From 317c78be71d74d155b7a60bf10ff2dfe175548f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: type-two <minimus.hargroove@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 10:43:49 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] First-timer coaching, an escape from the judge, and a cleaner
 polaroid
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- judge screen: the foot row now wraps (NEXT ORDER was pushed off-viewport
  on narrower windows — the game looked unfinishable), ENTER advances after
  a 0.6s guard, and the button says so
- polaroid: dropped the partly.party URL stamp
- kitchen: first session gets the phase hints at coaching volume (gold,
  pulsing) until the first slice is served

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/scenes/judge.ts   | 11 +++++++----
 src/scenes/kitchen.ts |  8 ++++++++
 src/style.css         | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/scenes/judge.ts b/src/scenes/judge.ts
index 539f71b..bdef648 100644
--- a/src/scenes/judge.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/judge.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
   private slice: Slice | null = null;
   private spin = 0;
   private heatmap: 0 | 1 | 2 = 0;
+  /** Seconds since the scorecard appeared — the leftover ENTER that served the
+   *  toast must not also dismiss the verdict before anyone reads it. */
+  private age = 0;
 
   private panel: Panel;
   private cardEl!: HTMLElement;
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
         () => undefined,
       );
     });
-    this.nextBtn = el('button', 'btn', btns, 'NEXT ORDER');
+    this.nextBtn = el('button', 'btn', btns, 'NEXT ORDER ⏎');
     this.nextBtn.addEventListener('click', () => this.onNext?.());
   }
 
@@ -161,9 +164,6 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
       row += w + ' ';
     }
     if (row.trim() && y <= H - 40) g.fillText((y === 762 ? '“' : '') + row.trim() + '”', 34, y);
-    g.font = '16px Georgia, serif';
-    g.fillStyle = '#8a7f72';
-    g.fillText('partly.party/toastsim', W - 210, H - 22);
     // Hand it over.
     const a = document.createElement('a');
     a.href = out.toDataURL('image/png');
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
     eye.hide(); // the full portrait takes over from the corner glance
     this.slice = slice;
     this.spin = 0;
+    this.age = 0;
     this.heatmap = 0;
     slice.setHeatmap(0);
     slice.setPresentation(true);
@@ -334,6 +335,8 @@ export class JudgeView implements View {
   }
 
   update(dt: number): void {
+    this.age += dt;
+    if (this.age > 0.6 && this.app.input.justPressed('Enter')) this.onNext?.();
     this.spin += dt * 0.42;
     if (this.slice) this.slice.mesh.rotation.y = this.spin;
     this.app.camera.position.set(0.15, 2.35, 3.5);
diff --git a/src/scenes/kitchen.ts b/src/scenes/kitchen.ts
index c34b834..f2e6b88 100644
--- a/src/scenes/kitchen.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/kitchen.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ export class KitchenView implements View {
 
     this.cueEl = el('div', 'cue', p, 'smells like bread');
     this.hintEl = el('div', 'hint', p, 'SPACE — push the lever down');
+    // Never-served-a-slice players get the hints at coaching volume.
+    try {
+      if (!localStorage.getItem('toastsim-coached')) this.hintEl.classList.add('coach');
+    } catch { /* storage blocked — quiet hints are fine */ }
     this.setSpread(this.spreadId);
   }
 
@@ -306,6 +310,10 @@ export class KitchenView implements View {
 
   serve(): void {
     if (this.phase !== 'spreading') return;
+    if (this.hintEl.classList.contains('coach')) {
+      this.hintEl.classList.remove('coach');
+      try { localStorage.setItem('toastsim-coached', '1'); } catch { /* fine */ }
+    }
     this.onServed?.();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 136d285..1d49593 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ canvas#c {
   min-height: 14px;
 }
 
+/* First-ever session: same hints, but loud enough to actually teach.
+   The class comes off for good once the first slice has been served. */
+.toast-panel .hint.coach {
+  font-size: 15px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--gold);
+  animation: coach-pulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes coach-pulse {
+  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
+  50% { opacity: 0.55; }
+}
+
 /* Pressure gauge: fill = what your wrist is making, gold = what the spread
    needs to flow, red = where spreading becomes scraping. */
 .toast-panel .gauge {
@@ -379,6 +393,11 @@ canvas#c {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
+  /* Four buttons plus the stamp outgrow the 380px column on plenty of
+     windows; without wrap, NEXT ORDER is shoved past the viewport edge
+     and the game looks unfinishable. */
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  row-gap: 10px;
   margin-top: 16px;
 }
 
@@ -416,6 +435,8 @@ canvas#c {
 .judge-btns {
   display: flex;
   gap: 8px;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
 }
 
 .btn {