Phase 1.5: Clean up live game match engine #10

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opened 2026-06-07 22:43:59 -06:00 by ppreeper · 0 comments

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The live game engine (go/code/live_game.go, ~1800 lines) is the heart of the game — it simulates a football match event-by-event, generating commentary, goals, fouls, injuries, substitutions, and more. It's the most complex module and heavily uses C idioms.

Tasks

Refactor LiveGame, LiveGameUnit, and LiveGameEvent types to idiomatic Go
Clean up event generation loop (remove gpointer, GArray, etc.)
Ensure deterministic simulation (same seed → same match)
Extract commentary rendering from inline C strings to Go
Add unit tests for key scenarios: goal scoring, fouls, cards, injuries
Test that match results are statistically reasonable (home advantage, skill correlation)
Prepare for SSE streaming (yield events one-by-one instead of batching)

Depends On

Issue #8 (team generation) — need teams with players to test matches

Acceptance Criteria

Live game produces a sequence of events from kickoff to full time
Events include goals, shots, fouls, cards, injuries, substitutions
Commentary text is generated with player names filled in
Home team wins ~55-60% of matches (reasonable home advantage)

## Description The live game engine (`go/code/live_game.go`, ~1800 lines) is the heart of the game — it simulates a football match event-by-event, generating commentary, goals, fouls, injuries, substitutions, and more. It's the most complex module and heavily uses C idioms. ## Tasks - [ ] Refactor `LiveGame`, `LiveGameUnit`, and `LiveGameEvent` types to idiomatic Go - [ ] Clean up event generation loop (remove `gpointer`, `GArray`, etc.) - [ ] Ensure deterministic simulation (same seed → same match) - [ ] Extract commentary rendering from inline C strings to Go - [ ] Add unit tests for key scenarios: goal scoring, fouls, cards, injuries - [ ] Test that match results are statistically reasonable (home advantage, skill correlation) - [ ] Prepare for SSE streaming (yield events one-by-one instead of batching) ## Depends On - Issue #8 (team generation) — need teams with players to test matches ## Acceptance Criteria - Live game produces a sequence of events from kickoff to full time - Events include goals, shots, fouls, cards, injuries, substitutions - Commentary text is generated with player names filled in - Home team wins ~55-60% of matches (reasonable home advantage)

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Phase 1.6: Game loop — week/week_round progression #11

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Phase 2.4: Live match viewer with SSE streaming #16

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2026-06-07 22:50:30 -06:00