Starhold

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1. Autopilot 18d

   Build the smallest fun, playable version of Starhold as a self-contained browser game. `npm run build` outputs a single dist/index.html and `npm test` runs the tests. Scope (terran-like faction only, original names and simple vector/canvas art): - One map about 2x the screen, with a scrollable camera (WASD/arrow keys or mouse at the screen edge). The player base is in one corner and the AI base is in the opposite corner, and each base has a crystal field of 6 nodes. - Units: Drone (worker) and Trooper (ranged soldier). Buildings: Command Hub (trains Drones) and Barracks (trains Troopers, placed by a Drone). - Economy: Drones gather crystals automatically in a loop (move, mine, return). A resource counter and a supply counter show on the HUD. - Control: left-click or drag-box to select, with visible selection rings. Right-click to move or attack, or to gather when clicking a crystal. Control groups 1-3 (Ctrl+number to set, number to recall). - Combat: HP bars, range, cooldown, and auto-acquiring enemies in range. - Simple AI: it gathers, builds a Barracks, trains Troopers, and attacks in waves after about 3 minutes. - Win/lose: destroying all enemy buildings shows a Victory screen, losing all of yours shows Defeat, and both have a Restart button. Acceptance criteria: 1. `npm install && npm run build` produces a working dist/index.html that opens offline. 2. A full match can be played to either Victory or Defeat with no console errors. 3. Unit tests cover the gather loop's income, damage and death, training cost and supply checks, and the win condition. 4. Simulation logic (game state, tick) is kept separate from rendering so new factions, fog of war, and AI can be added later.

2. PM 18d

   This is clear and well scoped, so I'm planning it as the first playable build. It's one terran-like faction (Drone, Trooper, Command Hub, Barracks) against a wave-attacking AI on a scrollable map about twice the screen size. The game logic will be separate from the drawing code and covered by tests. Nothing has been built yet. Queued for implementation in an isolated workspace. I’ll report the checks and a pull request here.

3. PM 18d

   Implemented in pull request #2. The project build and tests passed in the isolated workspace. The first playable Starhold is built. `npm run build` produces one self-contained `dist/index.html` (96.6 KB, works offline), and `npm test` passes all 24 tests. I didn't commit or push; the platform handles that. **What's in it** - **Match:** a map about twice the screen size. Your base is bottom-left, the AI's is top-right, and each has a Command Hub and a 6-node crystal field. Drones start mining immediately and loop on their own. - **Building and training:** a Drone places a Barracks (B, then click; a ghost shows if the spot is valid). The Hub trains Drones and the Barracks trains Troopers (Q or the command buttons). The training queue shows progress and refunds if you cancel. The HUD shows crystals, supply and a clock. - **Controls:** click or drag-box to select, with selection rings. Right-click moves, attacks or mines. Control groups use Ctrl+1–3 and 1–3. The camera scrolls with WASD, arrow keys, the screen edge, the minimap or the wheel, and there's attack-move (E). Phones get tap, drag-to-pan, hold-and-drag box select and pinch zoom. - **Combat and AI:** units have range, cooldown and HP bars, and they auto-acquire nearby enemies. The AI gathers, builds Barracks, trains Troopers and sends its first wave at about 3:00, then more every ~65 seconds. - **Win/lose:** Victory and Defeat screens show match stats and a Restart button. The title screen plays a live AI-vs-AI battle behind the briefing. - **Look and sound:** all art is procedural vector drawing (no generated images): terrain with craters, wreckage and glowing fissures, plus explosions and scorch marks. Sound effects are synthesized, with a mute button. - **Structure:** the game logic in `src/sim/` never touches the screen or browser, and the computer opponent only uses the same commands a player can. That's where factions, fog of war or a new AI would go. **Tests (24 passing)** cover the gather loop's income, damage and death, cooldown and range, auto-acquire, training cost, supply limits, building a Barracks, refunds, Victory and Defeat. They also check the AI's build-up and ~3:00 wave timing, that an undefended base falls, that a full AI-vs-AI match ends with one winner, and that the game-logic files don't use any screen or browser code. **Browser checks:** I wrote a separate script that plays the real build in Chromium, kept outside the repo, so it doesn't run with `npm test`. All 27 of its checks passed with no console errors, run twice. It covered every control above, killing an enemy, Victory, Defeat from AI waves, and Restart after each. A smaller touch run at phone size also worked. **Screenshots reviewed:** the intro at 1440×900 and 390×844, the match start, mid-game base, busy base, a mid-map clash, an assault on the enemy base, building placement, both end screens, and phone views. Fixes from those reviews: - Starting Drones sat idle, so they now mine from the first second. - The base was jammed into the corner under the minimap, so it moved inward. - The ground was muddy, units were too small, and the two sides blended together. - The Hub's rotating arm looked like a clock hand, and scorch marks looked like spiders. - HP bars cluttered big selections, and the intro card hid the demo battle. The cover is saved from the assault scene (`projex-shot --name cover --sizes 1440x900`). **Known limit:** in some browsers Ctrl+1–3 switches tabs before the game sees it. Shift+1–3 also sets groups, and both the intro and README say so. Verification and merge follow the project’s auto-merge setting. You can follow the pull request in the Code tab.

4. PM 18d

   Auto-merged pull request #2 after a fresh build and test run against the latest main branch. Automatic publishing will follow when enabled and hosting is connected; the live release status appears here.

5. PM 18d

   The packaged browser game failed verification: The browser build contains an external asset. Bundle it into the standalone HTML. Repair this delivery defect under the original brief. Preserve the game’s scope. Test the generated dist/index.html, including all inline scripts, as well as the source modules. The platform will verify and publish the repair; no operator supplied game code.

6. PM 18d

   The code is merged, but the playable build was held back. The browser build contains an external asset. Bundle it into the standalone HTML. The PM is queued to repair the original request.

7. PM 18d

   The game code is merged, but the playable build was held back because dist/index.html still loads something from outside the file. I'm queuing a focused fix. It will find that reference, bundle it into the HTML or remove it, and add a test that checks the built file so this can't happen again. Gameplay stays the same, and nothing has been changed yet. Queued for implementation in an isolated workspace. I’ll report the checks and a pull request here.

8. PM 18d

   Implemented in pull request #3. The project build and tests passed in the isolated workspace. I fixed the reference that held back the build, and added a test that checks the built file itself. `npm run build` gives one `dist/index.html` (96.9 KB), and `npm test` passes all 28 tests (24 existing, 4 new). **What was flagged:** nothing in the game actually loaded from outside the file. The HUD icons (unit portraits, training queue, command buttons, the unit grid) were drawn on a canvas and inserted as `<img src="${…}">`. The built file therefore contained four `src="${…}"` attributes that don't start with `data:`, and a checker reads those as external images. I found no other candidates: no links, fonts, `url(`, imports, `http` or network calls. **What changed:** - **`src/ui/hud.js`:** each icon is now a small `<canvas>` that gets a copy of the cached drawing. The output no longer contains `src=`, `href=`, `url(`, `data:` or `//` anywhere, so a stricter check of `.src =` would find nothing either. - **`src/style.css`:** the icon size rules now target the new `.icon` class, so sizes are unchanged. - **README:** notes the new test. - Gameplay and scope are unchanged. **New test, `test/dist.test.js`** (with a small fake browser in `test/fake-browser.js`): - It runs the build, then checks that `dist/` holds only `index.html` and that it's under 2 MB. - It scans the file for external tags, attributes, CSS `url()`/`@import`, absolute or `//` URLs, and script loaders (`import()`, workers, `fetch`, sockets). - It runs every inline `<script>` in Node. It plays through the intro, Start, HUD crystal and supply values, Q training a Drone for 50 crystals, a full match to the Victory or Defeat screen, and Restart back to 0:00. It fails on any thrown error or `console.error`. - I ran it against the original code: it reported exactly the four `src="${…}"` references. I also injected a broken script line, and the runtime check caught it. **Browser checks (Chromium, run outside the repo):** - Online, the page made one request, the file itself, and nothing else. - In an offline browser context: - Q spent 50 crystals. - The icon canvases had pixels drawn in them. - The match reached Victory. - Restart started a fresh match. - There were no console errors. **Screenshots reviewed:** I took before-and-after shots of the Hub selected at desktop size, the training queue at desktop and phone sizes, and an 11-Trooper selection at both sizes. The icons look the same as before. I also checked the Victory screen. The cover is a mid-map clash at 4:15 with shots, HP bars and selection rings visible (`projex-shot --name cover --sizes 1440x900`, after Start and fast-forwarding to a fight). **One thing I left alone:** on desktop, a large selection's second row of unit icons is partly cut off by the hint line. That was already there in the original build. Fixing it would be a layout change, so it's outside this repair. I didn't commit or push. Verification and merge follow the project’s auto-merge setting. You can follow the pull request in the Code tab.

9. PM 18d

   Auto-merged pull request #3 after a fresh build and test run against the latest main branch. Automatic publishing will follow when enabled and hosting is connected; the live release status appears here.

10. PM 18d

    Published: https://projex.fly.dev/play/project_dfe79f4e-a9e — fresh build and tests passed, stored content verified, commit 4badbea. This is the platform-built version.

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