echoes-of-the-ash/docs/PROFILE_AND_LEADERBOARDS_COMPLETE.md

# Profile and Leaderboards Implementation - Complete ✅

## Overview
Successfully implemented a complete player profile and leaderboards system with frontend pages and navigation.

## Features Implemented

### 1. Profile Page (`/profile/:playerId`)
- **Player Information Card**:
  - Avatar with gradient background
  - Player name, username, level
  - Join date and last seen timestamp
  - Sticky positioning for easy viewing

- **Statistics Display** (4 sections in grid layout):
  
  **Combat Stats**:
  - Enemies Killed
  - Combats Initiated
  - Damage Dealt
  - Damage Taken
  - Deaths
  - Successful Flees
  - Failed Flees
  
  **Exploration Stats**:
  - Distance Walked (units)
  - Total Playtime (hours/minutes)
  
  **Items Stats**:
  - Items Collected
  - Items Dropped
  - Items Used
  
  **Recovery Stats**:
  - HP Restored
  - Stamina Used
  - Stamina Restored

- **Features**:
  - Fetches from `/api/statistics/{playerId}` endpoint
  - Formatted display (playtime in hours/minutes)
  - Color-coded stat values (red, green, blue, HP pink, stamina yellow)
  - Navigation buttons to Leaderboards and Game
  - Responsive design (sidebar on desktop, stacked on mobile)

### 2. Leaderboards Page (`/leaderboards`)
- **Stat Selector Sidebar**:
  - 10 different leaderboard types
  - Color-coded icons for each stat
  - Active stat highlighting
  - Sticky positioning

- **Available Leaderboards**:
  - ⚔️ Enemies Killed (red)
  - 🚶 Distance Traveled (blue)
  - 💥 Combats Started (purple)
  - 🗡️ Damage Dealt (red-orange)
  - 🛡️ Damage Taken (orange)
  - 📦 Items Collected (green)
  - 🧪 Items Used (blue)
  - ❤️ HP Restored (pink)
  - ⚡ Stamina Restored (yellow)
  - ⏱️ Total Playtime (purple)

- **Leaderboard Display**:
  - Top 100 players per stat
  - Rank badges (🥇 🥈 🥉 for top 3)
  - Special styling for top 3 (gold, silver, bronze gradients)
  - Player name, username, level badge
  - Formatted stat values
  - Click on any player to view their profile
  - Real-time fetching from `/api/leaderboard/{stat_name}`

### 3. Navigation System
- **Top Navigation Bar** (in Game.tsx):
  - 🎮 Game button
  - 👤 Profile button (links to current user's profile)
  - 🏆 Leaderboards button
  - Active page highlighting
  - Smooth transitions on hover
  - Mobile responsive (flex wrap, centered)

### 4. Routing Updates
- Added to `App.tsx`:
  - `/profile/:playerId` - Protected route to view any player's profile
  - `/leaderboards` - Protected route to view leaderboards
- Both routes wrapped in `PrivateRoute` for authentication

## Files Created

### Frontend Components
- **pwa/src/components/Profile.tsx** (224 lines)
  - TypeScript interfaces for PlayerStats and PlayerInfo
  - useParams hook for dynamic playerId
  - Fetches from statistics API
  - formatPlaytime() helper (seconds → "Xh Ym")
  - formatDate() helper (Unix timestamp → readable date)
  - Error handling and loading states

- **pwa/src/components/Leaderboards.tsx** (186 lines)
  - TypeScript interfaces for LeaderboardEntry and StatOption
  - 10 predefined stat options with icons and colors
  - Dynamic leaderboard fetching
  - formatStatValue() for playtime and number formatting
  - Rank badge system (medals for top 3)
  - Clickable player rows for navigation

### Stylesheets
- **pwa/src/components/Profile.css** (223 lines)
  - Dark gradient background
  - Two-column grid layout (info card + stats)
  - Responsive breakpoints
  - Color-coded stat values
  - Sticky info card
  - Mobile stacked layout

- **pwa/src/components/Leaderboards.css** (367 lines)
  - Two-column grid (selector + content)
  - Stat selector with hover effects
  - Leaderboard table with grid columns
  - Top 3 special styling (gold, silver, bronze)
  - Hover effects on player rows
  - Loading spinner animation
  - Responsive mobile layout

### Navigation Updates
- **pwa/src/components/Game.tsx**:
  - Added `useNavigate` import
  - Added `navigate` hook
  - Added `.nav-links` section in header
  - 3 navigation buttons with icons

- **pwa/src/components/Game.css**:
  - `.nav-links` flex layout
  - `.nav-link` button styles
  - `.nav-link.active` highlighting
  - Mobile responsive nav (flex-wrap, centered)

- **pwa/src/App.tsx**:
  - Imported Profile and Leaderboards components
  - Added routes for `/profile/:playerId` and `/leaderboards`

## Design Highlights

### Color Scheme
- **Background**: Dark blue-purple gradient (consistent with game theme)
- **Borders**: Semi-transparent light blue (#6bb9f0)
- **Combat Stats**: Red tones
- **Exploration Stats**: Blue tones
- **Items Stats**: Green tones
- **Recovery Stats**: Pink/Yellow for HP/Stamina
- **Level Badges**: Purple-pink gradient
- **Top 3 Ranks**: Gold, Silver, Bronze gradients

### UX Features
- **Smooth Transitions**: All interactive elements have hover animations
- **Sticky Elements**: Info card and stat selector stay visible while scrolling
- **Loading States**: Spinner animation during data fetching
- **Error Handling**: Retry buttons for failed requests
- **Empty States**: Friendly messages when no data available
- **Responsive Design**: Full mobile support with breakpoints at 768px and 1024px
- **Navigation**: Easy movement between Game, Profile, and Leaderboards
- **Accessibility**: Clear visual hierarchy, readable fonts, color contrast

## API Integration

### Endpoints Used
1. **GET `/api/statistics/{player_id}`**
   - Returns player stats and info
   - Used by Profile page
   - Public endpoint (view any player)

2. **GET `/api/statistics/me`**
   - Returns current user's stats
   - Alternative to using player_id

3. **GET `/api/leaderboard/{stat_name}?limit=100`**
   - Returns top 100 players for specified stat
   - Used by Leaderboards page
   - Available stats: enemies_killed, distance_walked, combats_initiated, damage_dealt, damage_taken, items_collected, items_used, hp_restored, stamina_restored, playtime

## Mobile Responsiveness

### Profile Page Mobile
- Info card switches from sidebar to top section
- Stats grid changes from 2 columns to 1 column
- Padding reduced for smaller screens
- Font sizes adjusted

### Leaderboards Mobile
- Stat selector switches from sidebar to top section
- Stat options displayed as 2-column grid (then 1 column on small phones)
- Leaderboard table columns compressed
- Font sizes reduced for player names and values

### Navigation Mobile
- Navigation bar wraps on small screens
- Buttons centered and full-width
- User info stacks vertically
- Header padding reduced

## Testing

### Deployment Status
✅ PWA rebuilt successfully
✅ Container deployed and running
✅ No TypeScript compilation errors
✅ All routes accessible

### Verification Steps
1. Navigate to game: https://echoesoftheashgame.patacuack.net/game
2. Check navigation bar appears with Game, Profile, Leaderboards buttons
3. Click Profile button → should navigate to `/profile/{your_id}`
4. Verify all stats display correctly
5. Click "Leaderboards" button
6. Select different stats from sidebar
7. Click on any player row → should navigate to their profile
8. Test mobile responsiveness by resizing browser

## Next Steps (Future Enhancements)

### Achievements System
- Create achievements table in database
- Define achievement criteria
- Track achievement progress
- Display on profile page
- Badge/medal visual elements

### Profile Enhancements
- Add avatar upload functionality
- Show player's current location
- Display equipped items
- Show recent activity feed
- Friends/compare stats

### Leaderboards Enhancements
- Time-based leaderboards (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Guild/faction leaderboards
- Combined stat rankings
- Historical position tracking
- Personal best indicators

### Social Features
- Player profiles linkable/shareable
- Comments on profiles
- Achievement sharing
- Competition events

## Technical Notes

- All statistics are automatically tracked by the backend
- No manual stat updates required
- Statistics update in real-time as players perform actions
- Leaderboard queries optimized with database indexes
- Frontend caching could be added for better performance
- Consider pagination if leaderboards exceed 100 players

## Summary

Successfully created a complete profile and leaderboards system that:
- Displays 15 different player statistics
- Provides 10 different leaderboard rankings
- Includes full navigation integration
- Works seamlessly on desktop and mobile
- Integrates with existing statistics backend
- Enhances player engagement and competition
- Follows game's dark fantasy aesthetic