Simplify action bar slots to label-only buttons

- Remove the drawn slot icons (research/build/ship/menu/reserved) and their RGB ghost copies; keep the GlitchText split on labels and panel outline only.
- Center button text vertically and shrink the bar height from 92 to 56 px now that there is no icon row.
- Drop iconSize/iconY config and the drawIcon helper, and update README/comments to match the label-only design.

README.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ layers now, with the rules and panels to come next:
   Six evenly spaced slots: **Research, Build, Ship, ·, ·, Menu**. The slots
   fire `onAction` and are otherwise inert; two slots are reserved. Dressed
   with the menu's CRT language — scanlines over the strip and the GlitchText
-  RGB pull-apart on icons, labels, and the panel outline during bursts. All
+  RGB pull-apart on labels and the panel outline during bursts. All
   layout, palette, and motion (boot flicker, rail comet, glitch bursts, RGB
   split, scanlines) live in the config.
 

data/actionbar.json

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {
   "_comment": "COMMAND DECK — the cyberpunk bar across the bottom of the screen (rendered by js/ui/ActionBar.js). Six evenly spaced slots: `buttons` is the ORDERED list — give a slot an `id` (the action it will fire) + `label` + `accent`, or leave both `null` for a reserved slot. Buttons currently fire `onAction` (see GameScene); the behavior behind them comes next. Everything visual is procedural (no image assets) and tunable here: layout in `height`/`margin`/`padding`/`button`, palette in `colors`, CRT scanlines in `scanline`, motion in `animation` (boot flicker, the rail comet, the glitch bursts, the RGB pull-apart).",
   "enabled": true,
-  "height": 92,
+  "height": 56,
   "margin": { "left": 20, "right": 20, "bottom": 12 },
   "padding": 16,
   "button": {
     "widthFactor": 0.72,
     "maxWidth": 190,
     "notch": 10,
-    "iconSize": 26,
     "fontSize": 14,
     "letterSpacing": 2.5
   },
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
   "animation": {
     "bootStagger": 70,
     "rgb": {
-      "_comment": "RGB pull-apart on icons/labels/panel (the menu title's GlitchText technique): idleOffset px of constant chromatic fringe, burstOffset extra px at full burst, idleAlpha/burstAlpha ghost strength.",
+      "_comment": "RGB pull-apart on labels/panel (the menu title's GlitchText technique): idleOffset px of constant chromatic fringe, burstOffset extra px at full burst, idleAlpha/burstAlpha ghost strength.",
       "idleOffset": 1.8,
       "burstOffset": 6,
       "idleAlpha": 0.4,

js/ui/ActionBar.js

@@ -6,17 +6,16 @@ import { canvasTexture } from '../utils/Textures.js';
 import { CyberShape } from './CyberShape.js';
 
 const FONT_FALLBACK = "'Segoe UI', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif";
-const DEG = Math.PI / 180;
 
 /**
  * COMMAND DECK — the cyberpunk action bar across the bottom of the screen:
  * a cut-corner console panel with an energy rail, six evenly spaced slot
- * buttons (drawn icons, RGB-split labels, per-slot accent colors), reserved
+ * buttons (label-only, per-slot accent rail on top, RGB-split labels),
- * "standby" slots, a rail comet that streaks past on a loop, periodic glitch
+ * reserved "standby" slots, a rail comet that streaks past on a loop, periodic glitch
  * bursts (slice bars + label jitter), and a boot flicker-in.
  * Dressed with the menu's CRT language: scanlines over the whole bar (the
  * same 1px-dark-row tile as CyberOverlay) and the GlitchText RGB pull-apart
- * on everything — icons, labels, and the panel outline itself on bursts.
+ * on labels and the panel outline itself on bursts.
  *
  * Everything is procedural — no image assets — and fully config-driven
  * (data/actionbar.json): slots, labels, accents, palette, and every
@@ -69,9 +68,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       slotBorder: toColor(ab.colors?.slotBorder, 0x22405f),
       reserved: toColor(ab.colors?.reserved, 0x3d4c74),
       inkCss: toCss(ab.colors?.text ?? '#eaf6ff'),
-      iconY: -12,
+      labelY: 0, // label-only buttons: the text is centred vertically
-      labelY: 16,
-      iconSize: bc.iconSize ?? 26,
     };
     // The menu's CRT scanline tuning (data/theme.json) is the default, so
     // the bar matches the menu unless actionbar.json overrides it.
@@ -212,8 +209,6 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     const letterSpacing = bc.letterSpacing ?? 2.5;
     const cyan = toCss('#00e5ff');
     const magenta = toCss('#ff2d6f');
-    const iconSize = this.style.iconSize;
-    const iconY = this.style.iconY;
 
     this.slots = buttons.map((b, i) => {
       const live = typeof b.id === 'string' && b.id.length > 0;
@@ -244,31 +239,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
         _scaleTw: null,
       };
       s.panel = scene.add.graphics().setScrollFactor(0);
-      // RGB-split icon ghosts (the GlitchText technique on the menu title):
+      slot.add(s.panel);
-      // additive magenta/cyan copies of the drawn icon, moved per frame.
-      s.iconGhostM = scene
-        .add.graphics()
-        .setPosition(0, iconY)
-        .setScrollFactor(0)
-        .setBlendMode(Phaser.BlendModes.ADD)
-        .setAlpha(0);
-      s.iconGhostC = scene
-        .add.graphics()
-        .setPosition(0, iconY)
-        .setScrollFactor(0)
-        .setBlendMode(Phaser.BlendModes.ADD)
-        .setAlpha(0);
-      s.icon = scene.add.graphics().setPosition(0, iconY).setScrollFactor(0);
-      slot.add([s.panel, s.iconGhostM, s.iconGhostC, s.icon]);
-
-      // Drawn icon (accent for live slots, dim for reserved sockets) —
-      // live slots also get their ghost copies in the split colors.
-      const iconKind = live ? b.id : 'reserved';
-      drawIcon(s.icon, iconKind, iconSize, live ? s.accent : this.style.reserved);
-      if (live) {
-        drawIcon(s.iconGhostM, iconKind, iconSize, 0xff2d6f);
-        drawIcon(s.iconGhostC, iconKind, iconSize, 0x00e5ff);
-      }
 
       if (live) {
         const labelText = String(b.label ?? '').toUpperCase();
@@ -312,8 +283,8 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
         s.panel.on('pointerout', () => this.setHover(s, false));
         s.panel.on('pointerdown', () => this.press(s));
       } else {
-        // Reserved socket: a standby dot that breathes in update().
+        // Reserved socket: a standby dot (centred) that breathes in update().
-        s.resDot = scene.add.circle(0, iconY, 1.6, this.style.reserved, 0.35).setScrollFactor(0);
+        s.resDot = scene.add.circle(0, 0, 1.6, this.style.reserved, 0.35).setScrollFactor(0);
         slot.add(s.resDot);
       }
 
@@ -509,7 +480,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
 
   /**
    * Fire a glitch burst right now: slice bars across the deck, and the RGB
-   * split (level → 1, decays in update) on icons, labels, and the panel.
+   * split (level → 1, decays in update) on labels and the panel.
    */
   triggerBurst(duration = 300, intensity = 1) {
     const now = this.lastTime ?? this.scene.time.now;
@@ -620,7 +591,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     const flick = 0.6 + 0.4 * Math.sin(t * 3.3);
     const baseA = Math.min(1, rgb.idleAlpha * flick + L * rgb.burstAlpha);
 
-    // Slots: the menu's RGB pull-apart on icon + label — magenta left,
+    // Slots: the menu's RGB pull-apart on the label — magenta left,
     // cyan right (GlitchText's exact offsets), always a faint fringe at
     // idle, pulled apart + jittered during bursts; per-slot phase so the
     // six buttons don't shimmer in lockstep.
@@ -636,8 +607,6 @@ export class ActionBar extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       const a = s.hoverOn ? Math.min(1, baseA + 0.25) : baseA;
       s.ghostMagenta.setAlpha(a).setPosition(-off + jx, this.style.labelY + jy * 0.5);
       s.ghostCyan.setAlpha(a * 0.95).setPosition(off * 0.85, this.style.labelY - off * 0.3 + jy);
-      s.iconGhostM.setAlpha(a * 0.8).setPosition(-off + jx, this.style.iconY + jy * 0.5);
-      s.iconGhostC.setAlpha(a * 0.75).setPosition(off * 0.85, this.style.iconY - off * 0.3 + jy);
     }
 
     // The bar itself: the panel outline pulled apart in magenta/cyan while
@@ -835,85 +804,3 @@ function drawBarBody(ctx, W, H, P, c) {
   corner(x - 3, y + h + 3, 1, -1);
   corner(x + w + 3, y + h + 3, -1, -1);
 }
-
-/**
- * The drawn slot icons — small, geometric, in the console's language.
- * Each icon is drawn centered on the icon Graphics' origin.
- */
-function drawIcon(g, id, size, color) {
-  const r = size * 0.44;
-  const glow = (lw) => g.lineStyle(lw, color, 0.25);
-
-  switch (id) {
-    case 'research': {
-      // Orbit: a ring with a lit trail, a satellite riding it, a core.
-      glow(4);
-      g.strokeCircle(0, 0, r);
-      g.lineStyle(1.5, color, 0.95);
-      g.strokeCircle(0, 0, r);
-      g.lineStyle(2, color, 0.5); // trail behind the satellite
-      g.beginPath();
-      g.arc(0, 0, r, -110 * DEG, -25 * DEG);
-      g.stroke();
-      const sa = -35 * DEG;
-      g.fillStyle(color, 1);
-      g.fillCircle(Math.cos(sa) * r, Math.sin(sa) * r, 2.6);
-      g.fillStyle(color, 0.9);
-      g.fillCircle(0, 0, 1.7);
-      break;
-    }
-
-    case 'build': {
-      // Isometric cube — construction.
-      const v = [0, -30, 30, 90, 150, 210].map((deg) => ({
-        x: Math.cos(deg * DEG) * r,
-        y: Math.sin(deg * DEG) * r,
-      }));
-      glow(4);
-      g.strokePoints(v, true);
-      g.lineStyle(1.5, color, 0.95);
-      g.strokePoints(v, true);
-      g.lineStyle(1.5, color, 0.8); // inner edges of the cube
-      g.lineBetween(0, 0, v[0].x, v[0].y);
-      g.lineBetween(0, 0, v[2].x, v[2].y);
-      g.lineBetween(0, 0, v[4].x, v[4].y);
-      break;
-    }
-
-    case 'ship': {
-      // Chevron arrow, nose up.
-      const pts = [
-        { x: 0, y: -r },
-        { x: r * 0.78, y: r * 0.62 },
-        { x: 0, y: r * 0.18 },
-        { x: -r * 0.78, y: r * 0.62 },
-      ];
-      glow(4);
-      g.strokePoints(pts, true);
-      g.lineStyle(1.5, color, 0.95);
-      g.strokePoints(pts, true);
-      break;
-    }
-
-    case 'menu': {
-      // Signal bars — slightly ragged widths, left-aligned.
-      g.fillStyle(color, 0.9);
-      g.fillRect(-r, -r * 0.75, r * 2, 2.4);
-      g.fillRect(-r, -1.2, r * 1.5, 2.4);
-      g.fillRect(-r, r * 0.75 - 2.4, r * 1.85, 2.4);
-      break;
-    }
-
-    default: {
-      // Reserved socket: a dim diamond — a slot waiting for a command.
-      const d = [
-        { x: 0, y: -7 },
-        { x: 7, y: 0 },
-        { x: 0, y: 7 },
-        { x: -7, y: 0 },
-      ];
-      g.lineStyle(1.2, color, 0.45);
-      g.strokePoints(d, true);
-    }
-  }
-}