update

scenes/main.gd

@@ -138,10 +138,22 @@ const MESSAGE_DURATION := 4.0
 @onready var message_bar: PanelContainer = $MessageBar
 @onready var message_container: VBoxContainer = $MessageBar/MarginContainer/MessageContainer
 
+var last_messages = {} # {player_name: {text: String, time: int}}
+
 # Message types for different styling
 enum MessageType {NORMAL, POWERUP, GOAL, CYCLE, WARNING}
 
 func add_message_to_bar(player_name: String, message: String, type: int = MessageType.NORMAL):
+	# Deduplication check
+	var current_time = Time.get_ticks_msec()
+	if player_name in last_messages:
+		var last = last_messages[player_name]
+		# Ignore if same message within 2 seconds
+		if last.text == message and current_time - last.time < 2000:
+			return
+			
+	last_messages[player_name] = {"text": message, "time": current_time}
+
 	if not message_container:
 		return