UI Generalization 1

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1    # attack-template — orientation for new instances
2   
3   ## ⛔ WORKFLOW RULE — DESIGN BRIEF BEFORE CODE ⛔
4   
5   **This rule has no exceptions and is valid for every single
6   non-trivial change, every session, every file in this project.**
7   
8   Before calling `Write` or `Edit` on project code, post a **design
9   brief** in chat — a conceptual explanation of the approach, NOT the
10  code itself. Then wait. The user will usually reply with questions
11  and improvements; iterate the brief with them until you reach a
12  conclusion. Only then write the code.
13  
14  ### What a design brief contains
15  
16  1. **Approach.** A high-level explanation of how each feature works —
17     what it does, the strategy, the key data it holds, its lifecycle.
18  2. **Interfaces.** How the feature connects to existing features:
19     which existing functions / files / globals it touches or reuses,
20     and how. Include this whenever the feature is not self-contained.
21  3. **Functions.** For each new or changed function:
22     - its name,
23     - what it does,
24     - which other functions it calls — selective, not exhaustive:
25       pick the calls that build a conceptual map of how the code fits
26       together, skip the incidental ones,
27     - its general structure, when that isn't already obvious.
28  
29  The brief is a conceptual map, not a spec and not pseudocode. Aim for
30  "a reader could predict the shape of the code from this" — not "every
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===ATTACK-TEMPLATE/snkrx===
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===EDITION-TEMPLATE===
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1    # UI Primitives Spec — Tutorial Scope
2   
3   Locked design decisions for UI elements the tutorial flow exercises. See `plan.md` Phase 1 sub-phases 1–6 and 11.
4   
5   **Canonical visual reference (start here when working on UI).** The four HTML mockups render the locked palette in context:
6   
7   - `reference/mockup_ui_kit_1.html` — palette swatches with RGB labels + tutorial-relevant elements
8   - `reference/mockup_ui_kit_2.html` — general primitives (panels, buttons, tabs, form controls, etc.)
9   - `reference/mockup_ui_kit_3.html` — inventory / character / orb (grids, cell states, paper-doll, drop targets)
10  - `reference/mockup_ui_kit_4.html` — menus / maps / progression (world map, quests, settings, pause, save, results)
11  
12  The mockups are the source of truth for *colors and visual style*. This spec doc handles the *naming and design decisions*. When they appear to disagree, the mockups win for color and the spec wins for behavior/state semantics — flag the inconsistency.
13  
14  **Original sources** (the mockups were derived from these — historical reference, not canonical anymore): `reference/orblike_ui_kit_1.png` … `_4.png`, `orblike_inventory_orb_1.png`, `_2.png`, `orblike_hud.png`.
15  
16  **Out of scope (re-spec when those phases land).** Buttons, tabs/segments, badges/chips/tags, form controls (checkbox, stepper, slider, dropdown, text field), counters/pips, paper-doll layouts, list-row chrome, divider, ESC menu, settings, world map, results screen, anything in `orblike_ui_kit_4.png`.
17  
18  ---
19  
20  ## Tokens
21  
22  **Palette.** Use the named SNKRX tokens already defined at the top of `main.lua` — `bg_color`, `fg_color`, `fg_alt`, `yellow`, `orange`, `blue`, `green`, `red`, `purple`, `blue2`, `yellow2`, `white`, `grey`. No inline RGB. If a token is missing, add it to `main.lua` rather than defining it locally.
23  
24  **Font.** Kit labels the font **Chunky Pixel**. Asset directory has `FatPixelFont.ttf` and `LanaPixel.ttf`. `LanaPixel.ttf` is already loaded as `debug_font` at 11px and is **not** the kit font (visibly different glyphs). Resolve at implementation: confirm `FatPixelFont.ttf` is the chunky-pixel font, or source the kit font separately and add it to `assets/`.
25  
26  **Resolved-live (do not fabricate ahead of time):**
27  - Type scale exact pixel sizes — kit shows ~3 sizes (display / section / body). Dial in at scale=3 against a real screen.
28  - Corner radius pixel value.
29  - Outline thickness pixel value.
30  - Drag-target dash pattern (dash length, gap, animation).
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===INVOKER ROOT===
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1    --[[
2     primitives.lua — data table for the 8 spell primitives.
3   
4     Each primitive has:
5       id      string key; appears in run.cast_slots, run.primitive_keys, etc.
6       name    human-readable label for tooltips and tutorial prompts
7       short   (optional) HUD-fit abbreviation when `name` is too long for
8               the cast-slot label panel. Falls back to `name` when nil.
9               Example: 'Projectile' -> 'Proj.', 'Conjuration' -> 'Conj.',
10              'Lightning' -> 'Elec.', 'Duration' -> 'Time'. Short forms
11              should target ~5 chars so they fit Lana 11 inside a 30px-wide
12              label panel.
13      sprite_path (optional) Filename override when the asset on disk
14              doesn't match `assets/<id>.png`. Used e.g. when Duration's
15              sprite is named time.png to match its display abbreviation.
16      kind    'element' or 'formation'. Pure-formation chords don't fire —
17              cast_attempt enforces the at-least-one-element rule.
18      color   tint color from the locked palette. The PNG icon art is
19              (intentionally) light/grayscale so the layer_image color
20              tint paints in each primitive's identity. Elements get
21              their natural hue; formations get distinct operator hues
22              that read against the four element colors.
23      sprite  image object loaded from assets/<id>.png. Populated lazily
24              by primitives_load_sprites() — call once after engine init.
25  
26    Launch subset is 4 elements + 4 formations (8 total); the spec also
27    lists Lightning, Force, Duration, Conjuration as expansions. Sprites
28    for those land when their primitives do. See spells.md.
29  ]]
30  
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1    --[[
2     ui.lua — UI primitives for Invoker.
3   
4     Pure render functions. The caller owns state (hover, active, focus, drag) and
5     passes it in; primitives never hide internal state. Widget IDs (when needed)
6     are explicit caller-provided strings.
7   
8     Discipline (per the action-vs-rules dichotomy applied to UI):
9       - Data (inventory contents, equipped items, drag-in-progress) lives in
10        retained models elsewhere. Action-based.
11      - Rendering and per-frame interaction (hit-testing, hover, valid-target
12        computation) is rules-based and recomputed each frame from input + data.
13      - Primitives in this file are pure draw — no state, no closures over data.
14  
15    See reference/ui_primitives_spec.md for the design tokens these implement.
16  ]]
17  
18  -- F2-toggled debug screen for live-tuning chrome against the kit.
19  ui_test_active = false
20  
21  -- Clone `c` with alpha multiplied by `mul`. New color per call; only call from
22  -- UI-frequency draw paths. Used for the `disabled` slot state.
23  local function with_alpha(c, mul)
24    local out = color_clone(c)
25    out.a = math.floor(out.a*mul + 0.5)
26    return out
27  end
28  
29  --[[
30    ui_panel(lyr, x, y, w, h, opts)
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1    <!DOCTYPE html>
2   <html lang="en">
3   <head>
4   <meta charset="UTF-8">
5   <title>Orblike UI Kit 2 — Color Mockup</title>
6   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
7   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
8   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
9   <style>
10    :root {
11      --bg:           rgb(22,  28,  34);
12      --slot-fill:    rgb(27,  31,  34);
13      --panel-fill:   rgb(31,  33,  38);
14      --charcoal:     rgb(45,  48,  51);
15      --panel-border: rgb(56,  60,  65);
16      --grey:         rgb(74,  77,  80);
17      --text-muted:   rgb(140, 140, 145);
18      --white:        rgb(200, 200, 200);
19      --text:         rgb(240, 240, 235);
20      --red:          rgb(210,  49,  56);
21      --orange:       rgb(233, 108,  27);
22      --yellow:       rgb(234, 171,  28);
23      --lime:         rgb(148, 176,  41);
24      --green:        rgb(106, 166,  52);
25      --light-blue:   rgb(35,  143, 194);
26      --blue:         rgb(39,   88, 180);
27      --violet:       rgb(110,  63, 178);
28      --pink:         rgb(208,  66, 120);
29    }
30    * { box-sizing: border-box; }
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1    --[[
2     attack-template / main.lua — clean reference scene.
3   
4     This is your file. It is a complete, minimal scene: a player you can
5     move (WASD / arrows), the five-layer render stack, a camera, physics,
6     and the update / draw skeleton — all wired and ready, but firing no
7     attacks. Read it top to bottom; it is the contract you build on.
8   
9     THE TOOLKIT.  `require('snkrx')` (below) pulls in the SNKRX attack
10    toolkit from snkrx/ — the carriers (projectile / area / beam /
11    flicker / prop), the edition draw-shader stack, fx, sounds, the
12    example entities, and all the plumbing. snkrx/ is plain, readable
13    Lua, not a black box: open snkrx/<carrier>.lua for the full set of
14    opts each spawn_* helper accepts.
15  
16    ADDING AN ATTACK.  Every carrier already has its object list and its
17    update / draw loop wired below. To add an attack you only:
18      1. bind a key in the INPUT section,
19      2. call the carrier's spawn_* helper on that press inside update()
20         — see the ATTACKS comment block there.
21    Nothing else: no new list, no new loop.
22  
23    TEST ENTITIES.  player / seeker / wall live in snkrx/. Treat them as
24    the real files for those features — either edit snkrx/player.lua etc.
25    directly, or drop a replacement player.lua / seeker.lua / wall.lua
26    beside this main.lua and require it right after require('snkrx').
27  
28    DEBUG.  F2 toggles the collider overlay. F3 opens the per-sound DSP
29    tuner.
30  ]]
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1    <!DOCTYPE html>
2   <html lang="en">
3   <head>
4   <meta charset="UTF-8">
5   <title>Orblike UI Kit 1 — Color Mockup</title>
6   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
7   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
8   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
9   <style>
10    /* ====================================================================
11       ORBLIKE UI KIT 1 — locked palette per user feedback (2026-04-30).
12       All 18 tokens are intended to become the canonical palette in
13       main.lua; existing tokens (yellow2, fg_alt, bg_color, etc.) will be
14       replaced wholesale in a separate refactor pass.
15  
16       Naming maps to future main.lua identifiers (kebab → snake_case):
17         bg, text, text_muted, panel_fill, panel_border, slot_fill,
18         charcoal, grey, white, red, orange, yellow, lime, green,
19         light_blue, blue, violet, pink
20       ==================================================================== */
21  
22    :root {
23      /* --- chrome / grayscale ladder, dark → light --- */
24      --bg:           rgb(22,  28,  34);
25      --slot-fill:    rgb(27,  31,  34);
26      --panel-fill:   rgb(31,  33,  38);
27      --charcoal:     rgb(45,  48,  51);
28      --panel-border: rgb(56,  60,  65);
29      --grey:         rgb(74,  77,  80);
30      --text-muted:   rgb(140, 140, 145);
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1    <!DOCTYPE html>
2   <html lang="en">
3   <head>
4   <meta charset="UTF-8">
5   <title>Orblike UI Kit 3 — Color Mockup</title>
6   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
7   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
8   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
9   <style>
10    :root {
11      --bg:           rgb(22,  28,  34);
12      --slot-fill:    rgb(27,  31,  34);
13      --panel-fill:   rgb(31,  33,  38);
14      --charcoal:     rgb(45,  48,  51);
15      --panel-border: rgb(56,  60,  65);
16      --grey:         rgb(74,  77,  80);
17      --text-muted:   rgb(140, 140, 145);
18      --white:        rgb(200, 200, 200);
19      --text:         rgb(240, 240, 235);
20      --red:          rgb(210,  49,  56);
21      --orange:       rgb(233, 108,  27);
22      --yellow:       rgb(234, 171,  28);
23      --lime:         rgb(148, 176,  41);
24      --green:        rgb(106, 166,  52);
25      --light-blue:   rgb(35,  143, 194);
26      --blue:         rgb(39,   88, 180);
27      --violet:       rgb(110,  63, 178);
28      --pink:         rgb(208,  66, 120);
29    }
30    * { box-sizing: border-box; }
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1    <!DOCTYPE html>
2   <html lang="en">
3   <head>
4   <meta charset="UTF-8">
5   <title>Orblike UI Kit 4 — Color Mockup</title>
6   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
7   <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
8   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
9   <style>
10    :root {
11      --bg:           rgb(22,  28,  34);
12      --slot-fill:    rgb(27,  31,  34);
13      --panel-fill:   rgb(31,  33,  38);
14      --charcoal:     rgb(45,  48,  51);
15      --panel-border: rgb(56,  60,  65);
16      --grey:         rgb(74,  77,  80);
17      --text-muted:   rgb(140, 140, 145);
18      --white:        rgb(200, 200, 200);
19      --text:         rgb(240, 240, 235);
20      --red:          rgb(210,  49,  56);
21      --orange:       rgb(233, 108,  27);
22      --yellow:       rgb(234, 171,  28);
23      --lime:         rgb(148, 176,  41);
24      --green:        rgb(106, 166,  52);
25      --light-blue:   rgb(35,  143, 194);
26      --blue:         rgb(39,   88, 180);
27      --violet:       rgb(110,  63, 178);
28      --pink:         rgb(208,  66, 120);
29    }
30    * { box-sizing: border-box; }
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[
  {
    "type": "text",
    "text": "Chapter marked: \"UI generalization planning\". Continue your current work."
  }
]

Your questions have been answered: "Where should the generalized UI toolkit live?"="Fold into attack-template/", "How should stateful/interactive widgets (buttons, sliders, tabs, text fields) be architected?"="Read the Anchor App UI discussion summary, there we had a pretty thorough discussion on how we should code UI generally and how we should think about it. The following Orblike UI 1 and Orblike UI 2 discussions also contain some of that.", "How far should Tier 3 (composite screens) go?"="We'll decided on a per element basis.". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

===ui-design-1 head===
Title: UI Design 1

Date: 2026-04-22 21:06:21



# UI Design 1



## Summary



Design-kit session that produced a complete, specified UI kit called RETICLE, scaffolded as an empty Anchor 2 project in a new private GitHub repo. The design the spec describes was **not** my work — the visual direction came from ChatGPT's new image model (see "Origin of the design" below).



**Origin of the design — ChatGPT did the design work, not me:**

- User's moodboard (three images: geometric/schematic print compositions, graph-paper ritual sketches, halftone dispersion) led me to produce a first take, `ui_kit/ui_kit.html`, titled "APPARATUS — A UI Codex". My attempt leaned occult-manuscript / Fraunces-italic / cream-paper-book — editorial and warm, the wrong register.

- User then showed ChatGPT reference images (system-UI schematic style with DIN-condensed display, Inter body, IBM Plex Mono, L-bracket corners, hex-grid node graphs, clinical dashboards). ChatGPT's new image-model output was a more faithful and better design than my first attempt — it correctly read the moodboard as technical-systems-UI, not occult-book.

- User's framing was explicit: "I feel like these images capture the mood of it better than yours, and I'd like to see your take on it."

- I then re-made my version (`ui_kit/ui_kit_v2.html`, 3,255 lines, 8 slides: art direction / typography+color / core UI / action-HUD / RPG / strategy / menus / templates) as a faithful HTML re-creation of ChatGPT's design, using Oswald + Archivo + IBM Plex Mono, corner brackets, ink-on-paper tokens, and genre-split slides.

- **The final design.md specification is drawn from that HTML re-creation of ChatGPT's design. Credit for the visual direction belongs to ChatGPT.**



**Naming:**

- User asked me to propose names. I argued for RETICLE (double meaning: the crosshair that appears in the kit, and the grid of fine reference lines etched into an optical instrument). Alternatives weighed: DATUM, ATLAS, OCTAVE, VERNIER. User said "The name doesn't really matter" and accepted RETICLE.



**Anchor2 reconciliation (side work requested by user):**


===ui-design-2 head===
Title: UI Design 2

Date: 2026-04-23 08:43:52



# UI Design 2



## Summary



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===logs dirs===
===grep logs for anchor app ui===
anchor-app-design.md
anchor-app-phase-1-part-1.md
anchor-app-phase-1-part-2.md
anchor-app-phase-1-part-3.md
anchor-app-phase-2-part-1.md
anchor-app-phase-2-part-2.md
anchor-app-ui-discussion.md
anchor-arena-final-and-neovim-diff-tool.md
anchor-arena-test.md
anchor-phase-1.md
anchor-phase-10-part-1.md
anchor-phase-10-part-10.md
anchor-phase-10-part-11.md
anchor-phase-10-part-2.md
anchor-phase-10-part-3.md
anchor-phase-10-part-4.md
anchor-phase-10-part-5.md
anchor-phase-10-part-6.md
anchor-phase-10-part-7.md
anchor-phase-10-part-8.md
anchor-phase-10-part-9.md
anchor-phase-2.md
anchor-phase-3-part-1.md
anchor-phase-3-part-2.md
anchor-phase-3-part-3.md
anchor-phase-3-part-4.md
anchor-phase-4.md
anchor-phase-5.md
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=== anchor-app-ui-discussion.md ===
2043 E:/a327ex/a327ex-site/logs/anchor-app-ui-discussion.md
--- SUMMARY SECTION ---
Title: Anchor App UI Discussion
Date: 2026-04-28 13:01:30

# Anchor App UI Discussion

## Summary

Long-form architectural discussion for the Anchor App (`Anchor2/app/`). Settled the resolution model, the UI system architecture (hybrid retained-shell + immediate widgets, named-slot templates, RectCut layout, model–view separation), captured everything in a new `docs/ui_architecture.md` reference doc, and got the first implementation slice (top + bottom status bars at 1920×1080 with proper IBM Plex / Cascadia Code typography) into `main.lua`.

**Initial briefing — reading project state:**

- Read `Anchor2/app/plan.md` (10-phase roadmap), `Anchor2/app/docs/visual_identity.md`, the `mockup_v2_ui_kit.html` and other v2 mockups, plus `Anchor2/.claude/CLAUDE.md` for v2 framework disciplines.
- User clarified scope: `mockup_v2_ui_kit.html` is the authoritative visual reference; older v1 mockups (`mockup.html` etc.) are superseded; `mockup_v2_canvas.html` is a composition example.
- User redirected the build plan: skip canvas-and-elements work for now, start with UI kit primitives + basic functionality.

**Resolution / vector-rendering discussion:**

- User asked: how do we make UI look vector-y at any scale instead of pixelated upscale? With traditional upscaling it can't work, right?
- Explained why traditional upscaling can't: rasterizing into a low-res buffer throws away edge information; bilinear/bicubic/lanczos can't recover what wasn't there.
- Right framing: don't rasterize at low res in the first place. Three categories: (1) geometric primitives are parametric and just need the destination buffer to be at framebuffer size — Anchor's smooth filter mode handles SDF edges already; (2) text needs either re-baked atlases at output pixel size OR SDF text (recommended re-bake for small UI sizes); (3) bitmap images are inherently fixed resolution.
- User pushed back: "If I have a 1920x1080 monitor we just create a 1920x1080 layer and code in 1920x1080. We don't even need any abstraction, do we?" — Conceded the point: for a single monitor at known DPI, raw pixels are fine, no logical-unit indirection needed.
- User flipped the calculus: "We might want to do this the right way from the start because the goal of the app is also publishing its views from it." If the view looks small on someone else's monitor that's broken.
- Settled architecture: logical pixels in code (CSS-px semantics), `dpr` factor sourced from `window.devicePixelRatio` (web) / `SDL_GetWindowPixelDensity` (desktop). Smooth-mode layer FBOs at `width × dpr` device pixels; smooth-mode font atlases baked at `size × dpr`; rough-mode layers stay at logical size for pixel art. Engine change deferred until publishing actually needs HiDPI; today dpr=1 and behavior matches "just draw at native pixel size." Critical discipline: UI code today must not assume dpr=1.
- Captured this in plan.md as a new "Resolution Model" section.

**Engine API survey:**

- `layer_create(name, filter)` (in `engine/src/anchor.c` ~line 4711) always allocates FBO at `game_width × game_height` regardless of filter mode.
- `engine_set_scale(s)` is a window-sizing knob, not a DPI factor: window = `width×s × height×s`.
- `engine_get_scale()` returns derived `min(window_w/game_w, window_h/game_h)` for nearest-neighbor compositing.
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=== ui_architecture.md ===
541 E:/a327ex/Anchor2/app/docs/ui_architecture.md
=== widgets.lua ===
289 E:/a327ex/Anchor2/app/widgets.lua
=== rect.lua ===
98 E:/a327ex/Anchor2/app/rect.lua

=== orblike-ui-1 summary ===
Title: Orblike UI 1
Date: 2026-04-30 20:47:54

# Orblike UI 1

## Summary

Long session covering the UI primitives substrate (Stage 0 partial), full palette refactor with locked 18-token palette, wall edition system expanded to 40 palettes across 4 categories with shader-driven shimmer applied uniformly to walls/symbols/edges, and four canonical UI mockup HTML files locked as the visual ground truth.

**Session opening — picking the next sub-phase:**

- Last session ended with tutorial corridor shape + pinch landed (sub-phase 7 partial) and wall layer ordering fixed.
- Read `Orblike/plan.md` (Phase 1, 12 sub-phases), `Orblike/design.md`, `Anchor/docs/FRAMEWORK_API_QUICK.md`, `Orblike/main.lua`, framework files in `Orblike/anchor/`.
- Determined sub-phases 1–6 (UI) hadn't started; corridor shape (sub-phase 7) was done out of order. Logical next chunk: sub-phase 1 — UI primitives.
- User chose reduced scope for sub-phase 1: text + panel + full-screen overlay only; defer drag-drop into sub-phase 3 where it has real consumers, defer ESC menu until there's something to pause.

**Working from images vs. building HTML mockups — workflow discussion:**

- Discussed whether to read colors directly from kit PNGs vs. build HTML mockups first.
- Honest read: HTML mockups pay off for layout-heavy compositions; for raw primitives, image + numeric spec is enough. Caveat that HTML rendering ≠ Anchor scale=3 rough rendering.
- User then asked for HTML mockup of `orblike_ui_kit_1` so they could correct visually rather than have Claude guess RGBs.

**Reading kit PNGs and surfacing color-source decisions:**

- Read all seven labeled kit images (`orblike_hud.png`, `orblike_inventory_orb_1.png`/`_2.png`, `orblike_ui_kit_1.png`–`_4.png`).
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1    # Anchor App UI Discussion
2   
3   Captured 2026-04-28. Updated 2026-05-14 (Phase 2 Part 3 — writing mode +
4   multi-document + palette + paragraph flow + word count, plus the modal
5   mechanism in the workspace). Updated 2026-05-14 (Phase 2 Part 2 — text
6   element keyboard navigation, formatting hotkeys, kind-switching hotkey,
7   and key-repeat retune). Updated 2026-05-13 (Phase 2 Part 1 — text
8   element + editing + selection + clipboard + coalesced undo shipped,
9   plus element/pane interaction modes and `SDL_TEXTINPUT` engine support).
10  Authoritative reference for the app's UI architecture. If you are a
11  future session picking this up, read this file *after* `plan.md` /
12  `plan_focused.md` and *before* writing any UI code — most of the
13  decisions here are non-obvious from the codebase alone and were settled
14  by long discussion.
15  
16  The visual side of the UI is covered separately: see `docs/visual_identity.md`
17  and `docs/mockup_v2_ui_kit.html` (the authoritative visual reference). This
18  file is the *system architecture*: how the UI is structured in code, what the
19  units of composition are, how state flows between them.
20  
21  ---
22  
23  ## TL;DR
24  
25  - **Hybrid mode UI**: retained workspace shell (panes are long-lived stateful objects you can drag between slots) + immediate-mode widget functions inside panes (buttons, chips, rows — drawn each frame from state).
26  - **Two-tier layout**: a workspace template defines named **slots** (edge slots + one fill slot); each mode assigns specific **panes** to those slots. Slot names are positional and generic (`side_a`, `main`, `status_top`); pane names are stable identities (`code_editor`, `agent_oracle`).
27  - **RectCut** is the layout primitive inside panes. Small module (~50 lines), mutating-parent style, supplemented by helpers (contract, center, split_h/v).
28  - **Model–view separation** (✅ shipped Phase 1 Part 2 step 7): a separate `models` registry holds canvases, files, conversations etc. Each model has `{id, kind, version, content}`. Panes are *views* of models — they hold `self.model_id` and dereference via `model_get(id)`. Multiple panes can view the same model; edits propagate via per-frame version polling (`self.last_seen_version != self.model.version → re-validate view-local state`).
29  - **Two host types** for panes (✅ shipped Phase 1 Part 3 step 8): workspace **slot** host or canvas-**element** host (`embedded_view` element type). Same pane class either way — what differs is who calls `pane:update(dt, input, rect)` with what rect. Elements persist their `pane_id`, `pane_type`, `model_id` + bounds; the inner pane is created idempotently on load via `pane({id=..., type=..., model_id=...})`.
30  - **Pane content uses canvas-local coordinates** (✅ shipped Phase 1 Part 2 step 7b): element `(x, y)` is offset from the canvas origin (its pane's rect top-left), not from the window origin. Rendering translates by `(rect.x, rect.y)` via `layer_push`; input is translated the other way (`cx = mx - rect.x`). Two panes viewing the same canvas render identical content at identical canvas-local positions — the property that makes embedded views work.
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1    --[[
2     widgets — immediate-mode UI widgets called from update(dt).
3   
4     Naming: every widget is a global function `ui_<name>(opts)` taking a single
5     table arg. opts.id is the widget's stable identity (used by ui_state).
6     opts.rect is the rect to draw into.
7   
8     State model: `ui_state` is a single global table holding interaction state:
9       hot_id     widget under the cursor this frame (cleared and re-derived each
10                 update; live for the rest of update + the following draw)
11      active_id  widget mouse-down was received on (persists until release)
12      focus_id   widget that was last clicked (persists until next click)
13  
14    Where everything runs: widgets are called from `update(dt)` (NOT draw). They
15    hit-test, run the click state machine, and queue layer commands all in the
16    same call. `draw()` only flushes ui_layer to the screen.
17  
18    Why update and not draw:
19      1. The engine calls input_post_update() between update and draw, so
20         mouse_is_pressed/released only return true during update. Widgets
21         need those edges for click detection. (See MEMORY.md →
22         "Anchor 2 input edge events are update-only".)
23      2. layer_rectangle / layer_text don't render immediately — they queue
24         commands that get cleared at the start of each update and flushed by
25         layer_render at draw time. So queueing them in update is the natural
26         fit; the layer system already provides the queue/render split.
27  
28    Per-frame lifecycle:
29      update(dt):
30        1. ui_state_begin_frame()  -- clears hot_id once per update
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1    --[[
2     rect — RectCut layout primitive for app UI.
3   
4     A rect is a plain table {x, y, w, h}. Three families of operations:
5   
6       cut_*(r, n) — mutates r (eats n pixels from one side), returns the eaten slice.
7       get_*(r, n) — pure: returns a slice of r without mutating.
8       add_*(r, n) — pure: returns a new rect adjacent to r (extends outward).
9   
10    Plus utilities: contract / expand (inset / outset), center (place a w×h
11    rect centered inside another), split_h / split_v (divide into n equal parts).
12  
13    Origin: cut/get/add are the Halt RectCut pattern. Cuts are destructive on
14    the parent so successive cuts walk the rect. Canonical idiom:
15      local topbar = rect_cut_top(r, 24)   -- r is now the body below the topbar
16      local botbar = rect_cut_bot(r, 22)   -- r is now the body between bars
17  ]]
18  
19  function rect_new(x, y, w, h)
20    return {x = x, y = y, w = w, h = h}
21  end
22  
23  -- cut_*: mutate r (eat n from one side), return the eaten slice.
24  function rect_cut_left(r, n)
25    local s = {x = r.x, y = r.y, w = n, h = r.h}
26    r.x = r.x + n
27    r.w = r.w - n
28    return s
29  end
30  function rect_cut_right(r, n)
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Your questions have been answered: "Should I also view the original PNG image sources before writing design briefs?"="Yes, view the orblike kit + HUD PNGs". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

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1    --[[
2     snkrx/init.lua — the SNKRX attack toolkit aggregator.
3   
4     `require('snkrx')`, from main.lua and AFTER `require('anchor')({...})`,
5     loads every toolkit module and performs all the cross-cutting setup a
6     new attack should never have to write itself:
7       • the edition draw-shader stack + the set_edition shim
8       • the sfx wrapper, the sounds / volumes tables, every carrier's
9         sound + spritesheet asset
10      • the hit-stop machinery
11  
12    Nothing here is hidden — it is all plain, readable Lua; the point is
13    only that main.lua need not repeat it. STRUCTURAL things (physics
14    setup, layers, camera, the carrier object lists and their update /
15    draw loops) stay explicit in main.lua, NOT here.
16  
17    The toolkit files live flat in snkrx/; this file requires them as
18    `snkrx.<name>`. Carrier object lists (projectiles / areas / beams /
19    flickers / props / debris_pieces) and entity lists (seekers / walls /
20    fxs) are globals defined by their own modules — main.lua iterates
21    them directly.
22  ]]
23  
24  -- Boot RNG (both Lua's and the engine's).
25  math.randomseed(os.time())
26  random_seed(os.time())
27  
28  -- ── Edition / draw-shader stack ───────────────────────────────────
29  require('snkrx.palette')
30  require('snkrx.edition')
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1    --[[
2     palette.lua — locked color tokens for the project's visual identity.
3   
4     This file is the SINGLE source of truth for what colors the project uses.
5     Two sections:
6   
7       1. NAMED COLOR TOKENS (atoms). 18 canonical tokens that form the
8          project's locked palette (9 chrome / grayscale ladder + 9 accents
9          roughly by hue). Every drawn thing should pull from these tokens;
10         no inline RGB values anywhere in game code.
11  
12      2. LEGACY SNKRX TOKENS (atoms, secondary). 8 colors from the original
13         SNKRX palette, kept around so the legacy editions 15..22 in the
14         draw shader resolve to recognizable names from Lua. Use sparingly
15         in new code; prefer the canonical accent tokens above.
16  
17    Gradient palettes (named combinations of these tokens for use with
18    gradient.lua's bake API) will land in this file alongside gradient.lua.
19    Until then, this file is just color tokens.
20  
21    USAGE
22      Tokens are global functions. Call them with () to get a color value:
23          layer_rectangle(layer, 0, 0, 100, 100, red())
24          layer_text(layer, msg, font, x, y, text())
25  
26      Tokens compose: lighter / darker variants via color_darken / color_lighten
27      (see Anchor2 framework helpers), or color_from_hsl for procedural colors.
28  
29    ADDING NEW TOKENS
30      Just declare a new global at the bottom of the appropriate section.
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=== attack-template/assets ===
ARROW_Hit_Wood_Shield_stereo.ogg
Bloody punches 10.ogg
Bloody punches 3.ogg
Bloody punches 7.ogg
Body Fall 2.ogg
Body Head (Headshot) 1.ogg
Click sound 37 + Body Fall 18.ogg
Explosion Flesh 1.ogg
Explosion Flesh 3.ogg
Explosion Flesh 4.ogg
PM_GENERIC_Slash02.ogg
PM_GENERIC_Slash04_P2.ogg
RPG3_GenericArrow_Shoot01.ogg
Spell_Earth_02.ogg
Spell_Earth_04.ogg
Sword_Slash_1_v1.ogg
Sword_Slash_1_v2.ogg
Sword_Slash_1_v3.ogg
Sword_Slash_1_v4.ogg
draw_shader.frag
fx_energy_122.png
hit1.png
monogram.ttf
=== Invoker/assets fonts ===
Awesome 9.ttf
FatPixelFont.ttf
LanaPixel.ttf
fusion-pixel-10px-monospaced-latin.ttf
=== Invoker main.lua font/layer setup ===
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=== mouse_position / font_register ===
anchor/font.lua:39:function font_register(name, path, size, filter)
=== bracket key names ===
=== is_pressed ===

=== input.lua funcs ===
14:    bind('shoot', 'mouse:1')
21:    'mouse:<num>'   -- mouse button (e.g., 'mouse:1' for left, 'mouse:2' for right)
25:function bind(action, control) input_bind(action, control) end
26:function unbind(action, control) input_unbind(action, control) end
27:function unbind_all(action) input_unbind_all(action) end
28:function bind_chord(name, actions) input_bind_chord(name, actions) end
29:function bind_sequence(name, sequence) input_bind_sequence(name, sequence) end
30:function bind_hold(name, duration, source) input_bind_hold(name, duration, source) end
33:function input_down(action) return is_down(action) end
34:function input_pressed(action) return is_pressed(action) end
35:function input_released(action) return is_released(action) end
38:function input_axis(neg, pos) return input_get_axis(neg, pos) end
39:function input_vector(left, right, up, down) return input_get_vector(left, right, up, down) end
40:function input_hold_duration(name) return input_get_hold_duration(name) end
41:function input_last_type() return input_get_last_type() end
42:function input_pressed_action() return input_get_pressed_action() end
45:function input_capture_start() input_start_capture() end
46:function input_capture_get() return input_get_captured() end
47:function input_capture_stop() input_stop_capture() end
50:function input_deadzone(d) input_set_deadzone(d) end
=== is_pressed / bind anywhere ===
anchor/input.lua

docs/ENGINE_API_QUICK.md:242:mouse_position() -> x, y
docs/FRAMEWORK_API_QUICK.md:172:mouse_position() -> x, y
=== camera mouse ===
grep: attack-template/anchor/camera.lua: No such file or directory

E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:8:  inside the polygon, each with its OWN edition and field_scale — a clean
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:25:                      own edition mode and field_scale > 0.8.
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:44:    [ / ]    decrease / increase wall_field_scale — the shimmer noise
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:77:bind('wall_field_scale_down',   'key:[')
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:78:bind('wall_field_scale_up',     'key:]')
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:82:wall_field_scale = 0.15
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:122:-- CAPSULES — 8 inside the polygon, each with its own edition + field_scale.
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:133:local capsule_field_scales = { 0.85, 1.0, 1.3, 0.9, 1.5, 1.0, 1.2, 1.1 }
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:156:      field_scale = capsule_field_scales[i],
E:/a327ex/edition-template/main.lua:186:  if is_pressed('wall_field_scale_down') then

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FatPixelFont.ttf
LanaPixel.ttf
monogram.ttf

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=== assets ttf ===
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121  266269 May 21 17:34 Awesome 9.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121   35065 May 21 17:34 FatPixelFont.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 3123264 May 21 17:34 LanaPixel.ttf
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-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121   10468 May 17 20:14 monogram.ttf

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=== color.lua ===
12:    red.a = 128              -- set alpha
21:    copy = color_clone(red)
29:    - Procedural functions (color_mix, color_clone, etc.) return NEW colors,
94:function color_new(r, g, b, a)
111:function color_from_hsl(h, s, l, a)
123:function color_to_hsl(c)
128:  color_clone(c)
131:function color_clone(c)
140:function color_mix(a, b, t)
155:function color_darken(c, factor)
170:function color_lighten(c, factor)
178:function color_invert(c)
=== mouse fns ===
246:mouse_is_down(button) -> bool
247:mouse_is_pressed(button) -> bool
248:mouse_is_released(button) -> bool

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=== root ===
LICENSE
README.md
arena.lua
assets/
build.sh*
builds/
buy_screen.lua
conf.lua
devlog.md
enemies.lua
engine/
main.lua
mainmenu.lua
media.lua
objects.lua
player.lua
run.sh*
shared.lua
todo
=== fonts ===
./assets/fonts/FatPixelFont.ttf
./assets/fonts/PixulBrush-Mono.ttf
./assets/fonts/PixulBrush.ttf
=== lua files ===
arena.lua
buy_screen.lua
conf.lua
enemies.lua
main.lua
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=== engine tree ===
engine/datastructures/graph.lua
engine/datastructures/grid.lua
engine/datastructures/string.lua
engine/datastructures/table.lua
engine/external/binser.lua
engine/external/clipper.lua
engine/external/init.lua
engine/external/mlib.lua
engine/external/ripple.lua
engine/game/flashes.lua
engine/game/gameobject.lua
engine/game/group.lua
engine/game/hitfx.lua
engine/game/input.lua
engine/game/object.lua
engine/game/parent.lua
engine/game/physics.lua
engine/game/springs.lua
engine/game/state.lua
engine/game/steering.lua
engine/game/trigger.lua
engine/gamecontrollerdb.txt
engine/graphics/animation.lua
engine/graphics/camera.lua
engine/graphics/canvas.lua
engine/graphics/color.lua
engine/graphics/font.lua
engine/graphics/graphics.lua
engine/graphics/image.lua
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=== button defs ===
mainmenu.lua:85:  self.arena_run_button = Button{group = self.main_ui, x = 55, y = gh/2 - 10, force_update = true, button_text = 'arena run', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function(b)
mainmenu.lua:112:  self.options_button = Button{group = self.main_ui, x = 47, y = gh/2 + 12, force_update = true, button_text = 'options', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function(b)
mainmenu.lua:119:  self.quit_button = Button{group = self.main_ui, x = 37, y = gh/2 + 34, force_update = true, button_text = 'quit', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function(b)
mainmenu.lua:124:  self.t:every(2, function() self.soundtrack_button.spring:pull(0.025, 200, 10) end)
mainmenu.lua:125:  self.soundtrack_button = Button{group = self.main_ui, x = gw - 72, y = gh - 40, force_update = true, button_text = 'buy the soundtrack!', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function(b)
mainmenu.lua:132:  self.discord_button = Button{group = self.main_ui, x = gw - 92, y = gh - 17, force_update = true, button_text = 'join the community discord!', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function(b)
buy_screen.lua:35:  self.tutorial_button = nil
buy_screen.lua:36:  self.restart_button = nil
buy_screen.lua:37:  self.level_button = nil
buy_screen.lua:83:  self.tutorial_button = Button{group = self.main, x = gw/2 + 129, y = 18, button_text = '?', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function()
buy_screen.lua:113:    self.close_button = Button{group = self.tutorial, x = gw - 20, y = 20, button_text = 'x', bg_color = 'bg', fg_color = 'bg10', action = function()
buy_screen.lua:131:  self.restart_button = Button{group = self.ui, x = gw/2 + 148, y = 18, force_update = true, button_text = 'R', fg_color = 'bg10', bg_color = 'bg', action = function(b)
buy_screen.lua:229:  self.close_button.dead = true
buy_screen.lua:230:  self.close_button = nil
buy_screen.lua:404:SteamFollowButton = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:457:WishlistButton = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:518:RestartButton = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:590:Button = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:602:  if main.current.in_credits and not self.credits_button then return end
buy_screen.lua:604:  if self.hold_button then
buy_screen.lua:610:      if input.m1.down and love.timer.getTime() - self.press_time > self.hold_button then
buy_screen.lua:637:    if self.hold_button and self.press_time then
buy_screen.lua:640:      graphics.arc('open', self.x, self.y, 0.6*self.shape.w, 0, math.remap(love.timer.getTime() - self.press_time, 0, self.hold_button, 0, 1)*2*math.pi)
buy_screen.lua:650:  if main.current.in_credits and not self.credits_button then return end
buy_screen.lua:661:  if main.current.in_credits and not self.credits_button then return end
buy_screen.lua:677:GoButton = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:745:LockButton = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:803:LevelButton = Object:extend()
buy_screen.lua:962:RerollButton = Object:extend()
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=== Button class (buy_screen.lua 590-680) ===
Button = Object:extend()
Button:implement(GameObject)
function Button:init(args)
  self:init_game_object(args)
  self.shape = Rectangle(self.x, self.y, args.w or (pixul_font:get_text_width(self.button_text) + 8), pixul_font.h + 4)
  self.interact_with_mouse = true
  self.text = Text({{text = '[' .. self.fg_color .. ']' .. self.button_text, font = pixul_font, alignment = 'center'}}, global_text_tags)
end


function Button:update(dt)
  self:update_game_object(dt)
  if main.current.in_credits and not self.credits_button then return end

  if self.hold_button then
    if self.selected and input.m1.pressed then
      self.press_time = love.timer.getTime()
      self.spring:pull(0.2, 200, 10)
    end
    if self.press_time then
      if input.m1.down and love.timer.getTime() - self.press_time > self.hold_button then
        self:action()
        self.press_time = nil
        self.spring:pull(0.1, 200, 10)
      end
    end
    if input.m1.released then
      self.press_time = nil
      self.spring:pull(0.1, 200, 10)
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=== hover/pop sounds ===
main.lua:51:  ui_hover1 = Sound('bamboo_hit_by_lord.ogg', s)
main.lua:89:  pop1 = Sound('Pop sounds 10.ogg', s)
main.lua:90:  pop2 = Sound('467951__benzix2__ui-button-click.ogg', s)
main.lua:91:  pop3 = Sound('258269__jcallison__mouth-pop.ogg', s)
shared.lua:554:      pop1:play{pitch = random:float(0.95, 1.05), volume = 0.35}
shared.lua:565:      pop1:play{pitch = random:float(0.95, 1.05), volume = 0.35}
=== spring class pull ===
-- The base Springs class.
-- This class is used to manage all springs in an object.
-- Add a new spring:
-- self.springs:add('hit', 1)
-- Use it:
-- self.springs.hit:pull(0.2)
-- self.springs.hit.x
-- Every GameObject has a .springs attribute with a Springs instance attached to it.
-- See engine/game/hit
Springs = Object:extend()
function Springs:init()
  self.names = {}
end


function Springs:update(dt)
  for _, name in ipairs(self.names) do
    self[name]:update(dt)
  end
end


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=== fonts ===
total 68
drwxr-xr-x 1 adn 197121     0 Feb 15 13:32 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 adn 197121     0 Feb 15 13:32 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 35065 Jun 11  2022 FatPixelFont.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 15585 Jun 11  2022 PixulBrush-Mono.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 15585 Jun 11  2022 PixulBrush.ttf
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121     0 Jun 11  2022 fonts_go_here.txt
=== hover/pop sound files ===
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 9997 Jun 11  2022 assets/sounds/467951__benzix2__ui-button-click.ogg
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 6946 Jun 11  2022 assets/sounds/Pop sounds 10.ogg
-rw-r--r-- 1 adn 197121 7246 Jun 11  2022 assets/sounds/bamboo_hit_by_lord.ogg

Your questions have been answered: "SNKRX has one button style; the mockups had primary/secondary/danger/ghost. How should ui_button handle that?"="Keep variants as color presets", "Button text — SNKRX's Button text is plain. You mentioned wavy. Build the animated wavy-text effect now?"="Defer to a text-effects chunk". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

467951__benzix2__ui-button-click.ogg
PixulBrush-Mono.ttf
PixulBrush.ttf
bamboo_hit_by_lord.ogg

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=== text.lua (rich text) ===
278 engine/graphics/text.lua
-- A generic text object.
-- It implements a character based tagging system which should allow you to implement any kind of text effect possible, from setting a character's color to making it become visible, shake and play sounds.
-- You would use it like this:
--[[
yellow_text_tag = TextTag({
  init = function(c, i, text)
    text.yellow = Color(1, 0.5, 0, 1)
  end,
  draw = function(c, i, text)
    graphics.set_color(text.yellow)
  end
})

shaking_text_tag = TextTag({
  init = function(c, i, text)
    c.shaking_intensity = 8
  end,
  update = function(c, dt, i, text)
    c.ox = random:float(-c.shaking_intensity, c.shaking_intensity)
    c.oy = random:float(-c.shaking_intensity, c.shaking_intensity)
  end
})

text = Text({
  {text: '[yellow]This text is yellow', font: some_font, alignment: 'center', height_offset: -10}
  {text: '[shaking]This text is shaking', font: some_other_font, alignment: 'center', height_multiplier: 1.2}
  {text: 'This text is normal', font: yet_another_font, alignment: 'center', height_multiplier: 1.2}
  {text: '[yellow, shaking]This text is yellow and shaking []while this text is normal', font: some_font, alignment: 'center'}
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100  ]]
101 function ui_divider(opts)
102   local r      = opts.rect
103   local orient = opts.orient or 'h'
104   local color  = opts.color  or panel_border
105   if orient == 'h' then
106     layer_rectangle(ui_layer, r.x, math.floor(r.y + r.h/2), r.w, 1, color())
107   else
108     layer_rectangle(ui_layer, math.floor(r.x + r.w/2), r.y, 1, r.h, color())
109   end
110 end
111 
112 --[[
113   ui_item_icon(opts)
114 
115   The colored "tile" — a filled rounded square with a centered
116   pictograph. Used standalone and as a slot's occupancy fill.
117 
118   opts:
119     rect         {x, y, w, h}
120     fill         tile background color token (default charcoal)
121     glyph        the pictograph string — any font's char; the caller
122                  picks it. Real icon art is a per-game asset.
123     glyph_font   font for the glyph (default ui_font_header_l)
124     glyph_color  glyph color token (default `text` — per kit_1 the
125                  pictograph is off-white `text`, not pure white)
126     radius       corner radius (default 2 — tighter than ui_panel's 3)
127 ]]
128 function ui_item_icon(opts)
129   local r    = opts.rect
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1    --[[
2     ui/gallery.lua — the UI kit gallery / test scene.
3   
4     A paged, full-screen overlay that renders every UI element the toolkit
5     ships — the in-engine equivalent of reference/mockup_ui_kit_*.html.
6       F4         toggle the gallery
7       [ / ]      previous / next page
8       B          toggle the body font (LanaPixel <-> Ark Pixel)
9     Each element chunk appends its showcase to a gallery page.
10  
11    WHY PAGE DRAWS RUN FROM update(), NOT draw():
12      Interactive widgets hit-test with mouse_is_pressed / key_is_pressed,
13      whose edge events are only true during update() (see MEMORY.md →
14      "Anchor 2 input edge events are update-only"). Widgets also queue
15      their layer commands in the same call. So the gallery queues ALL
16      ui_layer commands from ui_gallery_update(); ui_gallery_draw() is
17      only the layer_render + layer_draw flush.
18  ]]
19  
20  ui_gallery_active = false
21  ui_gallery_page   = 1
22  
23  --[[
24    gallery_section_label(lyr, x, y, num, title)
25  
26    Numbered section header in the mockup style: a muted two-digit number
27    ('01') followed by the TITLE in the text color.
28  ]]
29  function gallery_section_label(lyr, x, y, num, title)
30    local nstr = string.format('%02d', num)
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objects.lua:179:  self.hp_bar = HPBar{group = main.current.effects, parent = self}
objects.lua:199:  self.hp_bar.hidden = false
objects.lua:200:  self.hp_bar.color = red[0]
objects.lua:201:  self.t:after(n or 2, function() self.hp_bar.hidden = true end, 'hp_bar')
shared.lua:402:  self.line_width = 2
shared.lua:415:  graphics.polyline(fg[0], self.line_width, self.x - self.ox, self.y - self.oy + 0.4*self.h, self.x - self.ox, self.y - self.oy, self.x - self.ox + 0.4*self.w, self.y - self.oy)
shared.lua:416:  graphics.polyline(fg[0], self.line_width, self.x - self.ox, self.y + self.oy - 0.4*self.h, self.x - self.ox, self.y + self.oy, self.x - self.ox + 0.4*self.w, self.y + self.oy)
shared.lua:417:  graphics.polyline(fg[0], self.line_width, self.x + self.ox - 0.4*self.w, self.y - self.oy, self.x + self.ox, self.y - self.oy, self.x + self.ox, self.y - self.oy + 0.4*self.h)
shared.lua:418:  graphics.polyline(fg[0], self.line_width, self.x + self.ox - 0.4*self.w, self.y + self.oy, self.x + self.ox, self.y + self.oy, self.x + self.ox, self.y + self.oy - 0.4*self.h)
shared.lua:423:function HoverCrosshair:activate(x, y, w, h, line_width)
shared.lua:425:  line_width = 2

objects.lua:179:  self.hp_bar = HPBar{group = main.current.effects, parent = self}
objects.lua:422:HPBar = Object:extend()
objects.lua:423:HPBar:implement(GameObject)
objects.lua:424:HPBar:implement(Parent)
objects.lua:425:function HPBar:init(args)
objects.lua:431:function HPBar:update(dt)
objects.lua:437:function HPBar:draw()
=== HPBar class ===
objects.lua:422:HPBar = Object:extend()

HPBar = Object:extend()
HPBar:implement(GameObject)
HPBar:implement(Parent)
function HPBar:init(args)
  self:init_game_object(args)
  self.hidden = true
end


function HPBar:update(dt)
  self:update_game_object(dt)
  self:follow_parent_exclusively()
end


function HPBar:draw()
  if self.hidden then return end
  local p = self.parent
  graphics.push(p.x, p.y, 0, p.hfx.hit.x, p.hfx.hit.x)
    graphics.line(p.x - 0.5*p.shape.w, p.y - p.shape.h, p.x + 0.5*p.shape.w, p.y - p.shape.h, bg[-3], 2)
    local n = math.remap(p.hp, 0, p.max_hp, 0, 1)
    graphics.line(p.x - 0.5*p.shape.w, p.y - p.shape.h, p.x - 0.5*p.shape.w + n*p.shape.w, p.y - p.shape.h,
    p.hfx.hit.f and fg[0] or ((p:is(Player) and green[0]) or (table.any(main.current.enemies, function(v) return p:is(v) end) and red[0])), 2)
  graphics.pop()
end

Your questions have been answered: "SNKRX's HP bar is flash + scale-pop, not a trailing chunk. Which juice should ui_bar's health mode use?"="Both". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

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1    # edition-template — orientation for new instances
2   
3   ## What this is
4   
5   A starter Anchor 2 project bundling the **edition** system (per-fragment
6   color transforms applied via the engine's draw shader) and the **gradient**
7   system (baked spatial-color textures drawn as sprites) with shared
8   geometry + scatter + symbol utilities, ready to fork into new games that
9   want the SNKRX / Invoker visual style.
10  
11  The original Invoker uses these systems across many bespoke files and
12  multiple shaders. This template consolidates them into one shader and a
13  handful of focused Lua modules so a new project can copy the directory
14  and start drawing.
15  
16  ---
17  
18  ## ⚠️ THE THING TO READ BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE — test-scene conventions
19  
20  **Almost every change to this project comes in as a request to build a new
21  test scene** (an arena with X entities, an effect on a shape, etc.). When
22  you build one, **ALWAYS expose three keys** so the user can iterate on the
23  visual without re-running code:
24  
25  | Key (suggestion) | Cycles | Why it matters |
26  |---|---|---|
27  | `0` / `F1`        | the active **edition** (forward / back) | Editions are the system's main creative knob — most tuning means "is ruby right, or is sapphire?" The user almost always wants to flip through them live. |
28  | `[` / `]`         | **`field_scale`** of the active edition | Field scale controls shimmer noise density. The "right" value depends on the entity's size, and the user can't predict it — they need to try 0.15 vs 0.5 vs 1.0 in place. |
29  | `D` / `F2`        | the **dither mode** (forward / back, 32 modes) | Same story — the visually best dither is empirical, and the user needs to flip through bayer/cluster-dot/line/triangle/hearts/noise variants to find the one that fits. |
30  
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Your questions have been answered: "When a UI element is drawn under an edition, should it visibly shimmer/animate (the editions' per-fragment noise effect, like SNKRX entities), or should editions just be a static color source?"="Shimmer — UI animates", "Which UI colors should be driven by editions?"="All 18 palette tokens", "How should an element's edition be decided?"="Table + per-element override". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

1    --[[
2     edition.lua — Lua side of the edition system.
3   
4     THE 30-SECOND MENTAL MODEL
5       An "edition" is a number that picks a color transform inside the draw
6       shader (assets/draw_shader.frag). When u_edition is non-zero, every
7       fragment passing through the shader gets re-colored — hue shimmer,
8       palette cycle, silver desaturation, etc. The base color of the draw is
9       unchanged; the edition is layered on top per fragment.
10  
11      Editions apply uniformly to anything the shader draws: SDF shapes,
12      outlines, sprites (including baked gradient textures from gradient.lua).
13      There is no special path for walls or for any particular entity — every
14      drawable shares the same edition pipeline.
15  
16    PUBLIC API
17      edition_setup(opts)                         install the draw shader, cache its handle
18      edition_set(layer, mode, field_scale?, dither_mode?)
19                                                  write u_edition + u_time
20                                                  (+ u_field_scale, + u_dither_mode)
21      edition_clear(layer)                        shortcut for edition_set(layer, 0)
22      edition_draw(layer, mode, fn, ...)          scoped form — sets, calls fn, then clears
23      next_edition(current) -> next_mode          step through edition_cycle (wraps to 0)
24      prev_edition(current) -> prev_mode          step backward through edition_cycle
25      next_dither(current) -> next_dither         step through dither_cycle (wraps to 0)
26      prev_dither(current) -> prev_dither         step backward through dither_cycle
27      edition_name(ed) -> string                  human-readable name for the mode number
28      dither_name(d) -> string                    human-readable name for a dither mode
29      edition_base_color(ed) -> color or nil      representative color for particles/leaks
30  
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17://   a flat shape, an outlined shape, a sprite, or a baked gradient texture
26://               apply_edition() as the basis for the organic_field shimmer,
39://   u_edition   Edition mode (integer-as-float). 0 = no transform.
43://               15..22 = flat color overrides (force a fixed color,
69://   2. Add an `else if (edition == N)` branch in apply_edition() below.
106:uniform float u_edition;
125:// Optional HP-bar uniforms (only read when u_edition is 30 or 31).
187:// and the apply_edition() switch.
214:    vec3 hsl = vec3(0.0, 0.0, 0.5*sum);
441:    if (i == 0) return vec3(210.0,  49.0,  56.0) / 255.0;  // red
447:    if (i == 6) return vec3( 39.0,  88.0, 180.0) / 255.0;  // blue
448:    if (i == 7) return vec3(110.0,  63.0, 178.0) / 255.0;  // violet
449:    return        vec3(208.0,  66.0, 120.0) / 255.0;       // pink
455:vec3 apply_edition(vec3 col, int edition, vec2 world_pos) {
465:        if (edition == 15)      fc = vec3(82.0, 179.0, 203.0) / 255.0;
466:        else if (edition == 16) fc = vec3(178.0, 108.0, 161.0) / 255.0;
467:        else if (edition == 17) fc = vec3(216.0, 70.0, 84.0) / 255.0;
468:        else if (edition == 18) fc = vec3(121.0, 177.0, 89.0) / 255.0;
469:        else if (edition == 19) fc = vec3(244.0, 144.0, 62.0) / 255.0;
470:        else if (edition == 20) fc = vec3(255.0, 184.0, 51.0) / 255.0;
471:        else if (edition == 21) fc = vec3(71.0, 120.0, 186.0) / 255.0;
474:        vec3 flat_hsl = rgb2hsl(fc);
475:        flat_hsl.z = orig_hsl.z;
476:        return hsl2rgb(flat_hsl);
497:    if (edition == 12) {
501:    } else if (edition == 13) {
506:    } else if (edition == 14) {
511:    } else if (edition == 23) {
517:    } else if (edition == 24) {
632:        int edition = int(u_edition + 0.5);
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455  vec3 apply_edition(vec3 col, int edition, vec2 world_pos) {
456     if (edition <= 0) return col;
457 
458     // Flat-color override range (15..22): force the color to a specific
459     // RGB triplet, preserve the original lightness so highlights/shadows
460     // remain readable, skip the organic shimmer entirely. These are the
461     // legacy SNKRX palette tokens; kept for projects that want a hard
462     // override rather than a hue-locked shimmer.
463     if (edition >= 15 && edition <= 22) {
464         vec3 fc;
465         if (edition == 15)      fc = vec3(82.0, 179.0, 203.0) / 255.0;
466         else if (edition == 16) fc = vec3(178.0, 108.0, 161.0) / 255.0;
467         else if (edition == 17) fc = vec3(216.0, 70.0, 84.0) / 255.0;
468         else if (edition == 18) fc = vec3(121.0, 177.0, 89.0) / 255.0;
469         else if (edition == 19) fc = vec3(244.0, 144.0, 62.0) / 255.0;
470         else if (edition == 20) fc = vec3(255.0, 184.0, 51.0) / 255.0;
471         else if (edition == 21) fc = vec3(71.0, 120.0, 186.0) / 255.0;
472         else                    fc = vec3(176.0, 168.0, 159.0) / 255.0;
473         vec3 orig_hsl = rgb2hsl(col);
474         vec3 flat_hsl = rgb2hsl(fc);
475         flat_hsl.z = orig_hsl.z;
476         return hsl2rgb(flat_hsl);
477     }
478 
479     // Shared field computation for all hue-shimmer modes. The slight sat
480     // dampening on low-chroma inputs avoids near-grey colors picking up
481     // exaggerated hue swings.
482     float sat_fac = 1.0 - max(0.0, 0.05*(1.1 - (max(col.r, max(col.g, col.b)) - min(col.r, min(col.g, col.b)))));
483     vec3 hsl = rgb2hsl(vec3(col.r*sat_fac, col.g*sat_fac, col.b));
484     float t = u_time*0.5 + 2.221;
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Your questions have been answered: "No existing edition reproduces the 18 locked palette tokens exactly (the hue-locked editions ruby/amber/etc. shimmer to a shifted hue; flat-overrides 15-22 are different legacy colors). How should the token→edition mapping handle this?"="Faithful, but dots only on chrome". You can now continue with these answers in mind.

525          float i_a_f = floor(t_cycle);
526         float lerp_t = t_cycle - i_a_f;
527         int i_a = int(i_a_f);
528         int i_b = int(mod(i_a_f + 1.0, n_pal));
529         vec3 a = palette_color(i_a);
530         vec3 b = palette_color(i_b);
531         vec3 mixed = mix(a, b, lerp_t);
532         vec3 mixed_hsl = rgb2hsl(mixed);
533         mixed_hsl.z = hsl.z;
534         return hsl2rgb(mixed_hsl);
535     } else {
536         // Hue-locked shimmers: each tied to a specific hue center.
537         // Spread is ±0.05 except gold (5), which is tightened to ±0.03 to
538         // stay in the warm-yellow band without bleeding into green.
539         //
540         // Two flavors:
541         //   STATIC  (modes 2..11)   hue + sat shift only. The hue wobble
542         //                           is small (±0.05) so the color reads as
543         //                           "ruby/amber/lime/etc." without obvious
544         //                           animation — though it IS animating.
545         //   MOVING  (modes 40..49)  same hue + sat as the static version,
546         //                           PLUS a lightness wave (0.65×..1.1×)
547         //                           driven by the same `res` factor that
548         //                           silver uses. The brightness modulation
549         //                           is what actually makes the shimmer
550         //                           visible to the eye — hue shifts of the
551         //                           same magnitude read as near-static.
552         //                           Range is ~65% of silver's so they
553         //                           "breathe a little" rather than wildly
554         //                           oscillate. 40→2, 41→3, ..., 49→11.
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60   ## What this is
61  
62  A starter Anchor 2 project for building **attacks** (projectiles, areas,
63  beams, polygonal projectiles, movement abilities) in the SNKRX / Orblike
64  / Invoker visual style. Fork the directory, edit `main.lua`, prototype.
65  
66  Layout:
67  - **`main.lua`** — the clean reference scene: a complete minimal scene
68    (moving player + the wired physics / update / draw skeleton) that
69    fires no attacks. The file a forking dev reads top-to-bottom and edits.
70  - **`snkrx/`** — the attack toolkit: the five carriers (projectile,
71    area, beam, flicker, prop), the `airborne` component, the edition
72    draw-shader stack, fx, sounds, the example entities, and all the
73    cross-cutting plumbing. `require('snkrx')` (from `main.lua`) loads it
74    all. Plain readable Lua, not an opaque module — open the files.
75  - **`main_old.lua`** — the pre-`snkrx/` demo scene, frozen for
76    reference (beam-homing playground, area-shape cycling, etc.). Does
77    NOT run as-is — its `require`s point at the old flat layout.
78  - **`anchor/`** — the Anchor 2 engine framework. Stays at root.
79  
80  The carrier set is **closed** — projectile / area / beam / flicker /
81  prop is the whole generalization. Further attacks (railgun, psylance,
82  construct, …) are built per-game *from* these carriers, not added here.
83  
84  **Read [findings.md](../snkrx/findings.md) first.** It catalogs every
85  attack behavior in Orblike v1 with file/line references.
86  
87  ---
88  
89  ## Read order
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Launching skill: end-session

# End Session Workflow

This skill is invoked from the **same conversation** where the work was done. You already have the full session context in memory — you do NOT need to read the transcript.

## Step 1: Get Session Info

Ask the user for the **session title** (max 30 characters). Examples: "Anchor Phase 10 Part 5", "Physics Arena Setup", "Timer System Fix", "Thalien Lune Design".

**Determine the project yourself from your session context** — you know which repo(s) were worked on, which files were created/modified, and where they live. No need to ask. See Step 5 for the list of known project roots; if the session touched something outside the list, infer the root from the paths you actually edited.

## Step 2: Write Summary

Write the summary from your conversation memory. You have the full session context — no need to read any files.

The summary should be **thorough and detailed**. Each major topic deserves its own section with multiple specific bullet points. Don't compress — expand.

**Purpose:** These summaries serve as searchable records. Future Claude instances will grep through past logs to find how specific topics were handled. The more detail you include, the more useful the summary becomes for finding relevant context later.

Format (this is just an example structure — adapt sections to match what actually happened):

```markdown
# [Title]

## Summary

[1-2 sentence overview of the session's main focus]

**[Topic 1 - e.g., "Spring Module Implementation"]:**
- First specific detail about what was done
- Second detail - include file names, function names
- User correction or feedback (quote if notable)
- Technical decisions and why

**[Topic 2 - e.g., "Camera Research"]:**
- What was researched
- Key findings
- How it influenced implementation

**[Topic 3 - e.g., "Errors and Fixes"]:**
- Specific error message encountered
- Root cause identified
- How it was fixed

[Continue for each major topic...]

---

[Rest of transcript follows]
```

Rules:

- **Be thorough** — If in doubt, include more detail, not less. Each topic should be as detailed as possible while still being a summary.
- **Think searchability** — Future instances will search these logs. Include keywords, function names, error messages that someone might grep for.
- **One section per major topic** — Don't combine unrelated work into one section
- **Chronological order** — Sections should match conversation flow
- **Specific details** — Error messages, file names, function names, parameter values
- **Include user quotes** — When user gave notable feedback, quote it (e.g., "k/d variables are not intuitive at all")
- **Weight planning equally** — Research, proposals, alternatives considered, user feedback on approach are as important as implementation
- **Weight problems solved** — Errors, root causes, fixes, user corrections all matter
- **Technical specifics** — Include formulas, API signatures, parameter changes when relevant

## Step 3: Proceed Without Approval

Do NOT show the summary to the user for approval. Write it directly. The user can review the committed log after the fact and request a follow-up edit if anything is off.

## Step 4: Convert Transcript and Write the Log File

```bash
# Find recent sessions (Claude + Cursor + Codex). Same script lives in Anchor2:
python E:/a327ex/Anchor2/scripts/find-recent-session.py --limit 5
# or: python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/find-recent-session.py --limit 5
```

The script shows sessions sorted by when they ended. The **first result** is the current conversation (since end-session was invoked here). Use it.

Use a lowercase hyphenated slug derived from the title (e.g., "anchor-primitives-hitstop-animation").

Get the end timestamp for the Date frontmatter — this is the wall-clock time when end-session was invoked, NOT the time the JSONL started. Sessions often span multiple days, and the log should be filed under the day the work was wrapped up:

```bash
date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
```

Use this output verbatim. Do not substitute the JSONL start timestamp; the log appears in the sidebar sorted by Date, and a multi-day session with a Date pinned to day 1 will sort below sessions that ended later but started later, hiding the most recent work.

Convert the transcript to markdown:

```bash
python E:/a327ex/Anchor2/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py [SESSION_PATH] /tmp/session-log.md
# or: python E:/a327ex/Anchor/scripts/jsonl-to-markdown.py ...
```

The same script **auto-detects** Claude Code JSONL vs Cursor/Composer agent JSONL (`~/.cursor/projects/.../agent-transcripts/...`) vs Codex rollouts (`~/.codex/sessions/...`). For Composer sessions, use `find-recent-session.py` (it merges all sources) and pick the `[cursor]` line for the current chat.

Replace the default header (`# Session YYYY-MM-DD...`) at the top of `/tmp/session-log.md` with the approved title and summary, AND prepend frontmatter. The final file shape:

```markdown
Title: [Title]
Date: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS

# [Title]

## Summary

[approved summary text from step 2]

---

[transcript content from jsonl-to-markdown script]
```

**Frontmatter is non-negotiable.** Every log file MUST start with `Title:` and `Date:` lines. Without them, the site's sidebar shows the slug as the title and 0 (epoch) as the sort date. The backfill script in `a327ex-site/deploy/backfill_metadata.py` is a safety net, not a substitute — write it correctly the first time.

Then copy the final file to the log destination:

```bash
cp /tmp/session-log.md E:/a327ex/a327ex-site/logs/[slug].md
```

## Step 5: Commit Project Repo

Identify the project repo(s) worked on this session from your own context — you already know which repos were touched and which files changed. For the common projects:

| Project | Root | Stage command |
|---|---|---|
| Anchor | `E:/a327ex/Anchor` | `git add docs/ framework/ engine/ scripts/ reference/` |
| Anchor2 | `E:/a327ex/Anchor2` | `git add framework/ engine/ arena/ reference/ scripts/ docs/ .claude/` |
| emoji-ball-battles | `E:/a327ex/emoji-ball-battles` | `git add -A` |
| invoker | `E:/a327ex/Invoker` | `git add -A` |
| thalien-lune | `E:/a327ex/thalien-lune` | `git add -A` |
| a327ex-site | `E:/a327ex/a327ex-site` | `git add -A` (this IS one of the web repos — the log file added in Step 4 is staged here automatically) |

For a project not listed, infer the root from the files you actually created or modified this session and stage those. If multiple candidate roots look valid, ask the user which files to stage.

`cd` into the project root, stage, run `git status` to verify before committing.

**IMPORTANT — FULL SUMMARY IN COMMIT:** The commit message MUST include the FULL summary from the log file. Read the summary back from the log file to ensure nothing is missing.

**IMPORTANT — COMMIT METHOD:** The summary contains backticks, special characters, and markdown that WILL break heredocs and `git commit -m`. ALWAYS use the file-based method below. NEVER try a heredoc first — it will fail and produce a malformed commit that needs amending.

```bash
# Skip until we hit the line "## Summary", then take everything after the next
# blank line until the --- separator that precedes the transcript.
awk '/^## Summary$/{found=1; next} found && NR>1 && /^---$/{exit} found' \
    E:/a327ex/a327ex-site/logs/[slug].md > /tmp/commit_msg.txt

# Prepend the title (plain text, no #) and append attribution
sed -i "1i [Title]\n" /tmp/commit_msg.txt
printf "\nGenerated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)\n\nCo-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>\n" >> /tmp/commit_msg.txt

git commit -F /tmp/commit_msg.txt
```

## Step 6: Push the Repos

Two pushes — project (to GitHub) and a327ex-site (to the VPS):

```bash
# Project repo to GitHub. Skip this push if the project IS a327ex-site
# (handled by the second push below — don't duplicate).
git push origin main

# a327ex-site to the VPS (post-receive hook restarts the Lua server).
cd E:/a327ex/a327ex-site
git add -A
git commit -m "[Title]"
git push prod main 2>&1 | tail -3
```

**Failure handling:** if either push fails, the other still happens. Local commits stay intact, so the user can re-push manually once they've fixed whatever blocked it. Don't roll back; the committed state on disk is the source of truth.

## Step 7: Confirm

Tell the user:

- Project commit hash + GitHub push result
- a327ex-site commit hash + VPS push result

Format:

```
Logged — "[Title]".
  project (Anchor2):  abc1234  pushed to GitHub
  a327ex-site:        ghi9012  pushed to a327ex.com (post-receive deployed)
```

If a push failed, surface that explicitly with the error.

## Notes

- **Frontmatter is non-negotiable.** Every log file MUST have `Title:` and `Date:` at the top. Enforced at write time in step 4. The backfill script is a safety net, not a substitute.
- **If the project IS `a327ex-site`** (e.g., you spent the session writing the renderer or fixing the theme), there's no separate "project repo to GitHub" push — the a327ex-site push at the end IS the project push. Don't duplicate.
- **Legacy note**: this skill used to also dual-write to `anchor.blot.im/logs/` and `anchor.blot.im/context/`. Post-cutover (May 2026), `anchor.blot.im` is a JS redirect to `a327ex.com` and no longer receives content. Drop those steps if you find any older docs that still reference them.


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> We previously worked on 4 sessions where we generalized the attack system visuals and logic from Orblike v1. You can read those log summaries. We previously also worked on the edition system generalization. Now, I want to do the final generalization which is an UI one. Orblike v1 contains various UI mockups, images and assorted files regarding how the UI for a SNKRX-like should be like. I'd like for us to build all the UI elements for such a game in a generalizable manner such that new instances, like with the attacks, can just use the existing objects directly and combine them without much issue. Read everything required to get aligned and tell me your plan.

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Title: UI Generalization 1
Date: 2026-05-21 21:54:45

# UI Generalization 1

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> We previously worked on 4 sessions where we generalized the attack system visuals and logic from Orblike v1. You can read those log summaries. We previously also worked on the edition system generalization. Now, I want to do the final generalization which is an UI one. Orblike v1 contains various UI mockups, images and assorted files regarding how the UI for a SNKRX-like should be like. I'd like for us to build all the UI elements for such a game in a generalizable manner such that new instances, like with the attacks, can just use the existing objects directly and combine them without much issue. Read everything required to get aligned and tell me your plan.

I'll get oriented before proposing a plan. Let me find the session logs and the relevant project files.

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UI Generalization 1


First session generalizing a SNKRX / Orblike / Invoker-style UI element toolkit into `attack-template`, built incrementally one element at a time with the user testing between each. The toolkit lives in `attack-template/snkrx/ui/` and is loaded by `require('snkrx')`. Covered alignment/architecture, six build chunks of elements, and a large edition-system integration. The full mockup vocabulary is NOT finished — tabs/segments, form controls, tooltip-as-widget, list rows, cards, and the Tier-3 composite screens remain.
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