Brightens OUTLINE_COLOR 0x4d4d52 → 0x5a5a60 and OUTLINE_HOVER
0x6e6e75 → 0x7a7a82, plus adds a subtle HOVER_FILL_ALPHA=0.06 fill bump
on the hit rectangle. Closes G3 first-impression UX gap from 2026-05-09
live UAT — the 4×4 grid now reads as legible interactive surfaces
against the #1a1a1a canvas background.
The hover state is pointer-driven steady-state (color + fill alpha
swap), not animation — reduced-motion-safe per Phase 8 ownership of
global motion preferences. Phase 3 watercolor deferral preserved: this
is color values + a fill alpha; no painted assets, no new sprites.
Constants OUTLINE_COLOR / OUTLINE_HOVER are exported so the test pins
the brightened values directly. drawTiles function signature unchanged —
Garden.ts continues to work without modification.
Vitest: 5 new cases green via Phaser-Scene-mock pattern (vi.mock('phaser')
short-circuits the Phaser 4 / happy-dom checkInverseAlpha boot crash;
the mocked scene's add.graphics / add.rectangle capture the call args).
npm run ci exits 0; 329/329 total green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
