Revert "Point at them, then wind up: the lane comes from where the thumb lands"

This reverts commit 1798fc67b8.

render.js

@@ -646,23 +646,18 @@ function drawCard(title, sub1, sub2, color) {
   if (sub2) ctx.fillText(sub2, W / 2, H / 2 + 12);
 }
 
-// Sit in the serve stance doing nothing and the gesture demonstrates itself: a ghost thumb lands
-// OUT ON THE COURT — that is the aiming half, and it is why the anchor sits well up-court of him
-// rather than at his feet — then slides BACK while chevrons grow FORWARD up the court, and
-// releases. Both halves of the gesture in one loop; a line of text was carrying that alone.
+// Sit in the serve stance doing nothing and the gesture demonstrates itself: a ghost thumb slides
+// BACK from the player while chevrons grow FORWARD up the court, then it releases and repeats.
+// Pulling is the whole game in splatter mode, and a line of text was carrying that alone.
 function drawPullHint() {
   const cyc = 1.9, t = (G.idleHintT - TUNE.pullHintAfter) % cyc;
   const draw = Math.min(1, t / 1.15);                 // the pull itself, then a beat held at full
   const gone = t > 1.45;                              // released — the thumb lifts off
-  const anchor = proj(P.x, 0, P.z - 12);
-  const ax = Math.round(anchor.x), ay = Math.round(Math.min(anchor.y + 6, METER_Y() - 40));
+  const anchor = proj(P.x, 0, P.z + 0.6);
+  const ax = Math.round(anchor.x), ay = Math.round(Math.min(anchor.y + 6, METER_Y() - 26));
   const len = 30 * draw;
   ctx.save();
   ctx.globalAlpha = gone ? 0 : 0.85;
-  // the ring is where the thumb LANDED — the aiming half, and the half nobody would guess from a
-  // moving dot alone. It stays put while the thumb slides away from it.
-  ctx.strokeStyle = UI.dim; ctx.lineWidth = 1;
-  ctx.beginPath(); ctx.arc(ax, ay, 4, 0, 7); ctx.stroke();
   // the dotted track the thumb travels, straight down-screen = "pull back"
   ctx.fillStyle = UI.dim;
   for (let d = 6; d < 34; d += 6) ctx.fillRect(ax - 1, ay + d, 2, 2);
@@ -1101,7 +1096,7 @@ export function render() {
       ? (G.weapon === 4 ? (touch ? 'TAP TO UNLOAD THE GUN' : 'SPACE UNLOADS THE GUN')
         : G.aim ? 'PULL BACK: FURTHER = HARDER'
         : G.weapon > 0 ? `SERVE FIRES: ${sel} · ${switchHint}`
-        : touch ? 'POINT AT THEM · PULL BACK TO FIRE' : 'POINT AND DRAG BACK · SPACE SERVES')
+        : touch ? 'PULL BACK TO AIM · RELEASE TO FIRE' : 'DRAG BACK TO AIM · SPACE SERVES')
       : G.serveNum === 2 ? (touch ? 'SECOND SERVE — TAP' : 'SECOND SERVE — SPACE')
         : (touch ? 'TAP TO TOSS, TAP TO SERVE' : 'SPACE TO TOSS, SPACE TO SERVE');
     ctx.fillText(txt, W / 2, METER_Y()); // same slot the draw meter uses