- Raise a new GameOverOverlay (scrim, semi-transparent "GAME OVER" headline, Return to Main Menu / Continue) when the player's hull breaks in combat
- Add _playerWentDown beat that freezes the world and owns the screen, gating input and the update loop while active
- Route the death decision through a skill seam (_playerDeathRespawns / _syncDeathFlowRespawn) so a future respawnOnDeath skill can override; default ends the run
- Wire Continue to resume the newest save (SaveManager.latest -> prepareLoad) then scene.restart, mirroring the menu's Continue
- Update combat.json playerShip comment to reflect the real death flow replacing the placeholder respawn in the main game
- Add toxic-takeoff-01.mp4 asset
- Drop the `rankT` text object, its draw/update logic and data spec (`rankTextPx`) so seats only show icon, veil, sweep and seconds.
- Update `_ensureSkillIcons` fallback wording to reference frame/veil/sweep instead of rank stamp.
- Adjust browser test: stop asserting on rank text, recompute seat clip from the seat box center, and remove the rank-pixel regression check.
- Refresh screenshot fixtures (`dev/shots/*`) to match the new seat layout.
- Introduce `escortActive` and `escortActivate` strings in sidequests.json so escort contracts display distinct copy instead of the generic patrol text.
- Update JobBoardWindow status and action buttons to branch on `category === 'escort'`, falling back to existing bounty/patrol labels.
- Stamp `closedByButtonAt` in `SkillWindow.close()` so the scene can tell a console ✕ click apart from a world click on the same frame.
- Add a 20ms guard in `GameScene` that suppresses the fly-here action when the close just fired, matching the mining menu and comms panel contract.
- Add the fill graphics to the container before the label so it paints behind the text instead of covering it at 0.8 alpha
- Use C.dim instead of C.faint for inert labels and borders, which were too dark on the panel fill
- Swap tag/text colors so inert tags stay readable while active tags dim appropriately
- Refresh dev screenshots to match the corrected rendering
- Replace per-skill rows with a scrollable tile grid (authored `node` cells or
auto-layout by dependency depth), elbow join lines, rank badges and empty sockets
- Add detail drawer at bottom third showing the selected skill's copy plus ADD A SKILL
POINT, RESET and ASSIGN/CLEAR SEAT actions
- Introduce a console session in SkillState: points spent while open are PENDING and
resettable; closing commits them; reset cascades down a branch bought this session
or refuses when it would strand a committed point
- Wire GameScene onReset/onClose doors, toast copy and passive re-roll on refund
- Move all tree geometry/palette knobs into data/skills.json (window.tree) with clamped
fallbacks in SkillModel.windowSpec()
- Add pure treeLayout()/classTreeLayout() to SkillModel for canvas-free layout tests
- Expand dev/skills-window-browser.test.mjs to verify regions, tile placement, session
lifecycle, scroller (wheel/drag/thumb), and pixel-prove the gold join line
- Update README, PROJECT_NOTES and screenshot fixtures
- New `data/skills.json` (registered in manifest) owns every number/string for the
per-class skill trees, type taxonomy, seat table, bar look, and window copy;
code only reads behavior off it so adding a third skill is a data edit.
- Pure skill model + ledger (`js/skills/SkillModel.js`, `SkillState.js`): rank
points from the class bank, spend-through-unlock edges, seat bindings, save
round-trip via `record.playerSkills` (old saves load as an empty ledger).
- Combat runtime in `CombatSystem.js`: cast pipeline with per-skill recharge
clocks, energy spend/regen (now on by default), Ramming Charge dash + arrival
blast (4x..12x weapon damage by rank), Reinforced Plating hull pool re-rolled
from base so it never compounds; charge passes through the pack and settles once.
- UI: full-screen Skill Tree console (`js/ui/SkillWindow.js`) opened from the ship
console's SKILL TREE door (lit when the class owns a tree), combat bar seats draw
icon/rank/cooldown/affordability states with click-to-assign and right-click clear,
keys 1-8 cast or place.
- Evidence: new Node + Playwright suites (`skills.test.mjs`, `skills-combat.test.mjs`,
`skills-bar-browser.test.mjs`, `skills-window-browser.test.mjs`,
`skills-devdoor-browser.test.mjs`) plus screenshots in `dev/shots/`; README and
PROJECT_NOTES document the layer and dev doors (`?skill`, `?skilltree`).
- Introduce data/classes.json as the single source for roster, copy, accents, icon frames, perk numbers, and console chrome
- Add ClassModel (pure reads), ClassState (idempotent run ledger + save round-trip), and Aiming (intercept solve + barrel geometry) so perks are testable without Phaser
- Wire CombatSystem to the class ledger: Vanguard dual-cannon volley, Wraith predictive aim with a max-lead fallback to raw aim; cooldown unchanged
- Add full-screen ClassWindow console over the frozen GameScene (looping muted feed, Trestle briefing, themed tabs, PICK confirm), opened once at level 5 when combat is quiet or via the ship console door / ?level5 dev param
- Persist record.playerClass in saves and clear it on New Game; ship console now shows a class plate with crest + banked skill points instead of the choose-class door
- Add `bonuses` config (sideQuest 10%, perGoodSold 2%) to reputation.json
- Implement `Reputation.creditFraction()` with sub-point pending credit that pays out whole points across multiple sales
- Wire GameScene to award the issuer's standing on side-quest claim and on goods sold in the shop
- Serialize/deserialize pending credits through save/load round-trip
- Add tests covering crediting, clamping, home-world pinning, and save round-trip
- Pass `wordWrap` as `{ width, useAdvancedWrap }` instead of a bare number; Phaser 4 ignores the Phaser 3 shape so description copy was running off the panel.
- Add dev-only CDP probe (`dev/jobboard-wrap-*`) that boots to the Job Board, selects a posting, and dumps text-object geometry + overflow vs the panel's right edge.
- Commit captured probe artifacts (`dev/shots/jb-wrap.{png,json}`) as a regression reference.
- Add neutral ally assets: music, attack/scan/scan-complete speech lines, and pilot video.
- Board postings now derive from (seed, system, world key) so two worlds in one system stand different boards; count range drops to 1–3 per world
- Posting ids gain a world segment (`sq-<sys>-<world>-<cat>-<slot>`); add `parseSideQuestId` and use it for scene lookups and claim reward reads
- `allSideQuestJobIds` now builds the job space from each system's surface worlds (planets + free-space stations) via `galaxy.ensureContent`; old per-system ids no longer stand, so in-flight contracts in pre-per-world saves drop on load (documented Path A trade)
- Surface scene passes its world name/isStation through to postings, accept, and activate; window copy updated to say "world" not "system"
- Tests updated for the new signature, per-world determinism, id parsing, and job-space guards
- New `factionGateLocked` pure rule in JumpTravel.js: a gate from a neutral system into a faction-controlled one is locked while the player's combat level is below `minLevel`; gates from faction space and neutral→neutral hops are never locked
- Config section `gates.jump.factionLock` (enabled switch, minLevel 5, panel message) in data/gates.json
- Gate comm window shows the lock message in place of the LINK line and grays out REQUEST JUMP; case widens to fit the two-line message
- `jumpThroughGate` adds a flat denial toast on top as defense in depth
- Tests cover the rule's branches (neutral/faction/unknown dest, missing level, enabled switch, custom minLevel) and assert the shipped galaxy has locked gates at level 0 that all open at level 5
- Include the quest's complete bit in the tracker row fingerprint so a later frame that only flips `complete` (with no check change) still triggers a repaint to READY.
- Update bounty-hunt and quest-tracker tests to pin the ordering: all legs checked while contract is still out, then COMPLETE landing on a subsequent frame with checks unchanged.
- Add station surface music tracks for spacestation variants 0 and 1 in data/music.json.
- Enable the `bounty` category in data/sidequests.json with level-2 gate,
Neutral-only contexts, encounter chain odds, and 20 written leader dossiers
- Add pure bounty model to SideQuests.js: plan derivation, wave scripts, XP,
sequential waypoint rule, and completion only via the mark's kill
- Extend combat seam (Waves/CombatSystem/EnemyShip) for a named elite unit
deployed with the opening group at scaled hull/damage, plus haltWaves() so
killing the mark stops deployments while survivors stay hostile
- Wire GameScene/SurfaceScene/JobBoardWindow for locked rows, dossier readout,
sequential check-ins, engagement chain, and single idempotent claim
- Add dev/bounty-hunts.test.mjs (591 checks) and in-browser probe with JSON/PNG
evidence; update patrol/sidequests tests for the new live category
- Sidequest patrol contracts now pay an XP reward alongside credits, fixed at accept as the experience worth of defeated contacts (contacts × wave total × roster xp) and granted via XpManager with a 'sidequest' source tag on claim
- Cargo sales earn 1 XP per credit above each bay's recorded purchase cost; bays with no cost basis or sold at/below cost earn nothing, granted via the same pipe with a 'trade' source tag
- New CargoHold.costsFor() returns FIFO per-bay costs for the profit basis without mutating the hold
- Job board payout/claim lines and console toasts display both credits and XP when present; old saves without an xp field derive it from the encounters spec or fall back to 0
- Stamp `c.lockAt` as elapsed beat time instead of an absolute scene-clock value, so `el >= c.lockAt` holds and the slots actually lock onto the final level during a live session (previously they kept cycling random digits)
- Add regression test 6 covering a marquee on a scene clock at 60s
- Refresh marquee dev screenshots
- Add trestle-q4-04/05 speech assets
- New js/ui/LevelUpMarquee.js: a self-contained full-screen beat (dim, old-level shatter, digit-by-digit decode, lock-in FX, neon shutter peel) driven by hand-stepped timeline with no tweens; coalesces multi-level grants into one "+N LEVELS" beat and buffers mid-beat level-ups so none are dropped
- GameScene wires the marquee to XpManager's 'levelup' event, gates ship/combat/research/build/discovery ticks on its active flag (same pause contract as comms ack), tears it down on shutdown, and exposes a ?combat dev `marquee(from,to)` preview hook
- Add headless Node test (dev/marquee.test.mjs) covering trigger/timeline/reap, coalesce, buffer, teardown, and the FIRMWARE-MAXED cap branch
- Add CDP screenshot harness (dev/marquee-shot.mjs) plus committed dev/shots/ evidence frames for each beat phase via a new debugSeek/debugRelease latch
- CargoHold gains a parallel `costs` ledger (credits/unit actually paid, or null when no cost is on file), kept aligned across add/remove/set/capacity/dropFirstNot and serialized via toJSON/fromJSON
- ShopView stamps each bought bay with the trade's unit price so the console can compare exit prices against what was really paid
- ShipScreenModel/ShipWindow surface per-bay costs, a total-cost hold meta line, and a "PAID" chip + reference line in the bay manifest; bays with no cost read "NO COST" instead of inventing one
- GameScene passes the bay's recorded cost into scoutGood() so exit profits re-baseline against the purchase (falling back to the catalog value when absent), and restore/quest-handoff paths load null costs cleanly for legacy saves
- Adds arid-shop-02 video asset and updates cargo/saves/ship-window/shop-ui tests to cover the new ledger
- Cargo deliveries set from the ship manifest or surface scout now read brown on the compass and in-world pulse; story-quest and manual picks keep the route's orange
- Add `destination.kind` ('manual' | 'cargo' | 'quest') to save/load so the mark survives a session
- Carve out held "Special Delivery" quest: a cargo pick that matches its home delivery flips to kind 'quest' so the story keeps orange
- Thread the resolved mark color through JumpGate/Planet/Station `setRouteTarget` and DiscoveryCompass entry recoloring
- Fix lava shop clip references in landing.json (ice-shop → lava-shop) and add arid-shop-01.png asset
- Extend dev probes: ship-cargo-compass checks brown/orange per kind, scout-dest asserts cargo kind, ship-shot gains a park shot for the off-screen route arrow
- ShipWindow hosts a ConfirmOverlay (depth 30) so the SET DESTINATION dialog always paints above the console chrome
- Each remote exit row in the bay manifest becomes a hit-testable tap surface with hover state; local-system rows read HERE and stay inert
- Tapping a row opens the confirm dialog built from shipScreen.json templates; CONFIRM fires onSetDestination(systemId, objectId) through GameScene.setDestination, same seam as the map console
- ESC cancels the dialog before closing the console; closing the console cancels an open dialog to avoid orphan scrim
- Add dev/ship-cargo-dest.test.mjs covering hosting, row tappability, ask/confirm/cancel/close/repaint paths
- Update landing.json arid-land-03 shop reference from ice-shop-03 to arid-shop-03
- Add lava-shop-01.png and lava-shop-03.png assets
- Extend dev/ship-shot.mjs with ?tapExit / ?clickExit probes for headless verification
- Bump CLAIM REWARD plate from depth 31 to 65 so it renders above compass arrows, toasts, deck blocks, and the sub-bar while still staying below modals (70) and full-screen consoles (80).
- Update ship.mp4 asset.
- Void in-flight count-up tween when max changes so a late landing can't redraw against the old cap (250/250 → full after cap grew to 500)
- Add regression test for mid-count-up capacity restore voiding the stale tween
- Archive completed ship-screen goal and add ship.mp4 asset
- Wire the deck's SHIP slot to a full-screen ShipWindow (depth 80) following the Map/Quest window contract: bay-camera video panel with NO SIGNAL fallback, tab row, glitch/sweep dressing, ESC/scrim close, and exclusive open/close against research/map/quests/comms.
- Add data-driven Ship Status plate via pure js/ship/ShipScreenModel.js resolving every stat row from data/shipScreen.json (hull/shields live vs nominal, shield recharge, flight, fire rate/DPS, cargo/mineral holds) plus the combat level journey timeline that swaps to a CHOOSE YOUR CLASS door at level 5.
- Add Cargo Holds tab: bay grid with filled/empty/locked states, mineral aggregate bar, and a selected-bay manifest reusing TradeScout.scoutGood() for ranked exits in the buy/sell style.
- Register data/shipScreen.json in the manifest, preload ship.mp4 with skip-if-missing guard, and add dev test + screenshot harness (dev/ship-window.test.mjs, dev/ship-shot.{html,mjs}).
- Add missing title, subtitle, right-side, issuer, body, and payout text to the container
- Use a numeric wordWrap width for the detail body instead of an object
- A confirmed LOAD used to hand off to the main menu, relying on the
menu's New Game to apply the staged restore; that path resets run
state, so the load never carried the restore through.
- GameScene and SurfaceScene now add reloadRun(): close the save
panel and sub-bar, then restart (GameScene) or re-start (SurfaceScene)
the game scene so the fresh create() picks up the staged restore —
the ship lands back exactly where it was saved.
- saves-ui-test now asserts the in-place restore (ship back at the
saved position) and covers the Return to Main Menu path.
- New CDP probe/repro scripts in dev/ drive the real index.html in
headless Chrome to exercise the save/load user flow and diagnose
input and confirm-geometry issues.
- Patrol routes now carry 1–3 seeded enemy contacts placed evenly across waypoints.
- Arriving at a contact fires one rolling wave of six raiders, three at a time.
- Route completion and reward claiming require every waypoint and contact cleared.
- Contact specs are fixed on the route at accept for stable saves and deterministic replay.
- Job board, quest checklist, toasts, and map markers expose contact progress.
- Kills grant the hostile type's own `xp` (the roster sets XP-per-threat;
the curve lives in data/progression.json, 100 x n^2, capped at level 80)
- Each crossed level fires one `levelup` event: +3 hull / +2 shields with
a full heal, cyan burst + a distinct voice, and a kill-feed line — the
placeholder toughness the skill layer will subscribe to later
- Combat bar gains an XP row below the orbs (level, live gold fill,
banked / next cost; hidden when the snapshot carries no xp, so the
range bar keeps its old face)
- Kills show a gold "+N" reward floater; the level-up's SFX is the new
8th combat event (solar_flare_01)
- XpManager is pure and tested headless (node dev/xp.test.mjs); the
ledger saves as { level, xp } and old saves load fresh at level 0
- dev hooks (xp/grantXp), sfxcheck (range seven, main eight), shot
captures, and README all follow along
- Add patrol category rules: target selection (own system or faction neighbor via jump gates), deterministic waypoint route builder inside tether regions with anchor clearance and separation constraints, completable fallback for degenerate fields
- Extend SideQuestState ledger with active slot, claimed marks, and per-contract route records (waypoints + visited indices); save/restore round-trips all new fields with invariant re-establishment
- Wire GameScene seams: acceptSideQuest establishes the patrol route on the ledger; setActiveSideQuest / claimSideQuest manage the active slot and pay out exactly once; updatePatrol checks in waypoints per frame and completes the contract; _drawPatrolMarkers paints in-world beacons; patrolCompassTarget drives the yellow off-screen compass arrow (waypoint or gate)
- JobBoardWindow walks the full door state machine: ACCEPT → SET PATROL ACTIVE → active plate → CLAIM REWARD → claimed plate, with destination and route-progress lines in the detail readout
- Quests console side tab is now live: accepted contracts appear in questSnapshot with waypoint checklist, progress, reward, and claimable from the same CLAIM REWARD / SET PRIORITY doors as story quests
- SurfaceScene exposes activateSurfaceJob / claimSurfaceJob and routes side ids through the existing claim/priority seams
- Add capital-neutral-shop video + image assets; update landing.json to reference them
- Update all headless tests (sidequests, jobboard, quests) to cover patrol target/route/ledger/scene-seam behavior
- Introduce js/quests/SideQuests.js: seeded posting generation (patrol/delivery/bounty/escort), placeholder resolution, reward scaling, and a SideQuestState ledger with save round-trip + job-space validation
- Wire the feature into SaveData capture/prepareLoad/resetRunState so accepted/completed contract ids ride saves while postings regenerate from the galaxy seed
- Replace JobBoardWindow placeholders with live AVAILABLE JOBS rows and JOB DETAILS readout (contract copy, payout, ACCEPT door) driven by scene seams; refresh() repaints list/detail/status off those seams
- Add GameScene.sideQuestPostings/acceptSideQuest and SurfaceScene.acceptSurfaceJob so the accept lands on the sleeping game scene's ledger with a surface console note
- Ship data/sidequests.json (category gates all OFFLINE, description pools split neutral vs faction, reward bands, UI copy) and register it in manifest.json
- Add dev/sidequests.test.mjs (gate, determinism, voice, rewards, ledger) and extend dev/jobboard.test.mjs with live postings/selection/accept/refresh coverage
- Introduce js/ui/JobBoardWindow.js: nearly full-screen (depth 80) build-console-style window with a muted looping 2:3 feed on the left, and AVAILABLE JOBS / JOB DETAILS placeholder sections on the right; open/close state machine, boot reveal, ambient glitch/sweep/cursor effects, ✕ close door
- Wire the Job Board slot through SurfaceScene: toggleJobBoard/leaveJobBoard, setServiceLocked (generalized from setBarLocked) so deck + drawer stand down while the board is up with the jobBoard slot kept live as a second door; pause/resume the surface clip under the console
- Preload assets/videos/jobboard.mp4 in GameScene via data/actionbar.json → surface.explore.video (2:3 aspect), adding a NO SIGNAL fallback when missing
- Update data/actionbar.json explore drawer with the jobBoard item (isHomeSystem:false, no labelActive) and the shared video block
- Add headless test dev/jobboard.test.mjs covering config, build, geometry, open/close, update ticks, and destroy; extend phaser-stub with setVisible/setDepth
- Add dev screenshot harness dev/jobboard-shot.{html,mjs} and reference shots for drawer/board/left stages
- The player's home system is safe space (no enemies), so no work should be posted on its board.
- worldContext now exposes isHomeSystem from GameScene; matchesWhere handles boolean values with list any-match.
- data/actionbar.json gives jobBoard a { isHomeSystem: false } clause instead of showing everywhere.
- explore.test.mjs covers home/non-home worlds, stations, and boolean-clause matching.
- Added the jobboard.mp4 bar clip asset; updated SurfaceScene/GameScene comments to reflect the new rule.
- Replace vertical gauges with draining hull/shield/energy orbs
(hull with overlapping shield on the left, energy on the right).
- Share the main game's CombatBar in the combat range and add
range energy tracking with optional regen.
- Make gauge hit flashes shape-aware: circle orbs get a soft bloom,
rects keep the legacy white pulse.
- Update combat data and assets for the new orb-strip storyboard.
A shared readability layer (js/combat/CombatHud.js) for both combat
contexts — the training range and the main game's ?combat:
- Target/lock indicator: rotating brackets on the current target (the
auto-fire target — one rule, one target, js/combat/Combat.js#pickTarget).
- Threat cues: pulsing markers above each live hostile.
- Off-screen arrows: edge arrows toward hostiles outside the camera
(zoom-aware via a context-supplied worldToScreen).
- Kill feed: newest-first fading entries, top-right.
- Gauge flash: the combat bar's shields/hull gauge flashes on the hit
it took (CombatBar.gaugeRect feeds the shared CombatHud.flash).
Pure rules stay in Combat.js (pickTarget, feedPush, offscreenArrow),
covered by dev/combat.test.mjs. The main game re-anchors the pack
around the ship once its start position settles (CombatSystem
.resyncAroundShip + a short settle window in GameScene), so the demo
pack sits in auto-fire range instead of kilometers off.
All combat rules tests pass (0 failures); CDP-verified in both
/combat and index.html?combat.
- Add CombatSystem: owns the hostile pack, tracers, player armor/energy,
auto-fire (nearest-in-range), swept-hit collisions, rams, respawn — all
driven by data/combat.json `game.*` / `energy` sections
- Add CombatBar (Diablo 4 style): vertical shields + hull gauges on the
left, energy gauge on the right, eight skill seats (keys 1–8) in the
middle; shown in place of the action deck while combat is live
- `?combat` now boots the normal game with the pack spawning when the
player starts (mouse steers, cannon auto-fires); the standalone WASD
range remains at `/combat` / `combat.html`
- GameScene wires the system into its update loop, solid constraints, and
click-through gate; exposes `window.__ORBIT_COMBAT__` for DevTools
- Extend combat tests to cover CombatSystem lifecycle (spawn, auto-fire,
hits, rams, armor, respawn, cast stub, destroy)
- Rebalance the three cargo hold upgrades (8/12/16) from a credits-only sink to a mixed cost of credits and minerals, so expanding the hold draws on both trade income and the mining economy.
- Update research descriptions, build data, tests, docs, and code comments to reflect the new two-resource costs.
- Introduce data/research/cargo.json: a 3-node chain (8 → 12 → 16 bays) where each node is a blueprint that unlocks the matching ship-hold build
- Add `build` gate field to ResearchModel.js (attachBuildGates) so a node can require a named build to be completed before it becomes researchable, composing with the existing quest gate
- Wire both gates in GameScene and ResearchWindow so node availability, lock notes, and the RESEARCH button reflect quest + build state
- Gate cargo_bay_8 on the special_delivery quest; cargo_bay_12/16 on Improved/Advanced Mining Storage builds
- Update builds.json to require the corresponding research nodes for cargo-bay-8/-12/-16
- Add comprehensive tests covering the cargo tree structure, pure DAG availability, live gate composition, and build-side lock-step
- Split each row into a title line (name, "N left"/"SOLD OUT" strip, price,
stepper with `stock.gap` padding between blocks) and a full-width desc line.
- Add `buyList.stock` config (w, gap, fontSize, color) for the inventory strip
and use it for sizing/truncation so the name never collides with the strip.
- Update `_btnXs`, `_nameMaxW`, `_descMaxW` layout helpers to place the right
block on the title line and give line 2 the row's full text width.
- Refresh shop-ui tests to assert title-line padding, truncation budget, and
desc wrap within the full row width.
- Replace producer/demand class pricing with strict 1:1 origin assignment;
each settled system sells exactly its signature good at a discounted origin
price, and the catalog remainder becomes a hub pool resold by stations/capitals
- Make banded hop distance the dominant sell-price factor (x1.0 to x7.0),
with planet-type demand as a secondary +10% modifier, and cap every shop's
sell price at its own buy price to eliminate the v1 infinite-credit loop
- Add Stock.js for the time-gated daily batch (6 units per origin per wall-clock
day) — the economy's only stateful piece; wire it through GameScene,
SaveData capture/restore/reset, and the shop UI stepper clamp + SOLD OUT strip
- Update Economy.js with assignOrigins pass, new buyPrice/sellPrice/shopFor
logic, tradePreview stock-cap backstop (buyback exempt), and distanceFactor
- Rework shop UI: BuyList shows "N left"/"SOLD OUT" per batch-limited row and
clamps the stepper; ScoutPanel shows MADE IN (origin system) instead of GROWN ON;
ShopView wires stockRemaining/stockCapsFor/spendStock into preview and confirm
- Update all dev tests (economy, cargo, shop-ui, saves) to assert model v2
invariants including the anti-loop sweep, batch clamp/backstop, and save round-trip
- Add an optional node quest field so research techs can require a named quest's reward to be claimed before becoming available.
- Wire the scene's live questClaimed predicate into ResearchModel.attachQuestGates and the research tree loaders so node states, the RESEARCH button, and LOCKED readouts all honor the gate.
- Gate mining premium_arm and advanced_storage on the Special Delivery quest, and add data/test coverage for the quest-gate behavior.
- Waypoints were comms-only beacons with no landing or trade; a second
deep-space station is a more useful destination in their place
- The old waypoint chance in systems.json becomes
deepSpaceStation.second, so a system can roll 0–2 stations
- StationFrames now assigns a distinct sprite variant per station
(Galaxy.stationFrames is id → [frame, …]) and a two-station system
always wears two different variants
- Rename the route-gate pulse from "destination's waypoint" to
"route's next stop" so the term no longer refers to a removed kind
- New ShimmerCue module: pure shimmerPhase/drawShimmer cycle (yellow band sweeps face, comet runs cut-corner edge), shared by both surfaces
- ActionBar gains setShimmer + a dedicated additive layer; the RESEARCH slot wears the full face+edge recipe while a tech can start and the console is closed
- ResearchWindow._paintCues paints the edge-only shimmer on every category tab whose tree still holds an available tech, plus the ACK pulse on the "Unlock Jumpgates" plate (or SYSTEM tab when off-screen)
- GameScene._applyResearchCue switches one cue at a time: deck slot when console closed, console cues when open; rests while a project runs (maxConcurrent 1), under standby, or under the tutorial finger
- ResearchModel.hasAvailable and SystemCategory.gatesReady/gatesNodeId encode the ready rules
- data: actionbar.json animation.shimmer, research.json fx.tabShimmer (#ffd84d, comm-pulse yellow family)
- dev: Node test (research-cue.test.mjs) pinning the pure cycle model + slot/tab behavior; browser verify page (research-cue-shot.html/.mjs) with CDP capture poses
- assets: arid-surface-03 / arid-takeoff-03 videos
- New TutorialGuide.js beat table picks which control to pulse based on live comms/research records, so a loaded run resumes the same beat
- ActionBar and ResearchWindow gain setHighlight() with pulsing rims (ACKNOWLEDGE-style sonar rings in the console) that hide under deck standby/locked slots/closed window
- GameScene applies the highlight per frame before surfaces draw, tracks scanPressed one-shot, and reads targets from data/quests.json → tutorial
- Add tutorial section to quests.json plus tests for beat table, ActionBar rim gating, and data consistency (slot ids, console node matches starter research check)
The Shop button on the deck is now always live — the shop sub-bar opens on every world. The "Special Delivery" capital-landing witness now gates only the shop's Buy/Sell tab (ShopView reads GameScene.isTradeUnlocked, which replaces isShopUnlocked), so trading stays dark until the player lands on the neutral capital while the rest of the shop UI is reachable everywhere.
- Rename GameScene.isShopUnlocked → isTradeUnlocked and update all references (SaveData, SurfaceScene, quests.json comments)
- Remove the deck-slot enable guard in SurfaceScene.toggleShop / setBarLocked; the slot now re-arms with the rest of the deck
- Add ShopView.isTradeUnlocked + gate checks in setTab / _onTabTap; gray the Buy/Sell tab via _refreshTabs until the gate lifts
- Update dev probes (scout-*, shop-*) to lift gs.story.capitalLanded so the trade panel is reachable
- Extend shop-ui.test.mjs with a TRADE GATE case covering closed/lifted states
- Introduce VignetteHub/VignetteWindow/VignetteModel to play quest-gated
dialogue scenes over location clips on the surface (bar/shop)
- Ship first scene: Special Delivery step 1 (Trestle + Carol at the bar),
replacing the old capitalLanded check with a vignettePlayed witness
- Add q3 speech clips for Carol and Trestle; remove retired q2 Carol clips
- Wire save/restore of the played ledger, deck lock while a scene holds,
per-sound music ducking under voices, and window sizing to each line
- Add dev flow test (dev/vignette-flow.html/mjs) and model unit tests
- Point landing.json ice-land-01 entry at the new arid-* video assets
- Replace the surface deck's SHIP slot with an EXPLORE drawer that folds up a full-width secondary bar (MenuSubBar span mode) carrying per-world service items resolved by a `where` clause matcher (world / planetClass / faction, case-insensitive, list any-match)
- Add the neutral capital's BAR clip toggle: swaps the surface loop for the world's bar video, relabels the slot to LEAVE BAR, and locks every other deck + drawer button until pressed back
- Record quest checklist steps as DONE on the ledger (QuestState.completed set) so a step that stands on the home world keeps standing after the ship leaves; save/load round-trips the witness and old saves degrade cleanly
- QuestWindow fresh open now lands on the run's priority quest (tracker HUD seam) with its tab activated, falling back to the active tab's first quest when no priority is set
- MenuButton.setLabel re-fits the panel and hit rect in place for the LEAVE BAR relabel; ExploreBar.js provides the pure worldContext / matchesWhere / resolveItems item logic
- Add dev tests: explore.test.mjs (deck, items, where-clause, span, relabel) and quest-window.test.mjs (open landing + priority), plus updates to quests/research-builds tests for the new surface deck layout
- New main quest granted after claiming "Leaving the Nest": land at the neutral capital (the bar), upgrade cargo bays, then deliver the sealed package to the home world.
- Introduce a non-tradeable `special-package` good (sheet frame 114) that no shop stocks or buys back; `Economy.isTradeable` filters it out of every floor and the sell grid refuses to queue it.
- Record story witnesses (`capitalLanded`, `launchedFromCapital`, `lastLandedWorld`, `delivered`) in a registry-backed ledger, persisted via SaveData so progress survives load and reset clears it.
- Gate the surface shop behind the capital landing: deck slot disabled and `toggleShop` refuses until `isShopUnlocked`.
- On capital departure, set the destination back to the home world so the compass marks the delivery leg; delivery proof is monotonic once recorded.
- Surface console note announces the package handoff when it first lands in the hold.
- Extend economy and quest test suites to cover the new check types, non-tradeable exclusion, unlock chain, and save/load of the story ledger.
- TradeScout now resolves each exit's specific object (planet of that class, deep-space station, or home world) and exposes objectId/objectName so the destination points at the route's final stop rather than a bare system.
- SurfaceScene dialog and toast show "WORLD · SYSTEM" and pass the object id to GameScene.setDestination; null falls back to system level.
- ScoutPanel exit rows display the world name + hops instead of the class label, drop the per-section tap hint and footer (they collided with the last row in a short panel), and rename "SIGHT ON" to "SOUGHT ON".
- Save/restore now carries ship.credits and ship.cargo across jumps; GameScene restores both and refreshes the credits HUD. Saves tests cover capture, prepare, and legacy records without these fields.
- trade-scout tests assert every exit has objectId/objectName and that resolved ids are real objects of the exit class; scout-dest test verifies the confirmed destination names a real world.
- Add dev/scout-overlap probe (html + mjs) to screenshot the scout panel and numerically report any overlapping text boxes.
- Ship lava-planet-03 art and lava-land-03 video assets.
- Trade scout best-exit rows now open a "SET DESTINATION" confirm dialog
(SurfaceScene.askSetDestination + ConfirmOverlay), confirming sets the
GameScene destination; local-system exits are rejected with a note.
- Surface scene builds a corner credits/minerals readout over the shop clip,
refreshed after trades and torn down on leave.
- Sell-bay selection restyled: green stroke + tinted fill + upper-left
checkmark badge (data/shopui.json slot config), replacing the cyan ring.
- Add lava/capital-neutral music, videos, and landing data entries; remove
tresle.png in favor of capital-neutral-surface.png.
- New dev probes: scout-dest, shop-hud, shop-select-shot, map-dest-shot,
cdp-cast; extend shop-ui.test.mjs for selection visuals and exit taps.
- New js/ui/PerimeterShimmer.js: constant amber base rim + glow, and two comets in counter-streams (amber CW, neon cyan CCW) tracing the cut-corner plate perimeter; pure arc math (perimeterPath / arcPoint / arcPolyline) exported for bare-Node tests
- QuestTrackerHud promotes READY rows to the console's cut-corner plate (CyberShape.rectPoints), drives PerimeterShimmer per-frame on the absolute clock so repaints never reset comet phase, and fires a one-shot rim flash when a row is claimed; shimmers are torn down with each paint
- data/quests.json gains tracker.shimmer config (enabled, notch, periodMs, dashFrac, phaseOffsetPerRow, claimFlashMs, base, comets)
- CyberShape.rectPoints added for absolute-coord cut-corner polygons
- New dev/perimeter-shimmer.test.mjs covering arc math, counter-streams, absolute-phase invariance, degenerate configs; quest-tracker tests extended for shimmer lifecycle and claim flash
- Pressing the open tab now closes the panel (back to entry state) instead of
rebuilding it; pressing again re-opens with the selection restored, so hiding
the panel no longer loses the player's pending trade.
- Save the SELL/BUY maps onto ShopView (_pendingSell/_pendingBuy) on toggle-close
and tab switch; _restorePendingSelection() re-applies them when the panel is
rebuilt. The sub-bar stays live while closed: NET shows the delta, Clear
cancels the saved trade, Confirm executes it.
- preview()/clear()/_afterTrade()/_hasAnySelection() now treat a null tab with a
pending selection as an active trade, so the buyback path is no longer shadowed.
- Rename ScoutPanel.data to report: Phaser's GameObject reserves .data (its Data
manager), and a plain object there crashed GameObject.destroy(). Update all
callers in ShopView, tests, and dev/shop-shot.mjs.
- Simplify the scout price line to credits only ("9 CR") and drop the now-unused
priceSell style from shopui.json; update goods.png/psd.
- Add setSellMap()/setBuyMap() to TradeGrid/BuyList to restore a saved selection
onto freshly rebuilt panels, and cover the toggle flow in shop-ui.test.mjs plus
a toggle probe in dev/shop-shot.mjs.
Brian Fertig
Brian Fertig