touch controls and hud

hud.gd

@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ func _build_bottom_hud() -> void:
 # Bull-head plate that sits behind the ability + health cluster. It's a sibling of the
 # cluster (not a parent) so it never constrains the cluster's layout; we size and place
 # it against the cluster's rect in _position_bull_bg.
+# Skipped on touch/phone: the on-screen thumb cluster already crowds the bottom edge, so
+# the wide horned plate just adds clutter there.
 func _build_bull_hud_bg() -> void:
+	if Controls.use_touch_ui():
+		return
 	_bull_bg = TextureRect.new()
 	if ResourceLoader.exists(_BULL_BG):
 		_bull_bg.texture = load(_BULL_BG)
@@ -240,7 +244,13 @@ func _toggle_controls() -> void:
 # joystick and ability buttons instead. Shares Controls.use_touch_ui() with that
 # overlay so exactly one control scheme shows on any given device.
 func _update_control_hints() -> void:
-	if _game_over or Controls.use_touch_ui():
+	var touch := Controls.use_touch_ui()
+	# The desktop tiles carry keyboard keycaps that mean nothing on a phone, and their
+	# STOP-filtered panels would sit over the joystick zone eating touches — touch_controls
+	# shows its own ability buttons instead, so drop the desktop bar on touch devices.
+	if _ability_bar != null:
+		_ability_bar.visible = not touch
+	if _game_over or touch:
 		_controls_panel.visible = false
 		_tab_hint.visible = false
 	else: