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JesseMarkowitzandClaude Opus 5 e482f07157 Add the interface, then rebuild the economy around the first playtest
The MVP is playable: a turn screen, a career retrospective, an optional
feedback widget, local-storage autosave with file export/import, and a build
that flattens everything into one self-contained HTML file.

A turn has two phases — the scenario and its options, then what the choice did
and, separately, what the day cost regardless. Numbers that move without the
player seeing why are most of what makes them meaningless. Locked options are
shown greyed with the requirement spelled out rather than hidden, so a player
can see the door they cannot open yet.

The interface is named entirely by the pack. `pack.display` maps a state path to
a label, a format and an order, which is why the header reads "Standing" for a
path called `reputation` and why debt disappears while it is zero.

The first playtest then found three things, all of them fair.

*"Wasn't clear what daily drain was for."* The ledger was labelling changes by
the path that moved — "Money −$18" — when the upkeep entry that caused them had
a perfectly good name. It now says "Coffee, transit, lunch". The labels were in
the data the whole time and never reached the screen.

*"Should probably pay rent weekly / get paid every other week… would be good to
have day of week and week # shown."* Packs can now declare a calendar, and the
engine derives the day name, cycle and index from the turn number before the
event is drawn — so content can require a Friday and the header can say
"Thursday · Week 2 · Day 12". Upkeep entries take `every` and `offset`, making
wages fall on alternate Fridays and rent every Monday. The turn screen carries
a diary line — "Wages tomorrow · Rent in 4 days" — computed generically from
whatever a pack schedules.

*"Always in debt — could never get ahead."* The old economy bled $25 a day
regardless of play. It is now roughly break-even at baseline, with a
`spare_shift` event that appears *because* you are broke: the way out of a hole
should be visible from inside it. Across archetypes a careful player ends around
$1,400, an unplanned one treads water, and a careless one sinks into real debt.

That retune broke the coverage test, usefully. Random play stopped reaching hard
times at all, which made the entire debt branch look dead — it was not, since
random play is not a plausible player. Coverage is now the union across five
archetypes, including one that is broke *and* well-liked, because the "ask a
friend for money" options sit in a state no single-axis strategy reaches.

Not covered by any of this: styling and dark mode, which only a human with a
browser can check. This machine has none that can render a page.

109 tests. Reasoning in docs/DECISIONS.md §14-21.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VMSFHyVPitUoosW5wyEADj
2026-09-10 04:44:49 -04:00

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import { test } from 'node:test';
import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
import { validatePack, assertValidPack } from '../src/engine/validate.js';
import { testPack } from './fixtures/test-pack.js';
/** A copy of the fixture with one thing broken. */
function broken(mutate) {
const pack = structuredClone(testPack);
mutate(pack);
return validatePack(pack);
}
const messages = (result) => result.errors.join('\n');
test('the fixture pack is valid and warning-free', () => {
const result = validatePack(testPack);
assert.deepEqual(result.errors, []);
assert.deepEqual(result.warnings, []);
});
test('an effect writing an undeclared path is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'skills.wleding', op: 'add', value: 1 });
});
assert.match(messages(result), /skills\.wleding.*not declared/s);
});
test('a relationship effect naming a character who does not exist is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'relationships.dave.likes_you', op: 'add', value: 1 });
});
assert.match(messages(result), /relationships\.dave\.likes_you.*not declared/s);
});
test('a condition reading an undeclared path is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].options[1].requires = [{ path: 'skills.charisma', op: '>=', value: 1 }];
});
assert.match(messages(result), /skills\.charisma.*not declared/s);
});
test('content may read engine bookkeeping but not write it', () => {
const readsTurn = broken((pack) => {
// Not the floor event — see the fallback rule below.
pack.events.find((e) => e.id === 'audit').requires = [{ path: 'turn', op: '>=', value: 3 }];
});
assert.deepEqual(readsTurn.errors, []);
const writesTurn = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'turn', op: 'add', value: 5 });
});
assert.match(messages(writesTurn), /engine-owned state/);
});
test('declaring a reserved root as pack state is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { pack.state['history'] = { initial: [] }; });
assert.match(messages(result), /reserved root/);
});
test('unknown operators are caught before they reach the engine', () => {
const badCondition = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].options[0].requires = [{ path: 'money', op: 'exceeds', value: 1 }];
});
assert.match(messages(badCondition), /unknown condition operator/);
const badEffect = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].options[0].effects[0].op = 'multiply';
});
assert.match(messages(badEffect), /unknown effect operation/);
});
test('add with a non-numeric value is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].options[0].effects[0].value = 'ten'; });
assert.match(messages(result), /non-numeric/);
});
test('duplicate ids are caught', () => {
assert.match(messages(broken((pack) => { pack.events[1].id = 'routine'; })), /duplicate id/);
assert.match(messages(broken((pack) => { pack.characters[1].id = 'chief'; })), /duplicate id/);
assert.match(messages(broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].options[1].id = 'work'; })), /duplicate id/);
});
test('an id that cannot be a path segment is caught, because ids become state paths', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].id = 'routine day'; });
assert.match(messages(result), /must match/);
});
test('an event with no options is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].options = []; });
assert.match(messages(result), /no options/);
});
test('a zero weight is caught, since the event could never fire', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].weight = 0; });
assert.match(messages(result), /greater than zero/);
});
test('a stage with no unconditional event is caught, since the pool can run dry', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => {
pack.events[0].requires = [{ path: 'money', op: '>', value: 0 }];
});
assert.match(messages(result), /no unconditional event/);
});
test('a starting stage with no events at all is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { pack.startingStage = 'penthouse'; });
assert.match(messages(result), /startingStage "penthouse" has no events/);
});
test('a character with no role_type warns but still plays', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => { delete pack.characters[0].role_type; });
assert.deepEqual(result.errors, []);
assert.match(result.warnings.join('\n'), /role_type/);
});
test('assertValidPack throws with every error listed', () => {
const pack = structuredClone(testPack);
pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'nope', op: 'add', value: 1 });
assert.throws(() => assertValidPack(pack), /is invalid/);
assert.doesNotThrow(() => assertValidPack(testPack));
});
test('upkeep is validated like any other effect list', () => {
const badPath = broken((pack) => {
pack.upkeep = [{ label: 'wage', effects: [{ path: 'monie', op: 'add', value: 20 }] }];
});
assert.match(messages(badPath), /monie.*not declared/s);
const empty = broken((pack) => { pack.upkeep = [{ label: 'wage', effects: [] }]; });
assert.match(messages(empty), /has no effects/);
const writesReserved = broken((pack) => {
pack.upkeep = [{ effects: [{ path: 'turn', op: 'add', value: 1 }] }];
});
assert.match(messages(writesReserved), /engine-owned state/);
});
test('a starting relationship for a stat that does not exist is caught', () => {
const result = broken((pack) => {
pack.characters[0].startingRelationship = { respects_you: 10 };
});
assert.match(messages(result), /unknown stat "respects_you"/);
});
test('a malformed calendar is caught', () => {
const badLength = broken((pack) => { pack.calendar = { cycleLength: 0 }; });
assert.match(messages(badLength), /cycleLength 0 must be a positive/);
const mismatched = broken((pack) => {
pack.calendar = { cycleLength: 7, unitNames: ['Mon', 'Tue'] };
});
assert.match(messages(mismatched), /unitNames has 2 entries but cycleLength is 7/);
});
test('a malformed upkeep schedule is caught', () => {
const badEvery = broken((pack) => {
pack.upkeep = [{ label: 'rent', every: 0, effects: [{ path: 'money', op: 'add', value: -1 }] }];
});
assert.match(messages(badEvery), /every 0 must be a positive/);
const orphanOffset = broken((pack) => {
pack.upkeep = [{ label: 'rent', offset: 3, effects: [{ path: 'money', op: 'add', value: -1 }] }];
});
assert.deepEqual(orphanOffset.errors, []);
assert.match(orphanOffset.warnings.join('\n'), /offset has no effect without every/);
});