The Smirk dapp API requires the origin to hold the Nostr scope before signNostrEvent(); without it the wallet throws 'Origin lacks the Nostr scope — call getNostrPublicKey() first'. getNostrPublicKey() establishes that grant (prompts once), so call it first in the NIP-98 path.
Only an explicit user-cancel skips the fallback now — a LOCKED signNostrEvent again tries connect(), which opens the unlock popup on capable builds. My earlier refinement had removed this path.
A Smirk wallet that already owns another account no longer fails with 'already linked to another account'. Ownership is cryptographically proven, so it's a login: the server re-points that account to the current socket and returns its session token; the client persists it and reloads to re-establish as that account. Fixes a returning user being unable to sign in from a fresh browser session.
NOTE: touches the identity/session path — verify live (sign in with a wallet already linked to another account -> lands on that account with its address/credits).
Play area: add a 6px right gutter on .container (border-box) so the outward yellow focus outline isn't clipped by overflow:hidden at the viewport edge — the inset-outline attempt got clipped in Chromium. Revert to an outward outline (ui.js).
Smirk: on the NIP-98 path, only fall back to the legacy connect() when the wallet genuinely lacks signNostrEvent — a LOCKED or user-cancelled signNostrEvent now surfaces instead of triggering a second unlock prompt. (The unlock-popup-on-locked behavior itself is a wallet-build capability, added to smirk-monorepo 2026-07-09; builds before that throw LOCKED and get the friendly retry hint.)
Tavern: revert the per-cell 'varied floor/wall' tiles to coherent single tiles — mixing wood/stone/plank per cell read as visual noise (assetPacks.js).
Play area: draw the keyboard-focus outline inset (outline-offset -2px) so the yellow border shows on the right edge, which the container's overflow:hidden was clipping (ui.js).
Smirk: a locked wallet now shows a friendly 'unlock in the extension, then Retry' hint instead of a red error, and the LOCKED error code is preserved through connect()/signMessage(). Current Smirk builds auto-open the unlock popup on connect(); older builds throw LOCKED, which the Retry button re-invokes (smirkAuth.js).
Adds schnorr (BIP-340) NIP-98 verification (kind 27235) as the preferred Smirk login, with the legacy Ed25519 wallet-message path kept as a feature-detected fallback for wallets without signNostrEvent. New src/utils/nip98.js verifies securely: rebuilds a clean event, independently recomputes getEventHash and compares to event.id (defeats nostr-tools' verify-memo footgun), then schnorr-verifies; enforces kind, created_at freshness, and exactly-one u/method/challenge tags bound to the server nonce.
auth.js: /verify branches on body.event (NIP-98) vs {publicKey,signature,challenge} (legacy). Challenge consume is now atomic single-use (UPDATE ... WHERE used=FALSE AND expires_at>NOW() RETURNING) before verification. Removed the deprecated SHA256(challenge) pre-hash fallback (past its removal date). /status is now session-gated (X-Session-Token vs users.anon_token; 401/403 on mismatch) — closes the unauthenticated per-socketId disclosure. Client smirkAuth.js: feature-detects signNostrEvent, signs the NIP-98 event, falls back to legacy; checkStatus() now sends the session token.
Adds nostr-tools ^2.23.9 (works under CJS in prod; test loader falls back to its self-contained bundle under Jest). New adversarial suite test/smirkNip98_ultra.test.js (13 tests: tamper/expiry/wrong-tag/bad-sig/memo-bypass/replay). Suite 47/330 green.
The skin/hair/cloth-base/gear palette-ramp recoloring on the top-down Tiles character sprites looked bad, so it's disabled: tintedTileCanvas() now returns null, making every caller (drawCharTileCanvas, charTileTexture, in-game + customizer preview + Pixi) fall through to the native Kenney sprite art.
The customizer's top-down editor drops the Cloth/Skin/Hair and per-gear color rows and keeps only equipment PIECE selection (body/head/shield/weapon). The ASCII '@' color picker is unchanged (shown in the ascii/color branch, driven by colors.base via avatarVisuals.tintColorFor). Iso skin tint and premium generated-skins are untouched. Suite 46/317 green.
Adds a complete block-cadence multiplayer race mode alongside solo and tavern.
Disabled by default; enable with MATCH_ENABLED=true.
Highlights:
- New shared engine: MatchRoom, MatchEngine, MatchState (transport-agnostic, unit-tested).
- Per-economy queues: free, credits_prestige, crypto_race with atomic escrow/refund.
- MatchScheduler drains queues on every new block and starts 2–32 player races.
- MatchManager handles Socket.IO lifecycle, server-authoritative movement, reconnect grace,
forfeit/AFK handling, and end-of-match persistence.
- Crypto races use race-entry tickets (grants.race_entries) to avoid on-chain refunds; winner
payout is queued through the existing batch payout/retry service.
- Leaderboard integration: free → Pleb, prestige → /api/leaderboard?board=prestige,
crypto → Hall of Champions.
- Tavern integration: Queue for Race panel, active race list, and live spectator rendering.
- Dedicated /match.html client with economy selector, race HUD, and post-match scoreboard.
- Migration 022 adds matches, match_entrants, match_events, match_queue_entries,
race_entry_transactions, users.race_entries, and payouts.match_id.
Docs:
- New docs/MATCH_MODE.md with full architecture, config, events, and operational notes.
- Updated README.md, docs/TAVERN_AND_MULTIPLAYER.md, docs/TODO.md, src/.env.example,
and src/.env.
Tests: 40 new unit tests across 7 suites, all passing.
Known follow-ups for real-world validation:
- Full integration test with Postgres + Socket.IO.
- Server boot check with MATCH_ENABLED=false (default) to ensure solo/tavern remain unaffected.
- Browser render-kit verification in /match.html and tavern spectator.
- Crypto-race payout end-to-end with real wallet-rpc.
- tavernLife.js: client-side NPCs (bartender, patrons, cat) with autonomous
movement, random speech bubbles, and real-player chat bubbles
- T2b: spectator camera — watch live dungeon runs from inside the tavern
(game list, spectate_start/update, ESC to leave)
- R1: sceneFromGameState adapter — converts dungeon game state to render-kit
Scene with lighting grid and entity mapping
- R2: pre-populated Kenney roguelikeSheet tile defaults for the tiled renderer
- Dungeon renderer support: TileRenderer + AsciiRenderer handle lightGrid,
dungeon features/items/monster entities
- 3 new tests (242 total, 36 suites, all passing)
Four pre-launch additions to make the game feel alive and shareable:
- Live win feed: server broadcasts 'win_feed' on every escape; client shows a
transient toast ('X escaped with the bag') so the room feels active.
- Public stats: GET /api/stats (10s-cached) returns games + escapes in the last
24h and total paid out; a status-area strip polls it for social proof.
- Share-a-win: game-over screen gets 'Share to X' + 'Copy link' buttons pointing
at the /verify page, which now renders OpenGraph/Twitter-card meta (brand OG
image per instance) so shared links unfurl with a preview.
- Land-on-action: a dismissible 'N games live now — watch' CTA appears on connect
when games are in progress, opening the existing spectator panel. Non-intrusive:
hidden while playing/spectating and never hijacks the canvas.
The layout was already partly responsive (max-width:100vw, min(480px,90vw)
modals, canvas max-width:100%, and the renderer centres a fixed viewport on the
player) but had no viewport meta, so none of it engaged on phones.
- Add the viewport (+charset) meta — unlocks the existing responsive rules.
- Mobile media query (<=820px): stack the 3-column grid into one column
(header/status/game/chat/input/footer), shrink fonts, and cap the fixed-width
play/history/leaderboard modals to 94vw so they fit instead of overflowing.
- On-screen D-pad + swipe-to-move (new touchControls.js), both emitting the
same player_move {direction} event the keyboard uses — no game-logic change.
Shown on small screens or any touch device (body.touch).
- Remove the leftover "GAME AREA" debug overlay.
- Currency display is now network-aware: XMR on a test network shows sXMR
(stagenet) / tXMR (testnet) so it's clear the coins aren't mainnet; mainnet
XMR shows XMR, Wownero stays WOW. A fork running mainnet automatically shows
XMR. cryptoType (used for decimals/QR asset) is unchanged.
- Product name (Monerogue/Wownerogue) is derived from the currency and no
longer hardcoded: the chat "Connected to <name> server" message, payment
descriptions, and the verify page title all follow it.
- Smirk is forced off on any test network (stagenet/testnet) regardless of
SMIRK_ENABLED, since Smirk only works on mainnet — so forks don't have to
remember the env flag.
New shared helpers (gameNameFor, currencyLabelFor, isTestNetworkFor); exposed
via game_mode_info (currencyLabel, gameName). Full suite: 22 suites / 159 tests.
- Footer title and favicon now track the currency: "Monero Roguelike" + the
Monero logo favicon on the XMR instance, "Wownero Roguelike" + the existing
favicon on WOW (driven by UI.updateGameTitle).
- "Choose How to Play" modal: a header explains that paying (credits/entry)
puts high scores in the Hall of Champions while free play uses the Pleb
leaderboard, and each option now says which board it feeds — on both the
no-payout (mainnet) and payout (stagenet) variants.
- Leaderboard panel: two boards via tabs — 🏅 Hall of Champions (paid) and
🪙 Pleb (free) — default Champions; passes board= to /api/leaderboard and
retitles per board.
- PaymentUI: the Free button now shows whenever free play is offered (instance
free-only OR free-as-a-choice via freePlayEnabled), labelled "Play Free / no
payout / Pleb leaderboard" on paid instances, and emits the play_free event
(records game_mode=FREE). Replaces an emit of the dead 'enter_game' event.
- Server game_mode_info payload now includes freePlayEnabled so the client can
show the choice.
Full suite: 22 suites / 158 tests.
- Remove the duplicate _gameMode declaration in the client SocketHandlers
object literal — it was declared twice, so the later `null` silently
shadowed the earlier `'free'`. Now declared once with the effective value.
- Remove the dead SocketHandlers._appendMessage calls in smirkAuth.js; that
method never existed, so the guard always fell through to the working
.text() append. Keep the safe append.
- Gate broadcastManager's high-volume per-event logs (user count, chat message
incl. message/socketId PII, game update, game start) behind debug mode;
previously they logged on every event regardless of NODE_ENV.
Full suite: 21 suites / 155 tests.
The client trusted the server to pre-escape chat content and rendered
user-supplied fields via .html()/innerHTML — one server regression away from
stored XSS, and the admin panel injected user-controlled payout addresses
into its authenticated DOM.
- Add a single shared escapeHtml helper (escapes all five HTML-significant
chars including both quotes); leaderboard now delegates to it.
- Escape chat username + message in onChatBroadcast/onChatHistory.
- Escape user-controlled fields in the admin panel (payout address, socket
id, player name, status) and make its local escapeHtml quote-safe so values
in title="..." can't break out.
- Add CSP plus X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options and Referrer-Policy
headers via middleware. connect-src 'self' keeps Socket.IO working;
removing 'unsafe-inline' (nonces) is tracked as a later cleanup.
Full suite: 13 suites / 119 tests.
- Replace asterisk (*) sparkles with floor tiles + bright golden color
- Remove skull emoji (☠) and death particles (% *) - use red flash effect
- Fix monster shadows causing black boxes - use red floor glow instead
- Replace 'ESCAPED!' emoji text with character-by-character transparent rendering
- Use GameTiles.getPlayerTile() instead of hardcoded '@'
- Use GameTiles.getMonsterTile() instead of hardcoded '~'
All tiles now render with proper transparency on floor tile base.
New dedicated animation while waiting for payment:
- Player runs toward BIG pulsating golden treasure
- Player always grabs the treasure (with dramatic pickup moment)
- Monster pack (4-6 monsters) spawns from multiple directions
- 60% chance: player escapes with treasure to the exit
- 40% chance: player gets devoured by monster pack (skull/death effect)
Animation features:
- Massive golden aura around treasure with sparkle ring
- Player glows gold when carrying treasure
- Death particles expand outward on devour
- Monsters converge from edges (left, right, top, bottom)
Existing 'Awaiting next block' animation preserved unchanged.
- Fix game start failure in direct payment mode when payment confirms
before mempool detection (add player to queue if not already there)
- Fix debug logging in production: correct indentation in debugRegisteredUsers,
swap console_logging config (false in prod, true in debug)
- Add close button to QR code container
- Auto-hide QR on payment detected, confirmed, and game start
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