The affect channel previously gated on BOTH knobs (strength = min(left, right)),
so the analytical Left brain co-controlled the emotion words. Per operator
direction, emotions are now driven by the Right (dreamlike) knob ALONE — Left no
longer gates them. This sharpens the split: Left = measurement (detections +
measurements), Right = the dream AND the feeling it evokes.
- player/alteration.py: `_affect_strength(right) = right` (was min(left,right));
`_affect_intensity` keyed off Right. AffectOverlay + is_identity docs updated
(is_identity still holds: right>0 ⇒ dream.strength>0).
- simulator/static/app.js: renderAffect comments (gating is Right via `strength`);
the client logic already keyed min_level/tier off the passed strength + right.
- Affect design spec: revision note + every min(left,right) → right.
- Tests rewritten: affect is Right-driven (full Right + Left 0 surfaces affect;
Right 0 + Left 4 surfaces none).
271 passed, 2 skipped. Live API verified: left=0/right=4 → strength 4; left=4/
right=0 → strength 0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the pre-baked SD restyle variants (too fluid — the painting re-rolled
every keyframe and the flow-warp melted frames) with a deterministic, real-time
dream that holds STILL across the loop; only the footage's own motion moves.
Design: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-22-right-axis-deterministic-dream-design.md
Engine (player/alteration.py): Restyle(variant) -> Dream(strength, intensity);
Calibration.right_variant_map -> dream_gain. player/state.py: a Right change is a
LIVE_UPDATE now, not a crossfade (only a clip swap crossfades). Plan dict
restyle -> dream. Tests migrated; 233 green. (No new Python behavior for the
client-render swap below.)
Renderer (simulator front-end): the Right dream is a WebGL2 Kuwahara shader on a
<canvas> over the live video — edge-preserving, so motion/structure stay crisp;
the dream is the same footage, just stylized (no blur). Ramped by the knob; max
goes "trippy" (vivid saturation + ~45deg hue drift + posterize, concentrated near
max via t=intensity^2). Phase-1 luminous-haze (CSS+bloom) was built then retired
by eye (blur read as out-of-focus video). Mood grade rides as a CSS filter on the
canvas; bloom layer removed.
Dev ergonomics that fell out of the iteration:
- /dev/version + a 1s client poll = live-reload (open tab never runs stale
renderer code; reloads on my edits AND server restarts).
- no-cache on the dev server; an on-screen error banner + crash-proof render so a
silent throw can't masquerade as "nothing is changing".
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Left-brain HUD look-and-feel pass (judged by eye in the sim):
- corner-bracket targeting reticles (capped arms) replace plain boxes
- translucent label chips, legible over any frame
- two sensor channels: cyan detections (with deterministic confidence
scores) vs amber measurements (center crosshair)
- bbox-sized "ANALYSIS . L{n} . {k} OBJ" status tag, escalating with Left
Affect channel (emotions in the HUD), per
docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-22-affect-channel-hud-design.md:
- surfaces only when BOTH knobs up; strength = min(left, right)
- stable per-scene palette, more words appear with combined strength
- soft glowing violet words on their own opacity layer (the dream
leaking into the machine's read); math in player/alteration.py
- forest/cosmos/abyss palettes in the manifest; 5 new unit tests
Simulator no-cache middleware so by-eye iteration never serves a stale
app.js / api response (fixes the latent "plan has affect but clip.affect
empty" stale-/api/clips bug).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tuning the look by eye in the simulator (design §8) surfaced that the dark
mood pole rendered a full-frame hue-rotate(-200deg) — rock orange, trees
purple: the disorienting look rejected in session 0008, not the peaceful POC
dark_frame. Replace it with darken + slight desaturate on the video filter
plus a multiply-blended deep-blue wash (#tint, below the SVG HUD so the
overlay stays legible). Dark now reads cool/somber with natural greens, like
the approved POC look; light/left/right unchanged and confirmed peaceful.
With full tilt now tasteful on every axis, LOCK DEFAULT_CALIBRATION to unity
gains + linear variant map as a deliberate by-eye choice (not placeholders),
closing the open session-0006 knob->strength decision: knobs run 0=off..4=max,
equal Dark/Light = identity, the 5 notches map 1:1 to the 5 discrete Right
bakes. Guard the locked constants with test_default_calibration_is_locked.
Resolves design §8 open questions (calibration curve shape; grade-vs-overlay
ordering) and records the dark-grade fix. Full suite 193 passed / 2 skipped.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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