diff --git a/mrpgi-core/src/world.rs b/mrpgi-core/src/world.rs
index 57335d4..3ee3775 100644
--- a/mrpgi-core/src/world.rs
+++ b/mrpgi-core/src/world.rs
@@ -498,16 +498,15 @@ impl World {
     /// dropping `sprites/ego.png` (feet on the bottom edge, like any prop);
     /// `ego1.png` is an optional second cel for the walk bob.
     pub fn ego_view(&self) -> view::View {
-        let cel = |f: &str| {
-            let p = self.base.join("sprites").join(f);
-            p.exists().then(|| assets::load_cel(&p.to_string_lossy(), false))
-        };
-        match cel("ego.png") {
+        // Read the already-loaded sprite table rather than stat'ing the folder:
+        // a wasm build is baked into the binary and has no `sprites/` to look at,
+        // so the filesystem version silently fell back to the robot on the web.
+        match self.sprite_cel("ego") {
             Some(c0) => {
-                let cels = match cel("ego1.png") {
-                    Some(c1) => vec![c0, c1],
-                    None => vec![c0],
-                };
+                let mut cels = vec![c0.clone()];
+                if let Some(c1) = self.sprite_cel("ego1") {
+                    cels.push(c1.clone());
+                }
                 view::View { loops: vec![view::ViewLoop { cels }] }
             }
             None => view::default_robot_view(),
diff --git a/mrpgi/src/main.rs b/mrpgi/src/main.rs
index 3a7a84b..135fa6d 100644
--- a/mrpgi/src/main.rs
+++ b/mrpgi/src/main.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ fn window_conf() -> Conf {
     }
 }
 
-const STATUS_H: f32 = 150.0;
+// 7 text rows: wrapped room descriptions routinely run to three or four.
+const STATUS_H: f32 = 186.0;
 /// The classic Sierra menu bar across the top of the play screen.
 const MENU_H: f32 = 22.0;
 const MENU_ITEM_H: f32 = 20.0;
@@ -49,17 +50,18 @@ enum MenuAct {
     About,
 }
 
-const MANUAL_URL: &str = "https://monsterrobot.games/engine/manual.html";
-
 /// Open the Book: a new tab on the web, the default browser natively.
 fn open_manual() {
     #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
     unsafe {
         web_bridge::mrpgi_open_manual();
     }
+    // The repo's own copy, so it always matches this build. The old
+    // monsterrobot.games/engine/ URL now falls through to the arcade index.
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     {
-        let _ = std::process::Command::new("open").arg(MANUAL_URL).spawn();
+        let p = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/../web/manual.html");
+        let _ = std::process::Command::new("open").arg(p).spawn();
     }
 }
 
@@ -758,6 +760,24 @@ fn draw_scanlines(l: &Layout) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Greedy word-wrap to a pixel width. A word longer than the line is left to
+/// overhang rather than hyphenated — that only happens to URLs.
+fn wrap(s: &str, size: f32, max_w: f32) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut out: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut cur = String::new();
+    for w in s.split_whitespace() {
+        let trial = if cur.is_empty() { w.to_string() } else { format!("{} {}", cur, w) };
+        if !cur.is_empty() && measure_text(&trial, None, size as u16, 1.0).width > max_w {
+            out.push(std::mem::take(&mut cur));
+            cur = w.to_string();
+        } else {
+            cur = trial;
+        }
+    }
+    out.push(cur);
+    out
+}
+
 fn draw_play_panel(gs: &GameState, command: &str, crt: bool, ai: &str, sound_on: bool) {
     let sw = screen_width();
     let sh = screen_height();
@@ -765,15 +785,23 @@ fn draw_play_panel(gs: &GameState, command: &str, crt: bool, ai: &str, sound_on:
     draw_rectangle(0.0, top, sw, STATUS_H, color_u8!(12, 14, 18, 255));
     draw_line(0.0, top, sw, top, 1.0, color_u8!(60, 70, 85, 255));
 
+    // Room descriptions are whole paragraphs, so wrap to the panel before
+    // drawing — draw_text will otherwise run a long line off the right edge.
+    let rows = (((sh - 38.0) - (top + 20.0)) / 18.0).floor().max(1.0) as usize;
     let mut yy = top + 20.0;
-    let start = gs.transcript.len().saturating_sub(5);
+    let start = gs.transcript.len().saturating_sub(rows);
+    let mut vis: Vec<(String, bool)> = Vec::new();
     for line in &gs.transcript[start..] {
-        let col = if line.starts_with('>') {
+        let cmd = line.starts_with('>');
+        vis.extend(wrap(&ascii_fold(line), 18.0, sw - 24.0).into_iter().map(|l| (l, cmd)));
+    }
+    for (line, cmd) in vis.iter().skip(vis.len().saturating_sub(rows)) {
+        let col = if *cmd {
             color_u8!(255, 135, 215, 255)
         } else {
             color_u8!(205, 213, 225, 255)
         };
-        draw_text(&ascii_fold(line), 12.0, yy, 18.0, col);
+        draw_text(line, 12.0, yy, 18.0, col);
         yy += 18.0;
     }