Daily Dev Update: Smoother Matches, Cleaner Resets - December 6, 2025

Period: December 6, 2025
Total Commits: 9

Hey, here’s what we’ve been working on. Today is mostly stability and polish: cleaner match transitions in multiplayer, smoother movement when you crank the speed, and a lobby flow that behaves the way it should. A couple small UI and analytics tweaks landed as well.

What Got Fixed

• No More “Ghost State” Between Matches

  • Fixed an issue where parts of a finished match could linger into the next one. Things like lingering auras, event listeners not shutting down, or end-of-match callbacks firing more than once. Matches now end cleanly and the next one starts fresh.
  • Player impact: fewer weird edge cases after rematching, more consistent tower and aura behavior.

• Smoother Movement at Higher Game Speeds

  • Interpolation now uses real time instead of scaling with game speed. This prevents units from overshooting or snapping when you fast-forward.
  • Player impact: cleaner visuals when spectating or playing at elevated speeds.

• Lobby Updates Reach the Host Reliably

  • Fixed a case where hosts didn’t see join/ready changes. Connection handlers now register consistently and reconnections are handled more gracefully. We also adjusted auto-ready logic so only the host is auto-readied.
  • Player impact: hosts and joiners stay in sync, fewer “why isn’t the lobby updating?” moments.

• Tutorial Minions Spawning Twice

  • Corrected a double-spawn in the tutorial flow. Now the wave pacing matches the intended teaching moments.

Under the Hood

• Lifecycle and Cleanup

  • Tightened up disposal across match boundaries so systems actually tear down when a game ends. Registries clear their entities, aura state resets, and end-of-game callbacks won’t fire repeatedly. This reduces odd behavior that only showed up after a few back-to-back matches.

• Networking Hygiene

  • Socket event handlers now get set up even if the connection originated elsewhere in the app. This closes a race where the lobby missed early events. We also pass full lobby data on join to keep the UI consistent without waiting for follow-up messages.

• Interpolation Correctness

  • Ticks arrive at fixed real-time intervals. Movement simulation already respects game speed where needed, so rendering now interpolates purely on real time. That separation keeps visuals stable regardless of speed multipliers.

• Editor Schema Cleanup

  • Renamed some internal schema types in the level editor for clarity. Nothing you’ll notice in-game, but it makes building and maintaining maps less error-prone.

Thanks to everyone who reported odd behavior in lobbies and those who noticed choppy movement at high speed. If you run into anything that still looks off—especially after rematches—send us a clip or log and we’ll dig in.