From 6232d41e5639f9c38e47b2bb65266e343ca26e8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 02:16:00 -0400
Subject: feat: add casino_hints option and standardize casino command syntax

---
 internal/game/cmd_verbs.go | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

(limited to 'internal/game/cmd_verbs.go')

diff --git a/internal/game/cmd_verbs.go b/internal/game/cmd_verbs.go
index 24957ab..d13b803 100644
--- a/internal/game/cmd_verbs.go
+++ b/internal/game/cmd_verbs.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"thehouseoficarus/internal/behavior"
+	"thehouseoficarus/internal/casino"
 	"thehouseoficarus/internal/net"
 	"thehouseoficarus/internal/world"
 )
@@ -46,6 +47,19 @@ var alwaysAvailable = []string{
 
 func (g *Game) executeVerbs(sess *net.Session, args []string, rawInput string) {
 	p := sess.Player
+	// A seated casino player has no room verbs: the only valid commands are
+	// the game's live hints, so what/verbs shows those instead of exits and
+	// objects that cannot be used mid-hand.
+	if g.Casino != nil {
+		if table, playing := g.Casino.Participation(p.Name); playing {
+			if table != nil {
+				g.showCasinoHints(sess, table.Hints(p.Name))
+			} else if machine, ok := g.Casino.MachineFor(p.Name); ok {
+				g.showCasinoHints(sess, machine.Hints())
+			}
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	showAll := len(args) == 1 && strings.ToLower(args[0]) == "all"
 
 	seen := make(map[string]bool)
@@ -208,6 +222,17 @@ func (g *Game) executeVerbs(sess *net.Session, args []string, rawInput string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// showCasinoHints prints the live command hints for a seated player. It is
+// the casino branch of the what/verbs command, so a casino never lists room
+// exits that are not valid options while seated.
+func (g *Game) showCasinoHints(sess *net.Session, commands []casino.MenuCommand) {
+	if len(commands) == 0 {
+		sess.WriteLine(g.colorize(sess, "casino_action", "No commands are available right now."))
+		return
+	}
+	sess.WriteLine(g.casinoMenuCommands(sess, commands))
+}
+
 func addUnique(list *[]string, seen *map[string]bool, cmd string) {
 	if (*seen)[cmd] {
 		return
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