Three-agent fan-out (gdscript-refactor x3) ships the chosen Phase 19
approach: contextual hints during first session + a Help reference,
plus a sweep of hover tooltips for desktop discoverability.
- HintSystem (autoload) + HintOverlay (layer 22 top-center banner):
7-step tour gated on player events — welcome (boot+2s), pawn select,
build drawer open, stockpile painted, work matrix open, day_ended,
tour_complete. Per-hint dismissals persist as Array[String] in
GameState.settings['dismissed_hints']. Max-3 FIFO queue if hints
chain. Reduce-motion path snaps in/out instead of tweening.
Reset_tour() public API for the Help modal.
- HelpModal (layer 20): 5-tab static reference (Controls / Verbs /
Priorities / Storyteller / Tips). Opens via EventBus.help_requested,
dimmed backdrop, X/Esc/backdrop-tap dismiss. SettingsMenu gains an
'Onboarding' section: Show-hints checkbox, Help button (emits
help_requested), Reset hints button (calls HintSystem.reset_tour with
has_method guard). Pre-existing 'W' keybind reference fixed to 'P'.
- Tooltip pass: tooltip_text via Strings.t on every TopBar button
(10 buttons incl. speed shortcuts), BuildDrawer FAB, and every tool
button in BuildDrawer (21 tools). _add_tool_btn extended with optional
tooltip param. ~34 new tooltip.* string keys.
Contracts pre-written (Opus): EventBus.help_requested, hint_dismissed,
ui_panel_opened signals; GameState show_hints + dismissed_hints
defaults; BuildDrawer.open + WorkPriorityMatrix.open emit
ui_panel_opened so HintSystem can subscribe via one signal.
Also recorded [MED] known bug in memory.md: drag-paint with active
paint tool is eaten by camera drag-pan.
MCP runtime verified: welcome banner fires 2s after boot, dismiss
queues build_drawer hint on next ui_panel_opened, dismissed_hints
persisted as ['welcome'], HelpModal opens via help_requested with
tab switching working (Controls → Tips verified visually).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>