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2 files changed, 75 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/html/broughlike/broughlike.js b/html/broughlike/broughlike.js
index 0397f9b..585ae66 100644
--- a/html/broughlike/broughlike.js
+++ b/html/broughlike/broughlike.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ function initializeCanvasContext() {
     return { ctx, canvas, tileSize };
 }
 
+const DEBUG = false;
+
 let highScore = localStorage.getItem('highScore') || 0;
 const player = {
     x: 0,
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ function generateWalls() {
 function generateItems() {
     items = [];
     const numItems = Math.floor(Math.random() * (CONFIG.ITEMS_MAX - CONFIG.ITEMS_MIN + 1)) + CONFIG.ITEMS_MIN;
-    for (let i = 0; i < numItems; i++) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < numItems;) {
         let itemX, itemY;
         do {
             itemX = Math.floor(Math.random() * CONFIG.GRID_SIZE);
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ function generateItems() {
         const itemType = Math.random() < 0.5 ? 'diamond' : 'pentagon'; // 50% chance for each type
         if (isReachable(player.x, player.y, itemX, itemY))
             items.push({ x: itemX, y: itemY, type: itemType });
+        i++; // Only increment i if the item is reachable and actually placed on the board, this avoids levels with fewer items than ITEMS_MIN
     }
 }
 
@@ -680,6 +683,8 @@ function resetGame() {
     generateEnemies();
     generateItems();
     render();
+    if (DEBUG)
+        autoPlay();
 }
 
 function checkPlayerAtExit() {
@@ -702,6 +707,8 @@ function checkPlayerAtExit() {
         generateEnemies();
         generateItems();
         render();
+        if (DEBUG)
+            autoPlay();
     }
 }
 
@@ -790,4 +797,69 @@ generateExit();
 generateWalls();
 generateEnemies();
 generateItems();
-render();
\ No newline at end of file
+render();
+
+
+
+
+
+function autoPlay() {
+
+    const playerAtExit = () => player.x === exit.x && player.y === exit.y;
+    const playerCanMove = (dx, dy) => isValidMove(player.x + dx, player.y + dy);
+    const playerCanAttack = (enemy) => Math.abs(enemy.x - player.x) + Math.abs(enemy.y - player.y) === 10;
+
+    const movePlayerTowardsExit = () => {
+        const path = findPath(player, exit);
+        if (path.length > 1) {
+            const nextStep = path[1];
+            const dx = nextStep.x - player.x;
+            const dy = nextStep.y - player.y;
+            if (playerCanMove(dx, dy)) {
+                movePlayer(dx, dy);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    const attackEnemies = () => {
+        const enemiesInRange = enemies.filter(enemy => playerCanAttack(enemy));
+        if (enemiesInRange.length > 0) {
+            const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * enemiesInRange.length);
+            const targetEnemy = enemiesInRange[randomIndex];
+            const dx = targetEnemy.x - player.x;
+            const dy = targetEnemy.y - player.y;
+            movePlayer(dx, dy);
+        }
+    };
+
+    const collectItem = () => {
+        const item = items.find(item => item.x === player.x && item.y === player.y);
+        if (item) {
+            handleItemCollection();
+        }
+    };
+
+    const play = () => {
+        if (playerAtExit()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        movePlayerTowardsExit();
+
+        enemies.forEach(enemy => {
+            if (playerCanAttack(enemy)) {
+                attackEnemies(enemy);
+            }
+        });
+
+        collectItem();
+
+        setTimeout(play, 1000);
+    };
+
+    play();
+}
+
+
+if (DEBUG)
+    autoPlay();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/html/broughlike/config.js b/html/broughlike/config.js
index 5cf77f4..bd95035 100644
--- a/html/broughlike/config.js
+++ b/html/broughlike/config.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const COLORS = {
 };
 
 export const CONFIG = {
-    GRID_SIZE: 6,
+    GRID_SIZE: 6, // 6 is about the smallest allowable level size before the path finding algorithms start to break
     PLAYER_HEALTH: 12,
     PLAYER_MAX_HEALTH: 16,
     PLAYER_BASE_DAMAGE: 1,