TV UX: redesign Home, libraries, OddCrate, Social and game overlays for couch viewing #157

Owner UI direction — 9 October 2026: Physical Home/Guide now opens a nearly full-workspace (approximately 85–95% safe viewport) Options/Game Options overlay instead of the old compact menu. This requirement applies also to the TV profile, while #156 still requires genuine couch-first recomposition rather than scaling handheld pixels. The earlier statement below about not covering the entire screen 'unnecessarily' is superseded as to size; retain a subdued visible backdrop, focus/legibility, input safety and real Game Session identity. See #167, #168 and #170.

Parent: #156. Reuse the existing #111 navigation, #127–#135 Social/Together polish and #144–#152 OddCrate features.

Goal

Audit and recompose every important interactive surface for the 10-foot TV profile. This is not a global 960×540 upscaler and not a new backend/app.

Required screens

Primary shell & Home

• Keep the same five primary destinations and consistent TrainerOS identity, but use TV-appropriate space, tabs/navigation rail, background/media and hierarchy.
• Prioritize selected game, Continue/Play, useful current activity and readable recents. Avoid making the handheld's physical chassis ornament occupy the entire living-room screen.
• Render full-resolution artwork appropriately, not interpolated tiny previews; preserve screenshot ownership/rights and aspect ratio.

Worlds / Multiverse / OddCrate

• TV game discovery supports a genuine responsive grid/rail with uniform card sizes, focused artwork, readable names and large detail/media composition.
• Balance number of visible titles against couch reading distance; do not fit 16 microcards on a 4K screen simply because pixels allow it.
• OddCrate (OddCrate UX: discovery, curated collections and game detail inside Multiverse #145): handpicked row, Top Rated, Install/Update/Play, 1–5 stars and comment count; game details show creator/media/compatibility without text walls.
• Donation QR (OddCrate: show verified creator donation links as QR codes, with no in-app payments #150): display a generously sized QR with real tested scan distance and legible destination/creator identity. Use same trusted catalog metadata and no in-app checkout.

Companions / Pokémon / Trainer

• Preserve existing cross-feature Adventure context, party/box/sprites and verified progress. Reflow info, imagery, badges and sidebars; no hidden offscreen controls or tiny stats.

Social / Together / GameParty

• TV conversations show list/detail or a focused route according to viewport, with large chat text, obvious selected conversation and readable composer.
• Existing one Together area, calls and multiple game parties remain discoverable without stacking UI strips or creating a second lobby.
• Invitations/notifications are clearly readable from couch and do not steal destructive focus; maintain existing game/call/party state.

Home overlay / Settings / First-run / keyboard

• In-game Home/menu works with big focus rows and concise information, without covering the entire screen unnecessarily or pausing/killing an unrelated running game.
• Render Settings/Updates (Settings UX: show separate System Image, TrainerOS Software and game updates #155) distinctly for prepared image versus installed host paths.
• QR sign-in, keyboard, confirmation, error/help screens, screenshots and modals must have TV variants; don't leave these as miniature handheld dialogs pasted in the middle of a 4K image.

Layout principles

• Reuse common presenters/theme tokens; make layout differences intentional for each category (grids vs detail vs chat).
• TV legibility: sufficient physical text sizes, safe margins, high-contrast focus, line-length limits, no dense clipped metadata.
• Consistent content card sizing; no Pinterest-style variable-height masonry.
• No new primary tabs, no duplicated business logic, no per-platform reimplementation.
• Keep handheld layouts polished and performant; user can switch back without losing selected item/drafts.

Acceptance

• At 1080p and 4K TV profile, Home, Worlds, Multiverse, OddCrate, Social, Trainer, Companions and Settings show truly distinct couch-friendly compositions.
• TV game details show artwork/actions and creator/donation clearly; QR can be scanned from an ordinary viewing distance.
• Controller-only Invite → Accept → Party → Home → Return and browse → Install → Play flows work in TV mode.
• Chat text and onscreen keyboard remain readable; dialogs and errors are not clipped at safe-area bounds.
• Curated real-device screenshots document each major TV layout with corresponding handheld comparison.
• All game/save/Link/voice feature controllers are shared with handheld mode.