Bomberman 2026 — Release Notes

Originally titled "Bomberman Remastered". Renamed to Bomberman 2026 at v0.015.

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v0.189 (Current)

April 11, 2026

Fixed: Score submit button appearing on title menu after quitting a game
onQuit now clears frozen scores and sets level to 0 so getScoreData() returns all zeros

v0.188

April 11, 2026

Fixed: onQuit (Back to Menu) now fully resets all game state, mode, and player data
Clears mpMode, mpPlayers, mpPlayerAssignments, spectator/SP flags, death mode

v0.187

April 11, 2026

Removed: "Game continues — not paused" warning in MP pause menu
Platform already handles host/non-host pause distinction (host gets real pause, non-host sees overlay)

v0.186

April 11, 2026

Fixed: Server _tick() now respects this.paused flag — bombs/enemies/players no longer update while paused
Same pattern as Bubble Bobble server

v0.185

April 11, 2026

Fixed: Platform loading — changed hardcoded <script src="techment-platform.js"> to <?php include load.php; ?>
Matches Bubble Bobble and Pac-Man auto-discovery pattern

v0.184

April 11, 2026

Added: Boss HP bar — red health bar above boss enemies, synced from server hp/maxHp
Added: Shield bubble — blue translucent circle around player when shield power-up is active
Server: Added hp and maxHp fields to enemy state in getState()

v0.183

April 11, 2026

Fixed: Spectator game over — spectator now waits silently for platform server to close room and redirect to lobby

v0.182

April 11, 2026

Fixed: Spectator game over handling — calls showGameOver() for spectators (later superseded by v0.183 approach)
Set window._bmIsSpectator flag from platform msg.spectator on multiplayer start

v0.181

April 11, 2026

Fixed: Player colors now tied to server slot via colorIndex (slot 0=blue, 1=red, 2=yellow, 3=green)
Fixed: Tombstone colors use server prefix directly instead of array position lookup
Prevents color mismatch on rejoin after disconnect

v0.180

April 11, 2026

Fixed: removePlayer marks player dead (alive=false, lives=0) before deleting
Fixed: Game-over check runs on remaining players after removal
Added: [BM] console logging on addPlayer/removePlayer for ghost player diagnostics

v0.179

April 11, 2026

Server: removePlayer defensive fix — prevents ghost players from blocking game-over detection

v0.178

April 11, 2026

Major: Removed LocalGameServer class (~390 lines) — SP now uses same relay path as MP
Added: _bmNewSPGame() — opens WebSocket to relay, creates 1-player room with autoStart: true
SP uses deathMode: 'permanent', joinMode: 'closed'
Save/restore sends restore_save input to server after game_start
Player sprite starts hidden, shown on first server state with alive: true
Platform server: addPlayer now passes joinedSlot for correct spawn slot assignment

v0.177

April 11, 2026

Intermediate version during SP relay migration

v0.176

April 6–11, 2026

Last version with LocalGameServer class (client-side SP game logic)
Source of truth for refactoring to server-authoritative SP

v0.174–v0.175

April 6, 2026

Intermediate iterations during server-authoritative SP migration
Server: Added restore_save input handler for loading saved games via relay

v0.173

April 6, 2026

TG-214: Replaced separate single-player code path with server-authoritative architecture
Added: LocalGameServer class — pure-logic game engine that outputs game_state messages
SP now runs through the same _applyHostState() renderer as MP (no separate SP update loop)
Removed ~1200 lines of dead SP-only code (handlePlayerInput, updateBombs, explodeBomb, etc.)
Timer guarded for local-server mode to prevent double-counting
Existing MP behavior preserved (remote MP path unchanged)

v0.172

April 5, 2026

Fixed: Explosions freezing on SP death — removed early if (playerDead) return in update() that halted the entire game loop
Explosions now tick naturally to completion even during death state

v0.171

April 5, 2026

Fixed: .sys undefined crash on SP revive — player sprite excluded from depth-based cleanup filter

v0.170

April 5, 2026

Intermediate iteration of SP death/revive fixes

v0.169

April 5, 2026

Fixed: Debris particle texture mismatch — Date.now() called twice caused missing-texture black boxes when destroying walls
Added: SP death now shows tombstone + "Press ENTER to revive" prompt (matching MP behavior)
Fixed: Active explosions and bombs cleared on SP death so flames don't freeze on screen

v0.167–v0.168

April 5, 2026

Initial iterations of debris fix and SP tombstone feature

v0.166

April 3, 2026

Fixed: MP observer text now shows three distinct states: blue ("You will revive when level clears") for revive-on-clear, green ("Press Enter to revive") for permanent death with lives remaining, red ("No lives left") for eliminated
Fixed: SP mode observer text also uses death-mode-aware messaging (blue vs red)
Fixed: canRevive correctly gates on _bmDeathMode === 'permanent' — revive-on-clear players no longer see the Enter-to-revive prompt

v0.165

April 3, 2026

Fixed: Remote tombstones now properly destroyed (.destroy()) on level transition — previously only nulled, leaving sprites on screen
Fixed: Enter-to-revive listener now cleaned up on level transition to prevent stale handler
Fixed: gameState.lives no longer hardcoded to 1 on MP start — value set by server state sync

v0.164

April 3, 2026

Changed: Remote tombstone reverted to add.sprite() at depth 3 (stable rendering path)
Removed: Debug rectangle marker from tombstone investigation

v0.163

April 3, 2026

Changed: Remote tombstone switched to add.text('🪦') emoji — testing canvas text rendering for visibility

v0.162

April 3, 2026

Changed: Remote tombstone switched to add.image() instead of add.sprite() — no animation needed, simpler render path

v0.161

April 3, 2026

Major: Removed all remaining browser-side host logic — all players are now pure server-authoritative clients
Removed: _mpIsHost flag, _processHostInputs(), _moveRemotePlayers(), _checkRemotePlayerCollisions(), _checkRemotePlayerPowerups(), _broadcastGameState()
Removed: Inline PHP leaderboard API handler from game file (handled by index.php/scores.php)
Removed: Client-side spawn area clearing (server handles authoritative grid)
Removed: Local _blocksDestroyed counter
Removed: Debug red rectangle tombstone marker
Server: Removed stale powerup and bomb-count debug logging loops

v0.160

April 3, 2026

Changed: Remote tombstone depth raised to 50 for maximum render priority
Added: Red debug rectangle at tombstone position to isolate visibility issue

v0.159

April 3, 2026

Added: Tombstone debug log — logs position, texture, size, visibility, and alpha on creation

v0.158

April 3, 2026

Fixed: Remote tombstone depth raised to 10 and forced to TILE×TILE display size
Removed: Debug log from v0.157

v0.157

April 3, 2026

Added: Debug log for remote player tombstone existence check on state update

v0.156

April 3, 2026

Fixed: Observer text live-update (lives → 0 message) now only applies in permanent death mode — revive-on-clear clients no longer incorrectly see "No lives left"

v0.155

April 3, 2026

Fixed: Observer text updates live when server pushes lives = 0 — shows "No lives left. You can stay and observe."
Fixed: Enter-to-revive listener removed immediately when lives hit zero

v0.154

April 3, 2026

Added: "Press Enter to revive" mechanic for permanent death mode — dead player can respawn mid-level
Added: Observer text color-coded: green if revive available, red if permanently eliminated
Added: Enter key listener attached on death, cleaned up on revival or level transition
Added: Tombstones destroyed when player is revived
Added: window._mpDeathMode set from server msg.deathMode on game start
Server: Added revive input handler — processes { type: 'revive' } from client, spawns player at spawn position with 3-second invincibility

v0.153

April 3, 2026

Fixed: Client now syncs lives from server state — permanent death mode shows 3 hearts correctly
Fixed: Removed hardcoded lives = 1 for all multiplayer modes
Fixed: Removed duplicate state sync block (was copy-pasted twice)
Added: deathMode and lives support in server — Permanent Death starts with 3 lives, Revive on Clear starts with 1 life
Added: Revive logic in _initLevel() — revive mode resets to 1 life, permanent mode only revives if lives > 0
Added: lives field in player creation and getState() broadcast
Added: Death mode selection in lobby (radio buttons via platform)

v0.152

April 3, 2026 — server file only; no matching game file

Server: Identical to v0.151 server — version bumped as placeholder; no functional change
Note: game/v0.152.php was never deployed (rule violation — documented for history)

v0.151

April 1, 2026

Added: _checkConnectionHealth() — if no server state received for 3 seconds, forces _gridSynced = false to trigger full resync on next state packet
Added: _lastStateTime tracking updated each time a state is applied

v0.150

April 1, 2026

Changed: Position snap threshold tightened from 1.5 tiles to 0.8 tiles (snaps sooner on drift)
Changed: Lerp speed increased from 20% to 50% per frame — faster drift correction

v0.149

April 1, 2026

Removed: Stale [v0.123] Server-authoritative mode activated console log

v0.148

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Ready button now syncs with server state — when a player leaves the lobby, all ready buttons reset visually (not just server-side)

v0.147

April 1, 2026

Fixed: When a player leaves the multiplayer lobby, all remaining players' ready status is reset (server-side)
This prevents accidental game starts when a player leaves right before the last ready click

v0.146

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Game room is now deleted immediately on game over — prevents "Play Again" from rejoining a dead game
Previously rooms lingered in "playing" state after server-side game over

v0.145

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Server game over now properly marks room as finished in the WebSocket relay
Prevents rejoining a completed game with same room name

v0.144

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Power-ups now reset on death (maxBombs=1, flameRange=1, speed=160, no shield)
Power-ups still persist across level transitions (survive to next map)

v0.143

April 1, 2026

Fixed: "Play Again" → Create/Join game no longer crashes with null WebSocket error
Added safe _mpSend() helper to platform JS — auto-reconnects if socket is dead
Applied to all socket operations: create, join, spectate, ready, leave

v0.142

April 1, 2026

Fixed: "Play Again" waits for WebSocket reconnection before showing lobby
Platform JS: null socket guard on join click with auto-retry

v0.141

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Power-ups were being destroyed by the same explosion that spawned them
Root cause: explosion cells included the destroyed block position, immediately marking the new powerup as dead
Fix: 100ms grace period protects newly spawned powerups from the creating explosion

v0.140

April 1, 2026

Added: Random roll debug logging for powerup spawn investigation

v0.139

April 1, 2026

Added: Comprehensive powerup lifecycle logging (spawn, collect, destroy by explosion)

v0.138

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Powerup collection grace period (500ms after spawn before collectible)
Reverted drop rate back to 10% (was temporarily 30%)

v0.137

April 1, 2026

Added: Powerup spawn logging on server
Investigated missing powerups (identified race condition)

v0.136

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Tombstones now cleared on level transition
All tombstones tracked and destroyed when entering new level
Remote player tombstone flags reset on revival

v0.135

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Game over screen now shows when all players die in multiplayer
Server broadcasts gameOver flag; client triggers dramatic game over animation
Observer text removed before game over screen

v0.134

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Observer text ("💀 OBSERVING") no longer persists across level transitions
Observer text destroyed when player is revived or level transitions
Death detection blocked during level transitions to prevent false triggers

v0.133

April 1, 2026

Major: Server-authoritative position sync — client always lerps/snaps to server position
Small drift (<1 tile): smooth 20% lerp per frame
Large drift (>1.5 tiles): instant snap
Direction and walk animation synced from server
Tombstone placed at server position (consistent across all clients)

v0.132

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Level transition double-trigger — window._levelTransitioning flag prevents infinite restart loop
Server broadcasts levelComplete: true during 3s transition; client scene restart could re-trigger

v0.131

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Level 2+ missing walls — _gridSynced flag now resets on scene restart
Server broadcasts full grid + levelComplete flag
All client state (enemies, bombs, explosions, powerups) cleaned up on level transition

v0.130

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Walking through monsters without dying — added _checkEnemyPlayerCollisions() to server
Fixed: Surviving own explosions — explosion-player collision now uses pixel proximity (60% tile)
Fixed: Ghost bomb prediction — client checks bomb count before placing predicted bomb

v0.129

April 1, 2026

Added: Local bomb prediction — bomb sprite appears instantly on space press (client-side)
Server confirms; no visual delay for bomb placement
Manual edge detection for space key (replaces Phaser JustDown)

v0.128

April 1, 2026

Major: All players use client rendering path in multiplayer — no more local game logic in MP
Host no longer spawns local enemies (server provides all)
Dead enemies filtered from rendering (alive only)
SP game logic guard changed to if (!mpMode) only

v0.127

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Bomb placement latency — client sends grid position with bomb request
Server uses client-provided position instead of server-side position (compensates for network delay)

v0.126

April 1, 2026

Added: Observer text ("💀 OBSERVING — waiting for level end...") when player dies in server-authoritative mode
Death sound, tombstone, and camera shake on local death detection

v0.125

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Server game state routing — onMultiplayerState now pushes state into mpInputBuffer for _applyHostState
Fixed: Grid sync from server — full grid included in state, client rebuilds on first receive
Fixed: Death/tombstone rendering for both local and remote players

v0.124

April 1, 2026

Fixed: Server input handling — handleInput now correctly extracts input.keys from nested message format
Fixed: Bomb placement on server — was reading keys.bomb at wrong nesting level

v0.123

April 1, 2026

Major: Server-authoritative multiplayer architecture
Game logic moved from host browser to Node.js server (server/v0.123.js)
WebSocket relay auto-discovers and loads game server modules
All multiplayer players are equal clients — no host/client distinction
Server runs at 60fps tick, broadcasts at 30fps
Eliminates tab-switching desync and host disconnect issues

v0.122

March 31, 2026

New game folder structure: game/v0.xxx.php + server/v0.xxx.js
Exit door graphic restored to original design
Exit reveal delay removed (back to immediate)
All visual effect parity between host and joiner (explosions, bombs, powerups, enemy death)
Cache busting: date('YmdHis') on platform JS
Web Worker background tick to prevent tab throttling
disableVisibilityChange: true in Phaser config

v0.121

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Exit door unlock detection — allEnemiesDead now checks e.alive not array length
Client exit tint matches host (green=unlocked, red=locked)

v0.120

March 31, 2026

Added: Web Worker background tick — keeps game loop running in background tabs
Added: disableVisibilityChange: true in Phaser config

v0.119

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Exit door position synced every frame from server exitState.col/row
Exit hidden when not revealed

v0.118

March 31, 2026

Full visual effect parity audit — all effects match between host and joiner:
Bombs: pulsing (1.12x/350ms), orange glow, shadow, tick sounds
Explosions: directional textures, 3-stage tint, bloom, smoke, sparks
Power-ups: emoji labels, sparkle effects, bobbing animation
Enemy death: spin+scale+fade, colored particles, kill sound

v0.117

March 31, 2026

Fixed: MP game over now has dramatic animation (camera zoom, greyscale, "GAME OVER" text)
Same 2.1s animation as single player before showing game over menu

v0.116

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Bomb placement uses actual pixel position (nearest cell center)
Player snapped to cell center when placing bomb — prevents bomb/player position mismatch

v0.115

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Joiner explosion animation — full directional textures, tint stages, bloom, smoke, sparks
Camera shake and flash on explosions for joiner

v0.114

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Client block destruction animation — white flash, fade/shrink, debris particles
Previously blocks just disappeared instantly on client

v0.113

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Player sprite explicitly set visible on scene restart
Host state alive: true restores sprite visibility after death+revival

v0.112

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Host bomb count — each bomb now has owner field ('local'/'remote')
maxBombs check only counts own bombs, not all players' bombs

v0.111

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Joiner bomb walk-through — same-cell bomb exception added to client prediction

v0.110

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Player locked to bomb cell — same-cell exception allows movement within own cell
Bomb only blocks when entering a DIFFERENT cell

v0.109

March 31, 2026

Complete movement rewrite: continuous Pac-Man/Bomberman style
Player moves continuously at speed px/s (not tile-locked)
Perpendicular turns only at tile center (auto-slides to center)
Reverse direction instantly
No keys → coast to nearest tile center
Eliminates all teleporting on direction change

v0.108

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Host position correction disabled while movement keys pressed (prevents teleporting)

v0.107

March 31, 2026

Added: "⚠️ Game continues — not paused" warning in MP pause menu

v0.106

March 31, 2026

Added: Direction change mid-move — cancel + snap to nearest cell center

v0.105

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Exit door position synced from host's exitPos on grid receive

v0.104

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Remote player spawn position — col/row initialized on creation (was undefined → 0,0)

v0.103

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Bomb placement mid-move — places at destination cell if past 30% animation

v0.102

March 31, 2026

Fixed: Enemy collision uses grid positions, host broadcasts col/row

v0.101

March 31, 2026

Grid-based movement rewrite — tile-locked animation between cells
All three movement systems (host, client prediction, remote) use same logic

v0.069–v0.100

March 28–31, 2026

Host-authoritative multiplayer architecture (browser-hosted)
4-player multiplayer with colored player sprites
Deterministic grid sync, enemy sync, host migration
Death → observer mode with tombstone
Level transitions synced across players
Lobby redesign: tabbed Create/Join interface
Room browser with waiting/playing/finished sections

v0.025–v0.068

March 2026

Multiplayer WebSocket integration with Techment Platform
Start menu SP/MP split
4 colored Bomberman player sprites with colored antennas
Bomb, explosion, power-up sync across players
Sound broadcast system host→joiner

v0.019–v0.024

March 2026

Platform library integration (CSS inlining, cache busting)
Responsive menu system
Score submission with game_id uniqueness

v0.018

March 2026

Added: Platform volume bridge — window.setMusicVolume and window.setSfxVolume

v0.017

March 2026

Fixed: Letter spacing on "Level Complete" text (10px → 22px)

v0.016

March 2026

Added: MusicSystem with 3-track MP3 support

v0.015

March 2026

Renamed from "Bomberman Remastered" to Bomberman 2026
Five procedural level themes
Chain explosion sound effect
Techment Platform integration

v0.007–v0.014

March 2026

Tone.js synthesizer audio engine
Procedural level texture generation
Grid-based maze generator
Enemy bob animation

v0.001–v0.006

March 2026

Initial release: classic Bomberman-style maze game on Phaser 3
Five enemy types, four power-ups
Server-side high score database (SQLite)
Chain reaction explosions

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