- Rebuilt Player.tsx with full UI overhaul using Framer Motion animations.

- Added animated transitions between login, lobby, and match states.
- Improved layout, spacing, and visual styling for modern game feel.
- Added smooth auto-connect flow and integrated username lock-in behavior.
- Updated matchmaking and logout buttons with animated interactions.
- Integrated Leaderboard cleanly inside lobby panel.

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "tictactoe-vite",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "v0.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "tictactoe-vite",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "version": "v0.2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@emotion/react": "latest",
         "@emotion/styled": "latest",
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "@mui/icons-material": "latest",
         "@mui/material": "latest",
         "axios": "latest",
+        "framer-motion": "latest",
         "markdown-to-jsx": "latest",
         "marked": "latest",
         "react": "latest",
@@ -2064,6 +2065,33 @@
         "node": ">= 6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/framer-motion": {
+      "version": "12.23.24",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/framer-motion/-/framer-motion-12.23.24.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HMi5HRoRCTou+3fb3h9oTLyJGBxHfW+HnNE25tAXOvVx/IvwMHK0cx7IR4a2ZU6sh3IX1Z+4ts32PcYBOqka8w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "motion-dom": "^12.23.23",
+        "motion-utils": "^12.23.6",
+        "tslib": "^2.4.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@emotion/is-prop-valid": "*",
+        "react": "^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0",
+        "react-dom": "^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "@emotion/is-prop-valid": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "react": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "react-dom": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/fsevents": {
       "version": "2.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.3.tgz",
@@ -3263,6 +3291,21 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/motion-dom": {
+      "version": "12.23.23",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/motion-dom/-/motion-dom-12.23.23.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-n5yolOs0TQQBRUFImrRfs/+6X4p3Q4n1dUEqt/H58Vx7OW6RF+foWEgmTVDhIWJIMXOuNNL0apKH2S16en9eiA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "motion-utils": "^12.23.6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/motion-utils": {
+      "version": "12.23.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/motion-utils/-/motion-utils-12.23.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eAWoPgr4eFEOFfg2WjIsMoqJTW6Z8MTUCgn/GZ3VRpClWBdnbjryiA3ZSNLyxCTmCQx4RmYX6jX1iWHbenUPNQ==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/ms": {
       "version": "2.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz",
@@ -3761,6 +3804,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tslib": {
+      "version": "2.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oJFu94HQb+KVduSUQL7wnpmqnfmLsOA/nAh6b6EH0wCEoK0/mPeXU6c3wKDV83MkOuHPRHtSXKKU99IBazS/2w==",
+      "license": "0BSD"
+    },
     "node_modules/unified": {
       "version": "11.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unified/-/unified-11.0.5.tgz",

package.json

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "remark-gfm": "latest",
     "marked": "latest",
     "axios": "latest",
-    "@heroiclabs/nakama-js": "^2.8.0"
+    "@heroiclabs/nakama-js": "^2.8.0",
+    "framer-motion": "latest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "latest",

src/tictactoe/Player.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { motion, AnimatePresence } from "framer-motion";
 import Leaderboard from "./Leaderboard";
 import { useNakama } from "./providers/NakamaProvider";
 
@@ -45,38 +46,167 @@ export default function Player({
 
   return (
     <div style={{ marginBottom: "20px" }}>
-      {session && !matchId && (
+      <AnimatePresence mode="wait">
-        <>
+        {/* ---------------- LOGIN SCREEN ---------------- */}
-          <h2>Hello, {session.username}</h2>
+        {!session && (
+          <motion.div
+            key="login"
+            initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 20, scale: 0.97 }}
+            animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, scale: 1 }}
+            exit={{ opacity: 0, y: -20, scale: 0.97 }}
+            transition={{ duration: 0.4, ease: "easeOut" }}
+            style={{
+              background: "#111",
+              padding: "24px",
+              borderRadius: "16px",
+              width: "280px",
+              margin: "0 auto",
+              color: "white",
+              boxShadow:
+                "0 4px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.4), inset 0 0 20px rgba(255,255,255,0.03)",
+              textAlign: "center",
+            }}
+          >
+            <h2 style={{ marginBottom: "16px" }}>Welcome!</h2>
 
-          {/* Game mode selection */}
+            <input
-          <label style={{ display: "block", marginTop: "10px" }}>
+              placeholder="Enter username"
-            Select Game Mode:
+              value={username}
+              disabled={username.length > 0}
+              onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
+              style={{
+                padding: "10px",
+                width: "100%",
+                borderRadius: "12px",
+                background: "#222",
+                color: "white",
+                border: "1px solid #333",
+                marginBottom: "12px",
+                fontSize: "14px",
+              }}
+            />
+
+            <motion.button
+              whileTap={{ scale: 0.95 }}
+              onClick={handleConnect}
+              disabled={username.length === 0}
+              style={{
+                width: "100%",
+                padding: "10px",
+                borderRadius: "12px",
+                background: username.length ? "#2ecc71" : "#444",
+                border: "none",
+                cursor: username.length ? "pointer" : "not-allowed",
+                color: "white",
+                fontWeight: 600,
+                fontSize: "14px",
+              }}
+            >
+              Connect
+            </motion.button>
+          </motion.div>
+        )}
+
+        {/* ---------------- LOBBY SCREEN ---------------- */}
+        {session && !matchId && (
+          <motion.div
+            key="lobby"
+            initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 40 }}
+            animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
+            exit={{ opacity: 0, y: -40 }}
+            transition={{ duration: 0.45, ease: "easeOut" }}
+            style={{
+              padding: "20px",
+              background: "#0f0f0f",
+              borderRadius: "20px",
+              color: "white",
+              textAlign: "center",
+            }}
+          >
+            <h2 style={{ marginBottom: "10px" }}>
+              Hello, <span style={{ color: "#2ecc71" }}>{session.username}</span>
+            </h2>
+
+            <label style={{ display: "block", marginTop: "10px", opacity: 0.7 }}>
+              Select Game Mode
             </label>
 
             <select
               value={selectedMode}
               onChange={(e) => setSelectedMode(e.target.value)}
-            style={{ padding: "6px", marginBottom: "10px" }}
+              style={{
+                padding: "8px",
+                margin: "10px 0 16px",
+                width: "60%",
+                borderRadius: "10px",
+                background: "#222",
+                color: "white",
+                border: "1px solid #333",
+              }}
             >
               <option value="classic">Classic</option>
               <option value="blitz">Blitz</option>
             </select>
 
-          {/* Join matchmaking */}
+            <motion.button
-          <button onClick={() => startQueue(selectedMode)}>Join Matchmaking</button>
+              whileTap={{ scale: 0.95 }}
-          <button onClick={() => logout()}>Logout</button>
+              onClick={() => startQueue(selectedMode)}
+              style={{
+                padding: "10px 20px",
+                borderRadius: "12px",
+                background: "#3498db",
+                color: "white",
+                border: "none",
+                marginRight: "10px",
+                cursor: "pointer",
+                fontWeight: 600,
+              }}
+            >
+              Join Matchmaking
+            </motion.button>
 
-          {/*/!* List open matches *!/*/}
+            <motion.button
-          {/*<MatchList matches={openMatches} />*/}
+              whileTap={{ scale: 0.95 }}
-          <Leaderboard/>
+              onClick={logout}
-        </>
+              style={{
+                padding: "10px 20px",
+                borderRadius: "12px",
+                background: "#e74c3c",
+                color: "white",
+                border: "none",
+                cursor: "pointer",
+                fontWeight: 600,
+              }}
+            >
+              Logout
+            </motion.button>
+
+            <div style={{ marginTop: "24px" }}>
+              <Leaderboard />
+            </div>
+          </motion.div>
         )}
+
+        {/* ---------------- MATCH SCREEN ---------------- */}
         {session && matchId && (
-        <>
+          <motion.div
-          <h2>Go {session.username}!</h2>
+            key="match"
-        </>
+            initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.9, y: 30 }}
+            animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1, y: 0 }}
+            exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.9, y: -20 }}
+            transition={{ duration: 0.35, ease: "easeOut" }}
+            style={{
+              padding: "20px",
+              color: "white",
+              textAlign: "center",
+            }}
+          >
+            <h2 style={{ fontSize: "22px", color: "#f1c40f" }}>
+              Go {session.username}!
+            </h2>
+          </motion.div>
         )}
+      </AnimatePresence>
     </div>
   );
 }