From 50671b483f101d99d1875e834ed30a504beba12b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OpenClaw Engineer <engineer@local.dev>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 11:15:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix end-of-world portal flow to allow forward-only
 progression

---
 js/game.js | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/js/game.js b/js/game.js
index 25b935a..1ab6f1d 100644
--- a/js/game.js
+++ b/js/game.js
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ function createInitialState(config = gameConfig) {
     portal: {
       active: false,
       entered: false,
-      x: worldWidth - 180,
+      // Keep portal close to the world edge so forward motion naturally carries
+      // the player into it once progression is unlocked.
+      x: worldWidth - 60,
       width: 52,
       height: 92,
       y: groundY - 92,
@@ -521,11 +523,15 @@ function updatePortal(dt) {
   }
 
   const p = state.player;
-  const atWorldEnd = p.x >= worldWidth - p.width - 8;
+  const worldEndX = worldWidth - p.width - 8;
+  // Activate slightly before the hard clamp at world end so the player can
+  // continue moving right and enter the portal without reversing direction.
+  const portalActivationX = Math.max(0, state.portal.x - p.width - 24);
+  const reachedProgressionPoint = p.x >= portalActivationX;
 
-  if (atWorldEnd) {
+  if (reachedProgressionPoint) {
     state.portal.active = true;
-    state.worldCleared = true;
+    state.worldCleared = p.x >= worldEndX;
   }
 
   if (!state.portal.active || state.portal.entered) return;