- Remove ChatPanel/EventLog entirely (UIFeature, GameState, MetaEngine,
SpectreRenderer, Program, ChatPanelTests, meta_chat item/box/strings)
- Retouch Space adventure: expand AlienEncounter with 3 proper endings
(RareBoxStory, AlienTrade, BoxContest with flair secret branch),
expand SpaceExploration with fuel-gated choices and deeper branching
- Add (NOUVEAU/NEW) prefix to adventure action when no adventure completed
- Translate character names via localization keys (character.* in en/fr.json)
- Replace hardcoded "(unavailable)" with localized hint or fallback text
- Fix snapshot path to use CallerFilePath instead of fragile ../ chain
- Add Workstations summary section to item_utility_report.txt
Strip Health, Mana, Food, Stamina, Oxygen, Energy — only Gold and Blood
remain as they serve as adventure gates (Contemporary ≥30, DarkFantasy ≥20).
Remove 22 orphaned items, 5 recipes, and the AlchemyTable workstation.
Replace energy_cell in rocket_boots recipe with cosmic_shard.
Change box_endgame condition from AllResourcesVisible to BoxesOpenedAbove:500.
Add ItemUtilitySnapshot test that maps every item to its usage contexts
(loot sources, crafting, interactions, adventures) and generates a report.
DEBUG overwrites the snapshot; RELEASE asserts no changes.
Update specifications.md and CLAUDE.md to reflect resource cleanup.
Remove obsolete bugs.md and refactoring_plan.md.
Update ShowGameState test to expect box counter output (added in
proposals_2.md). Add refactoring_plan.md documenting Black Box Sim
pattern violations and prioritized fixes.
- Reorder meta unlocks for better early-game pacing (visual panels first)
- Portrait always visible, cosmetics shown only when panel unlocked
- Auto-equip first cosmetic of each slot
- Transform ChatPanel into event log with localized title
- Compact UI feature announcements (Panel instead of FigletText)
- FullLayout-only screen clearing, inline resource summary pre-unlock
- Lore fragment named keys for inventory display
- Interactive inventory with ↑↓ selection, detail panel, and Enter to act
- Consumable items usable via UseItemAction pipeline
- Lore fragments readable in dedicated display panel
- Add InventoryRenderCapture test and document render capture workflow
Bug fixes:
- Fix double "NEW FEATURE UNLOCKED" message and broken enum-to-key mapping for all UIFeatures
- Fix Spectre markup crash when opening inventory with colors unlocked (unescaped rarity brackets)
- Fix latent Spectre markup crash in ResourcePanel (unescaped bar brackets)
- Fix WeightedRandom.PickMultiple picking with replacement causing duplicate drops
- Fix double AddItem bug (BoxEngine + RenderEvents both adding to state)
- Add StatType and FontStyle fields to ItemDefinition (were in JSON but missing from C# record)
New features:
- Endgame box (Mythic) that appears when all 8 resources are discovered, contains Crown of Completion
- Completion percentage tracker as mid-game meta unlock (tier 3), shown in both renderers
- Adventure pool depletion: adventure sub-boxes with already-unlocked themes are removed from loot pool
- Global error handling with log file output (openthebox-error.log)
- Tiered meta progression: 5 sequential meta boxes replacing single box_meta
New tests (180 new, 228 total):
- 5 panel rendering test classes covering all enum values (Portrait, Resource, Stats, Inventory, Chat)
- RenderContext and RendererFactory logic tests
- SpectreRenderer output tests across 4 context configurations
- BasicRenderer output and input method tests
- Simulation state mutation and full-run completion tests
