feat: add animated gradient meter to header text based on player count

CSS background-clip: text with dynamic linear-gradient replaces flat
header color. Fill sweeps left-to-right (pink to white) proportional
to playerCount/maxPlayers. Pulse glow fires when lobby is full.

Made-with: Cursor

js/room-code-display.js

@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
   /** @type {boolean} */
   #active = false;
 
+  /** @type {number} */
+  #meterFill = 0;
+
+  /** @type {number} */
+  #meterTarget = 0;
+
+  /** @type {number | null} */
+  #meterRafId = null;
+
+  /** @type {boolean} */
+  #meterPulseFired = false;
+
   /**
    * @param {RoomCodeDisplayElements} elements
    * @param {RoomCodeDisplayInputs} inputs
@@ -89,6 +101,15 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
     }
 
     this.#applySettings();
+
+    const count = Number(ctx?.playerCount ?? 0);
+    const max = Number(ctx?.maxPlayers ?? 0);
+    const initialFill = max > 0 ? count / max : 0;
+    this.#meterFill = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, initialFill));
+    this.#meterTarget = this.#meterFill;
+    this.#meterPulseFired = false;
+    this.#applyMeterGradient();
+
     this.#startAnimation();
   }
 
@@ -96,6 +117,14 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
     this.#active = false;
     this.#clearAnimationTimers();
 
+    if (this.#meterRafId != null) {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(this.#meterRafId);
+      this.#meterRafId = null;
+    }
+    this.#meterFill = 0;
+    this.#meterTarget = 0;
+    this.#meterPulseFired = false;
+
     const { header, footer, codePart1, codePart2 } = this.#elements ?? {};
     if (!header || !footer || !codePart1 || !codePart2) {
       return;
@@ -127,6 +156,14 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
 
     if (next && next !== current) {
       this.activate(ctx);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const count = Number(ctx?.playerCount ?? 0);
+    const max = Number(ctx?.maxPlayers ?? 0);
+    const newTarget = max > 0 ? count / max : 0;
+    if (Math.abs(newTarget - this.#meterTarget) > 0.001) {
+      this.#animateMeterTo(newTarget);
     }
   }
 
@@ -140,6 +177,7 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
       active: this.#active,
       roomCode,
       timersRunning: this.#animationTimers.length > 0,
+      meterFill: Math.round(this.#meterFill * 100),
     };
   }
 
@@ -175,7 +213,7 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
     codePart2.style.fontSize = `${inputs.size.value}px`;
 
     header.textContent = inputs.headerText.value;
-    header.style.color = inputs.headerColor.value;
+    this.#applyMeterGradient();
     header.style.fontSize = `${inputs.headerSize.value}px`;
     header.style.transform = `translateY(${inputs.headerOffset.value}px)`;
 
@@ -279,4 +317,77 @@ export class RoomCodeDisplay {
       }, cycleDuration),
     );
   }
+
+  #applyMeterGradient() {
+    const header = this.#elements?.header;
+    const inputs = this.#inputs;
+    if (!header || !inputs) return;
+
+    const pct = Math.round(this.#meterFill * 100);
+    const baseColor = inputs.headerColor.value || '#f35dcb';
+
+    header.style.background =
+      `linear-gradient(to right, #ffffff 0%, #ffffff ${pct}%, ${baseColor} ${pct}%, ${baseColor} 100%)`;
+    header.style.webkitBackgroundClip = 'text';
+    header.style.backgroundClip = 'text';
+    header.style.webkitTextFillColor = 'transparent';
+  }
+
+  #animateMeterTo(target) {
+    const clamped = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, target));
+    this.#meterTarget = clamped;
+
+    if (this.#meterRafId != null) {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(this.#meterRafId);
+      this.#meterRafId = null;
+    }
+
+    const start = this.#meterFill;
+    const delta = clamped - start;
+    if (Math.abs(delta) < 0.001) {
+      this.#meterFill = clamped;
+      this.#applyMeterGradient();
+      this.#checkFullPulse();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const duration = 400;
+    const startTime = performance.now();
+
+    const step = (now) => {
+      const elapsed = now - startTime;
+      const t = Math.min(elapsed / duration, 1);
+      const eased = 1 - Math.pow(1 - t, 3);
+      this.#meterFill = start + delta * eased;
+      this.#applyMeterGradient();
+
+      if (t < 1) {
+        this.#meterRafId = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+      } else {
+        this.#meterRafId = null;
+        this.#meterFill = clamped;
+        this.#applyMeterGradient();
+        this.#checkFullPulse();
+      }
+    };
+
+    this.#meterRafId = requestAnimationFrame(step);
+  }
+
+  #checkFullPulse() {
+    const header = this.#elements?.header;
+    if (!header) return;
+
+    if (this.#meterFill >= 1 && !this.#meterPulseFired) {
+      this.#meterPulseFired = true;
+      header.classList.add('meter-full-pulse');
+      header.addEventListener('animationend', () => {
+        header.classList.remove('meter-full-pulse');
+      }, { once: true });
+    }
+
+    if (this.#meterFill < 1) {
+      this.#meterPulseFired = false;
+    }
+  }
 }

optimized-controls.html

@@ -35,10 +35,24 @@
             color: #f35dcb;
             font-size: 80px;
             font-weight: bold;
-            text-shadow: 3px 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
             letter-spacing: 2px;
             opacity: 0;
             transition: opacity 0.5s ease;
+            background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffffff 0%, #ffffff 0%, #f35dcb 0%, #f35dcb 100%);
+            -webkit-background-clip: text;
+            background-clip: text;
+            -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
+            filter: drop-shadow(3px 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8));
+        }
+
+        @keyframes meter-full-pulse {
+            0%   { filter: drop-shadow(3px 3px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.8)); }
+            50%  { filter: drop-shadow(0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,0.6)) drop-shadow(3px 3px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.8)); }
+            100% { filter: drop-shadow(3px 3px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.8)); }
+        }
+
+        #header.meter-full-pulse {
+            animation: meter-full-pulse 0.6s ease-out;
         }
         
         #footer {