Build VFX

Build VFX is the effect group for building and repair. The lead's catalogue rule: art follows the actual project or repair state, with no visual shortcut before the route can really be walked, and no duplicate reward on a retry or replay.

How it works#

Three states must never look alike:

Other cues:

• Taken off shows a neutral dash: the tool is still built.
• Repaired but not open shows an hourglass in the HUD and over the closed barrier. The barrier stays, and nothing on the map opens.
• Path open plays only after navigation has really changed: the barrier rails part, then "through" chevrons appear.
• Later (one road stretch per return) shows solid corners and an hourglass.
• A refusal shows broken corners on the row and the short resource, with no words.

Development#

• User review, 1 November: the "Built" and "In use" word tags were removed. A built tool's Fit or Take off button now wears a sage slot frame instead of the gold one, so the state reads without words. The Wrapping Depot panel was a UI design only; integration places it.
• Critique: two blind rounds. The one low score was a HUD hint with no VFX event.
• In the alpha: build.js is vendored unchanged from claude/vfx a0ba90a7a. The lead reports working relay construction in the alpha.

Gallery#

See also#

• VFX
• Home VFX
• Inventory HUD

Sources#

1. a0ba90a7a:docs/vfx/groups/build.mdcopy
2. a0ba90a7a:docs/ops/agent-messages/2026-11-01-claude-vfx-catalogue-groups.mdcopy
3. b89f778c2:src/main-game/game/INTEGRATION.jsoncopy