Playtest CampusCove

0. Stack up

docker ps --format '{{.Names}} {{.Status}}'      # campuscove-front / -backend / -socket / -db
make up                                          # if not running

Front http://localhost:5173 (Vite HMR), API http://localhost:8000/api, socket :3000 (node --watch, restarts on save), Postgres :5432. New migration → make migrate. Seeds → make seed.

1. Throwaway player (local only)

Open the pane with preview_start {url: "http://localhost:5173/"} (the Docker front is already serving; do not start a second Vite). Then run in the page with javascript_tool:

const rnd = () => crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint32Array(2)).join('').slice(0, 12)
const u = 'pt_' + rnd().slice(0, 6), p = rnd() + 'Aa!'
const r = await fetch('http://localhost:8000/api/register', { method: 'POST',
  headers: { Accept: 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ email: u + '@campuscove.test', username: u, password: p, password_confirmation: p, accepted_terms: true, age_confirmed: true }) })
const d = await r.json()
if (r.ok) localStorage.setItem('campus_cove_auth', JSON.stringify({ user: d.user, token: d.token }))
;({ status: r.status, account_id: d.user?.account_id })

The password is random and thrown away: a new player per session is cheaper than remembering one. Give it what the test needs with make set-money ACCOUNT=<id> CURRENCY=coins SUM=5000, make set-admin EMAIL=<u>@campuscove.test, make fill-outfit ACCOUNT=<id>. After set-admin the stored user is stale; refresh it in the page:

const a = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('campus_cove_auth'))
const r = await fetch('http://localhost:8000/api/user', { headers: { Accept: 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer ' + a.token } })
a.user = (await r.json()).user
localStorage.setItem('campus_cove_auth', JSON.stringify(a))

Then navigate to /game and wait ~5 s for the town to load.

2. Drive the game

Real pointer lock never engages in the pane (the Play overlay stays). Fake it — movement, mouse look and left-click interactions are gated on document.pointerLockElement === canvas (useGameMovement.ts):

const c = document.querySelector('canvas')
Object.defineProperty(document, 'pointerLockElement', { configurable: true, get: () => c })
document.dispatchEvent(new Event('pointerlockchange'))

Input listeners are on document:

• Walk: document.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { code: 'KeyW' })) … then keyup. Codes are in config/keybindings.ts (WASD/ZQSD, I interact, E inventory, K keys, F2 buy, R rotate, Digit1-9 hotbar, C collision overlay).
• Turn: document.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', { movementX: 600, movementY: 0 })) (~90°).
• Click a door: mousedown on the canvas with button: 0, or the I key.
• Position: the HUD shows XYZ x, y, z — read it from the DOM instead of guessing from screenshots.

When the pane is hidden (tabs_context says so) requestAnimationFrame only advances on screenshots: hold a key, take 2–3 small screenshots (scale: 0.3), then release. Timed setTimeout walks do not move.

3. Two players

Same origin = same localStorage = same account, and one session per account (the second kicks the first, code 4001). Put player 2 on the other allowed origin: tabs_create, navigate to http://127.0.0.1:5173/, run the register snippet there, then /game. Confirm the join with read_network_requests (urlPattern: "3000" → POST /matchmake/joinOrCreate/city 200). Check that both see the change and a player in another zone does not. Close the extra tab after.

4. What to look at

• read_console_messages {onlyErrors: true} in each tab; docker logs --tail 50 campuscove-socket and docker logs --tail 50 campuscove-backend for server errors.
• Screenshot proof of the feature (a door open, a prompt, the item in hand). Use the collision overlay (C) for any wall/door/collision change; compare against docs/OPEN_WORLD.md expectations.
• Edge cases the game has already broken on: background tab (dt clamp), relog after an admin change, a locked house with a key holder inside, a seized house (make collect-taxes).

5. Gates

cd front && npx vue-tsc -b && node --experimental-strip-types --test "src/**/*.test.ts" && npx knip
make test

(Host Node is 22.13: the flag is required; see skill game-feature §4 for the knip note.)

Report exactly what was played, what was only checked by gates, and what was not verified.