waving-hands/src/lib/family.ts

// The other games of Kestrel's Hall, from the family list the kit keeps
// (family.json, one copy shipped with every game), so a player who liked one
// table can find the next, and the hall's front door. This game is left out
// of its own list.

export interface FamilyGame {
	slug: string;
	name: string;
	url: string;
	pitch: string;
	players: string;
	origin: string;
}

/** The family list: the hall's front door and every game but this one. */
export interface Family {
	hall: string;
	games: FamilyGame[];
}

export async function loadFamily(self: string): Promise<Family> {
	try {
		const res = await fetch('/family.json', { cache: 'no-cache' });
		if (!res.ok) return { hall: '', games: [] };
		const data = (await res.json()) as { hall?: string; games?: FamilyGame[] };
		return { hall: data.hall ?? '', games: (data.games ?? []).filter((g) => g.slug !== self) };
	} catch {
		return { hall: '', games: [] };
	}
}