TheLadder/test/game.test.js

import { test } from 'node:test';
import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
import { startGame, currentTurn, takeTurn, MoveError } from '../src/engine/game.js';
import { getPath, setPath } from '../src/engine/paths.js';
import { testPack } from './fixtures/test-pack.js';

/** Play `turns` turns, always taking the first available option. */
function playThrough(seed, turns, chooser = (options) => options.find((o) => o.available).option.id) {
  let state = startGame(testPack, { seed });
  const records = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < turns; i++) {
    const turn = currentTurn(testPack, state);
    const result = takeTurn(testPack, state, chooser(turn.options, turn.event, state));
    state = result.state;
    records.push(result.record);
  }
  return { state, records };
}

test('a new game starts on turn one with the pack defaults', () => {
  const state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'start' });
  assert.equal(state.turn, 1);
  assert.equal(state.stage, 'floor');
  assert.equal(state.money, 100);
  assert.equal(state.skills.talking, 1);
  assert.equal(state.relationships.chief.likes_you, 50);
  assert.equal(state.relationships.pat.fears_you, 50);
  assert.ok(state.meta.currentEventId, 'an event is waiting before the first turn');
});

test('relationship state is generated per character, so adding one adds its stats', () => {
  const state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'chars' });
  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(state.relationships).sort(), ['chief', 'pat']);
  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(state.relationships.chief).sort(), ['fears_you', 'likes_you']);
});

test('taking a turn applies effects and advances the clock', () => {
  let state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'turn' });
  const before = state.money;
  const result = takeTurn(testPack, state, currentTurn(testPack, state).options[0].option.id);
  assert.equal(result.state.turn, 2);
  assert.notEqual(result.state.meta.currentEventId, undefined);
  assert.ok(result.state.money !== before || result.record.changes.length >= 0);
});

test('the same seed and the same choices replay identically', () => {
  const a = playThrough('replay', 40);
  const b = playThrough('replay', 40);
  assert.deepEqual(a.state, b.state);
  assert.deepEqual(a.records, b.records);
});

test('different seeds produce different runs', () => {
  const a = playThrough('seed-a', 40);
  const b = playThrough('seed-b', 40);
  assert.notDeepEqual(a.records.map((r) => r.eventId), b.records.map((r) => r.eventId));
});

test('a saved game resumes into exactly the run it left', () => {
  const uninterrupted = playThrough('save', 30);

  let state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'save' });
  for (let i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
    const turn = currentTurn(testPack, state);
    state = takeTurn(testPack, state, turn.options.find((o) => o.available).option.id).state;
  }
  // The whole save is one JSON round trip; nothing lives outside it.
  state = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state));
  for (let i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
    const turn = currentTurn(testPack, state);
    state = takeTurn(testPack, state, turn.options.find((o) => o.available).option.id).state;
  }
  assert.deepEqual(state, uninterrupted.state);
});

test('a once-only event fires exactly once across a long run', () => {
  const { records } = playThrough('once', 60);
  assert.equal(records.filter((r) => r.eventId === 'first_day').length, 1);
  assert.equal(records[0].eventId, 'first_day', 'its weight makes it the opener');
});

test('a locked option cannot be played', () => {
  const state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'locked' });
  let probe = state;
  // Walk to a turn that offers the gated option.
  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    const turn = currentTurn(testPack, probe);
    const charm = turn.options.find((o) => o.option.id === 'charm');
    if (charm) {
      assert.equal(charm.available, false);
      assert.throws(() => takeTurn(testPack, probe, 'charm'), MoveError);
      return;
    }
    probe = takeTurn(testPack, probe, turn.options.find((o) => o.available).option.id).state;
  }
  assert.fail('the gated option never came up');
});

test('an unknown option id is rejected', () => {
  const state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'bogus' });
  assert.throws(() => takeTurn(testPack, state, 'no_such_option'), /has no option/);
});

test('a skill grows from choices and eventually unlocks its gate', () => {
  const talkative = (options) => {
    const practice = options.find((o) => o.option.id === 'practice' && o.available);
    return (practice ?? options.find((o) => o.available)).option.id;
  };
  const { state } = playThrough('skill', 20, talkative);
  assert.ok(state.skills.talking >= 3, `expected talking to grow, got ${state.skills.talking}`);
});

test('money going negative brings the hard-times branch into the pool', () => {
  const spendy = (options) => {
    const practice = options.find((o) => o.option.id === 'practice' && o.available);
    return (practice ?? options.find((o) => o.available)).option.id;
  };
  let state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'broke' });
  let sawHardTimes = false;
  for (let i = 0; i < 120; i++) {
    const turn = currentTurn(testPack, state);
    if (turn.event.id === 'hard_times') { sawHardTimes = true; break; }
    state = takeTurn(testPack, state, spendy(turn.options, turn.event, state)).state;
  }
  assert.ok(state.money < 0 || sawHardTimes, 'the run should have gone broke');
  assert.ok(sawHardTimes, 'hard times should surface once money is negative — the game never ends');
});

test('the turn record carries the diff and the options the player could not take', () => {
  let state = startGame(testPack, { seed: 'record' });
  state = takeTurn(testPack, state, currentTurn(testPack, state).options[0].option.id).state;

  const turn = currentTurn(testPack, state);
  const { record } = takeTurn(testPack, state, 'work');

  assert.equal(record.eventId, turn.event.id);
  assert.equal(record.optionId, 'work');
  assert.deepEqual(record.changes.map((c) => c.path), ['money', 'relationships.chief.likes_you']);
  assert.equal(record.changes[0].from + 10, record.changes[0].to);

  const locked = record.offered.find((o) => o.id === 'charm');
  assert.equal(locked.available, false);
  assert.equal(locked.failed[0].path, 'skills.talking');
});

test('history accumulates every turn and is what the retrospective reads', () => {
  const { state, records } = playThrough('history', 12);
  assert.equal(state.history.length, 12);
  assert.deepEqual(state.history, records);
});

test('a stat cannot be pushed past its declared bound', () => {
  const { state } = playThrough('clamp', 80, (options) => {
    const practice = options.find((o) => o.option.id === 'practice' && o.available);
    return (practice ?? options.find((o) => o.available)).option.id;
  });
  assert.ok(state.skills.talking <= 10, 'talking is capped at 10');
  assert.ok(state.relationships.pat.likes_you <= 100, 'relationship stats are capped at 100');
});

test('the run never ends on its own', () => {
  const { state } = playThrough('endless', 200);
  assert.equal(state.turn, 201);
  assert.ok(currentTurn(testPack, state).options.some((o) => o.available), 'there is always something to do');
});

test('upkeep runs every turn and is recorded separately from the choice', () => {
  const upkeepPack = structuredClone(testPack);
  upkeepPack.upkeep = [
    { label: 'wage', effects: [{ path: 'money', op: 'add', value: 20 }] },
    {
      label: 'debt service',
      requires: [{ path: 'flags.in_debt', op: '==', value: true }],
      effects: [{ path: 'money', op: 'add', value: -5 }],
    },
  ];

  let state = startGame(upkeepPack, { seed: 'upkeep' });
  const before = state.money;
  const first = takeTurn(upkeepPack, state, currentTurn(upkeepPack, state).options[0].option.id);

  assert.equal(first.record.upkeep.length, 1, 'the conditional entry is skipped while it does not apply');
  assert.equal(first.record.upkeep[0].label, 'wage');
  const fromChoice = first.record.changes
    .filter((c) => c.path === 'money')
    .reduce((sum, c) => sum + (c.to - c.from), 0);
  assert.equal(first.state.money, before + fromChoice + 20);

  // Once the flag is set, the conditional entry starts applying.
  const nowIndebted = setPath(first.state, 'flags.in_debt', true);
  const nextOption = currentTurn(upkeepPack, nowIndebted).options.find((o) => o.available).option.id;
  const indebted = takeTurn(upkeepPack, nowIndebted, nextOption);
  assert.deepEqual(indebted.record.upkeep.map((c) => c.label), ['wage', 'debt service']);
});

test('a character can start somewhere other than the pack default', () => {
  const pack = structuredClone(testPack);
  pack.characters.find((c) => c.id === 'pat').startingRelationship = { likes_you: 20 };

  const state = startGame(pack, { seed: 'starts' });
  assert.equal(state.relationships.pat.likes_you, 20, 'the override applies');
  assert.equal(state.relationships.pat.fears_you, 50, 'unnamed stats keep the pack default');
  assert.equal(state.relationships.chief.likes_you, 50, 'other characters are unaffected');
});