Player request: the Menu / Undo / Pause / Help / Modes / New Game buttons stay visible during play even when the player isn't looking at them. Fade them out when the cursor is in the play area, fade back in when it returns to the top of the window. Implementation mirrors video-player auto-hide UX: - HudActionFade resource holds (alpha, target). Default both 1.0 so the bar starts visible on first launch. - update_action_fade reads cursor.y each frame, sets target to 1.0 when the cursor is in the top reveal zone (HUD_BAND_HEIGHT + 32 px) or off-window (keyboard navigation), 0.0 otherwise. Lerps alpha toward target at 6/sec ≈ 167 ms per full transition. - apply_action_fade overrides BackgroundColor + child TextColor on every ActionButton. Runs in Last so a hover-state change in the same frame doesn't blip back to opaque mid-fade. No interactivity guard needed: hover requires the cursor to be on a button, and a faded button is geometrically out of reach (cursor must re-enter the reveal zone, which is exactly the trigger that fades the bar back in). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Solitaire Quest
A cross-platform Klondike Solitaire game written in Rust, featuring a full progression system with XP, levels, achievements, daily challenges, and optional self-hosted sync so your stats follow you across machines.
Features
- Klondike Solitaire — Draw One and Draw Three modes
- Progression — XP, levels, unlockable card backs and backgrounds
- 18 Achievements — including secret ones
- Daily Challenge — server-seeded so every player worldwide gets the same deal
- Leaderboard — opt-in, powered by your own self-hosted server
- Special Modes (unlocked at level 5): Zen, Time Attack, Challenge
- Sync — pull/push stats across devices via a self-hosted server
- Color-blind mode — blue tint on red-suit cards
Building
Prerequisites
- Rust stable toolchain (
rustup install stable) - Linux:
libasound2-dev libudev-dev libxkbcommon-dev - macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools
# Fast development build
cargo run -p solitaire_app --features bevy/dynamic_linking
# Release build
cargo build -p solitaire_app --release
./target/release/solitaire_app
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Left click / drag | Move cards |
| Right click | Highlight legal moves for a card |
| Space / D | Draw from stock |
| Z / Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| N | New game |
| S | Stats overlay |
| A | Achievements overlay |
| P | Profile overlay |
| O | Settings |
| L | Leaderboard |
| H | Help / controls |
| Enter | Auto-complete (when badge is lit) |
| Escape | Pause / clear selection |
| Arrow keys | Navigate card selection |
Sync Server (optional)
To sync stats across machines, run the self-hosted server. See README_SERVER.md for setup instructions.
Once the server is running, open Settings → Sync Backend, enter the server URL and your username, and register an account from within the game.
Running Tests
# All tests
cargo test --workspace
# Just game logic (no display required)
cargo test -p solitaire_core -p solitaire_sync -p solitaire_data -p solitaire_server
# Lint
cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings
Credits
Built on Bevy and the wider Rust ecosystem (Tokio,
Axum, sqlx, Serde, kira, and many more). Card faces come from
hayeah/playing-cards-assets
(MIT, derived from the public-domain vector-playing-cards library); the
default card back is original work; the UI font is FiraMono-Medium (OFL).
All audio is synthesized programmatically by this project. See
CREDITS.md for the full list and license details.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.