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- Add explicit keyboard controls helper text to the UI
- Add aria-live="polite" to the score to support screen readers
Co-authored-by: EiJackGH <172181576+EiJackGH@users.noreply.github.com>
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.Jules/palette.md | 17 +++--------------
src/views/mario-game.njk | 17 ++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.Jules/palette.md b/.Jules/palette.md
index 8ee612f..178f14e 100644
--- a/.Jules/palette.md
+++ b/.Jules/palette.md
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-## 2024-05-23 - CLI UX Enhancement
-**Learning:** Even in CLI apps, visual distinction (colors, emojis) significantly reduces cognitive load when scanning logs.
-**Action:** Use ANSI colors and consistent emojis for key events (success/failure) in future CLI tools.
-
-## 2025-02-28 - Structured CLI Reports
-**Learning:** Dense numerical data in CLI output is hard to parse. Using ASCII box-drawing characters and alignment to create a "dashboard" or "invoice" style summary significantly improves readability and perceived quality.
-**Action:** When summarizing simulation or batch job results, always format the final report as a structured table or box rather than a list of print statements.
-## 2024-05-20 - Dynamic Progress Bar for Quiet CLI Tasks
-**Learning:** For long-running CLI processes that suppress verbose logging (e.g., `--quiet`), users lose system status visibility.
-**Action:** Implemented a dynamic progress bar using `\r` and `flush=True`, conditional on `sys.stdout.isatty()`, to provide status feedback without polluting non-interactive logs.
-
-## 2025-03-23 - Game Key Scrolling
-**Learning:** Browsers natively scroll the page when users press Space or Arrow keys. When building a web-based game, this creates a frustrating UX where the game viewport jumps around while playing.
-**Action:** Always call `e.preventDefault()` on keydown events for typical game controls ("Space", "ArrowUp", etc.) when the focus is on a game container or the body.
+## 2024-07-09 - Added Keyboard Instructions and ARIA Live Score to Mario Game
+**Learning:** When building interactive HTML5 widgets or games with custom keyboard event bindings, always provide explicit, visible instructional text so users know the required inputs. Additionally, when dynamic numeric values (like a score) update frequently, separating the dynamic value into its own `span` with `aria-live="polite"` prevents screen readers from redundantly announcing static prefix text like "Score: ".
+**Action:** Apply this pattern to any future interactive widgets by ensuring controls are visible on-screen and dynamic values are semantically isolated for screen readers.
diff --git a/src/views/mario-game.njk b/src/views/mario-game.njk
index 67b6bd7..71b1c59 100644
--- a/src/views/mario-game.njk
+++ b/src/views/mario-game.njk
@@ -52,13 +52,24 @@
font-size: 20px;
font-family: Arial;
}
+
+ #instructions {
+ position: absolute;
+ top: 40px;
+ left: 10px;
+ color: white;
+ font-size: 16px;
+ font-family: Arial;
+ opacity: 0.8;
+ }