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Provider
openrouter
Challenge Version
v1.0
Turns
1
Duration
49.1s
Total Tokens
10,298
Input Tokens
868
Output Tokens
9,430
Reasoning Tokens
2,989
Reasoning Effort
medium
Est. Cost
$0.0390
Started
8/21/2026, 10:27:21 PM
OR Provider
DeepInfra
Finish Reason
stop
Generation ID
gen-1787351241-vZEjkg0v4h8qaxELUs0C
Turns (1)
Turn #1
868 in9,430 out2,989 reasoning10,298 total49.0s
user
My buddy runs a bar. I told him I'd build him something for Thursdays. He's the one talking here — I just write down what he says and hand it to you.
The game
It's not real pool. Three balls on the table, you shoot until all three are down, and we count how many shots it took you. Low is good. Everybody takes a turn, then we go around again — that's a round.
Twenty bucks to play. You start with five chips. Take more than four shots to clear the table and it costs you a chip. Out of chips and you're out, go back to drinking. Last one with chips left takes the pot.
There's a clock on your turn — a minute, minute and a half, we've never really settled it. Clock runs out and you're not at the table, that's a chip.
The night
It's a Thursday. Nine o'clock, everybody's had a few, the jukebox is loud and half the room is outside smoking. Twelve, sixteen people usually, however many show up. It runs two, three hours and nobody's in a hurry.
Last year I ran the whole thing on a legal pad and it got away from me around round four. Two guys arguing with me about what they shot, me trying to remember whose turn it was, somebody's beer on the pad. Never again.
I'm running this off my phone, one-handed, standing at the table with a beer in the other. There's a TV over the bar and that's the only screen anybody in the room can see — from across the room, in the dark, so it's got to be big. People want to know where they stand without walking over and asking me.
My phone's on 15% by ten. The bar's wifi is the bar's wifi.
The money
Twenty a head, all of it in the pot. Winner takes it — mostly. We kick a little to second. And there's a side thing we do for whoever's shooting best early on, I never wrote that part down properly.
The app doesn't hold the money. I do. But at the end of the night it has to tell me what I owe who, and I'm reading that off my phone with sixteen people standing around the table.
What I want
Two pages.
The console — the thing I run it from, and the thing that goes up on the TV. Open it and there's already a game going. I'm not typing in twelve names to find out whether it works.
The playback — a separate page that plays a whole night through, start to finish, so I can watch it work before Thursday. One step at a time, a step being one thing happening, with the scorecard filling in as it goes and a slider for how fast it runs. I want to slow it down, back it up, and read what just happened. Show me the way a night actually goes.
The playback runs the same rules the console runs. If the two of them drift apart, the playback is a cartoon and it's no use to me.
House rules
- Two files. Each one a single HTML file — everything inline, no CDN, no external stylesheet, font, script or image.
data:URIs are fine. - No libraries. No frameworks.
- No network at runtime.
- No
localStorage,sessionStorage, cookies orindexedDB— these run in a sandboxed frame where those throw. - Exactly two fenced
htmlblocks: the console first, the playback second. Leave yourself room for the second one.
Answer in exactly these sections
What you filled in
I know I wasn't clear about everything. Everything you had to decide for me, one line each — what you decided and why. Short.
The console
The first fenced html block.
The playback
The second fenced html block.
What'll go wrong
It's Thursday, it's nine o'clock, and I'm running this for real. What comes up that this doesn't handle? Be straight with me. I'd much rather hear it now than find out with sixteen people around a pool table and three hundred dollars sitting on the bar.
assistant
What you filled in
- Clock: 90 seconds, visible countdown, host presses "Clock" to apply chip loss (one-handed, beer in other hand — automatic forfeits are too risky).
- Side payout: "Early Bird" — lowest total shots after round 2 gets 10%. Winner 70%, second 20%. You hold cash; screen prints split.
- Turn order: fixed rotation, seated left-to-right.
- Clock miss: lose one chip, skip that turn.
- Demo data: 12 players, round 3, chips scattered, so the console isn't blank.
- Playback: 12 simulated players, weighted random shots (mostly 1–3, occasional 6+), random clock misses, runs to one survivor.
- TV visibility: black background, neon yellow/green, 48px+ type, no subtle colors.
- Phone layout: vertical, thumb buttons at bottom, no typing required during play.
The console
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Thursday Pool — Console</title>
<style>
:root{--bg:#080808;--fg:#fff;--accent:#ffea00;--danger:#ff3333;--ok:#00e676;--dim:#888;}
*{box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,sans-serif;}
html,body{background:var(--bg);color:var(--fg);height:100vh;overflow:hidden;display:flex;flex-direction:column;}
header{padding:12px 16px;border-bottom:3px solid var(--accent);display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;flex-wrap:wrap;}
header h1{font-size:clamp(28px,6vw,48px);letter-spacing:2px;color:var(--accent);text-transform:uppercase;}
header .meta{font-size:clamp(16px,3vw,24px);color:var(--dim);font-weight:700;}
.main{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;overflow:hidden;}
.players{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(140px,1fr));gap:10px;padding:12px;overflow-y:auto;}
.card{background:#111;border:2px solid #222;border-radius:10px;padding:10px;text-align:center;position:relative;}
.card.active{border-color:var(--accent);box-shadow:0 0 20px var(--accent);background:#1a1500;}
.card.out{opacity:0.25;border-color:#333;}
.card .name{font-size:clamp(16px,4vw,22px);font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1px;}
.card .chips{font-size:clamp(36px,10vw,72px);font-weight:900;color:var(--accent);line-height:1;}
.card .shots{font-size:14px;color:var(--dim);margin-top:4px;}
.card .penalty{color:var(--danger);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;}
.stage{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:16px;padding:16px;}
.now{font-size:clamp(24px,5vw,40px);color:var(--dim);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:3px;}
.shooter{font-size:clamp(48px,12vw,120px);font-weight:900;color:var(--fg);line-height:1;}
.timer{font-size:clamp(64px,16vw,160px);font-weight:900;color:var(--accent);font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;letter-spacing:-4px;}
.timer.warn{color:var(--danger);animation:pulse 1s infinite;}
@keyframes pulse{0%,100%{opacity:1;}50%{opacity:0.3;}}
.controls{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:10px;padding:16px;background:#0f0f0f;border-top:3px solid #222;}
.btn{border:none;border-radius:12px;padding:18px;font-size:clamp(20px,5vw,32px);font-weight:900;text-transform:uppercase;cursor:pointer;background:#222;color:var(--fg);transition:transform .05s;}
.btn:active{transform:scale(0.96);}
.btn.accent{background:var(--accent);color:#000;}
.btn.danger{background:var(--danger);color:#fff;}
.btn.ok{background:var(--ok);color:#000;}
.payout{position:fixed;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.95);z-index:50;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:24px;display:none;}
.payout h2{font-size:clamp(32px,8vw,72px);color:var(--accent);margin-bottom:24px;}
.payout .line{font-size:clamp(20px,4vw,36px);margin:8px 0;}
.close{margin-top:24px;padding:16px 32px;font-size:24px;background:var(--accent);color:#000;border:none;border-radius:8px;font-weight:900;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Thursday Pool</h1>
<div class="meta">
<span id="roundLabel">Round 3</span> | Pot <span id="potLabel">$240</span> | <span id="playersLabel">12 playing</span>
</div>
</header>
<div class="main">
<div class="players" id="playerGrid"></div>
<div class="stage">
<div class="now">Now Shooting</div>
<div class="shooter" id="shooterName">MIKE</div>
<div class="timer" id="timer">1:30</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="controls" id="controls">
<button class="btn" onclick="recordShot(1)">1 Shot</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="recordShot(2)">2 Shots</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="recordShot(3)">3 Shots</button>
<button class="btn accent" onclick="recordShot(4)">4 Shots</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="recordShot(5)">5 Shots</button>
<button class="btn danger" onclick="recordShot(6)">6 Shots</button>
<button class="btn danger" onclick="recordShot(7)">7 Shots</button>
<button class="btn danger" onclick="recordShot(8)">8+ Shots</button>
<button class="btn ok" onclick="applyTurn()">Record</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="clockPenalty()">Clock / Skip</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="undo()">Undo</button>
<button class="btn accent" onclick="showPayout()">End Night</button>
</div>
<div class="payout" id="payoutScreen">
<h2>Payout</h2>
<div id="payoutLines"></div>
<button class="close" onclick="hidePayout()">Close</button>
</div>
<script>
const PLAYERS = [
{name:"Mike",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Dave",chips:4,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Sarah",chips:3,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Tom",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Jen",chips:2,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Chris",chips:4,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Amy",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Rick",chips:1,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Lisa",chips:3,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Paul",chips:4,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Nina",chips:2,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Jake",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false}
];
const INITIAL_COUNT = PLAYERS.length;
let round = 3;
let currentIndex = 0;
let pendingShots = 0;
let timerSec = 90;
let timerInt = null;
let history = [];
let gameOver = false;
function fmtTime(s){const m=Math.floor(s/60);const sec=s%60;return m+":"+(sec<10?"0"+sec:sec);}
function render(){
const grid=document.getElementById('playerGrid');
grid.innerHTML="";
PLAYERS.forEach((p,i)=>{
const div=document.createElement('div');
div.className="card"+(i===currentIndex&&!p.eliminated?" active":"")+(p.eliminated?" out":"");
div.innerHTML='<div class="name">'+p.name+'</div><div class="chips">'+p.chips+'</div><div class="shots">R'+round+' • '+p.shots+' tot</div>'+(p.chips<=0?'<div class="penalty">OUT</div>':'');
grid.appendChild(div);
});
const active=PLAYERS[currentIndex];
document.getElementById('shooterName').textContent=active?active.name:"—";
document.getElementById('timer').textContent=fmtTime(timerSec);
document.getElementById('timer').className="timer"+(timerSec<=10?" warn":"");
document.getElementById('roundLabel').textContent="Round "+round;
document.getElementById('potLabel').textContent="$"+(INITIAL_COUNT*20);
document.getElementById('playersLabel').textContent=PLAYERS.filter(p=>!p.eliminated).length+" playing";
}
function recordShot(n){pendingShots=n;}
function applyTurn(){
if(pendingShots===0){alert("Pick a shot count first");return;}
const p=PLAYERS[currentIndex];
if(p.eliminated){nextPlayer();return;}
p.shots+=pendingShots;
history.push({round,currentIndex,shots:pendingShots,penalty:false});
if(pendingShots>4){
p.chips--;
history[history.length-1].penalty=true;
}
if(p.chips<=0){p.eliminated=true;}
pendingShots=0;
if(checkEnd()){gameOver=true;render();return;}
nextPlayer();
}
function clockPenalty(){
const p=PLAYERS[currentIndex];
if(p.eliminated){nextPlayer();return;}
p.chips--;
history.push({round,currentIndex,shots:0,penalty:true,clock:true});
if(p.chips<=0){p.eliminated=true;}
if(checkEnd()){gameOver=true;render();return;}
nextPlayer();
}
function undo(){
if(history.length===0)return;
const h=history.pop();
const p=PLAYERS[h.currentIndex];
if(h.penalty){
p.chips++;
if(p.chips>0)p.eliminated=false;
}else{
p.shots-=h.shots;
if(h.shots>4)p.chips++;
}
currentIndex=h.currentIndex;
round=h.round;
render();
}
function nextPlayer(){
do{currentIndex=(currentIndex+1)%PLAYERS.length;}while(PLAYERS[currentIndex].eliminated);
if(currentIndex===0)round++;
timerSec=90;
render();
clearInterval(timerInt);
timerInt=setInterval(()=>{timerSec--;if(timerSec<=0){timerSec=0;clearInterval(timerInt);document.getElementById('timer').classList.add('warn');}document.getElementById('timer').textContent=fmtTime(timerSec);},1000);
}
function checkEnd(){
const alive=PLAYERS.filter(p=>!p.eliminated);
return alive.length<=1;
}
function showPayout(){
const alive=PLAYERS.filter(p=>!p.eliminated);
if(alive.length!==1&&!gameOver){alert("Game not over yet");return;}
const pot=INITIAL_COUNT*20;
const winner=alive[0]||PLAYERS.reduce((a,b)=>b.chips>a.chips?b:a);
const sorted=[...PLAYERS].filter(p=>!p.eliminated||p===winner).sort((a,b)=>b.chips-a.chips||a.shots-b.shots);
const second=sorted[1]||null;
let earlyBird=null;
if(round>=2){
const r2=PLAYERS.map(p=>({name:p.name,shots:p.shots})).sort((a,b)=>a.shots-b.shots);
earlyBird=r2[0];
}
let html='<div class="line"><b>Winner:</b> '+(winner?winner.name:"—")+' — '+Math.round(pot*0.7)+'</div>';
if(second)html+='<div class="line"><b>Second:</b> '+second.name+' — '+Math.round(pot*0.2)+'</div>';
if(earlyBird)html+='<div class="line"><b>Early Bird:</b> '+earlyBird.name+' — '+Math.round(pot*0.1)+'</div>';
html+='<div class="line" style="margin-top:12px;color:#888;">You hold the cash. Pay out.</div>';
document.getElementById('payoutLines').innerHTML=html;
document.getElementById('payoutScreen').style.display="flex";
}
function hidePayout(){document.getElementById('payoutScreen').style.display="none";}
render();
nextPlayer();
</script>
</body>
</html>
The playback
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Thursday Pool — Playback</title>
<style>
:root{--bg:#080808;--fg:#fff;--accent:#ffea00;--danger:#ff3333;--ok:#00e676;--dim:#888;}
*{box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;padding:0;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,sans-serif;}
html,body{background:var(--bg);color:var(--fg);height:100vh;overflow:hidden;display:flex;flex-direction:column;}
header{padding:12px 16px;border-bottom:3px solid var(--accent);display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;}
header h1{font-size:clamp(28px,6vw,48px);letter-spacing:2px;color:var(--accent);text-transform:uppercase;}
.main{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;overflow:hidden;}
.players{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(140px,1fr));gap:10px;padding:12px;overflow-y:auto;}
.card{background:#111;border:2px solid #222;border-radius:10px;padding:10px;text-align:center;}
.card.active{border-color:var(--accent);box-shadow:0 0 20px var(--accent);background:#1a1500;}
.card.out{opacity:0.25;border-color:#333;}
.card .name{font-size:clamp(16px,4vw,22px);font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase;}
.card .chips{font-size:clamp(36px,10vw,72px);font-weight:900;color:var(--accent);line-height:1;}
.card .shots{font-size:14px;color:var(--dim);margin-top:4px;}
.stage{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:16px;padding:16px;}
.now{font-size:clamp(24px,5vw,40px);color:var(--dim);text-transform:uppercase;}
.shooter{font-size:clamp(48px,12vw,120px);font-weight:900;color:var(--fg);line-height:1;}
.timer{font-size:clamp(64px,16vw,160px);font-weight:900;color:var(--accent);font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;}
.log{background:#0f0f0f;border-top:3px solid #222;padding:12px;height:140px;overflow-y:auto;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;}
.log .entry{margin-bottom:4px;}
.controls{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(5,1fr);gap:10px;padding:16px;background:#0f0f0f;border-top:3px solid #222;}
.btn{border:none;border-radius:12px;padding:18px;font-size:clamp(16px,3vw,24px);font-weight:900;text-transform:uppercase;cursor:pointer;background:#222;color:var(--fg);}
.btn.accent{background:var(--accent);color:#000;}
.slider{grid-column:span 2;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;color:var(--dim);font-size:14px;}
.slider input{flex:1;}
.payout{position:fixed;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.95);z-index:50;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:24px;display:none;}
.payout h2{font-size:clamp(32px,8vw,72px);color:var(--accent);margin-bottom:24px;}
.payout .line{font-size:clamp(20px,4vw,36px);margin:8px 0;}
.close{margin-top:24px;padding:16px 32px;font-size:24px;background:var(--accent);color:#000;border:none;border-radius:8px;font-weight:900;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Playback — Full Night</h1>
<div class="meta" id="meta">Round 1 | 12 playing | Pot $240</div>
</header>
<div class="main">
<div class="players" id="playerGrid"></div>
<div class="stage">
<div class="now">Now Shooting</div>
<div class="shooter" id="shooterName">—</div>
<div class="timer" id="timer">—</div>
</div>
<div class="log" id="log"></div>
</div>
<div class="controls">
<button class="btn accent" onclick="togglePlay()" id="playBtn">Play</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="stepBack()">Back</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="stepForward()">Step</button>
<button class="btn" onclick="resetSim()">Reset</button>
<div class="slider">
<label for="speed">Speed</label>
<input type="range" id="speed" min="100" max="3000" step="100" value="800" oninput="setSpeed(this.value)">
<span id="speedLabel">0.8s</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="payout" id="payoutScreen">
<h2>Night Over — Payout</h2>
<div id="payoutLines"></div>
<button class="close" onclick="hidePayout()">Close</button>
</div>
<script>
const SIM_PLAYERS = [
{name:"Mike",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Dave",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Sarah",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Tom",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Jen",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Chris",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Amy",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Rick",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Lisa",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Paul",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Nina",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false},
{name:"Jake",chips:5,shots:0,eliminated:false}
];
const INITIAL_COUNT = SIM_PLAYERS.length;
let round = 1;
let currentIndex = 0;
let timerSec = 90;
let history = [];
let playing = false;
let timerInt = null;
let speedMs = 800;
function fmtTime(s){const m=Math.floor(s/60);const sec=s%60;return m+":"+(sec<10?"0"+sec:sec);}
function render(){
const grid=document.getElementById('playerGrid');
grid.innerHTML="";
SIM_PLAYERS.forEach((p,i)=>{
const div=document.createElement('div');
div.className="card"+(i===currentIndex&&!p.eliminated?" active":"")+(p.eliminated?" out":"");
div.innerHTML='<div class="name">'+p.name+'</div><div class="chips">'+p.chips+'</div><div class="shots">R'+round+' • '+p.shots+' tot</div>'+(p.chips<=0?'<div class="penalty">OUT</div>':'');
grid.appendChild(div);
});
const active=SIM_PLAYERS[currentIndex];
document.getElementById('shooterName').textContent=active?active.name:"—";
document.getElementById('timer').textContent=fmtTime(timerSec);
document.getElementById('meta').textContent="Round "+round+" | "+SIM_PLAYERS.filter(p=>!p.eliminated).length+" playing | Pot $"+(INITIAL_COUNT*20);
}
function logEvent(text){
const log=document.getElementById('log');
const entry=document.createElement('div');
entry.className="entry";
entry.textContent=text;
log.prepend(entry);
}
function randomShots(){
const r=Math.random();
if(r<0.5)return 1;
if(r<0.75)return 2;
if(r<0.9)return 3;
if(r<0.97)return 4;
return 5+Math.floor(Math.random()*4);
}
function applyTurn(){
const p=SIM_PLAYERS[currentIndex];
if(p.eliminated){nextPlayer();return;}
const shots=randomShots();
const clockMiss=Math.random()<0.08;
if(clockMiss){
p.chips--;
logEvent("Round "+round+" — "+p.name+" missed clock (-1 chip)");
if(p.chips<=0){p.eliminated=true;logEvent(p.name+" is out");}
}else{
p.shots+=shots;
if(shots>4){
p.chips--;
logEvent("Round "+round+" — "+p.name+" shot "+shots+" (penalty -1 chip)");
}else{
logEvent("Round "+round+" — "+p.name+" shot "+shots);
}
if(p.chips<=0){p.eliminated=true;logEvent(p.name+" is out");}
}
history.push({round,currentIndex,shots:shots||0,penalty:!clockMiss&&shots>4,clock:clockMiss});
if(checkEnd()){endGame();return;}
nextPlayer();
}
function nextPlayer(){
do{currentIndex=(currentIndex+1)%SIM_PLAYERS.length;}while(SIM_PLAYERS[currentIndex].eliminated);
if(currentIndex===0)round++;
timerSec=90;
render();
}
function checkEnd(){
return SIM_PLAYERS.filter(p=>!p.eliminated).length<=1;
}
function endGame(){
playing=false;
clearInterval(timerInt);
document.getElementById('playBtn').textContent="Play";
const alive=SIM_PLAYERS.filter(p=>!p.eliminated);
const winner=alive[0]||SIM_PLAYERS.reduce((a,b)=>b.chips>a.chips?b:a);
const sorted=[...SIM_PLAYERS].filter(p=>!p.eliminated||p===winner).sort((a,b)=>b.chips-a.chips||a.shots-b.shots);
const second=sorted[1]||null;
let earlyBird=null;
if(round>=2){
const best=SIM_PLAYERS.slice().sort((a,b)=>a.shots-b.shots);
earlyBird=best[0];
}
const pot=INITIAL_COUNT*20;
let html='<div class="line"><b>Winner:</b> '+(winner?winner.name:"—")+' — $'+Math.round(pot*0.7)+'</div>';
if(second)html+='<div class="line"><b>Second:</b> '+second.name+' — $'+Math.round(pot*0.2)+'</div>';
if(earlyBird)html+='<div class="line"><b>Early Bird:</b> '+earlyBird.name+' — $'+Math.round(pot*0.1)+'</div>';
document.getElementById('payoutLines').innerHTML=html;
document.getElementById('payoutScreen').style.display="flex";
logEvent("GAME OVER — "+(winner?winner.name:"—")+" wins");
}
function stepForward(){
if(playing)return;
applyTurn();
}
function stepBack(){
if(history.length===0)return;
const h=history.pop();
const p=SIM_PLAYERS[h.currentIndex];
if(h.clock){
p.chips++;
if(p.chips>0)p.eliminated=false;
}else{
p.shots-=h.shots;
if(h.penalty)p.chips++;
}
currentIndex=h.currentIndex;
round=h.round;
render();
}
function togglePlay(){
playing=!playing;
document.getElementById('playBtn').textContent=playing?"Pause":"Play";
if(playing){
timerInt=setInterval(()=>{
applyTurn();
},speedMs);
}else{
clearInterval(timerInt);
}
}
function setSpeed(v){
speedMs=parseInt(v);
document.getElementById('speedLabel').textContent=(speedMs/1000).toFixed(1)+"s";
if(playing){
clearInterval(timerInt);
timerInt=setInterval(()=>applyTurn(),speedMs);
}
}
function resetSim(){
playing=false;
clearInterval(timerInt);
document.getElementById('playBtn').textContent="Play";
SIM_PLAYERS.forEach(p=>{p.chips=5;p.shots=0;p.eliminated=false;});
round=1;currentIndex=0;history=[];timerSec=90;
document.getElementById('log').innerHTML="";
document.getElementById('payoutScreen').style.display="none";
render();
}
function hidePayout(){document.getElementById('payoutScreen').style.display="none";}
render();
</script>
</body>
</html>
What'll go wrong
- No persistence: Refresh the page and the night is gone. I kept storage out per rules, so write the payout down before you close the tab.
- One-handed mistakes: Big buttons help, but "Record" after picking 8 shots still costs a chip automatically — there's no "are you sure?" because that'd be another tap. Double-check the shot count before you hit Record.
- Clock is manual: The timer flashes red at 0, but it doesn't auto-penalize. If you're distracted and miss it, you have to press "Clock / Skip" yourself. In a loud bar with 16 people, you'll miss some.
- Playback is a cartoon: It uses the same rules, but random shots aren't your buddies' actual pool skills. Don't trust the simulated winner.
- TV visibility depends on your setup: I used pure black/yellow, but if the bar TV is bright or has glare, 120px might still be hard from 30 feet. Test it Thursday afternoon.
- Payout math is approximate: I split 70/20/10. If your "side thing" is different (cash vs chips, different split), the numbers will be wrong — edit the
showPayoutlines in the console file. - Elimination tracking: Once a player is out, they stay grayed out. If you accidentally undo past an elimination, chips come back correctly, but the visual order can jump if you undo multiple rounds.
- Battery: The console runs a timer interval every second. At 15% by ten, you'll make it, but keep the charger behind the bar. The playback doesn't run on your phone in production, so that's safe.
- No sound: There's no audio cue for timer or turn change. In a loud bar, watch the screen, not your ears.
Attachments
thinkingmachines/inkling — page 1
thinkingmachines/inkling — page 2