polish: smooth phase transitions, enhanced endings, accessibility (#57) #75

Timmy · 2026-04-12T12:08:25Z

Timmy commented

2026-04-12 12:08:25 +00:00

Night of Polish - Visual Identity Pass

Part of epic #57. Implements:

Smooth Phase Transitions

Full-screen overlay with staggered fade-in animation
Particle burst animation on phase change
Auto-dismisses after 2.5s

Enhanced Ending Cinematics

Beacon ending: fade-to-black, light rays, floating particles, stat summary, Play Again
Drift ending: glitch animation, fade-in, stat summary, dramatic line reveal

Accessibility

Sound mute toggle (M key) with localStorage persistence
High contrast mode (C key) with CSS variable overrides
Both toggles in bottom-left toolbar with aria-labels

Building Milestone Confetti

Extra gold+green particles at x10 building multiples

Night of Polish - Visual Identity Pass Part of epic #57. Implements: ## Smooth Phase Transitions - Full-screen overlay with staggered fade-in animation - Particle burst animation on phase change - Auto-dismisses after 2.5s ## Enhanced Ending Cinematics - Beacon ending: fade-to-black, light rays, floating particles, stat summary, Play Again - Drift ending: glitch animation, fade-in, stat summary, dramatic line reveal ## Accessibility - Sound mute toggle (M key) with localStorage persistence - High contrast mode (C key) with CSS variable overrides - Both toggles in bottom-left toolbar with aria-labels ## Building Milestone Confetti - Extra gold+green particles at x10 building multiples

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polish: smooth phase transitions, enhanced endings, accessibility toggles (#57 )

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Visual Identity Pass:
- Smooth phase transition overlay with staggered fade-in animation and particle burst
- Building purchase confetti at x10 milestones (gold + green particles)
- Animated resource counters (pulse on gain, shake on loss) - already existed, verified working

Ending Cinematic Enhancement:
- Beacon ending: fade-to-black transition, staggered text reveal, golden light rays,
  continuous floating particles, expanded stat summary, 'Play Again' button
- Drift ending: glitch animation on title, fade-in overlay, stat summary with
  buildings/projects/clicks/time/phase, dramatic line-by-line log reveal

Accessibility (#57):
- Sound mute toggle button (M key) with localStorage persistence
- High contrast mode toggle (C key) with CSS variable overrides
- Both toggles in fixed bottom-left toolbar with aria-labels
- Keyboard shortcuts M and C added, help overlay updated
- Drift ending button changed to 'Play AGAIN' with proper aria-label

Timmy merged commit ac88850535 into main

2026-04-12 12:10:33 +00:00

Timmy referenced this issue from a commit

2026-04-12 12:10:35 +00:00

Merge pull request 'polish: smooth phase transitions, enhanced endings, accessibility (#57)' (#75) from burn/20260412-0757-polish into main

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Reference: Timmy_Foundation/the-beacon#75