Add Wapuu platformer easter egg by wojtekn · Pull Request #3270 · Automattic/studio

wojtekn · 2026-04-28T15:37:55Z

Related issues

Related to: RSM-1289

How AI was used in this PR

Built entirely with Claude Code. Sprite art created via OpenAI image generation, then manually edited in Preview → Unfaker → Piskelapp pipeline (documented in SPRITES.md). Code was written and iterated through conversation, with extensive testing and debugging.

Proposed Changes

Adds a hidden Mario-style platformer Easter egg accessible via:

Konami code (↑↑↓↓←→←→BA) on keyboard
Triple-click the settings gear icon in the top bar

Features:

Wapuu as the player character with idle/walk sprites
Two enemy types: Gutenberg block (1 stomp) and Mguy boss (2 stomps)
Pit hazards filled with animated water (enemies turn around before pits)
Two parallax background layers (far + near)
Score system persisted to app.json, displayed in Settings → Account with a progress bar and link to wapuu.studio
Web Audio API synthesized sound effects (no asset files)
Fixed 60fps timestep (display-refresh-rate independent)
All code under src/modules/wapuu-world/

Testing Instructions

npm start
Press ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA (Konami code) — game overlay appears
Arrow keys / WASD to move, Up / W / Space to jump
Stomp enemies, collect coins, reach the flag
Alternatively: triple-click the settings gear icon in the top bar
Check Settings → Account for Wapuu score bar after winning

Pre-merge Checklist

Have you checked for TypeScript, React or other console errors?

Proof of Concept — this is an AI-assisted feature built for fun. Architecture, polish, and test coverage should be reviewed before any merge consideration.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

Hidden mini-game accessible via Konami code (↑↑↓↓←→←→BA) or triple-clicking the settings gear icon. Features a canvas-based platformer with Wapuu as the player character, enemies, collectibles, pits, and a goal flag. Best score is persisted to app.json and displayed in Settings → Account. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Synthesized 8-bit-style sounds for jump, collect, stomp, hit, die, and win events using the Web Audio API. No external files needed — sounds are generated programmatically and can be swapped for real audio files later. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…d-timestep game loop - Add wapuu player sprites (idle/walk), Gutenberg enemy sprite, coin v2 - Add parallax far/near background layers with zoom and bottom-alignment - Add animated water in pits, lowered surface by 1/3 - Fix game loop to fixed 60fps timestep (independent of display refresh rate) - Fix tile gap rendering with floored cameraX and 1px tile overlap - Fix player animation: idle/walk sprite switching based on vx, no oscillation - Add idleTimer field to Player entity - Enemy sprites flip horizontally based on movement direction Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Documents the OpenAI → Unfaker → Piskel workflow for generating pixel art sprites. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

… 32px Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

- Move src/components/easter-egg/ → src/modules/wapuu-world/ - Move src/assets/easter-egg/ → src/modules/wapuu-world/assets/ - Move src/hooks/use-konami-code.ts → src/modules/wapuu-world/use-konami-code.ts - Rename EasterEggGame.tsx → wapuu-world-game.tsx, export WapuuWorldGame - Rename Redux state/actions: isEasterEggOpen → isWapuuWorldOpen, openEasterEgg → openWapuuWorld, closeEasterEgg → closeWapuuWorld - Update all imports in app.tsx and top-bar.tsx Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

- 90s countdown shown in HUD (turns orange at ≤30s, red at ≤10s) - Timeout triggers game over - Remaining seconds × 10 added to win score (max score now 2750) - Start screen shown on open with 3s auto-start countdown - Enemies animate in background during start screen - Press Space or Enter to skip countdown Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

- Remove emoji from canvas title to fix centering (monospace emoji width is inconsistent) - Match death screen layout and overlay opacity - Auto-start delay changed from 3s to 5s Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

sejas

Looks good. I tested it and works as expected, or even funnier than I expected.
I just have a small concern. When pressing the settings button it feels the modal opens with a delay. Let's change the settings trigger to be a long press of 5-10 seconds.

Her's my score:

wojtekn · 2026-04-29T14:55:43Z

Looks good. I tested it and works as expected, or even funnier than I expected.

Ha, thanks!

I just have a small concern. When pressing the settings button it feels the modal opens with a delay. Let's change the settings trigger to be a long press of 5-10 seconds.

I see that now, I tried with other elements, but with the sidebar toggle, it didn't work great. I reduced it to 200ms for now.

wpmobilebot · 2026-04-29T15:16:18Z

📊 Performance Test Results

Comparing 30d1c45 vs trunk

app-size

Metric	trunk	`30d1c45`	Diff	Change
App Size (Mac)	1507.60 MB	1510.66 MB	+3.06 MB	🔴 0.2%

site-editor

Metric	trunk	`30d1c45`	Diff	Change
load	1465 ms	1761 ms	+296 ms	🔴 20.2%

site-startup

Metric	trunk	`30d1c45`	Diff	Change
siteCreation	8081 ms	8087 ms	+6 ms	⚪ 0.0%
siteStartup	4950 ms	4955 ms	+5 ms	⚪ 0.0%

Results are median values from multiple test runs.

Legend: 🟢 Improvement (faster) | 🔴 Regression (slower) | ⚪ No change (<50ms diff)

sejas

I tested it again and it works good. The settings button delay is much smaller.
I also created this PR for you to consider: #3287

It changes the three clicks by a long click. That way we can avoid adding any delay
It loads de sprite images only when the easter egg starts and it doesn't add any memory/time to loading the app or the settings modal.

Lazy load the sprite images

wojtekn · 2026-04-30T10:57:55Z

@sejas, I also tested and built the artifact on Mac and Windows, and everything worked fine.

- `media-streamer.test.ts`: `RemoteSessionLogger`'s constructor signature changed in trunk (#3282) from `(logPath: string)` to `(options: RemoteSessionLoggerOptions)`. Update the five test call sites to use `{ logPath: '/dev/null' }`. - `top-bar.tsx`: drop unused `useEffect`, `useRef`, `useAppDispatch`, and `openWapuuWorld` imports (leftover from #3270).

wojtekn and others added 8 commits April 28, 2026 11:52

easter-egg: add sprite creation guide

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Documents the OpenAI → Unfaker → Piskel workflow for generating pixel art sprites. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

easter-egg: update sprite doc — coin is now wapuu-sprites-coin.png at…

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… 32px Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

easter-egg: note saving Piskel source file for easier future edits

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

easter-egg: move SPRITES.md to wapuu-world root

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

wojtekn added the Proof of Concept label Apr 28, 2026

github-actions Bot assigned wojtekn Apr 28, 2026

wojtekn changed the title ~~Wapuu World: hidden platformer Easter egg~~ Apr 28, 2026

wojtekn and others added 7 commits April 28, 2026 17:43

easter-egg: remove unused wapuu-sprites.png and dead drawSprite code

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

easter-egg: fix linter errors in wapuu-world module

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

easter-egg: fix import order in app.tsx

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Add sprite source files

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Fix tests

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wojtekn removed the Proof of Concept label Apr 28, 2026

wojtekn added 10 commits April 28, 2026 18:58

Add level boss animation

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Add level editor

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Extend level, update icon

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Removed unnecessary instruction

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Allow stomping when invincible

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Merge trunk into easter-egg-wapuu-platformer

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Add soil tile type

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Add flag sprite

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Add water sprite, improve ui

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Adjust score system

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wojtekn marked this pull request as ready for review April 29, 2026 11:30

wojtekn added 12 commits April 29, 2026 14:39

Add timeout for konami code sequence

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Document use of useCallback

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Add clear for triple-click timer

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Reuse canvas size constants

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Dynamically calculate max score based on level

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Add fallback for not loaded image

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Add missing translations for all remaining non-canvas strings

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Improve accessibility

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Replace emoji with Wapuu icon

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Tune hitboxes, and add hitbox debugging

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Disable auto-jump when key is kept pressed

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Fix code formatting issues

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wojtekn requested a review from sejas April 29, 2026 14:25

Fix distorted enemies

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sejas reviewed Apr 29, 2026

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wojtekn added 2 commits April 29, 2026 16:47

Move easter egg toggle to sidebar toggle

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Move back to settings toggle but reduce the click window

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sejas mentioned this pull request Apr 29, 2026

Wapuu easter egg: lazy sprite loading #3287

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wojtekn and others added 3 commits April 30, 2026 09:58

Remove multi click trigger

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Merge branch 'trunk' into easter-egg-wapuu-platformer

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Wapuu easter egg: lazy sprite loading (#3287)

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Lazy load the sprite images

sejas approved these changes Apr 30, 2026

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Merge branch 'trunk' into easter-egg-wapuu-platformer

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wojtekn merged commit 84c7b08 into trunk Apr 30, 2026
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