Drill: visible dust; pulses push loose material back and open a channel (t92)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-28 18:32:31 -04:00
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  flow, pockets drain), with a little dust. All damping is counted per grain travelled
  (attenuation is per distance in real physics), retuned so rock bores feel the same as before.

+- **Pulses stream loose grains back toward the bot (t92 follow-up, 2026-10-28).** Owner
+  playtesting found that surface bouncing did not open a channel. Keep shaking the travelled
+  ray path while the pulse is in flight, bias short hops back toward the bot, and keep sideways
+  and upward escapes when blocked. Grains fall normally after each hop. Dust must show as a few
+  soft puffs where grains move; the previous rubble-coloured debris squares were not visible.
+
 ## Ideas not built yet

 - **Concrete**, as a stronger wall material from rubble.