* All 17 buildings now RISE out of the ground behind a pink scan line when
built (tools/make_anims.py generates 7-frame make sequences; WithMakeAnimation
on the building template).
* Boombox Crates: neutral pickups spawn on a timer (max 4). 500 records usually,
1500 jackpot sometimes, bass_ring feedback trap rarely. Locomotors crush
crates to collect, classic style.
* Lobby faction flags are real now: MRP record, Stream play button, split '?'.
* MC 8-TRACK and ASSISTANT portraits generated for briefings/press kit.
* Balance ledger updated: first aura-era match went to Stream (runaway flag);
full ledger M M M | S S | M | S — boundary variance, no knee-jerk tune.
Smoke-tested PASS on arena and m01 with everything live.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signature mechanic — auras make sound physical:
* In The Mix (MRP): allied units within 5 cells of an Amp Stack get +25%
firepower, pink note decoration. Amp placement is now forward strategy.
* Low Latency (Stream): allied units within 5 cells of an Edge Node move 30%
faster, blue chevron decoration. The datacentre build-radius creep now has a
combat identity to match the lore.
Pure YAML: ProximityExternalCondition -> ExternalCondition + multipliers.
Also: VISION.md (five pillars, one page), THE DROP/SHUFFLE launches now play a
procedural vinyl needle-drop crackle (33rpm rumble + dust pops), and generated
cinematic keyart wired into the loadscreen stripe.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Wax seeps fix the economy flatline the arena telemetry exposed: both bots hit
cash=0/stored=0 from tick 6250 with no way to recover.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixes a critical bug: undeployed MCV vans now count for short-game survival —
previously every match ended at tick 1 (all players 'defeated', local player
'won'). The bot-vs-bot shellmap claim from earlier rounds was invalid for the
same reason: shellmaps stall with Bot: players and matches insta-ended. The
arena map + tools/balance_report.py is the real, verified harness.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
