From 3131d58e58ca7991c764d74225468d5994ed91af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:55:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove pre-start animations for Space Invaders

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/NextCommunity/NextCommunity.github.io/sessions/7a2c3d4c-134f-4fb6-aeaa-9161764680a3

Co-authored-by: jbampton <418747+jbampton@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/assets/js/eggs.js                 | 13 +----
 src/assets/js/games/space-invaders.js | 84 +--------------------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/assets/js/eggs.js b/src/assets/js/eggs.js
index 326f8abd..1bb30219 100644
--- a/src/assets/js/eggs.js
+++ b/src/assets/js/eggs.js
@@ -22,21 +22,10 @@
 
     heartClickCount++;
 
-    // Visual feedback: heart grows with each click
-    const scaleAmount = 1 + heartClickCount * 0.3;
-    heart.style.transition =
-      "transform 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.17, 0.67, 0.83, 0.67)";
-    heart.style.transform = `scale(${scaleAmount})`;
-
     if (heartClickCount === 5) {
       phaserStarted = true;
       heart.innerHTML = "🎮";
-      heart.style.transform = "scale(1.5)";
-
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        heart.style.opacity = "0";
-        SpaceInvaders.launch();
-      }, 300);
+      SpaceInvaders.launch();
     }
   });
 })();
diff --git a/src/assets/js/games/space-invaders.js b/src/assets/js/games/space-invaders.js
index 2c8a2734..980248a1 100644
--- a/src/assets/js/games/space-invaders.js
+++ b/src/assets/js/games/space-invaders.js
@@ -9,41 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 const SpaceInvaders = (() => {
-  // ─── Emoji assets ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-  const BURST_EMOJIS = [
-    "🎮",
-    "🕹️",
-    "👾",
-    "🚀",
-    "✨",
-    "⭐",
-    "🔥",
-    "💥",
-    "🌈",
-    "🎉",
-    "💖",
-    "💎",
-    "🤖",
-    "👻",
-    "🦄",
-    "🍄",
-    "🌍",
-    "⚡",
-    "🏆",
-    "🎯",
-    "🛸",
-    "👽",
-    "👾",
-    "🐙",
-    "🦖",
-    "🪐",
-    "🌌",
-    "🌠",
-    "☄️",
-    "🌙",
-  ];
-
   const ALIEN_ROWS = ["👾", "👽", "🛸", "🐙", "👾"];
   const GAME_ID = "space-invaders";
 
@@ -70,7 +35,7 @@ const SpaceInvaders = (() => {
       width: "100vw",
       height: "100vh",
       zIndex: "10000",
-      pointerEvents: "none", // non-interactive until explosion is done
+      pointerEvents: "auto",
     });
     document.body.appendChild(canvas);
 
@@ -97,24 +62,7 @@ const SpaceInvaders = (() => {
   // ─── Scene callbacks ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   function _onCreate() {
-    const particles = _spawnExplosion(this);
-
-    // After 5 s, fade out the explosion and start the real game
-    this.time.delayedCall(5000, () => {
-      this.tweens.add({
-        targets: particles.getChildren(),
-        alpha: 0,
-        duration: 1000,
-        onComplete: () => {
-          particles.clear(true, true);
-
-          const canvas = document.getElementById("game-canvas-" + GAME_ID);
-          if (canvas) canvas.style.pointerEvents = "auto";
-
-          _setupGame(this);
-        },
-      });
-    });
+    _setupGame(this);
   }
 
   function _onUpdate() {
@@ -135,34 +83,6 @@ const SpaceInvaders = (() => {
 
   // ─── Game setup ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-  function _spawnExplosion(scene) {
-    const heartEl = document.getElementById("footer-heart");
-    const rect = heartEl
-      ? heartEl.getBoundingClientRect()
-      : { left: window.innerWidth / 2, top: window.innerHeight - 60 };
-
-    const group = scene.add.group();
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
-      const emoji = Phaser.Utils.Array.GetRandom(BURST_EMOJIS);
-      const p = scene.add.text(rect.left, rect.top, emoji, {
-        fontSize: "32px",
-      });
-
-      scene.physics.add.existing(p);
-      p.body.setVelocity(
-        Phaser.Math.Between(-400, 400),
-        Phaser.Math.Between(-600, -1200),
-      );
-      p.body.setBounce(0.6);
-      p.body.setCollideWorldBounds(true);
-      p.body.setAngularVelocity(Phaser.Math.Between(-200, 200));
-      group.add(p);
-    }
-
-    return group;
-  }
-
   function _setupGame(scene) {
     // Player rocket
     scene.si_player = scene.add.text(