GAME UPDATES

Critical infrastructure overhaul to resolve rendering inconsistencies and enhance celestial visuals.

• Singleton Renderer Architecture: Implemented a global Singleton pattern for all 3D entities (Enemies, Items, Asteroids, and Planets). This resolves "WebGL context lost" errors, ensuring all enemies and assets render reliably.
• Level 1 Planet Refinement: Fixed pixelation and stretching of the Level 1 planet by boosting its internal rendering resolution to 1024px, ensuring sharpness at massive scales.
• Sector Isolation: Added level-specific logic to ensure the Level 1 planet appears only in its designated sector, preparing for unique objects in future levels.
• Performance Optimization: Centralized WebGL management significantly reduces GPU overhead for smoother performance.
• Core Engine Update: Bumped internal script versioning to v1.8.6 to enforce the latest stability enhancements.

Major visual overhaul of the sector environments and tactical items for a more cinematic experience.

• Massive Planet Scaling: Background planets now feature 100% larger surface areas (1000px start / 1200px in-game) for a truly majestic sense of scale.
• Cinematic Corner-Lock: On the start screen, only a sharp quarter of the planet is visible, creating a professional "locked to corner" aesthetic.
• Resolution Boost: Internal planet rendering resolution increased to 1024px, ensuring ultra-crisp textures even at massive sizes.
• 3D Item Revolution: Every collectible item (Health Crosses, Inferno, Shield, Upgrades) has been replaced with a high-fidelity 3D FBX model.
• Rotational Finesse: Planet rotation has been slowed by 75% for a much more subtle, atmospheric celestial drift.

Introduction of high-fidelity 3D modeling and significant gameplay balance refinements for a premium pilot experience.

• 3D Celestial Integration: Fully integrated 3D FBX planet model with slow 360-degree rotation.
• Atmospheric Parallax: Menu enemies now swarm *over* the 3D planet, creating a rich multi-layered depth effect on the start screen.
• Environmental Anchoring: The 3D planet is now locked to the background scroll, providing a realistic sense of scale and distance during transit.
• 3D Ship Evolution: Fully integrated FBX 3D player ship with dynamic lighting and professional shadow definition.
• Visual Precision: Refined planet scale and fixed aspect ratio distortion for a perfect spherical appearance.
• Pilot HUD Restoration: Recovered "floating" victory HUD aesthetics and enforced non-shrinking leaderboard layouts.
• Leaderboard Logic: Hall of Fame now smartly reveals only after successful mission data synchronization.
• The Nimble Update: Reduced ship hitbox size (15px) and visual rendering scale for tighter, more responsive combat movement.

Massive performance optimizations and a complete visual refinement of combat effects.

• Engine Polish: object pooling for particles and high-speed rectangular rendering for ultra-smooth 60FPS combat.
• Monster Graphics: Improved visual clarity, higher resolution particle trails, and randomized death sizes for all enemies.
• Dramatic Explosions:
  • Enemies: High-velocity Red sparks for a satisfying "pop."
  • Bosses: Majestic Red & Purple explosions with cinematic expansion.
  • Player: Intense Red & Yellow death sequence.
• Weapon Balancing: Consolidated all offensive effects (Inferno/Upgrades) to a unified **Green** theme. Defensive Shields are now a distinct **Blue**.

Monsters now possess unique flight patterns that evolve as you progress through the sectors.

• Level 1: Tight Vibrations, S-Curves, and Sharp Zig-Zags.
• Level 2: Dashing, Vertical Bouncing, and Ghostly Flickering.
• Level 3: Figure-8 Orbits, Horizontal Warps, and Solar Flare bursts.
• Level 4: Spiral Dives, Multi-sine waves, and Mirror Shadows.

Elite threats (UFOs, Infernos, Asteroids) now strike as unpredictable hazards.

• Scaling Danger: Wildcard chance increases by 10% per level.
• Global Hazards: All 4 asteroid types can randomly fall on any level.
• Elite Evolution: Inferno ships learn Ricochet Hunting in Level 4.

• Wave Size: All standard waves doubled in size (8-12 enemies).
• Bag System: Guaranteed variety of all basic monster types per cycle.

• Hall of Fame: Rebranded leaderboard for legendary pilots.
• Captain's Log: Interactive, ultra-compact mission statistics tooltip with smart positioning.