- Updated the game to support new character sprite atlases for both male and female characters, allowing for a wider variety of NPC designs.
- Improved player sprite initialization to dynamically select between atlas-based and legacy sprites, enhancing flexibility in character representation.
- Refined collision box settings based on sprite type, ensuring accurate physics interactions for both atlas (80x80) and legacy (64x64) sprites.
- Enhanced NPC behavior to utilize atlas animations, allowing for more fluid and diverse animations based on available frames.
Files modified:
- game.js: Added new character atlases and updated sprite loading logic.
- player.js: Improved player sprite handling and collision box adjustments.
- npc-behavior.js: Updated animation handling for NPCs to support atlas-based animations.
- npc-sprites.js: Enhanced NPC sprite creation to accommodate atlas detection and initial frame selection.
- scenario.json.erb: Updated player and NPC configurations to utilize new sprite sheets and animation settings.
- m01_npc_sarah.ink: Revised dialogue options to include new interactions related to NPCs.
- Changed CSS file paths in index.html and show.html.erb to reflect new directory structure under public/break_escape.
- Added a new tutorial.css file with styles tailored for the tutorial system, ensuring a cohesive pixel-art aesthetic.
- Enhanced the tutorial manager to track player interactions, including clicks to move and inventory item usage, improving the tutorial experience for new players.
- Updated tutorial steps to dynamically include objectives based on the current scenario.
Files modified:
- index.html: Updated CSS links.
- show.html.erb: Updated CSS links.
- tutorial.css: New styles for the tutorial system.
- player.js: Added notifications for player actions.
- tutorial-manager.js: Enhanced logic for tracking tutorial progress and objectives.
- interactions.js: Added notifications for inventory interactions.
- Added critical requirements for including `#influence_increased` and `#influence_decreased` tags after modifying influence variables to ensure visual feedback in the game.
- Enhanced documentation on best practices for dialogue formatting, emphasizing the importance of avoiding lists and keeping exit conversations brief.
- Updated multiple instructor scenarios to include the necessary influence tags, ensuring consistent feedback for player actions.
- Corrected room connection direction in scenario.json.erb for improved navigation.
- Added support for submit_flags tasks in GamesController, allowing players to submit flags for validation and task completion.
- Updated game state management to track submitted flags and validate against required flags for task completion.
- Enhanced ObjectivesManager to handle flag submissions, including syncing progress with the server and managing task states.
- Introduced a new locksmith NPC for lockpicking tutorials, expanding gameplay elements and player engagement.
- Updated scenario schema to include submit_flags task type and associated properties, ensuring proper integration into the game mechanics.
- Improved logging and debugging information for flag submissions and task progress updates, enhancing visibility into game state changes.
- Introduced `LOCK_SCENARIO_GUIDE.md` to provide a comprehensive reference for implementing locks in scenarios, detailing room and object lock configurations, lock types, and quick examples.
- Added `LOCK_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE.md` to outline the data flow from scenario definition to server validation, including steps for scenario definition, server bootstrap filtering, client lock checks, and server validation processes.
- Included security notes and references for various lockable object types and items related to the locking system.
- Deleted the `CUTSCENE_IMPROVEMENTS.md` file as it contained outdated information.
- Refactored the game canvas visibility management in `game.js` and `minigame-manager.js` to streamline the handling of cut-scene visibility.
- Updated `PersonChatMinigame` to simplify the handling of the `canEscConversation` parameter.
- Adjusted `NPCManager` to pass relevant parameters for minigame initialization without relying on deprecated settings.
- Added functionality to hide the main game canvas and inventory during minigames based on scenario settings.
- Enhanced the MinigameFramework to track and manage visibility states for the game canvas and inventory.
- Updated PersonChatMinigame to conditionally hide close and cancel buttons based on the new `canEscConversation` parameter.
- Modified NPCManager to pass new parameters for minigame initialization, including visibility and conversation settings.
- Updated scenario configuration to support hiding the game during minigames and disabling escape key functionality.
- Added core LOS detection module (`js/systems/npc-los.js`) with functions for distance and angle checks, and debug visualization.
- Integrated LOS checks into NPC manager (`js/systems/npc-manager.js`) to enhance lockpicking interruption logic based on player visibility.
- Updated scenario configurations for NPCs to include LOS properties.
- Created comprehensive documentation covering implementation details, configuration options, and testing procedures.
- Enhanced debugging capabilities with console commands and visualization options.
- Established performance metrics and future enhancement plans for server-side validation and obstacle detection.
- Added automatic collision avoidance for NPCs when colliding with each other and the player.
- Updated `setupNPCToNPCCollisions()` to include collision callbacks for NPC-to-NPC interactions.
- Created `handleNPCCollision()` to manage NPC-to-NPC collision responses, moving NPCs 5px northeast and recalculating paths.
- Implemented `handleNPCPlayerCollision()` for NPC-to-Player collisions, ensuring consistent behavior with NPC-to-NPC avoidance.
- Modified `updatePatrol()` to check for path recalculation after collisions.
- Enhanced console logging for collision events and path recalculations.
- Created comprehensive documentation covering implementation details, quick reference, and testing procedures.
- Ensured minimal performance impact with efficient pathfinding and collision detection.
- Created comprehensive documentation for two new NPC patrol features: Waypoint Patrol and Cross-Room Navigation.
- Added `QUICK_START_NPC_FEATURES.md` detailing configuration, implementation phases, and testing guidelines.
- Introduced `README_NPC_FEATURES.md` as an index for navigating the documentation package.
- Implemented `update_tileset.py` script to update Tiled map with all objects from the assets directory, ensuring proper GIDs.
- Updated test scenarios for NPC patrol behaviors, including waypoint patrol tests in `test-npc-waypoints.json`.
- Adjusted positions in existing test scenarios for better alignment with new patrol features.
- Introduced a data-driven global variable system to manage narrative state across NPC interactions.
- Added support for global variables in scenario JSON, allowing for easy extension and management.
- Implemented synchronization of global variables between Ink stories and the game state, ensuring real-time updates across conversations.
- Enhanced state persistence, allowing global variables to survive page reloads and be restored during conversations.
- Created comprehensive documentation and testing guides to facilitate usage and verification of the new system.
- Created a new documentation file detailing usage examples for the NPC item giving system, including immediate and container-based item transfers.
- Updated the ContainerMinigame to support additional NPC context, enhancing the user experience when interacting with NPC inventories.
- Implemented new NPC configurations in the scenario JSON to demonstrate item giving mechanics and container UI features.
- Added an Ink script for the Equipment Officer NPC, showcasing how to present items through the container UI and manage player interactions.
- Introduced a new documentation file detailing the Timed Conversations feature, which allows NPCs to automatically initiate dialogues after a specified delay.
- Included configuration examples and use cases to enhance narrative flow in scenarios.
- Updated NPCManager to support scheduling and triggering of timed conversations, improving interaction dynamics in the game.
- Created a new JSON file for the helper NPC with various dialogue options and interactions.
- Implemented responses for asking about the NPC, unlocking the CEO's office, and providing items.
- Enhanced trust-building mechanics with the NPC, allowing for item exchanges and hints based on player actions.
- Updated existing NPC dialogue to integrate new features and improve player guidance throughout the mission.
- Created SoundManager class for handling audio playback using Phaser's sound system.
- Added methods for preloading, initializing, and playing sounds with volume control.
- Integrated UI sound helpers for easier sound attachment to DOM elements.
- Updated game.js to initialize sound manager and preload sounds.
- Modified interactions.js, unlock-system.js, and panels.js to play appropriate sounds on interactions.
- Created SOUND_SYSTEM_QUICK_REFERENCE.md for documentation on sound system usage.
- Optimized NPCBarkSystem and NPCManager with caching and event listener cleanup.
- Added event emissions for NPC interactions in core game systems:
- Unlock System: door_unlocked, item_unlocked, door_unlock_attempt
- Interactions System: object_interacted
- Inventory System: item_picked_up:*
- Minigame Framework: minigame_completed, minigame_failed
- Created event-triggered reactions for the helper NPC:
- Added knots for lockpick pickup, success, failure, door unlock, and object interaction.
- Implemented state tracking and context-aware responses.
- Updated event mappings in scenario JSON for the helper NPC to respond to various events.
- Fixed global variable references in event emission code to ensure proper event dispatching.
- Added debug logging to verify event emissions and NPC reactions.
- Documented implementation details and testing instructions for new features.
