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jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.6 61d454228d feat(client): character select, triangle activation consumer, news ticker
Sprint 24 Signal — three client tickets delivering the player-facing
storyteller feedback loop:

- #588: Character archetype select screen between New Game and session
  start. Two-card UI (Smuggler/Detective), keyboard+mouse, ESC cancels.
  GameState.character_archetype persisted and sent in StartupMessage.
  PROTOCOL_VERSION bumped to 19.
- #590: Triangle crisis event consumer. Decodes triangle_crisis_events
  from snapshot, fires sfx_monologue_chime_urgent once per triangle per
  session via AudioManager.CHIME_ACTIVATION.
- #592: News ticker HUD element. Scrolling marquee on UILayer, visible
  only when current_ticker is present in snapshot (Last Shift zone).
  Zero-arg update_from_state reads from GameState.current_snapshot.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-05 11:44:05 +01:00

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extends Control
## #592: News ticker — scrolling horizontal headline bar, active in The Last Shift zone.
## Lives on UILayer (z-layer 7 per D-049). Not suppressed by insert_active (D-013):
## the ticker is a real-world screen the player can see regardless of insert state.
## Text scrolls left at SCROLL_SPEED px/sec. When current_ticker is null, hides.
const BG_COLOR := Color(0.05, 0.05, 0.07, 0.75)
const TEXT_COLOR := Color(0.784, 0.816, 0.878, 1.0) # INSERT_COLOR_TEXT
const FONT_SIZE := 13
const SCROLL_SPEED := 60.0 # pixels per second
const BAR_HEIGHT := 28
@onready var _label: Label = $TickerLabel
var _text: String = ""
var _scroll_x: float = 0.0
var _content_width: float = 0.0
func _ready() -> void:
mouse_filter = Control.MOUSE_FILTER_IGNORE
_label.add_theme_font_size_override("font_size", FONT_SIZE)
_label.add_theme_color_override("font_color", TEXT_COLOR)
visible = false
func update_from_state() -> void:
var ticker: Variant = GameState.current_snapshot.get("current_ticker")
if ticker == null or not ticker is Dictionary:
visible = false
return
var new_text: String = ticker.get("text", "")
if new_text.is_empty():
visible = false
return
if new_text != _text:
_text = new_text
_label.text = _text
# Reset scroll to start from the right edge on new headline.
_content_width = _label.get_minimum_size().x
_scroll_x = size.x
visible = true
func _process(delta: float) -> void:
if not visible:
return
_scroll_x -= SCROLL_SPEED * delta
# Restart from right edge when text has fully exited left.
if _scroll_x + _content_width < 0.0:
_scroll_x = size.x
_label.position.x = _scroll_x