Add Retro Bowl-style drag-aimed passing

[ChessMess]

Summary

Replaces the old click-a-receiver-for-a-70%-coin-flip pass mechanic with a Retro Bowl-style slingshot throw:

• Pause the play, press and drag back from the QB to aim — a dotted preview and catch reticle show where the throw will land.
• Hit Start and the ball flies the drawn path (a plain circle, no physics body — nothing collides with a pass in flight).
• Outcome is decided on arrival by proximity, not a coin flip: the nearest eligible player to the landing spot catches it, a closer defender intercepts, and nobody in range is incomplete.
• An interception ends the play immediately, spots the ball where it was picked off, and hands over possession on 1st down (reuses the existing turnoverOnDowns handshake so it survives save/resume).
• Review Play now records and replays the ball's position and flight scale instead of teleporting it.

Also fixes, surfaced during review of this change:

• Formation toggles (offense and defense) now clear a pending/in-flight pass, matching togglePlayType()'s existing behavior — repositioning players mid-aim or mid-flight could otherwise leave a throw resolving against stale positions.
• Catching a pass re-anchors the stuck-ball-carrier trackers to the catch spot, so a checkdown/screen behind the QB's snap position isn't immediately ruled "Stuck" when the backward-drift house rule is enabled.

New passing config block (src/game/config.json) tunes drag sensitivity, range, ball speed, and catch radius.

Test plan

• npm run lint passes
• npm test passes (142/142, including 8 new PassManager unit tests, 3 new interception tests, and 10 new integration tests covering the aim state machine, catch/interception/incomplete resolution, mid-flight pause/resume, the review-leak fix, and the two follow-up fixes above)
• npm run test:e2e passes (4/4 Playwright smoke tests)
• Manually verified end-to-end in a live browser session (drag math, catch/interception/incomplete outcomes, mid-flight pause/resume, bare-click clearing a stale aim, the old receiver-click confirmed inert, and an interception surviving an actual page refresh) — no console errors

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR replaces the old click-to-pass (70% coin-flip) mechanic with a Retro Bowl-style drag-aim “slingshot” passing system built around a new PassManager, and updates play resolution/replay recording to support in-flight ball visualization, catch/interception/incomplete outcomes, and interception-driven possession changes.

Changes:

• Added PassManager to manage aiming state, pass preview UI, ball flight, and deterministic catch/interception/incomplete resolution by proximity.
• Updated play flow (PlayStateManager, FormationManager, BaseGameScene) to integrate aiming/launching, clear pending/in-flight passes on state changes (formations/play type/possession/next play), and add interception handling/UI.
• Extended replay recording (PlayRecorder) to capture and replay ball position/scale during flight; added config tuning (passing block) and comprehensive unit/integration tests.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 12 out of 12 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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File	Description
tests/unit/PlayStateManager.test.js	Adds interception and stuck-tracking regression coverage.
tests/unit/PassManager.test.js	New unit tests for aim projection/clamping and catch/interception/incomplete outcome logic.
tests/unit/FormationManager.test.js	Verifies formation toggles clear pending/in-flight pass state.
tests/integration/scene-boot.test.js	Integration coverage for aim state machine, flight/pause/resume, outcomes, replay recording, and regressions.
tests/fakes/makeFakeGame.js	Updates fake game API surface for interception UI and pass clearing.
src/game/scenes/BaseGameScene.js	Wires PassManager into input handlers, update loop, UI, and play/review lifecycle.
src/game/PlayStateManager.js	Adds interception handling and ball-carrier tracking reset; clears pass on key transitions.
src/game/PlayRecorder.js	Records/replays ball state per frame (position + scale) alongside players.
src/game/PassManager.js	New module implementing drag-aim pass preview, flight, and resolution logic.
src/game/FormationManager.js	Clears pending/in-flight passes when toggling formations or play type.
src/game/config.json	Adds passing tuning parameters, new colors, and a pass debug category.
CHANGELOG.md	Documents the new passing system plus related fixes and removals.

Suppressed comments (1)

src/game/PassManager.js:175

• After the play resumes, the dotted aim preview and catch reticle should be paused-only UI. launchIfAimed() currently leaves aimGraphics drawn during the live play/ball flight until the pass resolves and clearPass() runs.

        );

        this.aimTarget = null;
    }

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