Ferrous-Solitaire/SESSION_HANDOFF.md

Solitaire Quest — UX Overhaul Session Handoff

Last updated: 2026-04-30 — Phase 3 complete + Phase 4 polish landed. v1 release-readiness scope is largely done; remaining work is final smoke test, push, and tag.

Status at pause

• HEAD: 5d57b67 — local master is 16 commits ahead of origin/master (unpushed).
• Working tree: modified but uncommitted edits in solitaire_engine/src/hud_plugin.rs and solitaire_engine/src/settings_plugin.rs — an in-flight tooltip-popover extension threaded onto the Settings sliders/togglers/pickers. Not staged, not built against; review and finish-or-revert before resuming new work.
• Build: cargo build --workspace and cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings clean as of last commit.
• Tests: 872 passed / 0 failed / 9 ignored across the workspace.

Where we are

Phase 3 of the UX overhaul (design tokens, modal scaffold, animation curves) shipped earlier in the session and is unchanged. Phase 4 (release-grade polish) layered another 22 commits on top: window polish, modal animation, score feedback, three phases of focus rings, Home repurposed as a mode launcher, tooltip infrastructure + HUD wiring, branded splash screen, achievement integration tests, microcopy unification, leaderboard error/idle states, first-launch empty-state polish, hit-target accessibility fix, CREDITS.md, ARCHITECTURE doc-rot fix.

Design direction (unchanged)

• Tone: Balatro — chunky readable type, theatrical hierarchy, satisfying micro-interactions.
• Palette: Midnight Purple base + Balatro yellow primary + warm magenta secondary.
• See memory/project_ux_overhaul_2026-04.md for full direction.

Phase 3 (shipped)

• solitaire_engine/src/ui_theme.rs — every design token: colours, type scale, spacing scale, radius rungs, z-index hierarchy, motion durations.
• solitaire_engine/src/ui_modal.rs — spawn_modal scaffold + button-variant helpers + paint_modal_buttons system.
• All 12 overlays migrated to the modal scaffold with real Primary/Secondary/Tertiary buttons (no more Y/N debug prompts).
• HUD restructured into a 4-tier vertical stack with progressive disclosure.
• Animation upgrades: SmoothSnap slide curves, scoped settle bounce, deal jitter, win-cascade rotation.

Phase 4 (shipped this session)

Area	Commit	What landed
Workspace lint	9bfca92	Test-only clippy warnings under --all-targets resolved.
App / window	5f5aba8	WM_CLASS, centered-on-primary window, panic hook → crash.log.
Modal animation	71999e1	ModalEntering + ease-out scrim fade and 0.96→1.0 card scale over MOTION_MODAL_SECS; Instant collapses to zero.
Score feedback	dcfa976	ScorePulse triangular 1.0→1.1→1.0; floating "+N" for jumps ≥ SCORE_FLOATER_THRESHOLD.
Hit targets	b082bd6	ICON_BUTTON_PX 28 → 32; settings sync status reads "local only" not "not configured".
Microcopy	abeb4e5	Help "Close" → "Done"; final onboarding CTA → "Let's play".
Empty states	65d595a	First-launch em-dash zero-stats grid + welcome line on Profile.
Leaderboard	1384365	Idle/Loaded/Error enum; local-only guard replaces opt-in/out buttons.
Credits	fd7fb7b, f866299	CREDITS.md added (xCards, FiraMono, Bevy, kira, Rust deps); README links it.
Home	c1bde18	Home repurposed as Mode Launcher: 5 mode cards, level-5 lock state, dispatches existing request events.
Focus rings (Phase 1)	1278952	Tab/Shift-Tab/Enter on every modal button; auto-focus primary; overlay tracks GlobalTransform above scrim.
Focus rings (Phase 2)	51d3454	HUD action bar (hover-gated) and Home mode cards.
Focus rings (Phase 3)	b78a493	Settings: icon buttons, swatches, toggles; arrow-key navigation in FocusRow; auto-scroll keeps focused control in viewport.
Achievement tests	2e080d0	Integration coverage for draw_three_master and zen_winner — every advertised achievement now has a full-flow unlock test.
Microcopy	0c86cac	Drop "Yes," prefix on destructive confirms — "New game" / "Forfeit" replace "Yes, abandon" / "Yes, forfeit".
Tooltip infra	54d3497	Tooltip(Cow<'static, str>) component, hover-delay overlay, Z_TOOLTIP rung.
Tooltip wiring	220e3f0	Tooltips on 10 HUD readouts + 6 action-bar buttons; spawn_action_button requires a tooltip parameter.
Splash	5d57b67	Branded splash overlay (fade-in 300ms / hold ~1s / fade-out 300ms); board deals behind; any keypress dismisses.
Doc-rot	73e210b	ARCHITECTURE.md bevy_kira_audio references → kira to match Cargo.toml.
Doc	de52c8a	Mid-session SESSION_HANDOFF refresh after first batch of Phase 4 landed.

Commits this session, chronological

9bfca92 chore(workspace): satisfy clippy --all-targets in test code
5f5aba8 feat(app): window polish — WM_CLASS, centered window, crash log hook
71999e1 feat(engine): modal open animation — fade + scale with ease-out
dcfa976 feat(engine): score change feedback — pulse and floating delta
de52c8a docs: update SESSION_HANDOFF for completed phase-4 polish tracks
b082bd6 feat(engine): bump icon-button hit target to 32px and clarify local-only sync status
abeb4e5 feat(engine): unify dismiss verb to Done and warm onboarding CTA to Let's play
65d595a feat(engine): first-launch polish — em-dash zero stats and welcome line on profile
1384365 feat(engine): leaderboard error and idle states plus local-only guard
fd7fb7b docs: add CREDITS.md and link from README
c1bde18 feat(engine): repurpose Home as mode launcher
1278952 feat(engine): keyboard focus rings on modal buttons (Phase 1)
51d3454 feat(engine): keyboard focus on HUD action bar and Home mode cards (Phase 2)
b78a493 feat(engine): keyboard focus on Settings panel with arrow-key pickers (Phase 3)
f866299 docs: drop xCards URL placeholder from CREDITS.md
73e210b docs: replace bevy_kira_audio references with kira in ARCHITECTURE.md
2e080d0 test(engine): integration coverage for draw_three_master and zen_winner
0c86cac feat(engine): unify destructive-confirm verbs — drop "Yes," prefix
54d3497 feat(engine): tooltip infrastructure with hover delay (foundation only)
220e3f0 feat(engine): tooltips on every HUD readout and action button
5d57b67 feat(engine): branded splash screen on launch

(Phase 3 commits e14852c through 54e024c and the prior handoff update 0066ca6 are already pushed — see git history for full audit trail.)

Open punch list for v1

Polish is essentially complete. Concretely scoped follow-ups:

1. Smoke-test pass. Run the game end-to-end with the original Phase 3 checklist plus the Phase 4 additions (splash dismiss, focus rings on every screen, tooltip hover, mode launcher, leaderboard error state, first-launch em-dashes).
2. xCards upstream URL in CREDITS.md is intentionally absent (f866299). One-line fill-in when the project owner picks a canonical mirror/fork; LGPL notice obligations are already satisfied without it.
3. Push to origin. Local master is 16 commits ahead of origin/master. git push origin master (interactive credentials on git.aleshym.co).
4. Tag v0.1.0 once the smoke test passes and the push lands.
5. Release packaging per ARCHITECTURE.md §17 — Docker compose for the server is documented; desktop client packaging (icon, .ico/.icns, signing, AppImage) is not yet done.

Optional, deferred

• Animated focus ring (currently a static overlay; could pulse on focus change).
• Splash skip-on-subsequent-launches — currently every launch shows the full ~1.6s splash.
• Achievement onboarding pass — show first-time players the achievement panel after their first win.
• In-flight Settings tooltip popovers in the working tree — finish or revert.

Resume prompt

You are a senior Rust + Bevy developer finishing v1 of Solitaire
Quest. Working directory: /home/manage/Rusty_Solitare. Branch:
master. Polish phase is complete; the remaining work is release prep,
not new features.

State: HEAD=5d57b67. Local master is 16 commits ahead of
origin/master and unpushed. Working tree has uncommitted in-flight
tooltip work in solitaire_engine/src/hud_plugin.rs and
solitaire_engine/src/settings_plugin.rs — review and finish or revert
before opening anything new.

Build: cargo build / clippy --workspace -- -D warnings clean as of
HEAD. Tests: 872 passed / 0 failed / 9 ignored.

READ FIRST (in order, before doing anything):
  1. SESSION_HANDOFF.md  — full state and punch list
  2. CLAUDE.md           — hard rules (UI-first, no panics, etc.)
  3. ARCHITECTURE.md §15, §17 — platform targets, deployment guide
  4. ~/.claude/projects/-home-manage-Rusty-Solitare/memory/MEMORY.md
                         — saved feedback / project context

PUNCH LIST (resolve in roughly this order):
  1. Decide on the in-flight settings_plugin/hud_plugin tooltip work.
  2. Smoke-test the binary end-to-end. If anything regresses, fix it
     before opening anything new.
  3. Confirm or fill the xCards upstream URL in CREDITS.md.
  4. git push origin master (16 commits unpushed; interactive creds).
  5. Tag v0.1.0.
  6. Release packaging per ARCHITECTURE.md §17 — desktop client icon,
     bundling, signing are not yet wired.

WORKFLOW NOTES:
  - Commits use:
      git -c user.name=funman300 -c user.email=root@vscode.infinity commit -m "..."
  - Sub-agents stage + verify only; orchestrator commits.
  - Every commit must pass build / clippy / test.

OPEN AT THE START: ask which punch-list item to start on. Don't pick
unilaterally — release-readiness ordering is the user's call.