- Implement `animateMarketSlideUp` to slide remaining cards up when one is drawn.
- Add `animateRefillMarketSlot` to animate a new card appearing from the deck.
- Update human and AI draw handlers to orchestrate card draw, slide, and refill animations.
- Introduce `marketSlotObjs` to track UI objects per slot for targeted tweens.
- Create `renderAllExceptMarket` to render the rest of the game while market animations play.
- Refactor `renderMarket` to group objects by slot index.
- Introduce mini face-down card fans below opponent portraits to show hand size.
- Modify AI draw animations to target specific slots within the mini hand fan.
- Adjust layout constants (OPP_STEP) and text positions to accommodate the new UI.
- Simplify opponent info text to remove redundant card counts.
- Implement `animateCardDraw` with a multi-phase animation: flip, fly to center,
fireworks particle effect, and fly to destination.
- Update human market and deck click handlers to play animations when drawing cards.
- Add card draw animations for AI turns, flying cards to opponent positions.
- Refactor turn logic to await animations before advancing game state.
- Add `handDestForColor` helper for calculating hand layout positions.
- Replace procedural card drawing with spritesheet images for better visuals
- Rotate cards to landscape orientation and adjust right-panel dimensions
- Reorganize opponent panels into a two-column grid for better screen utilization
- Add circular score badges above player and opponent portraits
- Display actual top card on discard pile instead of generic face-down graphic
- Move game log to bottom-right corner
- Update PreloadScene to load new card assets
- Replace column-based game list with a tabbed category interface and grid layout
- Add active state management to tabs and refactor Button component for consistent visual states
- Increase Dominion AI Platinum purchase threshold from 5 to 9 coins in Colony games
- Add Ticket to Ride card assets
- Implement Hangman game scene using Phaser with a sketch/paper-style UI
- Add pure logic module for word masking, wrong guess tracking, and win/loss conditions
- Create backend `/api/words/hangman/start` endpoint with curated word pools for easy, medium, and hard difficulties
- Register game in scene manager and route dispatcher for seamless menu integration
- Add score tracking and basic game state management
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.
- Add gold hex resource picking phase with AI support
- Implement ship building mechanics and update build costs UI
- Introduce fog tiles that reveal terrain when roads/ships are built adjacent
- Replace robber token with pirate ship graphic
- Persist random tile frames for consistent hex visuals
- Update game state machine to handle gold pick queue and phase transitions
- Adjust UI layout (card positions, build panel) to accommodate Seafarers elements
- 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.
- Integrate Word Search game into client and server registries
- Add API endpoints for puzzle generation and theme listing
- Update GameMenuScene to skip opponent selection and stop menu music for solo-only games
- 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
- Add `_animPurchaseShowcase` for a dramatic card reveal with a dark overlay and animated comet border effect
- Refactor purchase and gain flows to use the new showcase animation before flying the card to its destination
- Update `addIconRow` to accept a width constraint, dynamically scale text/tokens, and fallback to colored bars when space is too limited
- Track deck/discard pile counts during animations for real-time UI updates
- Implement animated discard pile countdown when shuffling
- Dynamically show/hide deck and discard piles based on animation state
- Replace generic card SFX with specific sounds for buying treasures, purchasing, and dealing
- Update Dominion card assets to align with new UI/audio feedback
- Add a particle emitter effect to supply pile cards using a generated sparkle texture.
- Include a `coins.mp3` sound effect for purchase interactions.
- Implement `_clearSupplyFx` to manage emitter lifecycle during render cycles.
- Implement a visual effect using Phaser Graphics to draw animated "comet" trails along the perimeter of playable action and treasure cards.
- Add `perimPoint` helper to calculate coordinates along a rectangle's perimeter.
- Manage particle graphics and tweens via new `_handFxGraphics` and `_handFxTweens` arrays, ensuring proper cleanup during render cycles.
- Replace simple face highlighting with the new `_buildHandFxItem` method for enhanced visual feedback.
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.
```
- 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 drag-and-drop reordering for the player's hand with a visual play drop zone.
- Add smooth, multi-phase animations for AI opponents (play, draw, cleanup, gain).
- Refactor hand rendering to preserve manual order and improve playability highlighting.
- Update card draw animations to target existing sprite coordinates directly.
- Add visual discard pile with card sprite and count badge
- Center action buttons and remove redundant Play Treasures button
- Track in-play cards for accurate animation source positions
- Refactor `setState` to handle discard, gain, and draw animations sequentially
- Add multi-phase discard animation (fly face-up, fold, unfold face-down)
- Add gain card animation to deck or discard pile
- Improve animation queue handling with `_animating` and `_pendingAnimState`
- Add face-down mini card sprites for opponents below their portraits
- Implement layout logic to center and space cards based on hand size
- Update card asset textures
- Replace text-only tooltip with a visual card preview popup
- Add background graphics and proper layout for card face and rules text
- Update popup dimensions and positioning logic
feat(dominion): add card draw animations and visual deck pile
- Implement animation system for drawing cards from deck to hand
- Add input blocking and state queuing during animations to prevent race conditions
- Replace text-only deck counter with a visual card pile and count badge
- Support face-down card rendering for animation start positions
- Ensure all human actions respect animation state
```
- Introduce Balam (spriteIndex 16) and Steve (spriteIndex 17) as new opponents
- Include full speech configurations (intro, happy, upset, pick) for both characters
- Relocate prompt banner and buttons downward (Y: 500→720, 560→825)
- Replace card suit emoji with text 'C' in value labels
- Update `promptButton` call to pass label string directly instead of a function placeholder
- 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.
- Implement core game logic in BaccaratLogic.js including shoe management,
hand evaluation, and betting resolution with standard rules (5% banker
commission, 8-to-1 tie payout).
- Create BaccaratGame.js Phaser scene with full UI: betting panel, chip
selection, seat portraits, and animated card dealing.
- Add BaccaratAI.js for opponent bet sizing and type selection (weighted
toward Banker).
- Introduce "Equation Ribbon" reveal sequence that walks through each card's
value, sums them, and performs a mod-10 reduction with visual flair.
- Register Baccarat in the server game registry and frontend scene dispatch.
- Add a 10-second countdown timer between ball draws with a dedicated UI overlay
- Implement visual flash effect on opponent panels when their cards match the called number
- Play happy emotion animation on opponent portraits during matches
- Replace CASINO_WIN/LOSE sounds with CASINO_BLACKJACK for win/loss events
- Fix fullscreen toggle to properly handle exitFullscreen and requestFullscreen
- Add new video assets for opponent emotions (happy, idle, upset)
- Add `sfx-bingo-balls` audio asset and load it in PreloadScene
- Register `BINGO_BALLS` sound in the SFX constants
- Play the sound when the bingo ball spinning animation starts
- Reduce mini card dimensions from 125x125 to 90x90 pixels
- Adjust positioning coordinates from (px+54.5, py+34.5) to (px+28, py+8)
- Improves visual alignment and spacing of opponent's bingo card in the UI
- Update player card background border radius from 5 to 15 for smoother corners
- Change called numbers board background color from cream to black for better contrast
- Remove unnecessary whitespace in `init()` and physics calculation lines (code cleanup)
- Add cream white background behind the player's bingo card
- Add cream white background behind opponent mini-cards
- Add cream white background behind the called numbers board
- Adjust player card header position (HEADER_Y, ROW0_Y) to accommodate new layout
Introduce a new Bingo game featuring a physics-driven drum with Matter.js,
AI opponents that auto-daub and claim wins with suspenseful delays, and a
"claim race" mechanic where the human can beat AI to the punch. Includes
complete game logic, UI components (drum, card, opponent panels, called
numbers board), and server registration for the new game slug.
- Improve Catan AI to evaluate 1-hop lookahead nodes and prioritize bridge connections for better road expansion.
- Add visual feedback for opponent Monopoly plays (resource text + fireworks).
- Redesign game-over screen with dynamic winner portraits (video for AI, avatar fallback for human) and fireworks.
- Add eliminated player panel in Hold'em with animated portrait transitions.
- Export `longestRoadFor` for use in AI logic.
- Add 12 new MP3 speech files for Jerry (intro, happy, upset, pick)
- Update opponents.json to include Jerry's speech configuration
- Fix HoldemLogic to exclude folded players from seat order calculation
- Update Holdem game configuration to allow 3-7 AI opponents (previously fixed at 3)
- Implement dynamic seat layout using an elliptical distribution for balanced positioning
- Add computeSeatLayout() to calculate positions based on opponent count, with special handling for side/diagonal corners
- Adjust portrait, card, and UI element positioning to adapt to different table sizes
- Update AI personality definitions to include 7 distinct profiles with varied aggression/bluff rates
- Modify AI decision logic to limp more frequently in unraised preflop scenarios
- Update hand summary modal to scale rows dynamically to fit 7+ players
- Update server game registry to reflect new max opponent count
- Switch `animateActionText` from Phaser text to DOM container to ensure it renders above opponent portrait videos (which are DOM-based and thus always on top of the Phaser canvas)
- Apply text-shadow via inline CSS for better cross-browser compatibility with DOM text
- Increase depth to `D.modal + 100` to guarantee visibility over all other layers
- Replace left-to-right seat processing with clockwise PLAY_ORDER starting top-right
- Animate deal sequence to follow the new play order
- Add pulsing highlight ring for active player's portrait
- Show large animated action callouts (Hit/Stand/Double/Split) between player and cards
- Position action buttons dynamically relative to the active player's portrait
- Update result reveal order to match clockwise play order
- Move betting UI panel and adjust button depths for proper layering
- Remove unused `nextActiveSeat` import in favor of `nextPlaySeat` method
feat(blackjack): expand player capacity to 7 and improve table visuals
- Increase maximum players from 5 to 7 (6 opponents) by updating seat positions, logic loops, and server registry.
- Add traditional felt table markings including curved text for rules ("Blackjack pays 3 to 2", "Insurance pays 2 to 1") and card/bet spot outlines.
- Refactor seat label rendering to use a consistent centered layout under portraits.
- Adjust bet circle positioning logic for the new seat layout.
```
- Implement intelligent AI trade initiation (proposeTrade) and response logic (respondToTrade) that adjusts willingness based on the requester's victory points.
- Add hover tooltips for harbors, Longest Road, and Largest Army cards to improve user understanding of game mechanics.
- Add a generic info tooltip system for UI elements.
- Add fullscreen toggle button to Landing and Game Menu scenes.
- Fix AI trade animation and status messages for better feedback.
- Implement visual tracking for Longest Road and Largest Army cards with
smooth transfer animations between players and the central display.
- Add audio feedback for special card ownership changes and opponent dev card plays.
- Display opponent development card details with a zoom-in animation when played.
- Update opponent panels to remove special card badges in favor of the new visual system.
- Add necessary spritesheet and audio assets to the preload scene.
- Minor fix to restore dice state in Parchisi logic after three-doubles penalty.
- 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`.
The AI now waits to build a road until no settlement spots are immediately reachable. This prevents wasting resources on roads when a settlement could be built, ensuring more efficient resource accumulation for higher-cost structures.
- Detect when the robber steals a resource from player 0 by comparing resource counts before and after the move.
- Display a temporary "CARD STOLEN" banner with the stolen resource name and robber's name.
- Play a lose sound effect to provide immediate audio feedback.
- Apply this notification logic consistently across all three locations where the robber is moved (AI turn, player turn, and initial setup).
- 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 animated robber movement with custom sprite, sound effects, and glow
- Implement dynamic dice roll animation with arc trajectory and sound cues
- Replace static resource hand with draggable, selectable cards
- Add victory points badge above player portrait
- Expand trade panel width and button sizes for better usability
- Load new robber asset and speech clips in preload scene
- Replace static sea background with a radial gradient for a richer look.
- Redesign settlement and city graphics with drop shadows and white halos.
- Enhance road rendering with a white core for better visibility.
- Add VP badges and card count fans to opponent panels.
- Support card back sprites via `data.cardBack` for accurate card rendering.
- Mark Catan as a card game in the registry.
- Add `background-catan-board.png` for enhanced board visuals
- Implement inset polygon logic to create layered hex borders (colored swatch, dark ring, image area)
- Adjust tile image scaling to fit within the innermost inset polygon
- Reduce outer border line width for a crisper appearance
- Add fallback resource color fill for the inner image area if texture is missing
- Add high-resolution `catancards.png` and `catantiles.png` assets
- Replace hexagon background colors with textured tile images from spritesheet
- Redesign resource hand with card-style UI (dark background, artwork, colored borders)
- Introduce a new Bank Panel on the right side showing resource and dev card counts
- Implement resource collection animations (chit pulse, particle effects, card flight)
- Export `HEX_W` constant for use in tile sizing calculations
- Replace the random hex chit assignment with a fixed spiral-based sequence (`CHIT_SPIRAL` and `CHIT_SEQUENCE`) to ensure consistent board layouts.
- Randomize the initial player turn order using a shuffled seat array instead of the static snake pattern.
- Update the build costs legend UI to display colored resource swatches in a bottom panel.
- 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
- Add 22 new MP3 speech files for characters Jeff and Fireball
- Update public/data/opponents.json to include speech arrays for both characters
- Each character now has intro, happy, and upset speech categories with 2-5 variations
- Add speech assets and configuration for Brad and Mario
- Update opponents.json with new speech arrays for intro, happy, and upset states
- Prevent discarding cards while cards are staged in Phase 10
- Add visual feedback (_shakeStagingButtons) when staging rules are violated
- Add _hasStagedCards helper to check staging group state
- Move staged cards back to hand if user attempts to discard during staging
- Introduce a canvas-based audio visualizer overlay on opponent portraits that activates during speech playback
- Update `SpeechQueue` to support `onStart` and `onEnd` callbacks for hooking into audio events
- Modify `Portrait` to trigger the visualizer with emotion-specific colors (blue for intro, green for happy, red for upset)
- Add `speech` metadata to `opponents.json` for Ethel and Bernie, defining available intro/happy/upset audio clips
- Ensure proper cleanup of visualizer state and resources on portrait destruction
- Implement `SpeechQueue` to manage opponent dialogue clips
- Add `speech` configuration to opponent data (Cy-Bro, Victor, Croc) with intro, happy, and upset states
- Trigger random speech clips in `Portrait.js` based on emotion and a 60% probability
- Play intro speech clips when opponent portraits are created
- Update `MusicPlayer` volume to 0.15 and clean up formatting/whitespace
- Sort player's hand by suit and value for consistent layout
- Implement drag-to-sort functionality for the local hand with visual feedback (slot indicators, card displacement, play zone highlighting)
- Refactor pass confirmation to include multi-phase animation: outgoing cards fly to target, incoming cards animate in from source, flip to reveal, and settle into sorted positions
- Add background to hearts broken indicator for better visibility
- Update card interaction handlers to support both click and drag events
- Implement Hearts game logic (HeartsLogic.js) with classic rules: passing, trick-taking, scoring, and moon-shooting mechanics
- Add AI opponent logic (HeartsAI.js) with heuristic-based card selection for passing and playing
- Create HeartsGame.js Phaser scene with full UI: card rendering, animations, trick collection, score tracking, and game flow
- Register Hearts in game registry as a 4-player card game
- Integrate Hearts into game routing and menu dispatch
- Replace fixed `TRACK_PITCH` tiling with `computeTrackLayout()` to dynamically fit tiles within track bounds
- Add `tileHalfW()` helper to correctly calculate width for double vs. single tiles
- Add truncation marks ("+N«") when the tile count exceeds visible track space
- Update marker placement, flash effects, and next-tile positioning to use the new dynamic layout coordinates
- Adjust score badge positioning to align relative to portrait radius
- Implement `paintRails()` to render decorative railroad ties and rails along player tracks
- Add `updateScoreBadges()` to display animated score circles for each player with color-coded borders based on score thresholds
- Fix double tile highlighting logic to correctly identify and style open doubles
- Update tile rendering to respect double tile orientation (vertical vs horizontal)
- Adjust track background colors for better visual contrast
- Add interactive boneyard pile with click-to-draw functionality and animations
- Display opponent hand counts as mini-domino dots next to portraits
- Apply background padding to all UI text elements for improved readability
- Refactor draw animations to support both human and AI tile drawing from the boneyard
- Implement Mexican Train game logic, AI opponent, and Phaser UI scene
- Register Mexican Train in server game registry and client dispatch tables
- Add roulette spin sound effect and improved win/lose animations with fireworks
- Update preload scene and sound registry to support new audio assets
Adds animated "Win!" or "Lose" badges that appear sequentially for each player after a roll, accompanied by sound effects. Introduces a colorful fireworks particle animation for wins. Adjusts dice landing positions for better visibility and removes redundant emotion/sound calls in favor of the new sequential result display.
Adds a staggered slide-and-fade animation for AI bets in Craps, making chips appear to fly from each player's seat to the felt. Updates `renderAiBets` to accept an `animate` flag and triggers the effect only during the betting phase. Removes the call from `beginRound` to avoid redundant rendering.
Implements a fully playable Roulette game with American double-zero rules, a spinning wheel animation, and a heuristic AI that assigns distinct betting personalities to opponents. Adds colored identity rings to player portraits in both Craps and Roulette for better visual distinction. Updates Craps to render AI bets directly on the felt with color-coded chips and names, and adjusts dice landing positions.
Introduces pulsing box-shadow animations to opponent portraits to provide visual feedback during gameplay. Opponents now display "happy" (green pulse) or "upset" (red pulse) emotions in response to specific game actions across Go Fish, Phase 10, and Skip Bo. Includes new video assets for Victor and updated sprite sheets.
Introduce a complete Craps implementation featuring a Phaser-based UI,
deterministic game logic, and heuristic AI players.
Key changes:
- CrapsLogic.js: Pure-state rules engine handling Pass/Don't Pass, Place,
Come/Don't Come, Field bets, odds, and full resolution logic.
- CrapsAI.js: Stateless AI personalities (conservative, balanced, aggressive,
gambler) derived from player names to drive betting behavior.
- CrapsGame.js: Phaser scene with animated dice rolls, chip tray, dynamic
bet zones, portrait-based opponents, and persistence via profile API.
- Wire Craps into the game registry, main scene loader, and GameRoom dispatcher.
- Add a "Matches so far" panel to the HUD that tracks paired ranks and remaining matches.
- Introduce `animateRefill` to visually animate cards flying from the pool to an empty hand.
- Refactor turn flow to use `playRefillsThenFinish` for sequential refill animations after pairing or empty-hand draws.
- Update `GoFishLogic` to capture refill events in `lastAsk.refills` for the animation system.
- GoFish: Display animated banners when players are dealt starting pairs at the beginning of the game.
- Parchisi: Add pulsing glow and expanding ripple visual cues to indicate movable pawns.
- Parchisi: Implement click-outside dismissal for pawn selection highlights to improve interaction clarity.
- Remove Socket.IO dependency, server multiplayer logic (lobby, room management), and client-side socket service
- Replace multiplayer-only flow with single-player AI gameplay; add `OpponentSelectScene` for AI configuration
- Simplify game registry to use `minOpponents`/`maxOpponents` instead of `supportsMultiplayer`/`multiplayerOnly`
- Update game registration to remove multiplayer flags and adjust `games` table schema to hardcode `supports_multiplayer = 0`
- Remove `SOCKET_IO_CORS_ORIGIN` from environment configuration
- Update documentation to reflect single-player architecture and simplified game creation process
- Fix minor UI issues: add width to buttons in auth scenes, fix auth listener cleanup in LandingScene, restore DOM layer visibility in Modal
- Update `handleLogEffects` to accept an `onDone` callback, ensuring post-state logic (unblocking input, updating UI) only executes after visual effects complete.
- Introduce `animateForcedDraw` to display a prominent "+N" banner and animate card draws with custom timing parameters.
- Refactor `animateBatchDraw` to support configurable `flyDuration` and `stagger` via a `timing` object.
- Apply the new callback pattern across all move execution paths (`playCard`, `drawCard`, AI moves) to prevent race conditions and ensure consistent animation flow.
- Create a red "X" overlay that animates onto the portrait of a skipped opponent
- Implement `showSkipOverlay` to render the effect using Phaser DOM objects
- Trigger the overlay when a player is skipped to provide clearer visual feedback
- Add opponent emotion reactions (upset/happy) for specific game events like skips, draws, and wild card plays
- Differentiate animation durations and effects between local player and opponents
- Implement showcase animation for opponent's played cards with a grow/shrink effect
- Adjust card fly and stagger timings for opponent animations to improve visual clarity
- Add visual highlight for discard zone when card is dragged over it
- Implement logic to detect valid plays against current discard pile
- Trigger play execution (including wild color picker) when dropped on discard
- Refactor `endCardDrag` to handle both reordering and playing paths
- Add `pointermove`, `pointerup`, and `pointerdown` handlers for smooth card dragging
- Implement visual feedback including card tilt, scale, and insertion slot indicators
- Update hand array order and re-render layout upon drop completion
- Refactor hover/click logic to support both interaction modes
- Import and register UnoGame in the frontend client
- Add Uno to the game slug dispatch mapping in GameRoomScene
- Register Uno in the server game registry with card game configuration
- Use existing card sprites for target hand animations to prevent duplicates
- Respect `handFaceUp` layout setting when flipping target cards
- Calculate precise destination coordinates for drawn cards based on hand axis and index
- Simplify `animateFishDraw` signature to accept explicit destination coordinates
- Fix tween completion logic to properly trigger callbacks
- Pass live sprites from `animateAsk` to `animatePairedCards` to prevent premature destruction.
- Update `animateAsk` to fan collected cards into the asker's show zone instead of hiding them.
- Update `animatePairedCards` to accept pre-existing sprites for seamless pair animation.
- Remove `canAsk` check in `applyAsk` to ensure turn advances correctly after any ask.
Refactor the ask sequence in GoFishGame.js to introduce a visual fishing line
animation between the asker and target before revealing the result.
Key changes:
- Extract target slot/layout calculations outside conditional blocks for clarity.
- Add `animateFishingLine` method to draw a dynamic hook arc with barb that
extends from asker to target over 1 second.
- Reorganize animation timing: reveal asker's card first, then cast fishing line,
then handle catch/fail outcomes.
- Simplify catch/fail logic by unifying post-line animation flows.
- Improve visual feedback with staggered card appearances and smoother transitions.
When the local player picks a card from the scattered pool, the card is now flipped face-up in place for 700ms before flying to their hand. This provides visual feedback on the drawn card. AI draws remain hidden and fly directly to the hand.
Replace the static deck pile with a scattered pool of face-down cards in the center of the table. When a player goes fishing, the game now pauses in a 'pick' phase, allowing the local player to click a card or the AI to randomly select one. This adds visual variety and interactive gameplay to the go-fish mechanic.
- Implement round-robin card dealing animation from the pool to player hands.
- Add visual feedback for collecting pairs with card placement animations.
- Integrate fireworks particle effects when new pairs are formed.
- Update game logic to track paired cards for animation purposes.
- Improve game flow with staggered animations and delayed state updates.
- Implement Go Fish game logic in GoFishLogic.js with state management, turn handling, and pair scoring
- Create GoFishAI.js with memory-based opponent that tracks card distribution and makes strategic decisions
- Build GoFishGame.js scene with Phaser UI including card rendering, seat layouts, animations, and game flow
- Register Go Fish in gameRegistry with 'cards' category and multiplayer support (1-4 players)
- Update GameMenuScene to display 'Cards' column for card games
- Wire up GoFishGame in GameRoomScene slug dispatch and main.js scene registry
- Implement complete game logic (ChineseCheckersLogic.js) with hex board,
move generation (steps/jump chains), and rule enforcement.
- Add single-ply heuristic AI (ChineseCheckersAI.js) that prioritizes pulling
laggard pegs forward and entering the target triangle.
- Build Phaser-based UI (ChineseCheckersGame.js) with radial portraits,
animated peg moves, and turn indicators.
- Register the game in the server registry and frontend routing.
- 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
- Extract button creation and destruction into `_createStagingButtons` and `_destroyStagingButtons`.
- Ensure buttons are properly destroyed when staging is cleared, submitted, or when turn conditions change.
- Prevent memory leaks and stale UI state by centralizing button lifecycle management.
- Add piece click sound effect in Backgammon on landing.
- Remove the hardcoded "Lay Down Phase" button and `findLaydown` auto-complete.
- Add a dynamic staging area at the bottom of the screen that renders empty slots for each phase group.
- Enable drag-and-drop of hand cards into staging slots to manually build phases.
- Add "Submit Phase" and "Clear" buttons to commit or reset the staged layout.
- Implement validation using `validateLaydown` before submitting.
- Fix Button hit area coordinates to ensure reliable click detection.
- Update status text rendering with a background graphic for better visibility.
- Update `laidStart` coordinates for top, bottom, left, and right slots to reposition laid cards
- Changes aim to improve card visibility and spacing during gameplay
- Update portrait and nameLabel coordinates for top, bottom, left, and right slots to improve layout alignment
- Adjust chip positions for left and right slots to better fit the new UI design
- Add chipRotation property to left and right slot layouts to rotate phase chips appropriately
- Apply chip rotation in makeSeatChip when layout.chipRotation is defined
- Allow dragging local hand cards to discard pile or valid hit targets.
- Add visual feedback with action highlights for discard (red) and hit (gold) zones.
- Handle drag state transitions, including settling cards and animating to target.
- Support 'skip' card drag with immediate modal opening.
- Refactor drop target detection and group center calculation for reuse.
- Adjust portrait and button positions for better layout alignment.
- Implement pointer-based drag handlers for Phase10 player hand.
- Add visual feedback including card scaling, rotation tilt, shadow, and slot indicators during drag.
- Reorder hand array and animate cards to new positions on drop.
- Prevent conflicts by ending active drags during scene transitions or state updates.
- Implement pointer-based drag handlers for Phase10 player hand.
- Add visual feedback including card scaling, rotation tilt, shadow, and slot indicators during drag.
- Reorder hand array and animate cards to new positions on drop.
- Prevent conflicts by ending active drags during scene transitions or state updates.
- 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.
- Add `isPlayerStuck` and `applyAutoPass` logic to SkipBoLogic.
- Handle stuck players by automatically passing their turn.
- Detect draw conditions when all players are stuck consecutively.
- Update UI to display appropriate messages for auto-passes and draws.
- Pass subtitle text to `showGameOverPanel` for clearer win/loss/draw context.
- Add pointerdown listener to clear selectedSource and highlights when clicking empty space.
- Improves UX by allowing players to easily cancel card selection.
- Shift stock, discard, hand, portrait, and label positions for 'bottom' and 'top' slots in `slotLayout`.
- Ensures elements are correctly centered and spaced on the game board.
- Update Phase10Game and SkipBoGame to use sprite textures for card backs when available, falling back to graphics drawing otherwise.
- Add outline rotation to SkipBo stock and discard piles for better visual alignment with card orientation.
- 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
- Implement core Parchisi logic (ParchisiLogic.js) including board rules,
move validation, and state management.
- Add Minimax-based AI (ParchisiAI.js) with heuristic evaluation for move
selection, supporting up to 3 AI opponents.
- Create full Phaser game scene (ParchisiGame.js) with animated board,
pawns, dice, and UI elements.
- Register new game assets (fonts, images, video animations).
- Update game registry to support 1-4 players with 3 AI opponents.
- Integrate Parchisi into the main scene loader and game room dispatch.
- Add animated betting prompts with pulsing chip buttons and text overlay
- Implement delayed start for betting animations after 5 seconds
- Refactor chip buttons to use containers for proper hit detection
- Update Button component to ensure interactive events work on all child objects
- Improve betting UI visibility management with proper show/hide states
- Add depth management for betting prompts and chip buttons
Refactors `animateSingleCard` to accept a specific card object instead of seat/index parameters, simplifying the logic for determining hand position and card index. Updates hit actions for both player and AI to animate the new card individually, revealing its face-up state at the destination upon completion. This replaces the previous bulk `renderSeatCards` call with a more granular visual update.
- 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
- Update HoldemLogic.js: reduce blind level interval to 5 minutes, fix single-pot split logic, and apply minor formatting/whitespace changes.
- Add new ParchisiLogic.js file implementing pure game logic for the Parchisi board game, including path definition, player entry points, safe squares, and home columns.
- Add new assets: gerome.png, ethel video animations (happy/idle/upset), gerome/jeff video animations (happy/idle/upset), and update opponents.png/psd.
Brian Fertig