- Introduce data/gates.json + js/galaxy/JumpNetwork.js: a strongly-connected, degree-limited spanning tree over the nearest-star graph (plus local shortcuts) so every system holds 1–3 gates, all jumps are local, and no system is closed or trapped
- Place each gate on the tether circle of an anchor (planet / space station / home world), facing its destination star; enforce radius band, clearance from anchors, and gap between gates in SystemGenerator.layoutGates
- Add the JumpGate entity (procedural twin-pylon portal) with the same solid contract as Planet/Station, discoverable in cyan, listed in the HUD dossier; wire into GameScene solids + discovery
- Guarantee every system holds at least one gate anchor (barren systems get a deep-space station); cap the home system at 3 objects so it fits the tighter band
- Rework solar-system layout to a full pairwise band [minSpacing, maxSpacing] with rotation tuned toward gate bearings; update tests and docs accordingly
- Change radiusGrowth from 1.25 to 2.0 so level N doubles the previous
level (L2 = 10240, L3 = 20480, L4 = 40960 px)
- Update all data descriptions, docs, and test defaults to match
- Add refreshHudTetherLevel() in SurfaceScene so the HUD line re-decodes
when a tether build completes while on-surface
- Rename rocky-planet-02 asset (typo fix), add 03-a/03-b variants,
point rocky frames at indices 6–8 in planets.json
- Add dev/tether-flow harness to exercise the full L2 build flow end-to-end
- Introduce the BUILD deck slot on planet surfaces: full-screen BuildWindow
(looping feed video, category tabs, build list, dossier + cost + BUILD
button) backed by pure BuildModel/BuildState rules
- Move tether level 2 from a research effect to a one-off planet build
(200 minerals, 20 s, requires L1 tether on the world); home world starts
with tether-l1 pre-installed as a rule re-asserted after load
- Add `node dev/server.mjs` static server sending Cache-Control: no-store to
stop browsers heuristically caching ES modules (the "new data + old JS" bug)
- Fix world-name casing leak: CommsPanel keeps canonical spelling in the
landing payload; GameScene.startLanding normalizes via WorldNames.canonicalPlanetName
so name-keyed build/tether lookups match
- Add in-game diagnostics (orbitDiag/orbitDiagBrief), dev/build-check.html
self-check page, and Node tests for builds, world names, and save staging
- Persist builds (built records + in-flight remaining time) in the save bank;
tick on the game-loop clock so a build survives takeoff mid-build
- Full-screen RESEARCH window: looping archive feed, category tabs, branching
DAG tech tree (top-down layout), per-tech dossier + RESEARCH button, deck
progress bar
- Pure rules layer (ResearchModel / ResearchState) is Node-testable; the
window is a passive view and GameScene owns effects, toasts, and saves
- First category **Exploration** (Tether Level 1–4, Tether Anchoring, Signal
Amplification) lives in data/research/exploration.json; adding a category
= one JSON file + one registry line + one manifest line
- Effects seam: `tether.level` grows the home tether via TetherField.setLevel;
`capability` flags land on scene.researchCapabilities for future systems
- Save/restore round-trips an in-flight project (remainingMs captured at save,
startedAt rebuilt on load); old saves without research still load
- Dev tooling: dev/cdp-shot.mjs (CDP screenshot with readiness wait),
dev/research-shot.html/.mjs (boots the console + starts a run for a shot)
- Assets: gasgiant planet frame 03, takeoff/landing clips, research-computer
feed; planets.png/.psd updated
- Swap the command deck's "Build" slot for a "Scan" slot that fires an
omnidirectional sonar pulse from the ship across the tether region.
- The wavefront is clipped to the union of tether circles: it is absorbed
at the rim (bright absorbing arc + TetherField.excite shiver) instead of
flying into empty space.
- Objects inside the region ring as the front crosses them (shock rings,
RGB ghost, scale pulse); the starfield ripples and the camera thumps /
rolls with the wave, then restores itself on completion or cancel.
- New modules: js/scan/ScanPulse.js (rendering + lifecycle),
js/scan/ScanGeometry.js (pure circle-circle window math).
- All tuning lives in data/scan.json; the one SFX is the new "scan" key
in data/sfx.json. Results are a seam for now — finishScan logs the
in-region objects and reports the count in the console slot.
- Tests: dev/scan.test.mjs (geometry unit tests) and
dev/scan-test.html/.mjs (headless flow test driving the real scene).
- Add Terran shop placeholder assets (two PNGs + one MP4).
- Introduce Reputation module (js/reputation/Reputation.js) tracking player standing on planets and space stations on a −20…+20 scale, with the home world pinned at +20
- Add data/reputation.json config for scale bounds, neutral default, and home-world standing
- Assign stable seed-deterministic ids to planets (<systemId>-p<ordinal>) and settlements (<systemId>-s<n>) in SystemGenerator so saved standing lines up with regenerated galaxies
- Wire reputation into the save system (captureState/prepareLoad/resetRunState) with backward-compatible loading of pre-reputation saves as all-neutral
- Add faction-check placeholder: standingFor() resolves home → stored → owner/faction → neutral, with factionStanding() stubbed for the upcoming factions layer
- Register a single Reputation instance in GameScene via the shared registry (same pattern as Discovery)
- Add dev/reputation.test.mjs covering scale clamping, home pinning, serialization round-trips, legacy/corrupt record handling, save integration, and place-id stability
- SaveManager: 10-slot localStorage bank (put/get/clear/list/export), corrupt-bank recovery, failed-write surfacing, bulk JSON export
- SaveData: captureState / prepareLoad / consumeRestore / resetRunState — seed + player state round-trip through a shared registry
- MenuSubBar: fold-up drawer off the deck's MENU button (Save Game / Load Game / Return to Main Menu) with animated open/close
- SavePanel: 10-slot pop-up in save or load mode; overwrite + load confirm dialogs; "download all" bulk export; toast feedback
- ConfirmOverlay: split-open confirm dialog for destructive actions
- SlotCard, Toast: per-slot cards and inline feedback strips
- MenuScene: Load Game button (grayed while bank is empty) opens the same panel in load mode
- GameScene: menu sub-bar + save panel wired into deck action, ESC handling, input blocking while modal, applyRestore on scene boot
- Tether HUD moved from above the MENU button to upper-right corner, stacking downward
- MenuButton: disabled (grayed) state and screenFixed option for scrolling-camera UI
- New SFX assets (ui-click, ui-hover) + updated existing FX; gasgiant planet image
- Dev tooling: cdp-firefox.mjs, wdshot.mjs (headless Firefox via geckodriver), saves-ui-test.html/.mjs (integration driver), saves.test.mjs (Node unit tests), system-hud test updates
- Load `assets/images/ships-player.png` as a Phaser spritesheet via
`data/ship.json` (`texture`, `frameWidth`, `frameHeight`, `frame`)
- Add `artFacing` config; Ship applies a constant `artOffset` so heading
math is unchanged while the frame art (facing north) renders correctly
- Scale sprite as `(size * scale) / frameWidth` to preserve the 46 px world
hull size and collision radius regardless of frame dimensions
- Fall back to the built-in procedural dart when the sheet is missing or
fails to load, with a console warning in GameScene.create()
- Update ship-behavior tests to account for `artOffset` in heading checks
- Add source art (`ships-player.psd`, landed-ship reference) and a demo
video; document the new pattern in README and PROJECT_NOTES
- DiscoveryCompass name tags are now interactive buttons with hover/press feedback; firing onSelect hands the target id to the scene, which retargets the ship via GameScene.autopilotTo (aim at the keep-out rim on the approach side).
- Compass layout reserves the command-deck strip (reserveBottom) so chips/arrows are never buried under the deck.
- Click-to-fly now ignores clicks that land on a compass chip (DiscoveryCompass.contains), keeping autopilot and fly-here from colliding.
- Tests cover the chip hit test, onSelect seam, and reserveBottom clamping; docs updated to describe the new autopilot behavior.
- New ActionBar component (js/ui/ActionBar.js) renders a procedural cyberpunk
bottom bar with six slots (Research, Build, Ship, two reserved, Menu),
boot flicker, rail comet, glitch bursts, and RGB shimmer; fully driven by
data/actionbar.json
- Data contracts for the player's progression loop: research.json (time-based,
one project at a time, gates builds/research) and builds.json (credits +
minerals, ship/planet/station categories), both with _template docs and
empty maps; registered in manifest.json
- GameScene wires the deck in, routes clicks over it away from fly-to, pins
the hint above the bar, and drives per-frame update/shutdown
- New dev/research-builds.test.mjs pins the data contract (manifest entries,
rule knobs, template fields, six-slot order)
- cdpshot.mjs: cross-platform temp dir + --no-sandbox for container/CI
- README and PROJECT_NOTES updated with the new loop, deck docs, and a Phaser
v4 scrollFactor-on-screen-fixed-container quirk
Brian Fertig
Brian Fertig