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ts_core: a framework-free TypeScript utility package
`Clock` and a seeded mulberry32 RNG had each been reimplemented across the
game and web repos -- Clock twice (konbini-67, iron-and-anvil, doc comments
near-verbatim), the RNG four times. None of it is UI, so no existing shared
package owned it: `web_ui` ships `tokens.css` and React components, and a
game importing a UI package to get a seeded RNG is exactly the coupling
that makes people vendor their own copy instead.

The RNG deliberately exports **two** interfaces rather than reconciling
them into one. konbini-67 threaded mutable state through free functions;
sims3-clone and europe-county-map returned an object of closures. The
sequence is the contract here -- these repos have seeded tests and "same
seed -> identical world" guarantees, so changing how many times a helper
advances the generator silently re-rolls every saved world. A shared
package that did that would be worse than the duplication it replaces. The
core is shared, so both interfaces yield the same float sequence; that is
asserted, not assumed.

`rng.test.ts` pins the first five floats for seed 12345, captured from the
pre-extraction konbini-67 implementation rather than from this one -- a
golden test generated from the code under test only asserts that the code
matches itself. It earned its place immediately: the first constants I
wrote came from a truncated `toFixed(9)` probe and the test failed, which
is precisely the class of silent precision drift it exists to catch.

`hotline3d` is not a consumer and should not become one. Its generator uses
`%` and `Math.trunc` where mulberry32 uses `>>>`/`>>`; measured, it emits a
different sequence, so adopting this package would change its output.

29 tests, 100% branch/function/line/statement coverage, type-aware eslint,
and a committed dist/ with a CI freshness check -- the same bar web_ui
holds.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01U4Rj3s7K2qzrLNgJqqPhno
2026-08-15 15:42:41 +02:00

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# `@kuhyx/ts-core`
Framework-free TypeScript utilities shared across kuhy's games and web apps.
Deliberately **no React and no CSS** — those live in
[`@kuhyx/web-ui`](../web_ui). A game that needs a seeded RNG should not have
to install a UI package to get one; that coupling is what makes people vendor
their own copy instead, which is how these ended up duplicated four ways.
## Install
**pnpm only.** npm cannot install a subdirectory of a git repo — it ignores
the `&path:` key, looks for `package.json` at the repo root and fails with
ENOENT. Every consumer of this package must be on pnpm.
```jsonc
// package.json
"dependencies": {
"@kuhyx/ts-core": "github:kuhyx/utils#ts_core-v0.1.0&path:/ts_core"
}
```
## What it ships
| Export | Notes |
| --- | --- |
| `Clock`, `createRealClock`, `realClock`, `createManualClock`, `ManualClock` | Injectable time source, so real-time mechanics are driven by a scripted clock in tests instead of racing the wall clock. |
| `Rng`, `createRng`, `nextFloat`, `nextInt`, `nextChance`, `pick` | Seeded mulberry32, free-function style over mutable state. |
| `SeededRng`, `createSeededRng` | The same core, closure style. |
### Why the RNG has two interfaces
The repos that had grown their own copy did not agree on shape: konbini-67
used mutable state plus free functions (`nextFloat(rng)`); sims3-clone and
europe-county-map returned an object of closures (`rng.next()` / `rng.float()`).
Both ship here rather than being reconciled into one, because **the sequence
is the contract**. These repos have seeded tests and "same seed → identical
world" guarantees, so changing how many times a helper advances the generator
silently re-rolls every saved world. A shared package that did that would be
worse than the duplication it replaced.
The generator core is identical in both, so a given seed produces the same
float sequence whichever interface you use — asserted in the tests.
`int` is inclusive of both bounds, matching sims3-clone and europe-county-map.
konbini-67's local helper took a single *exclusive* max; it maps to
`nextInt(rng, 0, max - 1)`.
### The golden-sequence test
`rng.test.ts` pins the first five floats for seed `12345`, captured from the
**pre-extraction** konbini-67 implementation. If that test fails, the shared
core has stopped reproducing the sequence every consumer's saved seeds depend
on. Regenerating those constants to make a failure go away defeats the entire
point of the test — fix the code instead.
### `hotline3d` is deliberately not a consumer
`hotline3d/hotline-kernel/src/core/rng.ts` looks like the same generator but
uses `%` and `Math.trunc` where mulberry32 uses `>>>`/`>>`. Measured, it
produces a **different sequence** — so adopting this package would change its
generated output. Left alone on purpose.
## Commands
```bash
pnpm install
pnpm test # vitest
pnpm coverage # 100% branches/functions/lines/statements, enforced
pnpm lint # tsc --noEmit + eslint (type-aware, strict)
pnpm build # tsc -> dist/ (ESM + .d.ts), committed to the tag
```
`dist/` is committed, like `web_ui`'s: Vite does not transpile dependencies,
so a consumer would otherwise need per-repo bundler config. CI fails if the
committed `dist/` does not match a fresh build.