- Reduce pushSpeed across all 20 levels to ~60% of original values in
tools/genZuma.js, making the chain advance more slowly and giving the
player more reaction time. starScores() thresholds auto-adjust downward
since they are derived from pushSpeed.
- Add per-level background art (zuma-background-1 / -2) alternated per
level via a new `background` field in each level definition; draw it in
ZumaGame.drawBackground() over the solid fallback rectangle.
- Register the two new background textures and sfx-zuma-lose in the asset
manifest.
- Add playLoseFanfare() mirroring playStartFanfare() to duck/pause music
and play the lose SFX when the chain goes over the edge (onLost).
- Add a black stroke to the "ZUMA!" win banner for readability.
- Bump music volume to 0.5 in zuma-music.json.
Add a chain of explosions that runs from the last match location to the
pit on level completion, distributing the time bonus across each blast.
The sequence ducks the soundtrack during the finale and plays the win
jingle as the chain reaches the edge, then resumes music before
revealing the victory banner.
- Register new `sfx-zuma-win` audio asset in the manifest
- Track last clear position (lastClearX/lastClearY) from match/explosion events
- Add `nearestS` to ZumaLogic for sampling the path at a world coordinate
- Implement `playVictoryFireworks()` orchestrating the timed explosion chain
with configurable step/gap tuning constants
- Add `victoryExplosion()` for a brighter additive flash + particle burst
- Remove premature `SFX.VICTORY_SHORT` play in favor of the win jingle timed
to the finale
Introduce underground tunnel sections to Zuma levels, letting the
chain roll out of sight and back in. Tunnels are arc-length intervals
on the path; while a ball is submerged it is inert — ignored by shots,
the laser sight, and explosions — and the path itself is drawn as a
faint buried trace beneath any live section that crosses it.
Engine (ZumaLogic.js): TUNNEL constants, normalizeTunnels, isHidden,
visibilityAt, pathSpans, sampleRange, nearestS; createLevel,
syncPositions, applyPower, stepFlights, and rayHit all honour
submersion. validateLevel lints mouth placement, spacing, and the
40% max-hidden fraction.
Game (ZumaGame.js): depth layer reorg so a live path always wins an
overlap with a tunnel stone; addPortal draws the two-layer maw (stone
below the chain, mouth above it); drawPit replaces the old skull with
a broken-stone collar and vapour swirl; startPitFall rolls the lost
chain over the lip in order, shrinking marbles into the dark; the
level-start fanfare ducks the soundtrack via MusicPlayer pause/resume.
Editor (ZumaEditor.js): new Tunnels tool with click-to-place,
drag-to-slide, right-click-to-remove, ESC-to-cancel; three graphics
layers (buried path, live path, handles) matching the game's
stacking; queueGameAssets so editor Test Play has the lazy art ready.
Art: ZumaPortal.js (carved serpent-head maw, symmetric so one
texture serves both ends) and ZumaPit.js (shaft of darkening discs
read as depth, not a painted circle).
Audio: four Zuma SFX (shoot, hit, start, explode) and a three-track
soundtrack wired through data/zuma-music.json and the asset manifest;
genZuma.js gains a tunnels column (fractions of path length) and
verifyZuma.js gains a tunnel test suite.
Move path band widths, colors, and groove properties out of ZumaGame
hardcoded constants and into a single PATH_STYLE config in ZumaLogic.
Both ZumaGame and ZumaEditor now draw the path using the same nested
band strokes for a consistent concave-channel appearance.
- Replace drawn ball textures with 32-frame rolling cycle + fixed specular
highlight, so marbles visibly rotate as they travel along the path
- Switch from Phaser Containers to a Layer for proper depth-sorted rendering
- Replace hand-drawn frog with assets/images/zuma/frog.png sprite sheet
(2 frames: base disc + slotted overlay for the mouth)
- Add ZumaEditor (/?zuma-editor=1): drag/insert/delete path points, move
frog, tune parameters, test-play, export bank or single level
- Increase BALL_RADIUS 24→32, BALL_SPACING 48→64, and rebalance all tuning
constants (catchup/pullback speeds, explosion radius, frog clearance)
- Extract geometry lint (validateLevel, validateLevelParams) into ZumaLogic
so genZuma.js, verifyZuma.js, and the editor share identical rules
- Rewrite genZuma.js with a Pen class (straights + circular arcs at uniform
STEP=70px) to avoid Catmull-Rom overshoot; regenerate all 20 levels
- Update verifyZuma.js aimbot soak: 8 seeds/level, ≥80% bank clear rate,
star curve calibrated above mechanical play
- Update level data: new coordinates, adjusted quotas/speeds/colors/scores
- Add new background images (background-01.png, background-02.png)
- Add background image to Zuma title screen with solid color fallback
- Add new depth layer for background rendering (D.bg)
- Style progress text with semi-transparent background rectangle
- Reposition game buttons grid lower on screen for better visual balance
- Register zuma-menu-bg asset in manifest for lazy loading
- Add Advance Wars and Zuma image assets (background, frog sprite)
Brian Fertig