Greetings, wanderers.

Today marks the biggest upgrade yet for the RoninLab text-adventure. This update transforms the experience from a simple choice-based story into a more atmospheric, animated, and immersive visual-novel-style journey — while keeping everything fast, lightweight, and mobile-friendly.

Here’s what’s new:

🌄 1. Illustrated Atmosphere Upgrade

Scenes now dramatically shift tone depending on your path:

• Forest scenes → misty green gradients

• Shrine scenes → warm lantern-red glow

• Oni scenes → corrupted red-black aura

• Duel moments → moonlit stark contrasts

• Menu → subdued dark aesthetic

These backgrounds blend with the newly added fog and ember layers to give each moment a stronger emotional presence.

🔥 2. Dynamic Fog & Ember Effects

Two subtle animated layers now sit behind everything:

• Fog gently drifts across the screen

• Embers pulse with faint red embers

Together they create a calm, mysterious samurai mood.

🎧 3. Procedural Ambient Soundscapes

No audio files required — everything is generated live in the browser:

• Forest wind

• Shrine drone + chime resonance

• Oni deep rumble

• Duel heartbeat pulse

• Menu ambience

Each scene updates its ambience automatically based on the path you take.

A new Sound ON/OFF toggle is available in the top-right corner.

⌨️ 4. Typewriter Text Effect

Story text now appears with a cinematic typewriter effect, giving every moment more weight and pacing.
The effect auto-adjusts to multi-line scenes and works smoothly on mobile.

🗺️ 5. Path Progress Indicator

A small journey bar now shows your current path progression, helping players understand how far they’ve gone without breaking immersion.

🧠 6. Hidden Collectibles: Ronin’s Wisdom

Certain choices now unlock “Wisdom” entries — short philosophical lines tied to your journey.

Find all of them to uncover all the hidden teachings of the ronin.

🌅 7. A New True Ending — The Ronin Ascends

A special golden ending has been added.

Requirements (hidden in-game):

• Honor ≥ 3

• Discipline ≥ 2

• Strength ≥ 1

• No oni corruption

• At least one peaceful decision

If these are met, you’ll see a new button:
“Transcend the path (True Ending)”

This ending acts as the “canon” ascension route for the ronin.

📤 8. Better Ending Screens + Sharing Tools

Endings now include:

• A RoninLab brand footer

• A call-to-action to share your ending

• Better formatting

• A CTA to explore the shop

These help spread the game naturally.

🖼️ 9. Splash Screen & Logo Fully Restored

The splash intro and RoninLab logo were preserved and upgraded — keeping your brand identity front and center.

⚙️ 10. Performance & UX Polishing

• Faster transitions

• Smoother input on mobile

• Cleaned-up JS logic

• Reduced rendering flicker

• Organized scene logic

🧭 What’s Next?

Planned future upgrades:

• Character silhouettes (samurai, oni, villagers)

• More story routes

• Parallax backgrounds

• An optional “Artbook Mode” featuring RoninLab designs

• Save/Load system

• Achievements menu

Thank you for playing and supporting RoninLab.
Every choice you make shapes your path — and your feedback shapes the future of this project.

Stay sharp, ronin. 🗡️