The level is you, in the league: quicker legs, a wider window, and a curve that pays on the way up

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

test.js

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ globalThis.getComputedStyle = () => ({ paddingTop: '0' });
 // ---- game modules (real code) ----------------------------------------------
 const state = await import('./src/state.js');
 const { G, P, O, score, ball, setupPoint } = state;
-const { update, forceZombies, startGore, splatPoint, restartRun, leaguePace, duelSkill, tinLadder, deliverTin, flickTarget, flatCount, swayOf, keyPressed, classicGame, serveApexY, assistK, rallyFeel, barrelGap, machCap, hitServe, cheer, inCourt } = await import('./src/gameplay.js');
+const { update, forceZombies, startGore, splatPoint, restartRun, leaguePace, duelSkill, tinLadder, deliverTin, legLevel: _legLevel, winLevel: _winLevel, assistK: _assistK, flickTarget, flatCount, swayOf, keyPressed, classicGame, serveApexY, assistK, rallyFeel, barrelGap, machCap, hitServe, cheer, inCourt } = await import('./src/gameplay.js');
 const { startDuel, resolveInterlude, startBossFight, endBossFight, startDrill: _startDrill, endDrill, startMatch: _startMatch, endMatch, FALL_LEN, startNetVs, endNetVs } = await import('./src/beats.js');
 const { mirror, netMsg, netTest, netTick } = await import('./src/net.js');
 // the drill's first-sight modal freezes the world (that is what modals do) — dismiss it the way a
@@ -111,8 +111,10 @@ const DT = 1 / 60;
 function freshSplatter() {
   restartRun();
   // THE LEAGUES: a won cup PROMOTES the profile (by design), which would leak league 2 into every
-  // test after the tournament walkthrough — each test opens in league 1 with no ceremony pending
-  prof.prof.lg = 1; prof.prof.ch = 0; prof.takePromo();
+  // test after the tournament walkthrough — each test opens in league 1 with no ceremony pending.
+  // XP is zeroed too: the level feeds real dials now (legs, window), and accumulated awards from
+  // earlier tests would silently buff every later one.
+  prof.prof.lg = 1; prof.prof.ch = 0; prof.prof.xp = 0; prof.takePromo();
   G.mode = 'splatter';
   G.everTransitioned = true;
   setupPoint();
@@ -2325,12 +2327,18 @@ test('THE LEVEL IS YOU: the defensive buffs scale with level and level one is th
   const xp0 = prof.prof.xp;
   prof.prof.xp = 0;
   const b1 = prof.bonus();
-  assert.deepEqual(b1, { melee: 1, parry: 1, grace: 1 }, 'level one changes nothing');
+  assert.deepEqual(b1, { melee: 1, parry: 1, grace: 1, run: 1, window: 1 }, 'level one changes nothing');
   prof.prof.xp = prof.xpFor(prof.LEVEL_CAP);
   const bMax = prof.bonus();
   assert.ok(bMax.melee < 1 && bMax.melee >= 0.7, 'the swish floor drops, boundedly');
   assert.ok(bMax.parry > 1 && bMax.parry <= 1.3, 'the parry reaches further, boundedly');
   assert.ok(bMax.grace > 1 && bMax.grace <= 1.4, 'the grace stretches, boundedly');
+  assert.ok(bMax.run > 1 && bMax.run <= 1.15, 'the legs quicken, boundedly');
+  assert.ok(bMax.window > 1 && bMax.window <= 1.2, 'the window widens, boundedly');
+  // FRONT-LOADED: level 20 must already carry more than half the cap's gift (Oliver plays there)
+  prof.prof.xp = prof.xpFor(20);
+  assert.ok((prof.bonus().run - 1) / (bMax.run - 1) > 0.5, 'the curve pays on the way up');
+  prof.prof.xp = prof.xpFor(prof.LEVEL_CAP);   // back to the cap for the grace-landing check below
   // ...and the grace actually lands on the player: hurtPlayer writes the scaled window
   G.mode = 'splatter'; G.hurtT = 0; G.dodgeI = 0; G.hp = 4;
   hurtPlayer(1);
@@ -2338,5 +2346,24 @@ test('THE LEVEL IS YOU: the defensive buffs scale with level and level one is th
   prof.prof.xp = xp0;
 });
 
+test('THE LEVEL IS YOU, in the league: legs and window grow with xp — baseline, classic and netplay untouched', () => {
+  const legLevel = _legLevel, winLevel = _winLevel, assistK = _assistK;
+  prof.prof.xp = 0;
+  G.match = { opp: 5 };
+  const legs0 = assistK();
+  assert.equal(legLevel(), 1, 'level one IS the shipped game');
+  assert.equal(winLevel(), 1, '...window too');
+  prof.prof.xp = prof.xpFor(20);
+  assert.ok(legLevel() > 1.05 && assistK() > legs0, 'level 20 legs are visibly quicker in the league');
+  assert.ok(winLevel() > 1.05, '...and the contact window visibly wider');
+  G.net = { on: true };
+  assert.equal(legLevel(), 1, 'netplay is a fair human match — no level legs');
+  assert.equal(winLevel(), 1, '...and no level window');
+  G.net = null; G.match = null; G.classic = true;
+  assert.equal(legLevel(), 1, 'classic keeps its own difficulty picker');
+  G.classic = false;
+  prof.prof.xp = 0;
+});
+
 console.log(`\n${passed} tests passed`);
 process.exit(0); // render.js schedules viewport timers at load; don't let them outlive the report