From 84eb99afd2fd21b34391d64bc7c57393a078772e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Whitestone <alexpaynex@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:41:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: ring of 12 floating Elder Futhark runes around Nexus
 platform

- 12 rune billboard sprites (Elder Futhark glyphs) in a slow-orbiting
  ring at radius 7.0, y=1.5, around the center platform
- Alternating cyan (#00ffcc) / magenta (#ff44ff) additive-blend glow
  rendered via canvas + shadowBlur onto CanvasTexture sprites
- Runes orbit at 0.08 rad/s with per-rune vertical float phase offsets
- Faint orbit-indicator torus marks the ring height
- Opacity pulses gently on each rune using individual phase offsets

Fixes #110

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 app.js | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index adb18c0..b396094 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -575,6 +575,87 @@ async function loadSovereigntyStatus() {
 
 loadSovereigntyStatus();
 
+// === RUNE RING ===
+// 12 Elder Futhark rune sprites in a slow-orbiting ring around the center platform.
+
+const RUNE_COUNT = 12;
+const RUNE_RING_RADIUS = 7.0;
+const RUNE_RING_Y = 1.5;       // base height above platform
+const RUNE_ORBIT_SPEED = 0.08; // radians per second
+
+const ELDER_FUTHARK = ['ᚠ','ᚢ','ᚦ','ᚨ','ᚱ','ᚲ','ᚷ','ᚹ','ᚺ','ᚾ','ᛁ','ᛃ'];
+const RUNE_GLOW_COLORS = ['#00ffcc', '#ff44ff']; // alternating cyan / magenta
+
+/**
+ * Creates a canvas texture for a single glowing rune glyph.
+ * @param {string} glyph
+ * @param {string} color
+ * @returns {THREE.CanvasTexture}
+ */
+function createRuneTexture(glyph, color) {
+  const W = 128, H = 128;
+  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  canvas.width = W;
+  canvas.height = H;
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, W, H);
+
+  // Outer glow
+  ctx.shadowColor = color;
+  ctx.shadowBlur = 28;
+
+  ctx.font = 'bold 78px serif';
+  ctx.fillStyle = color;
+  ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+  ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
+  ctx.fillText(glyph, W / 2, H / 2);
+
+  return new THREE.CanvasTexture(canvas);
+}
+
+// Faint torus marking the orbit height
+const runeOrbitRingGeo = new THREE.TorusGeometry(RUNE_RING_RADIUS, 0.03, 6, 64);
+const runeOrbitRingMat = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
+  color: 0x224466,
+  transparent: true,
+  opacity: 0.22,
+});
+const runeOrbitRingMesh = new THREE.Mesh(runeOrbitRingGeo, runeOrbitRingMat);
+runeOrbitRingMesh.rotation.x = Math.PI / 2;
+runeOrbitRingMesh.position.y = RUNE_RING_Y;
+scene.add(runeOrbitRingMesh);
+
+/**
+ * @type {Array<{sprite: THREE.Sprite, baseAngle: number, floatPhase: number}>}
+ */
+const runeSprites = [];
+
+for (let i = 0; i < RUNE_COUNT; i++) {
+  const glyph = ELDER_FUTHARK[i % ELDER_FUTHARK.length];
+  const color = RUNE_GLOW_COLORS[i % RUNE_GLOW_COLORS.length];
+  const texture = createRuneTexture(glyph, color);
+
+  const runeMat = new THREE.SpriteMaterial({
+    map: texture,
+    transparent: true,
+    opacity: 0.85,
+    depthWrite: false,
+    blending: THREE.AdditiveBlending,
+  });
+  const sprite = new THREE.Sprite(runeMat);
+  sprite.scale.set(1.3, 1.3, 1);
+
+  const baseAngle = (i / RUNE_COUNT) * Math.PI * 2;
+  sprite.position.set(
+    Math.cos(baseAngle) * RUNE_RING_RADIUS,
+    RUNE_RING_Y,
+    Math.sin(baseAngle) * RUNE_RING_RADIUS
+  );
+  scene.add(sprite);
+  runeSprites.push({ sprite, baseAngle, floatPhase: (i / RUNE_COUNT) * Math.PI * 2 });
+}
+
 // === ANIMATION LOOP ===
 const clock = new THREE.Clock();
 
@@ -680,6 +761,15 @@ function animate() {
     }
   }
 
+  // Animate rune ring — orbit and vertical float
+  for (const rune of runeSprites) {
+    const angle = rune.baseAngle + elapsed * RUNE_ORBIT_SPEED;
+    rune.sprite.position.x = Math.cos(angle) * RUNE_RING_RADIUS;
+    rune.sprite.position.z = Math.sin(angle) * RUNE_RING_RADIUS;
+    rune.sprite.position.y = RUNE_RING_Y + Math.sin(elapsed * 0.7 + rune.floatPhase) * 0.4;
+    rune.sprite.material.opacity = 0.65 + Math.sin(elapsed * 1.2 + rune.floatPhase) * 0.2;
+  }
+
   composer.render();
 }
 
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