Some improvements

app/Console/Commands/GameStressTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Game\StressTestHarness;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+/**
+ * Runs the authoritative simulation stress sweep and reports capacity limits.
+ *
+ * Measures GameEngine::tick() time and snapshot broadcast payload size at
+ * increasing entity counts, then derives the entity count where the average
+ * tick exceeds the 60 Hz budget and where the snapshot exceeds Reverb's max
+ * message size.
+ */
+final class GameStressTest extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'game:stress
+        {--scenario=both : zombies, projectiles, or both}
+        {--players=2 : number of players in the room}
+        {--entities-from=50 : first entity count sampled}
+        {--entities-to=400 : last entity count sampled}
+        {--step=50 : increment between sampled entity counts}
+        {--ticks=600 : simulation ticks measured per sample}
+        {--breakpoint-only : print only the derived capacity limits}';
+
+    protected $description = 'Benchmark simulation tick time and snapshot payload size across entity counts';
+
+    public function handle(StressTestHarness $harness): int
+    {
+        $scenarios = $this->resolveScenarios((string) $this->option('scenario'));
+        if ($scenarios === []) {
+            $this->error('Unknown scenario. Use zombies, projectiles, or both.');
+
+            return self::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        $from = (int) $this->option('entities-from');
+        $to = (int) $this->option('entities-to');
+        $step = (int) $this->option('step');
+        $players = (int) $this->option('players');
+        $ticks = (int) $this->option('ticks');
+
+        if ($step <= 0 || $to < $from) {
+            $this->error('Invalid sweep range (--entities-to must be >= --entities-from, --step must be > 0).');
+
+            return self::FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        $counts = $this->range($from, $to, $step);
+
+        $tickSamples = [];
+        $snapshotSamples = [];
+        foreach ($counts as $count) {
+            $this->line(sprintf('  sampling %d entities...', $count));
+            $tickSamples[$count] = $harness->measureTickTime($count, $players, $ticks, $scenarios);
+            $snapshotSamples[$count] = $harness->measureSnapshotBytes($count, $players, $scenarios);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->option('breakpoint-only')) {
+            $this->printBreakpoints($tickSamples, $snapshotSamples);
+
+            return self::SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        $this->printTables($counts, $scenarios, $tickSamples, $snapshotSamples);
+        $this->printBreakpoints($tickSamples, $snapshotSamples);
+
+        return self::SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    /** @return array<int, string> */
+    private function resolveScenarios(string $scenario): array
+    {
+        return match ($scenario) {
+            'both' => StressTestHarness::SCENARIOS,
+            default => in_array($scenario, StressTestHarness::SCENARIOS, true)
+                ? [$scenario]
+                : [],
+        };
+    }
+
+    /** @return array<int, int> */
+    private function range(int $from, int $to, int $step): array
+    {
+        $counts = [];
+        for ($i = $from; $i <= $to; $i += $step) {
+            $counts[] = $i;
+        }
+
+        return $counts;
+    }
+
+    private function printTables(array $counts, array $scenarios, array $tickSamples, array $snapshotSamples): void
+    {
+        $this->newLine();
+        $this->info('Tick time per entity count (avg/median/max ms; budget '.round(StressTestHarness::TICK_BUDGET_SECONDS * 1000, 2).' ms):');
+        $this->table(
+            array_merge(['Entities'], $this->scenarioHeaders($scenarios)),
+            array_map(fn (int $count) => array_merge(
+                [(string) $count],
+                array_map(fn (string $scenario) => sprintf(
+                    '%s/%s/%s %s',
+                    $tickSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['avgMs'],
+                    $tickSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['medianMs'],
+                    $tickSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['maxMs'],
+                    $tickSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['budgetOk'] ? '' : '⚠',
+                ), $scenarios),
+            ), $counts),
+        );
+
+        $this->newLine();
+        $this->info('Snapshot broadcast size per entity count (Reverb cap '.StressTestHarness::REVERB_MAX_BYTES.' bytes):');
+        $this->table(
+            array_merge(['Entities'], $this->scenarioHeaders($scenarios)),
+            array_map(fn (int $count) => array_merge(
+                [(string) $count],
+                array_map(fn (string $scenario) => sprintf(
+                    '%d B (%.1f B/ent) %s',
+                    $snapshotSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['bytes'],
+                    $snapshotSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['bytesPerEntity'],
+                    $snapshotSamples[$count]['scenarios'][$scenario]['exceedsReverb'] ? '⚠' : '',
+                ), $scenarios),
+            ), $counts),
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function printBreakpoints(array $tickSamples, array $snapshotSamples): void
+    {
+        $this->newLine();
+        $this->info('Derived capacity limits:');
+
+        $budgetMs = StressTestHarness::TICK_BUDGET_SECONDS * 1000.0;
+
+        $badTick = $this->firstBad('budgetOk', false, $tickSamples);
+        if ($badTick !== null) {
+            $this->line(sprintf(
+                '  Avg tick exceeds %.2f ms budget at %d entities (scenario: %s).',
+                $budgetMs,
+                $badTick['count'],
+                $badTick['scenario'],
+            ));
+        } else {
+            $this->line(sprintf('  Avg tick stays under %.2f ms across all sampled entity counts.', $budgetMs));
+        }
+
+        $badSnapshot = $this->firstBad('exceedsReverb', true, $snapshotSamples);
+        if ($badSnapshot !== null) {
+            $this->line(sprintf(
+                '  Snapshot exceeds %d-byte Reverb cap at %d entities (scenario: %s).',
+                StressTestHarness::REVERB_MAX_BYTES,
+                $badSnapshot['count'],
+                $badSnapshot['scenario'],
+            ));
+        } else {
+            $this->line(sprintf('  Snapshot stays under %d-byte Reverb cap across all sampled entity counts.', StressTestHarness::REVERB_MAX_BYTES));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param  array<int, array<string, mixed>>  $samples
+     * @return array{count: int, scenario: string}|null
+     */
+    private function firstBad(string $key, mixed $target, array $samples): ?array
+    {
+        foreach ($samples as $count => $sample) {
+            foreach (array_keys($sample['scenarios']) as $scenario) {
+                if ($sample['scenarios'][$scenario][$key] === $target) {
+                    return ['count' => $count, 'scenario' => $scenario];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /** @return array<int, string> */
+    private function scenarioHeaders(array $scenarios): array
+    {
+        return array_map(fn (string $scenario) => ucfirst($scenario), $scenarios);
+    }
+}

app/Events/GameSnapshot.php

@@ -18,21 +18,20 @@ final class GameSnapshot implements ShouldBroadcastNow
     use SerializesModels;
 
     /**
-     * @param array<string, mixed> $players
-     * @param array<int, mixed> $entities
-     * @param array<int, mixed> $events
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $players
+     * @param  array<int, mixed>  $entities
+     * @param  array<int, mixed>  $events
      */
     public function __construct(
         public Room $room,
         public array $players,
         public array $entities,
         public array $events,
-    ) {
-    }
+    ) {}
 
     public function broadcastOn(): Channel
     {
-        return new Channel('game.' . $this->room->id);
+        return new Channel('game.'.$this->room->id);
     }
 
     public function broadcastAs(): string
@@ -50,6 +49,16 @@ final class GameSnapshot implements ShouldBroadcastNow
             'players' => $this->players,
             'entities' => $this->entities,
             'events' => $this->events,
+            'msgCap' => $this->messageSizeCap(),
         ];
     }
-}
+
+    /**
+     * Largest snapshot the WebSocket layer will deliver in one frame; used by
+     * the client debug HUD to show broadcast headroom against the Reverb cap.
+     */
+    private function messageSizeCap(): int
+    {
+        return (int) config('reverb.apps.apps.0.max_message_size', 20_000);
+    }
+}

app/Game/GameEngine.php

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ final class GameEngine
 {
     private const PICKUP_INTERVAL = 10.0;
 
-    private const MAX_ZOMBIES = 30;
+    private const MAX_ZOMBIES = 45;
 
     public function __construct(
         private readonly Room $room,

app/Game/Spawner.php

@@ -16,42 +16,42 @@ final class Spawner
 {
     public function spawnInterval(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return max(0.35, 1.2 - $elapsed * 0.008);
+        return max(0.22, 1.0 - $elapsed * 0.01);
     }
 
     public function speedMultiplier(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return min(2.2, 1.0 + $elapsed * 0.004);
+        return min(2.6, 1.0 + $elapsed * 0.006);
     }
 
     private function tankChance(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return min(0.5, 0.15 + $elapsed * 0.002);
+        return min(0.55, 0.18 + $elapsed * 0.0025);
     }
 
     private function megaTankChance(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return min(0.22, $elapsed * 0.0015);
+        return min(0.3, $elapsed * 0.002);
     }
 
     private function runnerChance(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return min(0.4, 0.2 + $elapsed * 0.001);
+        return min(0.45, 0.22 + $elapsed * 0.0015);
     }
 
     private function leaperChance(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return min(0.12, 0.04 + $elapsed * 0.06);
+        return min(0.16, 0.05 + $elapsed * 0.08);
     }
 
     private function witchChance(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return min(0.3, 0.1 + $elapsed * 0.002);
+        return min(0.35, 0.12 + $elapsed * 0.0025);
     }
 
     private function megaWitchChance(float $elapsed): float
     {
-        return $elapsed < 45.0 ? 0.0 : min(0.12, ($elapsed - 45.0) * 0.0008);
+        return $elapsed < 40.0 ? 0.0 : min(0.16, ($elapsed - 40.0) * 0.001);
     }
 
     public function spawnZombie(Room $room): void
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ final class Spawner
         $room->entities->append(new Leaper($x, $y, $room->entities, $room, $this->initialTarget($room), [
             'speed' => (80.0 + $this->rand() * 40.0) * $speedMultiplier,
             'size' => 28.0,
-            'health' => 3,
+            'health' => 10,
             'knockback' => 240.0,
             'scoreValue' => 6,
             'color' => [0.15, 0.25, 0.75, 1.0],

app/Game/StressTestHarness.php

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Game;
+
+use App\Game\Entities\Witch;
+use App\Game\Entities\WitchProjectile;
+use App\Game\Entities\Zombie;
+
+/**
+ * Read-only benchmark harness for the authoritative game simulation.
+ *
+ * Measures per-tick elapsed time of GameEngine::tick() and the serialized
+ * snapshot payload size produced by GameSimulator::broadcastRoom() at various
+ * entity counts, so we can reason about capacity without touching production
+ * logic or firing real broadcasts.
+ */
+final class StressTestHarness
+{
+    /** Reliable per-frame budget of the fixed 60 Hz simulation loop. */
+    public const TICK_BUDGET_SECONDS = 1.0 / 60.0;
+
+    /** Reverb hard cap on a single broadcast message (config/reverb.php). */
+    public const REVERB_MAX_BYTES = 20000;
+
+    public const SCENARIOS = ['zombies', 'projectiles'];
+
+    /**
+     * Measures sustained per-tick cost while keeping the entity population at
+     * (and refilling to) the requested count each tick, so the sample reflects
+     * steady-state load rather than a population that the players quickly thin
+     * out. The cost measured is the full collision/resolution path of
+     * GameEngine::tick(), which is what determines whether the 60 Hz loop can
+     * keep up.
+     *
+     * @return array{entities: int, scenarios: array<string, array{avgMs: float, medianMs: float, maxMs: float, budgetOk: bool}>}
+     */
+    public function measureTickTime(int $entityCount, int $players = 2, int $ticks = 600, array $scenarios = self::SCENARIOS): array
+    {
+        $results = ['entities' => $entityCount, 'scenarios' => []];
+
+        foreach ($scenarios as $scenario) {
+            $room = $this->makeRoom($entityCount, $scenario, $players);
+            $engine = new GameEngine($room, new Spawner);
+
+            for ($i = 0; $i < 30; $i++) {
+                $this->stepAndRefill($engine, $room, $entityCount, $scenario);
+            }
+
+            $samples = [];
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $ticks; $i++) {
+                $start = hrtime(true);
+                $this->stepAndRefill($engine, $room, $entityCount, $scenario);
+                $samples[] = (hrtime(true) - $start) / 1e6;
+            }
+
+            sort($samples);
+            $avg = array_sum($samples) / count($samples);
+            $median = $samples[(int) floor(count($samples) / 2)];
+            $max = $samples[count($samples) - 1];
+
+            $results['scenarios'][$scenario] = [
+                'avgMs' => round($avg, 3),
+                'medianMs' => round($median, 3),
+                'maxMs' => round($max, 3),
+                'budgetOk' => $avg <= self::TICK_BUDGET_SECONDS * 1000.0,
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return $results;
+    }
+
+    /** Run one tick, then re-seed the target population for steady-state load. */
+    private function stepAndRefill(GameEngine $engine, Room $room, int $target, string $scenario): void
+    {
+        $engine->tick(self::TICK_BUDGET_SECONDS);
+
+        $current = 0;
+        foreach ($room->entities as $entity) {
+            if ($scenario === 'projectiles') {
+                if ($entity instanceof Witch) {
+                    $current++;
+                }
+            } elseif ($entity instanceof Zombie) {
+                $current++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for ($i = $current; $i < $target; $i++) {
+            $x = 300.0 + (($i + $room->seq) % 20) * 40.0;
+            $y = 100.0 + intdiv($i + $room->seq, 20) * 60.0;
+            if ($scenario === 'projectiles') {
+                $room->entities->append(new Witch($x, $y, $room->entities, $room, $this->firstPlayer($room), [
+                    'emergeTime' => 0.0,
+                    'fireInterval' => 0.4,
+                ]));
+            } else {
+                $room->entities->append(new Zombie($x, $y, $room->entities, $room, [
+                    'emergeTime' => 0.0,
+                    'speed' => 150.0,
+                    'health' => 1,
+                ], fn (Zombie $z) => $z->target = $this->firstPlayer($room)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array{entities: int, scenarios: array<string, array{bytes: int, bytesPerEntity: float, exceedsReverb: bool}>}
+     */
+    public function measureSnapshotBytes(int $entityCount, int $players = 2, array $scenarios = self::SCENARIOS): array
+    {
+        $results = ['entities' => $entityCount, 'scenarios' => []];
+
+        foreach ($scenarios as $scenario) {
+            $room = $this->makeRoom($entityCount, $scenario, $players);
+
+            $payload = null;
+            $simulator = new GameSimulator(function (Room $r, array $playersList, array $entities, array $events) use (&$payload): void {
+                $payload = [
+                    'state' => $r->state,
+                    'elapsed' => round($r->elapsed, 2),
+                    'seq' => $r->seq,
+                    'players' => $playersList,
+                    'entities' => $entities,
+                    'events' => $events,
+                ];
+            });
+
+            $simulator->broadcastRoom($room);
+
+            $bytes = strlen(json_encode($payload) ?: '');
+            $results['scenarios'][$scenario] = [
+                'bytes' => $bytes,
+                'bytesPerEntity' => $entityCount > 0 ? round($bytes / $entityCount, 1) : 0.0,
+                'exceedsReverb' => $bytes > self::REVERB_MAX_BYTES,
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return $results;
+    }
+
+    private function makeRoom(int $entityCount, string $scenario, int $players): Room
+    {
+        $room = new Room('bench');
+        $room->state = Room::STATE_PLAYING;
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $players; $i++) {
+            $input = new InputState;
+            $player = new Player((string) $i, "P$i", $input, $room->entities, $room, [
+                'x' => 200.0 + $i * 60.0,
+                'y' => 540.0,
+                'fireRate' => 0.1,
+                'bulletCount' => 3,
+            ]);
+            $room->addPlayer($player);
+        }
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $entityCount; $i++) {
+            $x = 300.0 + ($i % 20) * 40.0;
+            $y = 100.0 + intdiv($i, 20) * 60.0;
+            if ($scenario === 'projectiles') {
+                $room->entities->append(new Witch($x, $y, $room->entities, $room, $this->firstPlayer($room), [
+                    'emergeTime' => 0.0,
+                    'fireInterval' => 0.5,
+                ]));
+            } else {
+                $room->entities->append(new Zombie($x, $y, $room->entities, $room, [
+                    'emergeTime' => 0.0,
+                    'speed' => 150.0,
+                    'health' => 2,
+                ], fn (Zombie $z) => $z->target = $this->firstPlayer($room)));
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach ($room->entities as $entity) {
+            if ($entity instanceof Zombie || $entity instanceof WitchProjectile) {
+                $entity->target = $this->firstPlayer($room);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $room;
+    }
+
+    private function firstPlayer(Room $room): ?Player
+    {
+        return $room->players === [] ? null : $room->players[array_key_first($room->players)];
+    }
+}

app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 
 class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot(): void
     {
-        //
+        if (app()->environment('production')) {
+            URL::forceScheme('https');
+        }
     }
 }