Changelog

Catch game playable without a session

• Catch creatures freely without locking it behind work
• Onboarding grants 8 Focus + 2 Great Balls so the game's playable on day 1
• Mint pill "Catch creatures →" button on the idle screen (⌘G)

Claude Design implemented

• Ported the Claude Design pixel-art sprite library to SwiftUI
• 17 sprite constants (Notchy variants, 9 starter creatures, 4 Pokéballs, 4 streak flames)
• TypeBadge / TypePill / Sigil / FocusDexWordmark as native views
• /demo/ — full React prototype embedded on the site

Major polish wave 2

• Live menubar countdown
• Auto-popover on session end with celebration screen
• Sound effects (NSSound) + haptic feedback
• Right-click menubar context menu
• Keyboard shortcuts (⌘N start, ⌘. stop, ⌘G catch)
• BallsTab rebuild with gradient ball icons + lifetime stats card

Major polish wave 1

• Persistence: pokeballs, caught creatures, streak all persist
• Onboarding flow with starter selection + confetti
• Custom segmented TabBar with gradient pill indicator
• OrbBackground + AnimatedGradientText throughout

Theme + Safari Mode

• Theme system: brand palette + gradients + Canvas-based components
• Safari Mode catch minigame: floating creatures, tap-to-throw ball, wobble + confetti reveal
• Removed the lock-in / app-blocking gating

Initial

• 147 creature design prompts complete
• Promo site live at focusdex.pages.dev
• Mac app skeleton: menubar, focus timer, ball stockpile, dex stub
• Repo public on GitHub, MIT licensed