diff --git a/assets/backgrounds/campaign01_bg.png b/assets/backgrounds/campaign01_bg.png
index 5923324..2d689e0 100644
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diff --git a/assets/ui/map_finish.png b/assets/ui/map_finish.png
index 77ef608..f0290be 100644
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diff --git a/assets/ui/map_node.png b/assets/ui/map_node.png
index b6bbbba..1b27154 100644
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diff --git a/assets/ui/map_node_current.png b/assets/ui/map_node_current.png
index a5abec5..bdcbe43 100644
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diff --git a/assets/ui/map_node_locked.png b/assets/ui/map_node_locked.png
index 671a000..ac2c5c9 100644
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diff --git a/sprites.md b/sprites.md
index 1564256..b9e70f1 100644
--- a/sprites.md
+++ b/sprites.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ shifted.
 | `campaign01_bg` | `assets/backgrounds/campaign01_bg.png` | full frame 960x540 | Campaign 1 "Sunny Suburbs" background |
 | `campaign02_bg` | `assets/backgrounds/campaign02_bg.png` | full frame 960x540 | Campaign 2 "Dusk Junction" background |
 | `map_node` | `assets/ui/map_node.png` | ~450x450 badge centered | completed level node (number badge) |
-| `map_node_current` | `assets/ui/map_node_current.png` | ~450x450 badge centered | the next level to play ("start here" node) |
+| `map_node_current` | `assets/ui/map_node_current.png` | **512x512 badge, no padding frame** (exception to the centered-frame rule) | the next level to play ("start here" node) |
 | `map_node_locked` | `assets/ui/map_node_locked.png` | ~450x450 badge centered | locked level node |
 | `map_finish` | `assets/ui/map_finish.png` | ~440x560 centered | flag past the last node |
 | `map_campaign_tag` | `assets/ui/map_campaign_tag.png` | ~1440x300 plate centered near top | banner behind the campaign title text (title is drawn on top at y≈82/540) |
@@ -113,10 +113,17 @@ Per-campaign notes:
   (the one to play next, e.g. gold - this one gets a gentle idle pulse),
   `map_node_locked` (greyed out, e.g. a padlock). If you want the badge to
   be a different size than ~450 units, also adjust `BADGE_FRAC_OF_FRAME`
-  in `src/util/mapArt.js`.
+  in `src/util/mapArt.js`. Note `map_node_current` currently ships as a
+  tight 512x512 image (no 960x540 padding frame); its size/hit area are
+  driven by `NODE_ART_FRAMES` + `BADGE_FILE_FRAC` per-key in `mapArt.js`,
+  so a different frame size there is fine as long as those tables are
+  updated.
 - **`map_finish.png`** - the flag sits just past the last node, on the road,
   so a base/mound that grounds it looks best; don't rely on the bottom of
-  the 960x540 canvas being the ground line.
+  the 960x540 canvas being the ground line. Currently ships as a tight
+  512x512 image (flag ink is ~60% of the width, full height); the scene
+  displays it at 0.28x the game screen, so keep the flag roughly centered
+  in a square frame if you re-export it.
 - **`map_campaign_tag.png`** - a plate/banner with empty center space; the
   game writes `"<name>    x/y cleared"` on top of it in dark ink (#1a1f29),
   so the middle should be a light, uncluttered fill.
diff --git a/src/data/levels/index.js b/src/data/levels/index.js
index 79ca342..3b130dc 100644
--- a/src/data/levels/index.js
+++ b/src/data/levels/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import level06 from './level06.js';
 export const CAMPAIGNS = [
   {
     id: 'campaign01',
-    name: 'Sunny Suburbs',
+    name: 'Evergreen Lake',
     bgKey: 'campaign01_bg',
     levels: [level01, level02, level03],
     positions: [
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const CAMPAIGNS = [
   },
   {
     id: 'campaign02',
-    name: 'Dusk Junction',
+    name: 'Underprivileged Community',
     bgKey: 'campaign02_bg',
     levels: [level04, level05, level06],
   },
diff --git a/src/scenes/LevelSelectScene.js b/src/scenes/LevelSelectScene.js
index 382346b..27897ef 100644
--- a/src/scenes/LevelSelectScene.js
+++ b/src/scenes/LevelSelectScene.js
@@ -123,17 +123,18 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     const flag = this.add
       .image(last.x + Math.cos(ang) * 95 * WORLD_SCALE, last.y + Math.sin(ang) * 95 * WORLD_SCALE, 'map_finish')
       .setOrigin(0.5)
-      .setDisplaySize(GAME_WIDTH * 0.55, GAME_HEIGHT * 0.55)
+      .setDisplaySize(GAME_WIDTH * 0.18, GAME_HEIGHT * 0.18)
       .setDepth(DEPTH.flag);
     this._groups.path.push(flag);
 
-    // Nodes + labels.
-    const { width: dw, height: dh } = nodeDisplaySize();
+    // Nodes + labels. Per-key display sizes: map_node_current ships as a tight
+    // 512x512 badge while the others are 960x540 frames (see mapArt.js).
     levels.forEach((level, i) => {
       const p = points[i];
       const state = campaignUnlocked && (completed[i] || i === current) ? (completed[i] ? 'done' : 'current') : 'locked';
       const key = state === 'current' ? 'map_node_current' : state === 'locked' ? 'map_node_locked' : 'map_node';
-      const node = this.add.image(p.x, p.y, key).setOrigin(0.5).setDisplaySize(dw, dh).setDepth(DEPTH.node);
+      const { width: nw, height: nh } = nodeDisplaySize(key);
+      const node = this.add.image(p.x, p.y, key).setOrigin(0.5).setDisplaySize(nw, nh).setDepth(DEPTH.node);
 
       // The badge is a small centered circle inside a big mostly-transparent
       // texture frame, so the interactive area must be a circle around the
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       // and radii must be given in frame pixels too (world radius = radius *
       // scale). The hover/entrance tweens only change the scale, so the hit
       // circle stays glued to the visible badge at all times.
-      const hitRadius = ((node.width * BADGE_FILE_FRAC) / 2) * BADGE_HIT_RADIUS_MULT;
+      const hitRadius = ((node.width * BADGE_FILE_FRAC[key]) / 2) * BADGE_HIT_RADIUS_MULT;
       const hitArea = new Phaser.Geom.Circle(node.displayOriginX, node.displayOriginY, hitRadius);
       const hitTest = (shape, x, y) => (x - shape.x) * (x - shape.x) + (y - shape.y) * (y - shape.y) <= shape.radius * shape.radius;
 
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
             () =>
               this._tooltip(
                 p.x,
-                p.y - dh * 0.75,
+                p.y - nh * 0.75,
                 i === 0 ? 'Clear the previous campaign to unlock' : 'Finish the previous level to unlock'
               )
           )
@@ -169,10 +170,10 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       } else {
         node
           .setInteractive({ useHandCursor: true, hitArea, hitAreaCallback: hitTest })
-          .on('pointerover', () => this._tweenNodeSize(node, dw * NODE_HOVER, dh * NODE_HOVER))
-          .on('pointerout', () => this._tweenNodeSize(node, dw, dh))
+          .on('pointerover', () => this._tweenNodeSize(node, nw * NODE_HOVER, nh * NODE_HOVER))
+          .on('pointerout', () => this._tweenNodeSize(node, nw, nh))
           .on('pointerdown', () => {
-            this._tweenNodeSize(node, dw * 0.92, dh * 0.92, 70);
+            this._tweenNodeSize(node, nw * 0.92, nh * 0.92, 70);
             this.time.delayedCall(80, () => {
               this.scene.stop('LevelSelect');
               this.scene.start('Play', { levelId: level.id });
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       if (state === 'done') label = result ? `${result.kidsSaved}/${result.kidsTotal} kids saved` : 'cleared!';
       else if (state === 'current') label = level.name;
       if (label) {
-        this._groups.tags.push(this.add.text(p.x, p.y + dh * 0.68, label, PILL_STYLE).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(DEPTH.tag));
+        this._groups.tags.push(this.add.text(p.x, p.y + nh * 0.68, label, PILL_STYLE).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(DEPTH.tag));
       }
     });
 
@@ -199,11 +200,10 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       [...this._groups.bg, ...this._groups.path].forEach((o) => o.setAlpha(0));
       this.tweens.add({ targets: [...this._groups.bg, ...this._groups.path], alpha: 1, duration: 200, ease: 'Quad.easeOut' });
       this._groups.nodes.forEach((node, i) => {
-        // Pop in to the resting DISPLAY size - never scale 1: the texture is a
-        // big mostly-transparent frame with the badge centered (the shipped 2x
-        // art is 1920x1080), so full scale renders it enormous. Animating
-        // display sizes keeps this correct for any frame size, like every other
-        // node tween in this scene.
+        // Pop in to the resting DISPLAY size - never scale 1 (see the per-key
+        // sizes in mapArt.js); animating display sizes keeps this correct for
+        // any texture frame size, like every other node tween in this scene.
+        const { width: dw, height: dh } = nodeDisplaySize(node.texture.key);
         node.setDisplaySize(dw * 0.5, dh * 0.5).setAlpha(0);
         this.tweens.add({
           targets: node,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export default class LevelSelectScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     if (this._pulseTween) this._pulseTween.stop();
     const node = this._groups.nodes[index];
     if (!node) return;
-    const { width: dw, height: dh } = nodeDisplaySize();
+    const { width: dw, height: dh } = nodeDisplaySize(node.texture.key);
     // Explicit from/to pins the oscillation to the resting size, independent
     // of whatever mid-animation scale the node happens to have when this is
     // added.
diff --git a/src/util/assetManifest.js b/src/util/assetManifest.js
index f2682eb..204c23e 100644
--- a/src/util/assetManifest.js
+++ b/src/util/assetManifest.js
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ export const ASSET_MANIFEST = [
   { key: 'campaign02_bg', path: 'assets/backgrounds/campaign02_bg.png', width: 960 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0x3a346e },
   // 960x540 canvas, badge centered (see the LEVEL SELECT section of sprites.md).
   { key: 'map_node', path: 'assets/ui/map_node.png', width: 960 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'circle', color: 0x2255aa },
-  { key: 'map_node_current', path: 'assets/ui/map_node_current.png', width: 960 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'circle', color: 0xdea834 },
+  // 512x512 badge art (NOT the 960x540 centered-frame convention of the other
+  // node sprites) - see NODE_ART_FRAMES + nodeDisplaySize() in mapArt.js.
+  { key: 'map_node_current', path: 'assets/ui/map_node_current.png', width: 512, height: 512, kind: 'circle', color: 0xdea834 },
   { key: 'map_node_locked', path: 'assets/ui/map_node_locked.png', width: 960 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'circle', color: 0x606876 },
-  { key: 'map_finish', path: 'assets/ui/map_finish.png', width: 960 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0xde5046 },
+  { key: 'map_finish', path: 'assets/ui/map_finish.png', width: 512, height: 512, kind: 'rect', color: 0xde5046 },
   { key: 'map_campaign_tag', path: 'assets/ui/map_campaign_tag.png', width: 960 * WORLD_SCALE, height: 540 * WORLD_SCALE, kind: 'rect', color: 0xf4f0e6 },
   { key: 'favicon', path: 'assets/favicon.png', width: 32, height: 32, kind: 'rect', color: 0x2255aa },
 ];
diff --git a/src/util/mapArt.js b/src/util/mapArt.js
index 58673f8..20754a5 100644
--- a/src/util/mapArt.js
+++ b/src/util/mapArt.js
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 // Shared map geometry for the LevelSelect map nodes + path ribbon.
 //
-// Placeholder art for the map UI is generated on 960x540 canvases with the
-// sprite centered (the generator in /tmp, documented in sprites.md). The code
-// below displays those textures full-frame at a node's position and reads the
-// badge size back from the frame size, so it works unchanged when real art
-// replaces the placeholders - as long as the same "sprite centered on a
-// 960x540 canvas" convention is kept (or the texture frame size is kept
-// close to the badge's own aspect).
+// Most map UI art is generated on 960x540 canvases with the sprite centered
+// (documented in sprites.md). The node textures follow that convention EXCEPT
+// map_node_current, which ships as a 512x512 badge image with no padding frame
+// (see NODE_ART_FRAMES below).
 import { GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, WORLD_SCALE } from '../config.js';
 
 // How much of a game screen wide each node's texture FRAME is displayed at.
@@ -14,12 +11,16 @@ import { GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, WORLD_SCALE } from '../config.js';
 // the badge-to-frame ratio (see BADGE_FILE_FRAC) - it only sets display size.
 export const BADGE_FRAC_OF_FRAME = 0.47;
 
-// Fraction of the texture file's width spanned by the badge's ink. The node
-// art is a ~450px badge centered in a 1920x1080 file (the 2x export of the
-// 960x540 design canvas - see sprites.md); measured on the shipped
-// map_node*.png, ink spans ~459-466 of the 1920 file width. Re-measure if
-// the art changes.
-export const BADGE_FILE_FRAC = 0.24;
+// Fraction of the texture file's width spanned by the badge's ink, PER NODE
+// STATE. map_node/map_node_locked are 1920x1080 frames with the ~450px badge
+// centered, so ink spans ~0.24 of the file width (measured on the shipped
+// art). map_node_current is a 512x512 image that IS the badge, so its ink
+// spans the whole file. Re-measure an entry if that file's art changes.
+export const BADGE_FILE_FRAC = {
+  map_node: 0.24,
+  map_node_current: 0.30,
+  map_node_locked: 0.24,
+};
 
 // Hit-circle radius as a multiple of the VISIBLE badge's radius - slightly
 // generous so clicks near the edge feel natural without reaching the road.
@@ -34,9 +35,20 @@ export function frameAnchorDisplayWidth() {
   return GAME_WIDTH;
 }
 
-export function nodeDisplaySize() {
-  const s = GAME_WIDTH * BADGE_FRAC_OF_FRAME;
-  return { width: s, height: s * (540 / 960) };
+// Source pixel dimensions of each node texture. The old 960x540 frames were
+// 2x exports; the current map_node_current is a tight 512x512 badge. Used to
+// normalize display size + hit radius regardless of frame size.
+export const NODE_ART_FRAMES = {
+  map_node: { w: 512, h: 512 },
+  map_node_current: { w: 512, h: 512 },
+  map_node_locked: { w: 512, h: 512 },
+};
+
+export function nodeDisplaySize(key = 'map_node') {
+  const { w, h } = NODE_ART_FRAMES[key] || NODE_ART_FRAMES.map_node;
+  const badgeDesign = GAME_WIDTH * BADGE_FRAC_OF_FRAME * BADGE_FILE_FRAC[key];
+  const s = badgeDesign * (w / h); // display size of the square badge
+  return { width: s, height: s * (h / w) }; // for non-square art this keeps aspect
 }
 
 export function scalePos(p) {