Changelog

All notable changes to Darkwatch are documented here.

[Unreleased]

Public brochure site (site/) — static marketing page with feature screenshots, feature rows, publisher section, and Discord/GitHub links; Playwright script generates screenshots automatically

Fire effect — reworked colour ramp (dark red tips → rich orange → amber → warm yellow core); per-column height variation gives the flame a ragged, realistic silhouette; ember glow at the base; overall taller at all intensity levels
Rain — more translucent drops (opacity 0.15–0.40); speed range halved so high intensity feels heavy, not frantic; direction tilts from vertical at low intensity to 70° at high intensity (wind-driven effect)
Embers — smaller particles (0.8–2.2 px) and more numerous (50–150 at full intensity)

Fog overlay no longer jumps at ~3 seconds — a CSS keyframe animation was overriding the inline intensity-based opacity value when it ended; replaced with a CSS transition driven by a React mount state

Auth & Access

Email/password authentication with JWT httpOnly cookies
Register, login, and logout flows
Campaign membership — DM and player roles
Invite link system for joining campaigns
Per-campaign role enforcement — API middleware, socket auth, and frontend gating

Campaign Management

Characters

Full character CRUD — stats (STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, CHA), gear, talents, HP, XP, currency
Auto-calculated AC and derived attacks
Talent effects — stat bonuses, AC, attack/damage, gear slots, HP scaling
Click-to-edit stats with view/edit mode split
Per-character color picker
DiceBear avatars with style picker
Character title auto-derived from class + alignment + level
Character creation wizard — 4-step modal: name/class/ancestry → 3d6 stat rolling → background/alignment/deity → review (HP, gold, gear slots, title all auto-derived)

Spellcasting

34 Tier 1–2 spells (Wizard and Priest)
1d20 cast checks with exhaustion on failure
Wizard mishap table (d12, auto-applied with undo)
Priest penance mechanic
Rest to recover spells
Spell focus indicator on DM character cards — shows which characters have active spell exhaustion

Dice Rolling

Torch Timer & Luck Tokens

Atmosphere Effects

Initiative Tracker

Team-based Shadowdark initiative: party rolls d20 individually (system takes highest) vs DM's single d20 for enemies
Rolling phase: each player rolls for their character, DM rolls for enemies
Active phase: turn order display, round counter, side highlighting
Enemy HP tracking — visible to DM only, hidden from players
Add/remove enemies mid-combat
Real-time sync via Socket.IO
Combat state persisted to database (survives server restarts)

DM Tools

Compact DM character cards — 3-up grid showing HP, AC, luck, torch, and stat modifiers
Atmosphere control panel (DM-only)

UI & Platform

Medieval visual theme — Cinzel + Alegreya fonts, parchment texture, gold filigree, dark color scheme
Mobile layout — full-screen character sheet, roll log drawer
Custom SelectDropdown — consistent cross-platform styling