Shared tomatoes, P1 sandbox spawns, and weapons left out

- Tomato splats are kept in the match, so everyone sees everyone's
  (others' arrive in replays, which play no effects), each splatting
  with juice and a sound once.
- The sandbox's first player (solo or hosting) spawns on the arena's
  P1 mark.
- A thrown flail ball or grapple stays out when switching weapons, and
  another weapon fires while a grapple hangs on. Mines, flail balls and
  grapples go once their slot no longer holds the weapon that put them
  out (mines fizzling).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/effects.cpp

@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ constexpr float FLASH_LIFE = 0.05f;
 constexpr float FLASH_WIDTH = 6;
 constexpr float RING_LIFE = 0.3f;
 constexpr int RING_WIDTH = 2;
-constexpr float SPLAT_CORE = 6;
-constexpr float SPLAT_FADE = 0.6f;
-constexpr float SPLAT_LIFE = 2;
-constexpr float SPLAT_REACH = 10;
-constexpr float SPLAT_SIZE_MAX = 3.5f;
-constexpr float SPLAT_SIZE_MIN = 1.5f;
 constexpr float AFTERIMAGE_LIFE = 0.12f;
 constexpr float NUMBER_GAP = 8;
 constexpr float POPUP_FADE = 0.4f;
@@ -133,19 +127,6 @@ void Effects::ring_spawn(Vec2 position, float radius, Color color)
     effect_add(rings, Ring{color, position, RING_LIFE, radius});
 }
 
-// A big blob where it landed, with smaller ones flung round it.
-void Effects::splat_spawn(Vec2 position, Color color)
-{
-    Splat splat = {.color = color, .position = position, .life = SPLAT_LIFE};
-    splat.sizes[0] = SPLAT_CORE;
-    for (int i = 1; i < SPLAT_BLOBS; i++)
-    {
-        splat.blobs[i] = vec2_polar(random_get(0, 2 * PI), random_get(SPLAT_CORE, SPLAT_REACH));
-        splat.sizes[i] = random_get(SPLAT_SIZE_MIN, SPLAT_SIZE_MAX);
-    }
-    effect_add(splats, splat);
-}
-
 void Effects::dps_record(int amount)
 {
     hits.push_back({ticks * TICK, amount});
@@ -187,10 +168,6 @@ void Effects::update()
         ring.life -= TICK;
     std::erase_if(rings, [](Ring& ring) { return ring.life <= 0; });
 
-    for (Splat& splat : splats)
-        splat.life -= TICK;
-    std::erase_if(splats, [](Splat& splat) { return splat.life <= 0; });
-
     for (Afterimage& afterimage : afterimages)
         afterimage.life -= TICK;
     std::erase_if(afterimages, [](Afterimage& afterimage) { return afterimage.life <= 0; });
@@ -232,14 +209,6 @@ void Effects::draw(Game& game)
         renderer.line_draw(flash.position - across, flash.position + across, width * FLASH_CROSS, flash.color);
     }
 
-    // Each splat holds, then fades out over its last moments.
-    for (Splat& splat : splats)
-    {
-        Color color = color_fade(splat.color, std::min(1.0f, splat.life / SPLAT_FADE));
-        for (int i = 0; i < SPLAT_BLOBS; i++)
-            renderer.circle_draw(splat.position + splat.blobs[i], splat.sizes[i], color);
-    }
-
     // Each ring eases out to its full radius as it fades.
     for (Ring& ring : rings)
     {
@@ -290,6 +259,5 @@ void Effects::clear()
     particles.clear();
     popups.clear();
     rings.clear();
-    splats.clear();
     shake = 0;
 }

src/effects.h

@@ -58,18 +58,6 @@ struct Ring
     float radius = 0;
 };
 
-constexpr int SPLAT_BLOBS = 6;
-
-// A tomato's splat: blobs of colour round where it landed, fading out.
-struct Splat
-{
-    Color color;
-    Vec2 position;
-    Vec2 blobs[SPLAT_BLOBS];
-    float sizes[SPLAT_BLOBS];
-    float life = 0;
-};
-
 // A fading copy of a sprite left behind by something moving fast.
 struct Afterimage
 {
@@ -85,7 +73,6 @@ public:
     void afterimage_spawn(Pose pose);
     void flash_spawn(Vec2 position, float angle, float size, Color color);
     void ring_spawn(Vec2 position, float radius, Color color);
-    void splat_spawn(Vec2 position, Color color);
     void afterimage_draw(Game& game);
     void number_spawn(Vec2 position, int value, int target, Color color);
     void dps_record(int amount);
@@ -104,7 +91,6 @@ private:
     std::vector<Particle> particles;
     std::vector<Popup> popups;
     std::vector<Ring> rings;
-    std::vector<Splat> splats;
     float shake = 0;
     int ticks = 0;
 };

src/fighter.cpp

@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void Fighter::rope_update(Attack& hook)
 
 // The controls' slot picks a weapon slot, wrapping around, and the level buttons level the weapon copy in it. The
 // weapon switched away from becomes the off-hand weapon for Dual Wield (a copy of the same weapon counts when weapons
-// stack), and a thrown flail ball is dropped.
+// stack). A thrown flail ball or grapple out stays out.
 void Fighter::slot_update(Sim& sim)
 {
     int previous = slot;
@@ -408,10 +408,7 @@ void Fighter::slot_update(Sim& sim)
     if (slot != previous)
         sim.cues->sound_play(SOUND_SELECT);
     if (slot != previous && weaponLoadout[previous] >= 0 && weapon_key(previous) != weapon_key(slot))
-    {
         slotSwitches[previous] = ++switches;
-        sim.weapons.attacks_release(*this, ATTACK_FLAIL);
-    }
 
     int step = (int)is_pressed(CONTROL_LEVEL_UP) - (int)is_pressed(CONTROL_LEVEL_DOWN);
     if (step != 0 && held >= 0 && sim.match.state == MATCH_PRACTICE)
@@ -605,7 +602,8 @@ void Fighter::charge_update(Sim& sim)
     if (is_released(CONTROL_ATTACK))
         sim.weapons.wisps_release(*this);
 
-    if (hook && (isLeftPressed || isRightPressed))
+    // A latched grapple lets go when clicked with the grapple in hand; another weapon fires as it hangs on.
+    if (hook && hook->key == weapon_key(slot) && (isLeftPressed || isRightPressed))
     {
         sim.weapons.attacks_release(*this, ATTACK_HOOK);
         isFireBlocked = isLeftPressed;

src/match.cpp

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Match::Match()
 void Match::update(Sim& sim)
 {
     timer -= TICK;
+    for (Tomato& tomato : tomatoes)
+        tomato.age += TICK;
     // Offline, the menu's Play starts a game, and leaving the results goes back to the sandbox.
     bool isPlay = !isOnline && isPlayRequested;
     bool isSandbox = !isOnline && state == MATCH_OVER && isSandboxRequested;
@@ -429,7 +431,8 @@ void Match::tomatoes_update(Sim& sim)
         if (i == winner || isGone[i] || tomatoCooldowns[i] > 0 || !isThrown)
             continue;
         tomatoCooldowns[i] = TOMATO_COOLDOWN;
-        sim.cues->tomato_splat(fighter.controls.cursor, i);
+        tomatoes[tomatoCount % TOMATO_MAX] = {.position = fighter.controls.cursor, .owner = i, .serial = tomatoCount};
+        tomatoCount++;
     }
 }
 

src/match.h

@@ -175,6 +175,18 @@ struct Queue
     bool isActive = false;
 };
 
+constexpr int TOMATO_MAX = 32;
+
+// A tomato splatted after a round: where it landed, who threw it, how long ago, and its number among every one thrown
+// in the match (which also keeps its look the same on every screen).
+struct Tomato
+{
+    Vec2 position;
+    float age = 0;
+    int owner = -1;
+    int serial = 0;
+};
+
 // Best-of-three deathmatch, or a single race, played by the rules. Practice is the sandbox with the dummy and the menu.
 // Each round opens with a long countdown to ready up in (cut short once every fighter is ready), at the round's level
 // and health. Countdown is how long it ran from: longer on rounds where fighters choose items. On the rounds items are
@@ -192,8 +204,11 @@ public:
     float clock = 0;
     float countdown = READY_TIME;
     float finishTimes[MAX_FIGHTERS] = {};
-    // How long until each fighter can splat another tomato on the results.
+    // How long until each fighter can splat another tomato, and the latest splats, kept with the game so everyone sees
+    // everyone's.
     float tomatoCooldowns[MAX_FIGHTERS] = {};
+    Tomato tomatoes[TOMATO_MAX];
+    int tomatoCount = 0;
     float timer = 0;
     int round = 0;
     int winner = -1;

src/scene.cpp

@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ constexpr float WHIP_INNER = 2;
 constexpr float WHIP_JITTER = 0.5f;
 constexpr float WHIP_OUTER = 5;
 constexpr float WISP_FRAME_STAGGER = 0.3f;
+constexpr int TOMATO_BLOBS = 6;
+constexpr float TOMATO_BLOB_MAX = 3.5f;
+constexpr float TOMATO_BLOB_MIN = 1.5f;
+constexpr float TOMATO_CORE = 6;
+constexpr float TOMATO_FADE = 0.6f;
+// How old a tomato can be when this screen first sees it and still splat with juice and a sound.
+constexpr float TOMATO_FRESH = 0.5f;
+constexpr float TOMATO_LIFE = 2;
+constexpr Uint32 TOMATO_LOOK_STEP = 2654435761u;
+constexpr float TOMATO_REACH = 10;
 constexpr Burst TOMATO_BURST = {.gravity = 400, .life = 0.5f, .size = 2, .speed = 140, .spread = 1.2f, .count = 12};
 
 // A random offset for an empowered attack or fighter to shake by, wider the more its colour fills in, like a damage
@@ -391,17 +401,6 @@ void Scene::match_start()
         game.menu.isOpen = false;
 }
 
-// A tomato thrown on the results: a splat in the thrower's colour where it landed, spraying juice.
-void Scene::tomato_splat(Vec2 position, int owner)
-{
-    if (isMuted)
-        return;
-    Color color = game.color_get(owner, true);
-    game.effects.splat_spawn(position, color);
-    game.effects.burst(TOMATO_BURST, position, -PI / 2, color);
-    game.audio.play(SOUND_SPLAT);
-}
-
 // Readying with empty slots dealt them: this screen's own fighters hear the items go in.
 void Scene::deal_play(int fighter)
 {
@@ -425,6 +424,39 @@ void Scene::update()
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < game.sim.fighterCount; i++)
         animator_update(game.sim.fighters[i], game.sprites.fighters[i]);
+
+    // Each new tomato (this screen's, or someone else's once their click arrives) splats with juice and a sound, once.
+    Match& match = game.sim.match;
+    tomatoesSeen = std::min(tomatoesSeen, match.tomatoCount);
+    for (; tomatoesSeen < match.tomatoCount; tomatoesSeen++)
+    {
+        Tomato& tomato = match.tomatoes[tomatoesSeen % TOMATO_MAX];
+        if (tomato.serial != tomatoesSeen || tomato.age > TOMATO_FRESH)
+            continue;
+        game.effects.burst(TOMATO_BURST, tomato.position, -PI / 2, game.color_get(tomato.owner, true));
+        game.audio.play(SOUND_SPLAT);
+    }
+}
+
+// The match's tomatoes as splats in their throwers' colours: a big blob where each landed with smaller ones flung round
+// it (the same on every screen), holding and then fading out.
+void Scene::tomatoes_draw()
+{
+    for (Tomato& tomato : game.sim.match.tomatoes)
+    {
+        if (tomato.owner < 0 || tomato.age >= TOMATO_LIFE)
+            continue;
+        Color color =
+            color_fade(game.color_get(tomato.owner, true), std::min(1.0f, (TOMATO_LIFE - tomato.age) / TOMATO_FADE));
+        game.renderer.circle_draw(tomato.position, TOMATO_CORE, color);
+        Rng look = {.state = (Uint32)tomato.serial * TOMATO_LOOK_STEP + 1};
+        for (int i = 1; i < TOMATO_BLOBS; i++)
+        {
+            Vec2 offset = vec2_polar(look.random_get(0, 2 * PI), look.random_get(TOMATO_CORE, TOMATO_REACH));
+            game.renderer.circle_draw(tomato.position + offset, look.random_get(TOMATO_BLOB_MIN, TOMATO_BLOB_MAX),
+                                      color);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // The game between its last two ticks: the world, the bots' map (when debugging), afterimages, blasts under the
@@ -438,6 +470,7 @@ void Scene::draw()
     for (int i = 0; i < game.sim.fighterCount; i++)
         fighter_draw(game.sim.fighters[i]);
     attacks_draw();
+    tomatoes_draw();
     if (game.settings.isCollisionShown)
         collision_draw();
 }

src/scene.h

@@ -36,14 +36,16 @@ public:
     void level_step(bool isUp) override;
     void match_start() override;
     void deal_play(int fighter) override;
-    void tomato_splat(Vec2 position, int owner) override;
     void sandbox_return() override;
 
 private:
     Game& game;
     int chargeVoices[MAX_FIGHTERS];
+    // How many of the match's tomatoes have splatted on this screen.
+    int tomatoesSeen = 0;
 
     void world_draw();
+    void tomatoes_draw();
     void bot_draw();
     void fighter_draw(Fighter& fighter);
     const char* animation_get(Fighter& fighter);

src/sim.h

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ public:
     {}
     virtual void deal_play(int fighter)
     {}
-    virtual void tomato_splat(Vec2 position, int owner)
-    {}
     virtual void sandbox_return()
     {}
 };

src/weapon.cpp

@@ -908,6 +908,17 @@ void Weapons::attack_move(Sim& sim, Attack& attack)
     float progress = attack.time / attack.duration;
     float range = attack.stats.range;
 
+    // A mine, flail ball or grapple left out goes once its slot no longer holds the weapon that put it there (which
+    // could no longer set it off, reel it in or let it go), a mine fizzling with a puff.
+    bool isLeftOut = def.kind == ATTACK_MINE || def.kind == ATTACK_FLAIL || def.kind == ATTACK_HOOK;
+    if (isLeftOut && !attack.isExplosion && fighter.weaponLoadout[attack.key] != attack.weapon)
+    {
+        attack.isDead = true;
+        if (def.kind == ATTACK_MINE)
+            sim.cues->attack_burst_spawn(SMOKE_BURST, attack.position, 0, attack);
+        return;
+    }
+
     switch (def.kind)
     {
         case ATTACK_SWING:

src/world.cpp

@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ static bool is_solid(Tile tile)
     return tile == TILE_SOLID || tile == TILE_BLOCK;
 }
 
-// The arena with the practice dummy standing on the first surface below the middle of the map, and the player
+// The arena with the practice dummy standing on the first surface below the middle of the map. Fighters spawn on the
-// spawning right underneath it, on the next surface down. Its marked spawns are joined by more spread over its ground,
+// arena's marked spawns (the first player, solo or hosting, on 1), joined by more spread over its ground for a lobby's
-// for a lobby's sandbox full of players.
+// sandbox full of players.
 void World::sandbox_load()
 {
     arena_load();
@@ -225,15 +225,6 @@ void World::sandbox_load()
     float standY = standRow * TILE_SIZE;
     float centerX = width * TILE_SIZE / 2.0f;
     dummies.push_back({.box = {centerX - DUMMY_WIDTH / 2, standY - DUMMY_HEIGHT, DUMMY_WIDTH, DUMMY_HEIGHT}});
-
-    int groundRow = standRow;
-    while (groundRow < height && tile_get(column, groundRow) != TILE_EMPTY)
-        groundRow++;
-    while (groundRow < height && tile_get(column, groundRow) == TILE_EMPTY)
-        groundRow++;
-    float groundY = groundRow * TILE_SIZE;
-    Ramp* ramp = ramp_find({centerX, groundY + TILE_SIZE / 2.0f});
-    spawns[0] = {centerX, ramp ? ramp->y_at(centerX) : groundY};
     spawns_spread(SPAWN_MARKS);
 }