Visual polish + biome-signature terrain - #18
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Visual-identity lane, phase 1–2 (balanced Celtic direction): - :root gains semantic tokens (accent-dim, gold-glow, shadow-deep, carve hi/lo bevels) as one source of truth for the polish pass. - Reusable .ogham-rule divider (gold rule + central lozenge). - Title screen becomes an actual title screen: #start-modal gets an opaque atmospheric backdrop (radial green glow + gold floor wash) so the live board no longer bleeds through, drifting CSS motes, and a shimmering gold title framed by ogham rules. Reduced-motion disables the animations. - Carved-stone bevel + press state on the primary CTAs. - Fix copy: "FORMORIAN" → "Fomorian"; split the subtitle into two lines. CSS/HTML only. 426 tests, lint, build, smoke all green. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01V6kP5vUAcNbxLK5EnPKAhv
Phase 3 of the visual lane. The play field no longer reads as a flat black rectangle: - A biome-tinted vertical depth gradient behind the tiles (top wash fading to black), so the un-built void has depth. Unexplored tiles now paint a translucent veil instead of an opaque fill, letting the gradient read through as cavern darkness. - A cached edge vignette (radial darkening) drawn over the world each frame, focusing the eye on the hero's column and giving a lit-from-within feel. Renderer-only, no new assets. 426 tests, lint, build, smoke green. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01V6kP5vUAcNbxLK5EnPKAhv
Phase 4 of the visual lane — tie the in-game UI to the title/modal system: - #hud-strip gets the signature gold top-cap, a carved-stone gradient + bevel, hairline rules between HP/floor/gold sections, and a touch more width/padding so the stat cluster reads at a glance. - The on-screen control buttons gain a carved-stone rest state (top-lit gradient + bevel edges), keeping their existing press ripple/scale. CSS only. 426 tests, lint, build, smoke green. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01V6kP5vUAcNbxLK5EnPKAhv
Terrain was laid uniformly on S/L/J locks regardless of biome, so every biome felt the same to build in. Make *which* shapes freeze into ground a biome trait via a new optional `terrainShapes` set, so the play-feel shifts as you descend: - Cairn Halls (floors 1-4): S/L/J → sacred (baseline) - Sídhe Caverns (floors 5-9): S/L/J/O/I → ice (densest — the ice biome ices up more of the board) - Bres's Causeway (floors 10+): S/L/J/O → swamp `terrainShapes` is optional and defaults to ["S","L","J"], so existing data and the schema stay backward-compatible. The falling-piece terrain hint in the renderer is now biome-aware to match. - types.ts: BiomeDef.terrainShapes?: string[] - biomes.json + schema: per-biome terrainShapes (optional array) - dataLoader.ts: Biome.terrainShapes with S/L/J default - game.ts lockBlock: resolve biome, lay terrainType on terrainShapes locks - renderer.ts: biome-aware falling-piece terrain hint - tests: 3 biome-signature cases (ice-on-I in caverns only, per-biome type on shared S, swamp-on-O deep only) - README: biome/terrain rows document terrainShapes Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01V6kP5vUAcNbxLK5EnPKAhv
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Two complementary passes that lift the game toward a "pro" level of polish: a visual-identity overhaul and a gameplay-feel change that makes biomes distinct to build in.
Visual identity & UI (
0f7ac66,33ebe33,74aa070)--accent-dim,--gold-glow,--shadow-deep,--carve-hi/lo), an ogham-rule divider, an atmospheric start-modal backdrop with drifting motes and a title shimmer (all reduced-motion guarded). Fixed the "FORMORIAN" → "Fomorian" typo and reflowed the subtitle.Biome-signature terrain (
b56fa19)Terrain used to be laid uniformly on S/L/J locks regardless of biome, so every biome felt the same to build in. Which shapes freeze into ground is now a biome trait via a new optional
terrainShapesset, so play-feel escalates as you descend:terrainShapesis optional and defaults to["S","L","J"], so existing data and the schema stay backward-compatible. The falling-piece terrain hint in the renderer is now biome-aware to match.Touches:
types.ts(BiomeDef.terrainShapes?),biomes.json+ schema,dataLoader.ts(Biome.terrainShapes),game.tslockBlock,renderer.ts, plus 3 new tests and README updates.Verification
npm run verifygreen on the branch: 429/429 tests, coverage ~84.8% stmts / 76.8% branches / 84.7% funcs / 87.8% lines (above thresholds), lint clean, build + smoke pass.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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