Ghost: full-screen grey overlay while dead (UO-style) #30

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opened 2026-07-17 15:50:29 +02:00 by marco · 0 comments

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2026-07-17 15:50:29 +02:00

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Follow-up to the combat loop (#10 / PR #28). Today, when the local player dies they become a ghost and their sprite is tinted grey (others see them grey too). In UO the whole screen also desaturates/greys while you are dead — that full-screen overlay is missing.

Scope

When the local player is a ghost (_isGhost), draw a translucent grey overlay over the world view (UO-style "you are dead" look).
Clear it the instant the player resurrects (PlayerResurrected for self).
Client-only, cosmetic — no protocol or server change (the client already tracks _isGhost).

Out of scope

Desaturation shader / fancy post-processing (a simple grey quad is enough for v1).
Changing the ghost sprite tint (already done) or any gameplay behaviour.

Definition of Done

While the local player is a ghost, the world view is visibly greyed by a full-screen overlay; it disappears on resurrection — demonstrable in-game (die to a rat, see the grey screen, resurrect, screen returns to normal).
The overlay does not make the HUD/chat unreadable (drawn under the HUD, or light enough).
Other players' clients are unaffected (only the dead player sees their own overlay).

Follow-up to the combat loop (#10 / PR #28). Today, when the local player dies they become a ghost and their **sprite** is tinted grey (others see them grey too). In UO the *whole screen* also desaturates/greys while you are dead — that full-screen overlay is missing. ## Scope - When the local player is a ghost (`_isGhost`), draw a translucent grey **overlay over the world view** (UO-style "you are dead" look). - Clear it the instant the player resurrects (`PlayerResurrected` for self). - Client-only, cosmetic — no protocol or server change (the client already tracks `_isGhost`). ## Out of scope - Desaturation shader / fancy post-processing (a simple grey quad is enough for v1). - Changing the ghost sprite tint (already done) or any gameplay behaviour. ## Definition of Done - While the local player is a ghost, the world view is visibly greyed by a full-screen overlay; it disappears on resurrection — demonstrable in-game (die to a rat, see the grey screen, resurrect, screen returns to normal). - The overlay does not make the HUD/chat unreadable (drawn under the HUD, or light enough). - Other players' clients are unaffected (only the dead player sees their own overlay).

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2026-07-20 18:37:32 +02:00

Alpha — epic: PvP arena for friends #107

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feat: full-screen ghost overlay + one death path (#30)