From ed9607e9e86823b00d97f9cdb221d965ded32e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ginnoir <ginnoir@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:23:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(state): address HMR and defensive slicing
 recommendations for runtime

---
 src/state/runtime.ts            | 11 ++++++++++-
 src/state/storyOrchestration.ts |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/state/runtime.ts b/src/state/runtime.ts
index d907322..aae47e6 100644
--- a/src/state/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/state/runtime.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export class GameRuntime {
     }
     document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', this.visibilityChangeListener);
     window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', this.beforeUnloadListener);
+    this.booted = false;
   }
 
   performAction(actionId: string): void {
@@ -196,7 +197,9 @@ export class GameRuntime {
       const store = useGameStore.getState();
       for (const entry of entries) store.appendStoryLog(entry);
       for (const entry of entries) {
-        store.appendLog(`Story: ${content.storyNodesById[entry.nodeId]?.prose.slice(0, 40)}…`);
+        store.appendLog(
+          `Story: ${(content.storyNodesById[entry.nodeId]?.prose ?? '').slice(0, 40)}…`,
+        );
       }
       const prefs = store.prefs;
       if (shouldAutoNavigateToStory(prefs, 'fork_choice', content)) {
@@ -295,3 +298,9 @@ export class GameRuntime {
 }
 
 export const gameRuntime = new GameRuntime();
+
+if (import.meta.hot) {
+  import.meta.hot.dispose(() => {
+    gameRuntime.stop();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/state/storyOrchestration.ts b/src/state/storyOrchestration.ts
index 56f0568..6ce4537 100644
--- a/src/state/storyOrchestration.ts
+++ b/src/state/storyOrchestration.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function processStoryTriggers(
     ...logEntries.map((e) =>
       e.choiceLabel
         ? `Story: ${e.choiceLabel}`
-        : `Story: ${content.storyNodesById[e.nodeId]?.prose.slice(0, 40)}…`,
+        : `Story: ${(content.storyNodesById[e.nodeId]?.prose ?? '').slice(0, 40)}…`,
     ),
   ];
   return { enteredNodeIds, logEntries, shouldOpenPanel, eventLogLines };