- 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)
- New `combat.html` + `/combat` dev-server route + `index.html?combat`
boot a fixed arena where the player ship fights a pack of enemy craft;
all tuning lives in `data/combat.json` (thrust, hulls, shields, lance,
rams, respawns).
- Add `js/combat/` modules: CombatScene, EnemyShip (standoff-ring AI +
lance), Bullet, Fx, StarDrift, and pure rules in Combat.js (armor
damage, orbit step) exercised by the new `dev/combat.test.mjs`.
- Extract shared `awaitFonts` into `js/utils/Fonts.js` so both the game
and sandbox boots use one copy.
- Preload the enemy spritesheet in GameScene so the texture is ready when
combat ships in; add `ships-enemy.png` (+ `.psd`) art.
- Expose `window.__COMBAT__` (reset, spawnEnemy, player, kills) for
devtools tuning; R resets the range, P freezes it.
- 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
- 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
- Arm `oac-research-new` (trigger `researchNew`) from `_commEnded` when the `oac-research-complete` sign-off finishes and `researchAnyAvailable()` is true, so the hub FIFO plays it right behind the sign-off
- Register the new audio-only comm in `data/comms.json` and move `researchNew` out of the reserved trigger list
- Update roster count to 25 and add node checks for the beat's fields, clip presence, and zero delay in `dev/comms.test.mjs`
- Add headless browser harness (`dev/new-research-shot.html`/`.mjs`) that verifies the seam, gating (in-flight vs available), and FIFO ordering through the real `onEnd` hook
- Ship `assets/videos/arid-shop-03.mp4`
- 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)
- New `js/visuals/EngineFlare.js` drives nozzle glow, ignition burst, and a short fading exhaust plume from the two side-pod engines, driven by the ship's live throttle so braking dims it and Shift+click lights it up full
- Configurable via new `thrustFx` block in `data/ship.json` (enabled flag, core/plume colors)
- Hooked into GameScene lifecycle: created per scene restart, updated from the scene clock, cleaned up on landing sleep and scene destroy so nothing survives frozen mid-glow
- Add dev harnesses for visual verification: `dev/engine-flare-test.mjs` (headless Chromium CDP walk through idle → ignite → burn → coast → settled with screenshots) and `dev/particle-probe.{html,mjs}` to confirm particle velocity follows the emitter's heading
- Add new arid planet art asset
- Register Carol as a comm sender with her video clip and role
- Add four ack beats (carol-delivered-1/2/3, oac-delivered-1) under the new 'deliveredLaunch' trigger, fired when the player launches after selling the package
- Arm the chain in GameScene.onSurfaceDeparture once story.delivered is set, with the once-ledger keeping it a one-shot
- Update comms tests to cover Carol's registration, the four-beat sequence ordering, and re-arm deduplication
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
- Ship now starts with cargoHold 0; the bar vignette's DONE press builds
out 4 bays (effects.cargoHold) and then places the special-package,
making the parcel aboard the "cargoUpgraded" step's witness instead of
a build-state check.
- Remove the old capital-landing handoff and SurfaceScene package flag;
onVignetteComplete in GameScene applies effects + handoff in order and
refreshes the quest checklist.
- Persist cargoHold through saves and gate jumps so the upgraded hold and
its goods survive a scene restart or load (old saves fall back to the
carried goods count).
- Add arid-land/takeoff 02 assets, fix landing.json slot 3 mapping, and
extend dev tests (jump-cargo probe, saves round-trip, vignette flow) to
cover the new beat ordering and persistence.
- 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.
- Split trestle-arrive into an arrive-1/2 ack pair, both voiced (new q2-04/q2-05 clips)
- Quest now completes on reaching the neutral capital planet instead of entering the neighboring system; add _atCapitalWorld proximity check and arm arrival in _checkDestinationReached
- Gate capital-world landing until the quest reward is claimed, with a new capitalDenyToast denial
- Update tests, save-data comments, and fix lava-shop-02 asset reference
- 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.
- New shared RoutePulse entity draws a steady ring + two radar ripples
scaled to the host's keepout radius, with configurable alpha/period
- JumpGate wears the full pulse (route.pulse) when it is the route's next
stop; Planet and Station wear the subdued variant (route.objectPulse)
when they are the destination object in the destination system
- GameScene marks exactly one entity per frame via setRouteTarget() and
drives its update loop; all others are cleared
- Add data/gates.json sections for pulse and objectPulse geometry/alpha
- Rename laval-surface-02.png to lava-surface-02.png and add the
corresponding video asset
- Extend jumpgate, planet, and station test stubs with Phaser Display.Color
and recording graphics; add dev/route-pulse.test.mjs unit tests and
dev/route-pulse-live.{html,mjs} browser integration checks
- Introduce CargoHold (pure class) as the ship's trade-goods carrier: fixed bays, one good each, capacity = unlocked bays, save/restore round-trip. Ship.cargo + setCargoHold/cargoRoom wired into stats.
- Add three credit-costed cargo builds (cargo-bay-8/12/16) that expand the hold 4→8→12→16 (MAX wins). BuildWindow affordability now covers both minerals and credits; GameScene.beginBuild debits credit lines and _applyCargoUpgrade expands the hold on completion.
- Add tradePreview/resultingCargo to Economy.js as the shop's pure calculator: sell/buy pricing, net credits, the two caps (can't go negative, end hold fits capacity), and atomic sell-to-free-room-for-buy.
- New ShopView + TradeGrid compose the buy/sell screen over the shop clip: SELL grid of cargo bays (tap to check), BUY grid with quantity steppers, live NET preview, Confirm/Clear, and a session-local Buyback tab (neutral undo at the sale price, locked until a sale). Wired into SurfaceScene's SHOP button.
- data/shopui.json drives the shop layout/animation knobs; economy.json gains cargo.maxSlots (16-slot grid); ship.json base cargoHold drops to 4 unlocked bays.
- Headless tests: dev/cargo.test.mjs (hold rules + trade preview caps), dev/shop-ui.test.mjs (construct, sell, buy, caps, buyback, clear), plus updated builds/ship-behavior suites; phaser-stub gains Geom.Rectangle for the hitArea path.
- New Economy.js price/stock engine: deterministic buy/sell prices based on
producer/demand classes and hop distance (regional availability model)
- Goods catalog (114 goods, 9 categories) with spritesheet mapping and
per-class producer/demand roles
- Credits state on Ship (add/spend/set/canAfford), save/restore support,
and upper-right HUD stacked above the minerals readout
- Quest reward payout now supports credits alongside minerals
- cargoHold reduced to 4 units for initial play balance
- Economy generation pass in Galaxy.js computes classBySystem and
producerHops via multi-source BFS over the jump network
- dev/economy.test.mjs validates determinism, fixed prices, trade loop
profitability, distance scaling, shop floor composition, and icon mapping
- docs/ECONOMY.md: full design doc covering pricing model, gemstone system,
and locked decisions
- New NebulaLightning visual: jagged edge-to-edge bolt with branches,
strobed in the gas base/accent colors, plus a soft distant thunder clap
- Pure seeded math (boltStrobe, strikeCycle, boltShape) in SystemEffectsMath,
Node-tested for determinism and shape correctness
- Wired into GameScene create/update/destroy lifecycle
- Config block in data/systems.json types.nebula.effect.lightning; docs
updated with tuning notes and smoke-game probe (?lightning=1&forceStrike=1)
- Add `front` block to game.json: depth-11 clouds above the ship (parallax > 1) that drift past the player, creating a "flying through" feel vs. the back layer at depth 3
- Implement `shiftHue` in Color.js to derive the front accent from the system's base atmosphere color (hue rotation + lightness lift), making every nebula a stable two-tone gas
- Refactor NebulaAtmosphere into a data-driven layer array with per-layer depth/tint/parallax/drift; extract `spawnCloud` helper; scale swirl speed by configurable drift
- Add 21 new test checks covering accent math (hue delta, identity, white/black preservation, all 8 palette shades) and two-layer structure (depths, tints, parallax ranges, wrapping, destroy, revert path)
- Stub `Phaser.Math.Between`/`FloatBetween` in phaser-stub for Node tests
- Update PROJECT_NOTES.md to document the two-layer model, accent derivation, and new tuning knobs
- Assign each jump-tree branch a faction (apex/mindweave/zenith) with seeded
shuffle; territory = depth 2..maxDepth-1 per branch, ring + tips stay neutral
- Designate four capital worlds (neutral + one per faction) as the outermost
planet of their system, with fixed frames 18-21 and faction-owned settlements
- Add cross-branch bridge gates in the middle belt so factions can reach each
other without routing through the trunk; Dijkstra picks the shorter route
- Introduce arid planet class (always habitable, settles as colony) across all
system types with rebalanced class weights
- Wire Trestle's last brief to auto-set destination to the neutral capital on
acknowledgment (CommsHub onEnd → GameScene._commEnded)
- Render faction ring layer + capital seat marks on the galaxy plate; style
bridge lanes distinctly from trunk edges
- Populate settlement owner from system faction (reputation seam now live);
SystemReport reads faction label/color
- Add dev/factions.test.mjs covering config, branches, capitals, territory,
arid, bridges, determinism; update existing tests for new invariants
- New second main quest "Leaving the Nest" (data/quests.json) that unlocks when the starter quest's reward is claimed, with four checks: system charted, gates activated, Trestle talked, Trestle met
- Quest unlock chain in QuestState (isUnlockMet / grantUnlocked) and GameScene._grantUnlockedQuests — grants on claim + scene create for loaded saves, announces via SFX, OAC quest-grant voice (new oac-quest-new comm), and NEW QUEST toast
- Trestle story beats: three-brief ACK sequence (trestle-brief-1/2/3, trigger trestleBrief) armed when home jumpgates go online, and arrival beat (trestle-arrive, trigger trestleArrival) on landing in a neighbor system; CommsHub gains onStart hook so the played-ledger marks feed quest checks live
- Quest check types: systemCharted, gatesActivated, trestleTalked, trestleMet — evaluated in GameScene._questCheckEval / _trestleCheck against the comms played-ledger (survives reloads; mid-sequence quit re-arms only unplayed beats)
- System-complete milestone moved from research completion to the chart-completing discovery (celebrateDiscovery), one fire per system via _systemCompleteSeen set
- QuestTrackerHud READY state: completed-unclaimed rows turn amber with breathing tint, percent reads "READY" (bold), one-shot flash + diamond burst on flip, CLAIM REWARD button in row popup claims in place; silent when tracker is slid off (toast + chime carry it)
- New speech clips (trestle q2-01/02/03), lava-takeoff video, updated lava-land video, renamed lava-planet image, new laval-surface image
- Dev: quest-ready.html/mjs capture harness for the READY state shot; tests updated across comms, quests, quest-tracker, and system-hud suites
- Introduce the oac-system-complete visual comm that fires on the
'systemComplete' trigger when a system's jumpgate research unlocks,
arming before the generic researchComplete sign-off so the FIFO plays
specific -> generic.
- Support an optional audioPool list of speech clips in CommsModel; the
hub picks one at random per arm so only the chosen clip is fetched and
cached, with validation that audio comms need a clip or pool.
- Wire GameScene to trigger systemComplete on activateGates when the
system nav chart is complete.
- Update comms tests for the new comm, pool normalization/asset rolling,
roster counts, and add a tether-rules audit script plus station shop
video references and lava assets.
- New js/galaxy/TypeSystems.js: parseTypeSpec + pickPreviewSystem rank the seeded galaxy richest-first, exact face always beats a reskin fallback, optional ?fx= type filter.
- GameScene reads ?type=<class>[-NN] / ss[-NN], spawns the ship beside the target world/station, anchors its landing tether, and reskins the sheet frame when no world wears it so landing clips + surface loop follow.
- dev/type-preview.test.mjs exercises parsing, real-galaxy picks (exact/reskin/determinism/filter), crafted ranking, and bad inputs in bare Node.
- Smoke boot registers SurfaceScene alongside GameScene since the landing flow launches it on top of the flight scene.
- Play thunder claps on habitable storm strikes, solar-flare SFX on red
dwarf flare onset, and solar-buzz on binary light-trade midpoint
crossings, all via the shared Sfx voice (new playSfxOneOfOn helper)
- Add per-context music volume overrides (music.volumes) so each context
can deviate from the global mix; menu ships at full volume
- Expand surface music frames to cover rocky and ice worlds (frames 6-11)
- Teardown per-system effect layers on scene restart (jump) so a previous
system's storm doesn't keep striking and playing thunder in the new one
- Update planets.png sheet, add gasgiant-03/rocky-01/rocky-02 tracks, and
register the new SFX assets in GameScene preload
- ensureLandingTether runs before SurfaceScene launch so the surface HUD
already reads Tether Level 1; free + instant, no console step
- Extend tether lookups (_applyBuildEffects, tetherLevelFor,
_rematerializeBuiltTethers, applyRestore) to include systemStations so
station tethers anchor, level up, and re-anchor like planets'
- Idempotent: home seed, existing build record, or an already-hosted
tether all short-circuit; adopt rather than double-anchor
- tether-l1 targets now ["planet", "station"]; update descriptions in
builds.json, README, PROJECT_NOTES
- Reorder MapWindow tabs to CURRENT SYSTEM / GALAXY / SYSTEM (galaxy is
the live middle tab) and keep SYSTEM as the armed standby target
- The Trestle intro comm now fires on the first discovered world (the
starter quest's own witness, `discoveredWorldCount`) instead of the
first planet in a foreign system, so the comm and the quest can never
drift; delayMs drops to 0 so it lands at the moment of discovery.
- The scene's `busy()` contract is now comm-type-aware: audio-only comms
(voice, no box, no pause) ride over in-progress actions like mining or
a scan sweep, while ack/visual comms still wait; modal windows and a
jump in flight block every type.
- Add the `comms-mine` dev harness that walks the type-aware busy
contract (free scene → real mining → audio comm mid-mining → jump) and
update the trestle dev scripts/tests to the new trigger and witness.
- Arm the pair on scene-create for loaded saves that already hold
discovered worlds, and widen the cdp-shot ready dump.
- Add ice-shop art/video assets.
- Introduce the `firstForeignPlanet` trigger: when the player discovers a planet in a non-home system, Trestle (new out-of-system mentor character) delivers a two-part ack comm pair (meetup + quest claim), with dedicated video and speech assets.
- Make audio cache keys folder-scoped so characters with identically-named clips (e.g. both having `intro-01.mp3`) don't collide in the loader.
- Add an amber pulsing attention cue (halo + staggered sonar rings) on the ACKNOWLEDGE button for ack comms, driven per-frame from CommsBox.update().
- Put the ActionBar deck into a standby state while an ack comm holds: slots go inert (no hover/press), dimmed visually; re-arms when the comm ends. GameScene wires this via `actionBar.setEnabled()` each frame based on `comms.paused`.
- Extend MenuButton to accept a custom border color so the ACK button can wear the box's amber against the cyan UI.
- Add dev self-check harnesses (`comms-trestle.mjs`, `comms-trestle-hold.mjs`) and update existing tests to cover the new pair, folder-scoped keys, deck standby behavior, and pulse animation.
- Disable browser module caching in CDP probe/shot scripts to avoid stale ES modules shadowing on-disk changes during dev testing.
- Wire 10 new comm beats (oac-tether, oac-scan, oac-upgrade, oac-minerals,
oac-fly-mine, oac-first-cluster, oac-research-complete, oac-tether2,
oac-relaunch, oac-explore) into data/comms.json with their triggers,
speech clips, and FIFO ordering
- Add trigger arming in GameScene (firstScan, tetherResearch, firstCluster,
minerals200, researchComplete) and SurfaceScene (tetherL2Launch)
- Make CommsHub.trigger idempotent so a double-click can't queue the same
comm twice
- Fix landing.json to use ice-surface-02/03.mp4 instead of rocky variants;
add the two new ice-surface videos and an ice-shop image
- Add speech clips intro-05 through intro-10 and research-complete
- Expand dev/comms-intro.mjs into a full 10-step walkthrough self-check,
add dev/comms-upgrade-hold page for screenshotting the longest comm, and
update dev/comms.test.mjs to cover the new roster
- Use fixed short button copy for the gates tech ("Unlock Jumpgates") and mining nodes (drop "Mining" prefix) since the tree node has no room for system names or category words
- Raise detail panel height and widen node/button plates so long descriptions and status labels stop bleeding past plate edges
- Add word-wrap to the unlocks line and trim redundant status prefixes ("RESEARCH CONSOLE STANDBY", "PROJECT COMPLETE")
- Fix ice-surface-01 video reference in landing.json (was pointing at rocky-surface)
- Add OAC speech clips and ice surface video asset; update planets.psd
- Tighten tether research descriptions to match the new short-copy style
- Fire a one-shot ignition (expanding rings, edge pulse, child flares) when a project completes; queue it if the console is closed or on another tab, dropping stale events after 15s
- Add per-tech progress pips on each category tab showing done/in-progress/not-yet states, with a pulse on the active one
- Light up unlocked nodes with an accent glow ring, icon halo, and a stamped seal glyph replacing the plain checkmark
- Add dev harnesses for screenshotting the live completion treatment and verifying the queued-celebration path
- New StormLayer renders purple cloud clusters with a seeded charge → strike → afterglow envelope in the upper sky, using sprite compositing (back/flash/front trios) rather than shaders
- Add `stormEnvelope` + `sstep01` to SystemEffectsMath.js; refactor NebulaAtmosphere's cloud shape into a shared `cloudAlpha` used by both `drawCloud` and the storm's flash texture
- Extend EmberField with optional per-spark twinkle (rate/depth) so habitable fireflies pulse while redDwarf embers stay steady
- Wire StormLayer create/update/destroy into GameScene alongside the other content effects
- Populate `types.habitable.effect` in systems.json with grade, void, particles, and storm blocks; update landing.json to use ice land/takeoff videos for slots 02 and 03
- Add 7 new test checks covering the storm envelope math, habitable data contract, bundle sanity, and facade apply(); bump live types from three to four
- Add VoidBase content layer (neutral dark+grit surface at depth -1) so the
grade shader's two-light shadow lift can paint amber/azure onto the void
(the clear color bypasses filters)
- Extend grade shader with uLift2* and uBreath uniforms: side A glows color 1,
side B glows color 2 across the seeded axis, with a slow sinusoidal trade
- Wire breath period/depth from config into per-frame update()
- Rework WandererStar to anchor to the camera view each frame (wrap-in +
parallax trail) so it stays visible in the sky regardless of ship travel;
increase default core/halo sizes for a more present companion star
- Update systems.json binary effect with lift, breath, void config and larger
wanderer sizes
- Add test coverage for the new two-light lift, breath animation, and shader
uniform declarations (59 checks total)
- Replace the single `kind: ripple|none` effect with optional per-type blocks (ripple, grade, flare, haze, particles, wanderer) so each archetype wears exactly what it lists
- Add redDwarf visual identity: super-subtle star-anchored ripple that surges on a seeded flare, warm color grade with shadow lift + grain, a gritty red haze behind the stars, and drifting ember dust
- Add binary visual identity: two-color directional split grade plus a wandering companion star (no ripple)
- Generalize the ripple shader/filter to up to two orbiting centers and drive both the ripple amplitude and the grade flash from one shared flare signal
- Stamp per-system fx variation (phase/angle/drift) in SystemGenerator so each system's flare rhythm, split axis, and wanderer path are stable but distinct
- Add EmberField, RedHaze, WandererStar content layers wired into GameScene create/update/shutdown
- Update the data contract, 57-check test suite, project notes, and landing/systems JSON; add ice landing/takeoff video assets
- Nebula gas layer: soft coloured cloud sprites at depth 3, tinted with a
per-system palette color assigned deterministically at galaxy generation
(SystemGenerator stamps content.atmosphere.color). Only nebula-type
systems render it; all other types are untouched.
- Ripple effect: a full-screen WebGL composite on the world camera that
displaces the starfield and world objects while the HUD stays crisp via
a new UI/world camera split (UiCameras.js). Data-driven per archetype in
data/systems.json (nebula = ripple, all others = none). Canvas fallback
degrades to no effect.
- Demo mode: ?fx=<type> URL param retargets the run to the richest system
of that archetype, fully charted with all gates active, for judging the
effect in isolation.
- New ice and lava planet art (slots 9–14 in planets.png) replacing the
placeholder terran/rocky/gas reuse.
- Node test suites for the nebula palette/determinism/cloud texture and
the ripple math/data contract/shader/facade (50+ checks, bare Node).
- Mining now fires `onDepleted` when a cluster's last rock is consumed; GameScene splices the depleted cluster out of world entities, solids, content record, and map chart, then records its id for persistence
- SaveData captures/restores `depletedClusters` so mined-out fields stay gone across save/load (legacy saves default to empty set)
- Change station compass color from red (#ff4d5e) to bright purple (#c84dff) in data and all UI references
- ResearchWindow: thicken tech-tree edges to 3px core + wide glow, add crawling dash animation on unpowered links, endpoint socket dots, and a comet-trail pulse on powered edges
- New QuestTrackerHud component slides in below the system dossier once it folds, showing active quests (main story first) with a live progress checklist under the priority quest
- Priority quest: player can set/clear via row popup or console; auto-assigns to first active story quest; cleared state sticks until a grant or claim re-arms it
- QuestWindow gains SET PRIORITY / CLEAR PRIORITY controls and openAt() to land on a specific quest (used by SHOW MORE / VIEW QUEST)
- GameScene wires the tracker into the dossier lifecycle: hidden while expanded, slides out before expand, slides in on collapse; pointerdown contract prevents world clicks from leaking through rows and popups
- SurfaceScene delegates priority changes to the sleeping GameScene's ledger
- QuestState serializes/deserializes priority + cleared flag for save round-trips
- quests.json gains a tracker section (title, maxVisible, slideMs, toast configs)
- New dev/quest-tracker.test.mjs pins the full contract; dev/quests.test.mjs extended with priority and tracker-knob checks; system-hud test updated for the extra tracker elements
- SystemReport now returns a tight {title, subtitle, faction, population, status} shape instead of per-settlement/gate line lists; the HUD shows only the name, "<Type> system · star <class>", and "Faction: Neutral · Pop ~X" (or "Unclaimed").
- Drop the settlements/gates/summary/seed lines from the GameScene HUD render and update the decode/collapse docs to the new two-line layout.
- Fix planet kindLabel lookup to key on rec.class instead of rec.name so the comms/surface panels don't repeat the proper name.
- Update asteroid, galaxy, and system-hud tests plus PROJECT_NOTES to match the compact report shape.
- Drop the empty "reserved" slot from both the flight and surface decks so every slot is a live button
- Update GameScene docstring to list the actual six slots (Research, Scan, Ship, Quests, Map, Menu)
- Add original screenshot assets for scene 01 interiors
- Introduce QuestState ledger (granted/claimed ids) persisted via SaveData, with safe fromJSON validation that drops unknown ids and enforces claimed ⊆ granted
- Define the starter quest "Start Your Journey" in data/quests.json with four live checks: research node, lifetime asteroid mining, home tether level, and discovered world count
- Add totalMined counter tracked on each ore event to support the mining requirement independently of cargo hold
- Build QuestWindow (full-screen console at depth 80) with video feed, category tabs (Main Story live, Side Quests standby), quest list, detail plate with checklist and CLAIM REWARD action
- Wire QUESTS slot into both flight and surface command decks right of SHIP; SurfaceScene delegates snapshot/claim to the sleeping GameScene while rendering its own console notes
- Grant starter quest on first boot with delayed toast; announce "QUEST READY" once per quest when all checks complete
- Update research-builds tests for seven-slot deck layout; add dev/quests.test.mjs covering data contract, ledger behavior, save round-trip, and deck slot placement
- Introduce StationFrames.js galaxy-wide pass that spreads spacestations.png
variant frames across the galaxy, avoiding collisions among neighbor stars
- Stamp settlement.stationFrame in SystemGenerator so content carries the
assigned variant (lazy === eager)
- Render deep-space stations from the spritesheet when available; keep
procedural fallback for waypoints and missing textures
- Extend comms target with isStation/frame and allow REQUEST LANDING on
deep-space stations, passing station flag into SurfaceScene
- Add landing.stationVideos entries and music.stationFrames slots keyed by
variant frame; surface/shop clips degrade gracefully until authored
- Add dev tooling: station-shot page/runner for world/panel/land/deck states
and a Node test asserting variant spread beats naive random assignment
- Draw the active SET DESTINATION path in orange on galaxy lanes and circle the destination star with a breathing ring
- On the current-system chart, circle the destination object when it is in this system, or show the route exit gate plus a dashed ship-to-gate line when the destination is elsewhere
- Carry `route` edge keys and `destinationId` through `buildGalaxySnapshot`, `mapChartSnapshot`, and `systemChartSnapshotFor` so views can render the course
- Add dev screenshot harnesses (route-shot, exit-gate-shot) and extend galaxy-map tests to cover route/destination flags
- Document the new visualization in PROJECT_NOTES.md and add a takeoff video asset
- In the destination system, the orange compass arrow now points at the
destination OBJECT (not just the next gate), so the "where to fly next"
marker persists across the last hop into the system.
- Add `_checkDestinationReached` per-frame check: clears the destination and
fires REACHED only when the ship is within the object's keep-out rim,
replacing the old jump-time clear for destinations with a specific object.
- Route compass entries (`route:`/`dest:` ids) are now resolvable by
`autopilotTo`, fixing the ship aiming at the star instead of the gate.
- New `alwaysFull` flag on compass targets keeps route waypoints at full
readout (arrow + type + name) regardless of distance; add tests.
- Add `route.destTypeLabel` config key and update docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md.
- New `js/galaxy/Route.js` derives the unique path between systems over the spanning-tree jump network (Dijkstra), exposing `planRoute` / `nextSystem`; pure and Node-tested in `dev/route.test.mjs`.
- Persist only the destination (`systemId`, `objectId`) in save data; the route itself is recomputed from the current system, so following it shortens automatically and a detour re-plots.
- Compass marks the route's next gate in orange (shown even while undiscovered) and suppresses that gate's ordinary cyan entry.
- On jump, resolve arrival / on-course / detour before `captureState` and queue REACHED / RE-PLOTTED notices to surface after the destination scene spawns.
- Map console SYSTEM tab now charts a charted star's system; confirming an object sets the destination and closes the map.
- Fix galaxy stars bleeding through the system chart: plate culling respects overall visibility, fog skips when no tethers anchor it, and the boot reveal finalizes to full alpha on tab switch.
- Add `assets/videos/ss-land-03.mp4` and document the route feature in PROJECT_NOTES.
- New "System" socket in MapWindow: a charted star's chart drawn by the
same painter as Current System (no ship/tethers), armed until the player
picks that star on the Galaxy tab, then wakes with its map.
- Galaxy tab click flow changes: a visited star opens its chart in the
System tab (onStarOpen) instead of confirming a jump; uncharted stars
are readouts only and a lit lane to an uncharted star pops nothing.
- Zoom-bloom star art (GalaxyChart.starArtSpec + GalaxyView blit):
diffraction spikes, per-type crowns (granulation, prominences, binary
companion, habitable rings, nebula disc, void horizon) and a surface
wobble fade in as you zoom; all angles/phases seeded per system.
- Star hit-testing now scales with the dot size and includes a crowded
cluster dead band so lanes/empty space between stars no longer trigger
hover.
- New systemChartSnapshot() in SystemChart.js plus tests covering shape,
coverage, discovery flags, stats and determinism.
- Set Destination dialog (System tab) acknowledges the pick via
onSetDestination; destination model is still being defined.
- Added spacestation image/video assets for future use.
Brian Fertig
Brian Fertig