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Local play — your home when there is no realm

connection-and-sync/006 · created 2026-08-18 · updated 2026-08-19 · blocked by connection-and-sync/005

What to do

• game/world/local_authority.gd: the simulation half of area_server.gd — grid, ground, portals, entities, _apply_intents, movement budget, _area_payload, _serialize_state — driven in-process; the one outbound seam _send_to_peer becomes deliver(type, payload); area_server.gd keeps the transport and builds on it.
• Client: _send_game / _poll_game behind a GameTransport (the WebSocket implementation, and a LocalTransport that calls the authority synchronously); _handle_game_message unchanged; _ready()’s “no session = fail” gate gains an explicit LOCAL mode.
• Behaviour: at Start with the director OFFLINE (or “Play offline”), the home (either) loads locally from user://areas/home.json (written from the last online hello_ack; else the default 16×16 grass home). Walking works; doors to multiplayer Areas bump OFFLINE; an “Offline — your home only” banner. When the realm returns, “Go online” re-enters the server’s home; the local walk-only state is discarded (decision, 2026-08-18). single_player Areas use the same machinery once one is authored.

Definition of done

The local authority passes the server’s movement / portal / budget checks in test_runner.gd; a headless client run with --offline reaches a home with no director and its door bumps; the web and Android builds start offline in airplane mode.

Where the work lands

land-of-lor/game/world/.

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