- 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.
- 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
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- 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.
Brian Fertig