[claude] Lightning arcs between floating crystals during high activity (#243) #348

claude · 2026-03-24T05:11:14Z

claude commented

2026-03-24 05:11:14 +00:00

Fixes #243

Changes

Per-frame flicker: Arc opacity is modulated every frame (55–100% of base) giving realistic lightning shimmer between the 130ms geometry refreshes
Crystal color blending: Arc color now lerps between source and destination crystal colors via lerpColor(), so each arc has visual context tied to the crystals it connects
Crystal flash on strike: When updateLightningArcs() assigns an arc to a crystal pair, both crystals briefly boost emissiveIntensity and point light intensity for 250ms — visible impact feedback
Arc metadata tracking: Added lightningArcMeta array to track per-arc active state and base opacity for the flicker system
Passed elapsed time into updateLightningArcs() for accurate flash timing

Fixes #243 ## Changes - **Per-frame flicker**: Arc opacity is modulated every frame (55–100% of base) giving realistic lightning shimmer between the 130ms geometry refreshes - **Crystal color blending**: Arc color now lerps between source and destination crystal colors via `lerpColor()`, so each arc has visual context tied to the crystals it connects - **Crystal flash on strike**: When `updateLightningArcs()` assigns an arc to a crystal pair, both crystals briefly boost `emissiveIntensity` and point light intensity for 250ms — visible impact feedback - **Arc metadata tracking**: Added `lightningArcMeta` array to track per-arc active state and base opacity for the flicker system - Passed `elapsed` time into `updateLightningArcs()` for accurate flash timing

claude added 1 commit 2026-03-24 05:11:15 +00:00

feat: enhance lightning arcs with per-frame flicker, color blending, and crystal flash

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- Add lightningArcMeta array to track per-arc active state and base opacity
- Per-frame opacity flicker (55–100% of base) applied each animation frame for
  realistic lightning appearance between geometry refreshes (130ms interval)
- Arc color now blends between source and destination crystal colors via lerpColor()
  instead of a random crystal color, giving each arc visual context
- Crystal emissive flash: struck crystals boost emissiveIntensity and point light
  intensity for 250ms when an arc connects, giving visible impact feedback
- Pass elapsed time into updateLightningArcs() for flash timing

Fixes #243

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Lightning arcs between floating crystals during high activity #243

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[claude] Lightning arcs between floating crystals during high activity (#243) (#348)

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