diff --git a/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts b/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
index 0953b23..7097216 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
@@ -1298,6 +1298,28 @@ export function automatonCommand(
}
}
+ // FEAR's compulsion: "must move away from you on their turn if within
+ // range, if they can." Caught in a dread bubble, the clockwork spends
+ // its legs fleeing before any other marching.
+ if (view.turn.movementUsed < view.turn.movementAllowance) {
+ const dreadful = livingEnemies(view).filter((p) =>
+ view.sustained.some((e) => e.cardId === "fear" && e.targetId === p.id) &&
+ Math.abs(p.position.x - self.position.x) + Math.abs(p.position.y - self.position.y) <= 3);
+ for (const source of dreadful) {
+ const here = Math.abs(source.position.x - self.position.x) + Math.abs(source.position.y - self.position.y);
+ let best: { dir: Side; d: number } | null = null;
+ for (const dir of SIDES) {
+ const t = stepTarget(view.board, self.position, dir);
+ if (t.kind === "blocked") continue;
+ if (view.squareContents[cellKey(t.to)]?.kind === "stone") continue;
+ const d = Math.abs(source.position.x - t.to.x) + Math.abs(source.position.y - t.to.y);
+ if (d > here && (best === null || d > best.d)) best = { dir, d };
+ }
+ if (best) return { type: "move", direction: best.dir };
+ // Dead end: the card excuses what cannot be done; march on normally.
+ }
+ }
+
// March. The thief-chase outranks everything; the berserker hunts wizards
// over gold; the worrier keeps its distance; the hunter goes to the gold.
if (view.turn.movementUsed < view.turn.movementAllowance) {
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts
index 60c6b91..65a51e9 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/automaton.test.ts
@@ -520,3 +520,31 @@ describe("no number is wasted on a turn that ends at a grab", () => {
expect(cmd?.type).not.toBe("playNumberForMovement");
});
});
+
+describe("the clockwork flees the dread", () => {
+ it("caught in FEAR's bubble, it spends its legs moving away", () => {
+ let { state } = createGame({ playerIds: ["bot", "grim"], seed: 42, sets: ["basic"], deckRev: 32 });
+ for (let guard = 0; guard < 10 && !(actingSeat(state) === "bot" && state.turn.round > 1); guard++) {
+ const r = applyCommand(state, actingSeat(state), { type: "endTurn", draw: 0 });
+ if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+ state = r.state;
+ }
+ const bot = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+ const grim = state.players.find((p) => p.id === "grim")!;
+ grim.position = { x: 2, y: 5 };
+ bot.position = { x: 2, y: 7 }; // two spaces inside the dread
+ state.sustained.push({
+ id: "fx-fear", cardId: "fear", casterId: "grim", targetId: "grim",
+ remainingTurns: 5, data: {},
+ } as never);
+ const cmd = automatonCommand(viewFor(state, "bot"), "berserker", "archmage");
+ expect(cmd?.type).toBe("move");
+ if (cmd?.type === "move") {
+ const r = applyCommand(state, "bot", cmd);
+ if (!r.ok) throw new Error(r.error);
+ const after = r.state.players.find((p) => p.id === "bot")!;
+ const d = Math.abs(after.position.x - grim.position.x) + Math.abs(after.position.y - grim.position.y);
+ expect(d).toBeGreaterThan(2);
+ }
+ });
+});
diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 30906fe..465ecd5 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -1767,6 +1767,16 @@
{/if}
+ {#if isYourTurn && view.players.some((p) => p.alive && p.id !== view.you &&
+ view.sustained.some((e) => e.cardId === "fear" && e.targetId === p.id) && me &&
+ Math.abs(p.position.x - me.position.x) + Math.abs(p.position.y - me.position.y) <= 3)}
+
+ 😱 An unnatural dread grips you — FEAR requires you to move away
+ this turn if you can, even if your only escape is a card
+ (Teleport, Pass Through Wall) or a dangerous square. Only a true
+ dead end excuses you. (The maze trusts you to honor it.)
+