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@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The core types that were formerly monolithic in `game.rs` are now split into foc
- `ObjectDef` — a scripted tile: `x`, `y`, `glyph: Glyph`, `solid: bool` (default `true`), `opaque: bool` (default `true`), `pushable: bool` (default `false`), `script_name: Option<String>`, `tags: HashSet<String>`, `name: Option<String>`. The optional `name` is validated for board-wide uniqueness at load time; the first claimant keeps the name and any later duplicate has its name cleared to `None` (nonfatal). `ObjectDef::new(x, y)` constructs with defaults. `ObjectDef::default_glyph()` returns tile 63 (`?`) yellow on black.
**`kiln-core/src/board.rs`** — the board data type:
- `Board` — the complete game unit (ZZT-style "board"): `width`, `height`, `cells: Vec<(Glyph, Archetype)>` (row-major; `pub(crate)`), `floor: Vec<Glyph>` + `floor_spec: Option<FloorSpec>` (visual floor layer; `pub(crate)`), `player: Player`, `objects: BTreeMap<ObjectId, ObjectDef>`, `next_object_id: ObjectId`, `portals: Vec<PortalDef>`, `font: Option<FontSpec>`, `zoom: u32` (integer tile scale factor), `scripts: HashMap<String, String>` (named Rhai source text; script name → source), `board_script_name: Option<String>` (name of a board-level script, if any), `load_errors: Vec<LogLine>` (`pub(crate)`).
- `Board` — the complete game unit (ZZT-style "board"): `width`, `height`, `cells: Vec<(Glyph, Archetype)>` (row-major; `pub(crate)`), `floor: Vec<Glyph>` + `floor_spec: Option<FloorSpec>` (visual floor layer; `pub(crate)`), `player: Player`, `objects: BTreeMap<ObjectId, ObjectDef>`, `next_object_id: ObjectId`, `portals: Vec<PortalDef>`, `font: Option<FontSpec>`, `zoom: u32` (integer tile scale factor), `board_script_name: Option<String>` (name of a board-level script in the world script pool, if any), `load_errors: Vec<LogLine>` (`pub(crate)`). Scripts are **not** stored on `Board` — they live in [`World::scripts`].
- `get(x, y) -> &(Glyph, Archetype)` / `get_mut` — direct cell access (panics OOB).
- `glyph_at(x, y) -> Glyph` — the glyph a renderer should display at `(x, y)`. Priority: player > solid object > non-solid object with nonzero tile > non-Empty grid archetype > floor. **Includes the player**`glyph_at` at the player's cell returns `Glyph::player()`. An `Empty` cell's own glyph is always ignored (floor supersedes it). Front-ends call this per-cell instead of managing a separate player overlay.
- `solid_at(x, y) -> Option<Solid>` — the cell's single solid occupant (player checked first, then objects, then grid archetype).
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The core types that were formerly monolithic in `game.rs` are now split into foc
- `SpeechBubble { object_id, text, remaining }` — an active speech bubble created by a script's `say(s)` call. `remaining` counts down in `GameState::tick`; when it reaches zero the bubble is removed. At most one bubble per object (a new `say()` replaces the old one).
- `SAY_DURATION: f64` — how long a bubble lives (3.0 seconds).
- `Scroll { source: ObjectId, lines: Vec<ScrollLine> }` — an active scroll overlay opened by a script's `scroll(lines)` call. Lives on `GameState::active_scroll: Option<Scroll>`; front-ends pause ticks while it's `Some` and close it via `close_scroll(choice)`. `ScrollLine` is re-exported from `action.rs` through `game.rs` so front-ends import both from `kiln_core::game`.
- `GameState`holds `board: Rc<RefCell<Board>>`, `log: Vec<LogLine>`, `scripts: ScriptHost`, `pub speech_bubbles: Vec<SpeechBubble>`, and `pub active_scroll: Option<Scroll>`. Front-ends reach the board through `board() -> Ref<Board>` / `board_mut() -> RefMut<Board>`. `try_move(dir)` moves the player (pushing if possible) and fires `bump(-1)` on any solid object walked into. `run_init()` runs object `init()` hooks once at startup. `tick(dt)` advances cooldowns, expires speech bubbles, and runs `tick(dt)` hooks every frame. Both end by calling `resolve()`, which drains the board queue and applies each `Action` (`Log``log`, `SetTile` → source glyph, `Move(dir)``step_object`, `Say``speech_bubbles`, `Scroll``active_scroll`). Resolution is two-phase: mutate the board collecting `(bumped, bumper)` pairs, drop the borrow, then fire `run_bump` for each pair. `drain_errors()` moves script errors into `log`. `close_scroll(choice)` clears `active_scroll` and optionally fires `run_send(source, choice, None)` to dispatch the player's selection back to the object.
- `GameState`owns `world: World` (all boards as `Rc<RefCell<Board>>` + world scripts) and `current_board_name: String` (key of the active board). `pub log: Vec<LogLine>`, `scripts: ScriptHost`, `pub speech_bubbles: Vec<SpeechBubble>`, `pub active_scroll: Option<Scroll>`. Front-ends reach the active board through `board() -> Ref<Board>` / `board_mut() -> RefMut<Board>` (both look up `world.boards[current_board_name]`). `current_board_name() -> &str` returns the active key. **`from_world(world: World) -> Self`** is the primary constructor: clones the start board's `Rc<RefCell<Board>>` for the `ScriptHost`, compiles scripts from `world.scripts`. `new(board)` and `with_scripts(board, scripts)` are `#[cfg(test)]`-only sugar that build a minimal single-board `World`. `try_move(dir)` moves the player (pushing if possible) and fires `bump(-1)` on any solid object walked into. `run_init()` runs object `init()` hooks once at startup. `tick(dt)` advances cooldowns, expires speech bubbles, and runs `tick(dt)` hooks every frame. Both end by calling `resolve()`, which drains the board queue and applies each `Action` (`Log``log`, `SetTile` → source glyph, `Move(dir)``step_object`, `Say``speech_bubbles`, `Scroll``active_scroll`). Resolution is two-phase: mutate the board collecting `(bumped, bumper)` pairs, drop the borrow, then fire `run_bump` for each pair. `drain_errors()` moves script errors into `log`. `close_scroll(choice)` clears `active_scroll` and optionally fires `run_send(source, choice, None)` to dispatch the player's selection back to the object.
**`kiln-core/src/floor.rs`** — the visual floor layer:
- The floor is a cosmetic per-cell background drawn wherever a cell would render as `Archetype::Empty` (it is *how* `Empty` is drawn; the cell's own `Empty` glyph is ignored). Computed once at load and cached on `Board::floor`, so there is no per-frame cost / flicker; the raw `FloorSpec` is also kept (`Board::floor_spec`) so `map_file::save` round-trips it.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The core types that were formerly monolithic in `game.rs` are now split into foc
- `LogSpan { text, fg: Option<Rgba8>, bg: Option<Rgba8> }` and `LogLine { spans: Vec<LogSpan> }` — a UI-agnostic styled message (colors are core `Rgba8`, not a front-end type). `LogLine::raw()`, a chainable `push()`, `append()`, and `LogLine::error()` (a red-on-black single-span constructor used for nonfatal load errors) build messages; each front-end converts a `LogLine` to its own styled text at render time.
**`kiln-core/src/script.rs`** — Rhai scripting runtime:
- `ScriptHost` — owns the Rhai `Engine`, the compiled scripts referenced by a board's objects (compiled once per name), a per-object persistent `Scope` + output queue + ready timer, and the shared board queue. Built with `ScriptHost::new(&Rc<RefCell<Board>>)` (registers the API, compiles scripts, reports compile/unknown-script failures onto the error sink; runs nothing).
- `ScriptHost` — owns the Rhai `Engine`, the compiled scripts referenced by a board's objects (compiled once per name), a per-object persistent `Scope` + output queue + ready timer, and the shared board queue. Built with `ScriptHost::new(&Rc<RefCell<Board>>, &HashMap<String, String>)`: the first arg is a shared ref to the active board (used by read-API closures), the second is the world-level script pool (scripts are compiled from here, not from the board itself). Reports compile/unknown-script failures onto the error sink; runs nothing.
- Lifecycle hooks per object: `init()` (zero-arg), `tick(dt)` (elapsed seconds as `f64`), and `bump(id)` (the bumper's `ObjectId`, or `-1` for the player), all optional — detected via `AST::iter_functions()` by name and arity. Driven by `run_init()` / `run_tick(dt)` / `run_bump(object_id, bumper)`; runtime errors go to the error sink (drained to the log), not fatal.
- **Reads (direct):** read getters (`player_x`, `player_y`, `width`, `height`) are registered on `Rc<RefCell<Board>>` (the `BoardRef` alias, exposed to Rhai under the type name `Board`) — getters only, so read-only by construction. A clone of the handle is pushed into each scope as the constant `Board`. `blocked(dir) -> bool` is also a read fn: true if the caller's target cell is off-board, already solid, or the destination of a pending move on the board queue (an object never sees its *own* move, which is pumped only after its script returns). `has_tag(s) -> bool` and `get_tags() -> Array` read the calling object's tag set; `objects_with_tag(s) -> Array` returns all object ids carrying that tag. `my_name() -> String` returns the calling object's name (or `""` if unnamed); `object_id_for_name(s) -> i64` looks up an object by name and returns its id, or `0` if not found. Each getter briefly borrows the shared `Board`.
- **Actions & rate limiting (two-tier queues):** host fns `move(dir)`, `set_tile(n)`, `log(s)`, `say(s)`, `scroll(lines)` append an `Action` (`Move`/`SetTile`/`Log`/`Say`/`Scroll`; `MOVE_COST = 0.25` s for `Move`, else 0) to the *issuing object's* output queue (routed by the per-call tag via a `HashMap<usize, ObjQueue>`). `scroll(lines)` takes a Rhai array where each element is a string (text line) or a two-element array `[choice_key, display_text]` (selectable choice). `ScriptHost::pump(i)` promotes ready actions onto the shared **board queue** (`Vec<BoardAction { source, action }>`): the leading run of zero-cost actions plus at most one timed action, which arms that object's **ready timer** and ends the pump. While a ready timer is `> 0` nothing is pulled (this caps object speed); `advance_timers(dt)` counts them down each frame. `GameState` drains the board queue with `take_board_queue()` and applies it after the batch — so scripts mutate without a `&mut GameState` borrow. Errors (compile/runtime) bypass the queues via the error sink (`take_errors()`).
@@ -106,14 +106,18 @@ The core types that were formerly monolithic in `game.rs` are now split into foc
- `GameState` (hence the `Engine`/`Scope`) is single-threaded / not `Send`; fine for kiln-tui.
- **Sender identity uses stable ids:** `BoardAction.source`, `ObjectRuntime.object_id`, and the `QueueMap` keys are all the object's `ObjectId` (matching `Board::objects`' `BTreeMap` keys), so they survive object spawn/destroy/reorder. The per-call tag carries the id as an `i64` (id 0 — never valid — is the no-source fallback). `ScriptHost::objects` is still a `Vec<ObjectRuntime>` built by iterating the board map, so it stays in ascending-id order.
**`kiln-core/src/map_file.rs`** — map file loading:
- `MapFile` and friends — serde `Deserialize` types for TOML map files
**`kiln-core/src/map_file.rs`** — per-board serde types and single-board load/save:
- `MapFile` and friends — serde `Deserialize`/`Serialize` types for the per-board portion of a `.toml` file. Does **not** include scripts (those live in `World::scripts`, not on `Board`).
- `TileIndex``#[serde(untagged)]` enum accepting either `Num(u32)` or `Chr(char)`; lets map files use `tile = " "` (char) or `tile = 32` (integer) interchangeably
- `PlayerStart``#[serde(untagged)]` enum (`Coord([i32;2])` | `Char(char)`); `player_start = [x, y]` or `player_start = "@"` (locate that char in the grid). Same dual-form trick as `TileIndex`
- `FontHeader` — deserializes the optional `[font]` section (`path`, `tile_w`, `tile_h`)
- `impl TryFrom<MapFile> for Board` — the single load conversion. **Best-effort/nonfatal**: only a grid-dimension mismatch returns `Err`; every other problem (unknown archetype/grid char → `ErrorBlock`; object/player placement-char issues; one-solid-per-cell conflicts) is recovered and recorded on `Board::load_errors` (see `Board::is_valid`). Resolves the player (coord or `@` char, first-occurrence, falling back to `(0,0)`) and lets it *win* its cell; places objects by `x`/`y` or `palette` char
- `pub fn load(path: &str) -> Result<Board, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>` — reads and converts a `.toml` map file
- `pub fn save(board: &Board, path: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>` — serializes `Board` back to TOML and writes to disk
- `pub fn load(path: &str) -> Result<Board, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>` — reads a single-board `.toml` file (legacy format). Production code uses `world::load` instead.
- `pub fn save(board: &Board, path: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>` — serializes `Board` back to a single-board TOML file
**`kiln-core/src/world.rs`** — world type and world-file loading:
- `World` — the runtime representation of a `.toml` world file: `name: String`, `start: String` (key of the starting board), `scripts: HashMap<String, String>` (named Rhai source, shared across all boards), `boards: HashMap<String, Rc<RefCell<Board>>>` (all boards, always present). Every board is wrapped in `Rc<RefCell<Board>>` so multiple shared refs can coexist — `GameState` clones the active board's `Rc` for its `ScriptHost`, and all boards remain in `world.boards` at all times (no board is ever "removed" when active).
- `pub fn load(path: &str) -> Result<World, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>` — reads a world `.toml` file, converts each `[boards.NAME.*]` subtable via `TryFrom<MapFile> for Board`, wraps each in `Rc::new(RefCell::new(...))`, and validates that `world.start` matches a board key.
### kiln-tui modules
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ The terminal player. Renders the board as text: each `Glyph.tile` index is reint
**Drawing rule: prefer ratatui primitives.** Before writing manual cell-by-cell buffer code, check whether a `Block`, `Paragraph`, `Layout`, `Line::centered()`, or other ratatui widget/method achieves the same result. If a small design change (e.g. fixed vs. content-driven sizing) would unlock a ratatui-native approach, raise it as a question rather than writing manual code. The documented exceptions are: the background dimming pass in `ScrollOverlayWidget` (no ratatui primitive for "tint the whole buffer"), and the tail characters in `SpeechBubblesWidget` (`speech.rs`): the tail-join `┬` on the bottom border and the `│` column drawn below the box down to the source object.
**`kiln-tui/src/main.rs`** — entry point and play loop:
- Parses a single positional arg (the map path); prints usage and exits non-zero if missing. Loads the board via `kiln_core::map_file::load` *before* touching the terminal so load errors print to a normal screen.
- Parses a single positional arg (the world file path); prints usage and exits non-zero if missing. Loads the world via `kiln_core::world::load` *before* touching the terminal so load errors print to a normal screen, then calls `GameState::from_world(world)` to start on the world's designated start board.
- `ratatui::init()` → detect `TerminalCaps` → push Kitty flags when supported → `run` loop → pop Kitty flags → `ratatui::restore()`.
- `run` is a ~30 FPS real-time loop: it `event::poll`s only until the next frame deadline (so input stays responsive) and otherwise wakes to advance the game by the real elapsed `dt` via `GameState::tick`. It acts on `Press` **and** `Repeat` key events (so holding a key moves continuously) and ignores `Release` (which the Kitty protocol also emits, and which would otherwise double-fire each move). Arrow keys move the player via `GameState::try_move`; `l` toggles the log panel; `q`/`Esc` quit. Mouse capture is enabled so the log panel scrolls (wheel) and resizes (drag the divider). `game.run_init()` runs object `init()` hooks after the board is loaded and before the loop. When `game.active_scroll` is `Some`, all input is redirected to scroll navigation (Up/Down to scroll, letter keys for choices, Esc to dismiss if no choices); `game.tick()` is skipped until the overlay is closed.
- `draw` wraps the board in a bordered `Block` titled with the board name and controls. When the log panel is closed, the latest log line is previewed in the bottom-left border after a `[l]og:` label; when open, a bottom panel lists the log newest-first (`render::logline_to_line` converts each `LogLine`). The scroll overlay is drawn last (above everything) by `render::draw_scroll_overlay`.
@@ -222,60 +226,79 @@ The terminal player. Renders the board as text: each `Glyph.tile` index is reint
- `show(ctx, open, glyph, board_cells, font)` — takes `open: &mut bool` and `glyph: &mut Glyph` directly; no dependency on `EditorState`
- Three sections: board palette (unique glyphs deduped via `HashSet<Glyph>`, click to select), FG/BG color pickers, scrollable tile grid (all tiles in the active font at `tile_w × tile_h` per cell)
### Map file format (`maps/*.toml`)
### World file format (`maps/*.toml`)
XPM-inspired: a `[palette]` maps single characters to `(Glyph, Archetype)` definitions; `[grid] content` is a TOML multi-line string where each character indexes the palette.
Each `.toml` file is a **world**: a named collection of boards plus a shared script pool. The `[world]` header names the world and designates the starting board. Scripts live once at the top level and are referenced by name from any board's objects. Each board lives under `[boards.NAME.*]` where `NAME` is the board's identifier string.
**Keep this example in sync with `map_file.rs` whenever the format changes.**
**Keep this example in sync with `world.rs` / `map_file.rs` whenever the format changes.**
```toml
[map]
name = "Room Name"
[world]
name = "My World"
start = "room1" # key of the starting board
# Named Rhai scripts — shared across all boards. Objects reference a script
# by script_name = "key". Scripts do NOT live on individual boards.
[scripts]
greeter = """
fn init() { # optional, run once at startup
log(`player at ${Board.player_x}, ${Board.player_y}`);
set_tile(2); # write: change my glyph
}
fn tick(dt) {
if Queue.length() == 0 && !blocked(North) { move(North); }
}
fn bump(id) { log(`bumped by ${id}`); say("Ouch!"); }
"""
# Each board is a named subtable under [boards]. The board key ("room1") is
# used for cross-board references (e.g. portals) and becomes current_board_name.
[boards.room1.map]
name = "Room One"
width = 60
height = 25
player_start = [30, 12] # OR a grid char: player_start = "@"
# Optional: override the default font for this board.
[font]
[boards.room1.font]
path = "assets/my_font.png"
tile_w = 8
tile_h = 16
[palette]
[boards.room1.palette]
" " = { archetype = "empty", tile = " ", fg = "#000000", bg = "#000000" }
"#" = { archetype = "wall", tile = 35, fg = "#808080", bg = "#606060" }
"o" = { archetype = "crate", tile = 254, fg = "#aaaaaa", bg = "#000000" } # solid + pushable (any dir)
"-" = { archetype = "hcrate", tile = 29, fg = "#aaaaaa", bg = "#000000" } # crate, pushable east/west only
"|" = { archetype = "vcrate", tile = 18, fg = "#aaaaaa", bg = "#000000" } # crate, pushable north/south only
"-" = { archetype = "hcrate", tile = 29, fg = "#aaaaaa", bg = "#000000" } # pushable east/west only
"|" = { archetype = "vcrate", tile = 18, fg = "#aaaaaa", bg = "#000000" } # pushable north/south only
# Optional visual floor layer (drawn under every empty cell). Four forms:
# floor = "grass" # 1. one generator for the whole board
# [floor] # 2. one fixed glyph everywhere
# Optional visual floor layer. Four forms:
# boards.room1.floor = "grass" # 1. one generator for the whole board
# [boards.room1.floor] # 2. one fixed glyph everywhere
# tile = "." fg = "#1c3a1c" bg = "#0a1a0a"
# [floor] # 3. a grid with its own palette
# content = """...""" # (must match width/height)
# [floor.palette] # entries are generator names OR glyphs
# "g" = "grass" # generator: "grass" | "dirt" | "stone"
# [boards.room1.floor] # 3. a grid with its own palette
# content = """..."""
# [boards.room1.floor.palette]
# "g" = "grass" # generator: "grass" | "dirt" | "stone"
# "." = { tile = ".", fg = "#222", bg = "#000" }
# (Omitting [floor] entirely = black-on-black space, the default.)
[floor]
[boards.room1.floor]
content = """
gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
gggggggggggggggddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddggggggggggggggg
gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
"""
[floor.palette]
[boards.room1.floor.palette]
"g" = "grass"
"d" = "dirt"
[grid]
[boards.room1.grid]
content = """
############################################################
# G #
############################################################
"""
[[objects]] # optional
[[boards.room1.objects]] # optional; array of tables
# Placement: either `x`/`y`, OR a `palette` char that appears in the grid.
# Convention: object palette chars are uppercase letters (here `G`). The char
# must appear exactly once in the grid, be unique across objects, and not be a
@@ -285,38 +308,21 @@ tile = "#"
fg = "#aa3333"
bg = "#000000"
solid = false # blocks movement? defaults true. (pushable defaults false)
name = "greeter" # optional unique name; readable via my_name() / object_id_for_name()
script_name = "greeter" # references a key in [scripts]
name = "greeter" # optional unique name; readable via Me.name / Board.named()
script_name = "greeter" # references a key in the world-level [scripts] table
[[portals]] # optional; parsed but not yet runtime-wired
[[boards.room1.portals]] # optional; parsed but not yet runtime-wired
x = 59
y = 12
target_map = "cave"
target_map = "room2"
target_entry = "west_door"
# Named Rhai scripts, referenced by objects via `script_name`.
[scripts]
greeter = """
fn init() { # optional, run once at startup
log(`player at ${Board.player_x}, ${Board.player_y}`); # read the world
set_tile(2); # write: change my glyph
}
# optional, run every frame; dt = elapsed seconds. move() costs 250 ms, so the
# object steps ~4 cells/sec regardless of frame rate. blocked(dir) avoids walking
# into a solid (or another object's already-queued move); Queue.length()/Queue.clear()
# inspect/empty this object's own pending-action queue.
fn tick(dt) {
if Queue.length() == 0 && !blocked(North) { move(North); }
}
# optional, fires when something steps into this object; id = bumper's object id,
# or -1 for the player.
fn bump(id) { log(`bumped by ${id}`); say("Ouch!"); }
"""
```
The optional `[floor]` section declares the visual floor layer (drawn under every empty cell, and revealed when a crate/object is pushed away); see `floor.rs`. It takes one of four forms: omitted (black-on-black space, the default), a generator name (`floor = "grass"`), a single fixed glyph (`[floor]` with `tile`/`fg`/`bg`), or a grid (`[floor] content` + `[floor.palette]`, whose entries are generator names or fixed glyphs). The three built-in generators are `grass`/`dirt`/`stone`. Floor parsing is best-effort: an unknown generator/char or a grid-dimension mismatch is recorded on `Board::load_errors` and those cells fall back to the default empty glyph.
The optional `[boards.NAME.floor]` section declares the visual floor layer (drawn under every empty cell, revealed when a crate is pushed away); see `floor.rs`. Forms: omitted (black-on-black, the default), a generator name string, a single fixed glyph (table with `tile`/`fg`/`bg`), or a grid with its own palette. The three built-in generators are `grass`/`dirt`/`stone`. Floor parsing is best-effort: unknown generators/chars and dimension mismatches fall back to the default glyph.
Colors are `"#RRGGBB"` hex strings. `player_start` accepts either `[x, y]` coordinates **or** a single grid char to locate (convention `"@"`; that cell loads as `Empty`, like an object placeholder). The `tile` field accepts either a single-character string (`tile = " "`) or an integer (`tile = 35`); both are valid and existing char-style map files continue to work. The grid multi-line string's leading newline is trimmed by TOML; trailing newline is handled correctly by `str::lines()`. Unknown archetype names produce an `ErrorBlock` cell and a logged warning, as does any grid character that is neither a `[palette]` key nor an object/player `palette` char. Objects may be placed by `x`/`y` or by a single grid `palette` char (uppercase by convention). **Loading is best-effort and nonfatal** (only a grid-dimension mismatch is a hard error): a placement char that appears multiple times uses the first occurrence, a missing object char drops that object, a missing player char falls back to `(0, 0)`, and one-solid-per-cell conflicts drop the later solid — each problem is recorded on `Board` (see `is_valid()` / `load_errors()`). The **player joins one-solid-per-cell** and *wins* its cell: it is placed first, silently clearing solid terrain under it and dropping any solid object that lands there. Script source lives in the `[scripts]` table (name → Rhai source); objects reference a script by `script_name`. Scripts may define optional `init()`, `tick(dt)`, and `bump(id)` functions; they **read** the world through `Board.*` (e.g. `Board.player_x`), check `blocked(dir) -> bool`, inspect/empty their pending actions via `Queue.length()`/`Queue.clear()`, and **write** via host functions `move(dir)` (`dir``North`/`South`/`East`/`West`), `set_tile(n)`, `log(s)`, `say(s)` (displays a speech bubble above the object for 3 s, replacing any existing bubble from that object), and `scroll(lines)` (opens a full-screen scrollable overlay; pauses ticks until dismissed; if the lines include choice entries the player must select one, which fires a named function on the source object via `send`). Writes don't take effect immediately: each is queued and **at most one `move` resolves per 250 ms** per object (a blocked move still costs the cooldown), so objects can't act infinitely fast. When two objects move into the same cell on one tick, **lowest id wins** (= load order; the earlier-loaded object lands, the later is pushed or blocked) and the object that was moved into receives `bump(id)`.
Colors are `"#RRGGBB"` hex strings. `player_start` accepts `[x, y]` coordinates or a grid char (convention `"@"`; that cell loads as `Empty`). `tile` accepts a single-character string (`tile = " "`) or an integer (`tile = 35`). The grid multi-line string's leading newline is trimmed by TOML. Unknown archetype names produce an `ErrorBlock` and a logged warning. Objects may be placed by `x`/`y` or a single grid `palette` char (uppercase by convention). **Loading is best-effort and nonfatal** (only a grid-dimension mismatch is a hard error): each problem is recorded on `Board` (see `is_valid()` / `load_errors()`). The **player wins its cell**: it silently clears solid terrain under it and drops any conflicting solid object. Script source lives in the world-level `[scripts]` table; objects reference a script by `script_name`. Scripts may define optional `init()`, `tick(dt)`, and `bump(id)` functions; they **read** the world through `Board.*` (e.g. `Board.player_x`), check `blocked(dir) -> bool`, inspect/empty their pending actions via `Queue.length()`/`Queue.clear()`, and **write** via host functions `move(dir)`, `set_tile(n)`, `log(s)`, `say(s)`, and `scroll(lines)`. Writes don't take effect immediately: each is queued and **at most one `move` resolves per 250 ms** per object. When two objects move into the same cell, **lowest id wins** and the bumped object receives `bump(id)`.
**Script state across board transitions**: Rhai `Scope` local variables reset when the `ScriptHost` is rebuilt on board entry. Board-side state (object positions, tags, glyph) is preserved because all boards are held as `Rc<RefCell<Board>>` in `World::boards`. Scripts that need to persist information across transitions should encode it in board data (e.g. `set_tag(Me.id, "visited", true)`).
### Key design decisions
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- **Archetypes are referenced by name in map files** — so `ALL_ARCHETYPES` can be reordered or extended without breaking saved games. Adding a variant: the `match`es in `behavior()`/`name()`/`default_glyph()` are exhaustive (the compiler flags them), but **`TryFrom<&str>` and `ALL_ARCHETYPES` are not** — forget the `TryFrom` arm and the archetype silently loads as `ErrorBlock`. Also update the map-format example.
- **`Board` is the complete unit** — grid, player, objects, and portals all live on `Board`, matching how ZZT treats a "board". No separate wrapper struct.
- **Glyph (visual) and Archetype (behavior) are decoupled** — each cell has its own `Glyph` (so colors can vary per-cell, e.g. fire flickering) while sharing an `Archetype` with other cells of the same type.
- **File loading happens in `main()`** before the window is created, so board dimensions are available for window sizing.
- **World loading happens in `main()`** before the terminal is initialized, so load errors print to a normal screen and board dimensions are known before the game loop starts.
eframe runs on its own event loop thread; do not assume single-threaded execution.
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- **Scripting growth** — more event hooks beyond `init`/`tick`/`bump` (e.g. `on_touch` when the player steps onto an object), a larger action/read vocabulary (more actions could carry a `time_cost`), and persisting script-local state across ticks (needs `call_fn_raw` so the per-object `Scope` isn't rewound each call).
- **Runtime spawn/destroy of objects** — objects now have stable `ObjectId`s (`Board::objects` is a `BTreeMap<ObjectId, ObjectDef>` with a `next_object_id` counter; `add_object` allocates), so references survive reordering. What's still missing: a `remove_object`, and wiring live spawn/destroy into the `ScriptHost` (it builds one `ObjectRuntime` per object once in `GameState::new`, so an object added after that has no script runtime until the host is rebuilt).
- **Portals & multi-board** — `PortalDef` is parsed but not runtime-wired; there is no multi-board world/loading yet (the engine loads a single map).
- **Portals & multi-board** — `PortalDef` is parsed but not runtime-wired. Multi-board world loading **is done**: `world::load` loads all boards as `Rc<RefCell<Board>>`, `GameState` owns the whole `World` and tracks `current_board_name`. What's still missing: a `GameState::enter_board(name)` method that updates `current_board_name` and rebuilds the `ScriptHost` for the new board's objects.
- **Load-error surfacing** — `Board::load_errors()` is collected but no front-end displays it yet (kiln-tui could append it to the in-game log at startup).