene` to `CatanGame` and `CatanLogic`
- Update robber voice clip files to new recordings
- Add new `pick` audio clips for each opponent in `opponents.json` and corresponding MP3 files
- Implement a spectrum visualizer overlay for opponent portraits that activates during pick speech playback
- Integrate `SpeechQueue` to handle opponent pick audio with start/stop callbacks for the visualizer
- Add `setMenuMusicVolume` utility and adjust menu music volume during opponent selection
- Prevent speech/visualizer triggers during initial scene load and game start sequences
- Introduce `MusicPlayer` class for in-game music with shuffle, skip, and mute controls
- Add `MenuMusic` utility for background music in menu scenes
- Load music tracks and metadata via `music.json`
- Implement drag-and-drop for SkipBo cards with visual feedback
- Add card flight animations for Phase 10 AI actions and player draws
- Update Phase 10 AI turn timing and reduce delays for smoother gameplay
- Introduce `Sounds.js` utility and load new audio assets (dice, cards, chips, casino).
- Play appropriate sound effects in Backgammon, Blackjack, Holdem, Parchisi, Phase10, SkipBo, and Yatzi.
- Add `background-casino.png` and `background-room.png` to PreloadScene.
- Update OpponentSelectScene with new backgrounds, styled title/subtitle pills, and improved Start/Back buttons.
- Enhance opponent selection with gradient backgrounds and shadows via `applyOpponentStyle`.
- Implement `highlightTile` for better visual feedback in option selectors.
- Randomly select a card back for card games in OpponentSelectScene.
- Update color palette to warm vintage tones (gold, cream, dark brown) in config.js
- Apply 'Righteous' and 'Julius Sans One' fonts across all game scenes and UI components
- Redesign Parchisi game logic: switch to counter-clockwise movement, update entry/home positions, and add bonus chip indicator
- Improve Parchisi UI: reposition dice and buttons, add turn indicator movement with callbacks, and fix AI turn timing
- Enhance LandingScene with animated logo, avatar support, and improved layout
- Update Button component with rounded corners, shadow effects, and hover states
- Add background image and main title asset loading in PreloadScene
- Extend auth service to include displayName and avatarPath in session user data
- Update CSS to match new theme and load custom fonts
- Introduce BlackjackGame as a new playable game in the client
- Register Blackjack in the server game registry with updated player limits (1-5 players, 0-4 opponents)
- Wire up Blackjack in main.js and GameRoomScene for routing
- Fix OpponentSelectScene to handle games with minOpponents=0
- Remove incomplete ParchisiLogic.js implementation
Brian Fertig