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Dodge roll invulnerability

dodge-roll-invulnerability · an adoption of Timed window, version 1

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The contract behind it

Covers named time windows such as invulnerability, cooldowns, status effects, and restart locks. It says what happens when a window opens again, pauses, ends early, or expires. What opens each window, and how long it lasts, stays with your game.

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Rulesno rules

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Lists1 list

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Windows

windows

IdOpens atDurationDuration unitClockWhile suspendedOn retriggerRetrigger capEnds earlyEarly end
dodge-roll-i-frames02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-startplayer.dodge_roll_iframe_secondsseconds02-mechanics.md#real-time-clockstopsignoreexpiry-only
dodge-roll-cooldown02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-startplayer.dodge_roll_cooldown_secondsseconds02-mechanics.md#real-time-clockstopsignoreexpiry-only
Test inputsscope and seeds

Some tests need a scope or seeds from the adoption before they can run.

declared-window-set

Declared window set

Scope
the player's dodge-roll windows: invulnerability from roll start through 400 milliseconds (0.4 seconds), and cooldown from roll start through 800 milliseconds (0.8 seconds); the four-unit and six-unit numbers in the suspension check are neutral teaching units, not this game's timing
Acceptance tests9 tests apply

The contract comes with 7 tests. A test that runs once per row is counted once for each row. Tests that do not apply to these answers are still listed, with the reason.

declared-window-set

the declared window list matches the game

generalonce

Applies to dodge-roll-invulnerability.

The window list in dodge-roll-invulnerability is complete for the player's dodge-roll windows: invulnerability from roll start through 400 milliseconds (0.4 seconds), and cooldown from roll start through 800 milliseconds (0.8 seconds); the four-unit and six-unit numbers in the suspension check are neutral teaching units, not this game's timing: every window in scope has one row, no window has two rows, and no row names something outside the scope.

Test steps and diagnostics
Scope

the player's dodge-roll windows: invulnerability from roll start through 400 milliseconds (0.4 seconds), and cooldown from roll start through 800 milliseconds (0.8 seconds); the four-unit and six-unit numbers in the suspension check are neutral teaching units, not this game's timing

Holds

every timed window in scope has exactly one row in dodge-roll-invulnerability, and every row in dodge-roll-invulnerability names a timed window in scope

opens-and-expires · dodge-roll-i-frames

dodge-roll-i-frames opens and expires on its declared clock

scenarioper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-i-frames row.

dodge-roll-i-frames opens on the occurrence defined at 02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-start, reads its seconds duration from player.dodge_roll_iframe_seconds, and closes after that much progress on the clock defined at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock.

Test steps and diagnostics
Given

the dodge-roll-i-frames window closed, with its opening defined at 02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-start, its duration at player.dodge_roll_iframe_seconds in seconds, and its clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock

When
  • the opening defined at 02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-start occurs once, with no repeat trigger and no declared early ending
Then
  • dodge-roll-i-frames becomes open when that occurrence happens
  • a change to the value or calculation at player.dodge_roll_iframe_seconds after that moment does not move this copy's endpoint; the copy still closes after the duration read at opening
  • it is still open when the clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock has advanced by exactly that duration
  • it is closed at the first observable step after the clock has advanced beyond that duration
Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-open-close-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-clock-trace

opens-and-expires · dodge-roll-cooldown

dodge-roll-cooldown opens and expires on its declared clock

scenarioper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-cooldown row.

dodge-roll-cooldown opens on the occurrence defined at 02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-start, reads its seconds duration from player.dodge_roll_cooldown_seconds, and closes after that much progress on the clock defined at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock.

Test steps and diagnostics
Given

the dodge-roll-cooldown window closed, with its opening defined at 02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-start, its duration at player.dodge_roll_cooldown_seconds in seconds, and its clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock

When
  • the opening defined at 02-mechanics.md#dodge-roll-start occurs once, with no repeat trigger and no declared early ending
Then
  • dodge-roll-cooldown becomes open when that occurrence happens
  • a change to the value or calculation at player.dodge_roll_cooldown_seconds after that moment does not move this copy's endpoint; the copy still closes after the duration read at opening
  • it is still open when the clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock has advanced by exactly that duration
  • it is closed at the first observable step after the clock has advanced beyond that duration
Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-open-close-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-clock-trace

retrigger-behavior · dodge-roll-i-frames

dodge-roll-i-frames handles a repeat trigger in the declared way

generalper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-i-frames row.

Repeat triggers of dodge-roll-i-frames follow one rule: a repeat trigger leaves the open copy and its remaining time unchanged and opens no new copy; in a worked trace with four units left, four remain. The worked arithmetic fixes the meaning even when the game's own duration uses another number or unit.

Test steps and diagnostics
Scope

repeat triggers of dodge-roll-i-frames while at least one copy is open

Holds

a repeat trigger leaves the open copy and its remaining time unchanged and opens no new copy; in a worked trace with four units left, four remain

Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-trigger-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-remaining-time-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-open-copy-count

retrigger-behavior · dodge-roll-cooldown

dodge-roll-cooldown handles a repeat trigger in the declared way

generalper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-cooldown row.

Repeat triggers of dodge-roll-cooldown follow one rule: a repeat trigger leaves the open copy and its remaining time unchanged and opens no new copy; in a worked trace with four units left, four remain. The worked arithmetic fixes the meaning even when the game's own duration uses another number or unit.

Test steps and diagnostics
Scope

repeat triggers of dodge-roll-cooldown while at least one copy is open

Holds

a repeat trigger leaves the open copy and its remaining time unchanged and opens no new copy; in a worked trace with four units left, four remain

Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-trigger-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-remaining-time-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-open-copy-count

retrigger-extends-to-cap

Row.id extends on a repeat trigger without passing its cap

generalper windows row

Does not apply to dodge-roll-invulnerability: no row in windows matches on-retrigger extend to cap.

expiry-is-the-only-ending · dodge-roll-i-frames

dodge-roll-i-frames cannot end early

generalper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-i-frames row.

dodge-roll-i-frames has no early ending: using it, removing related state, or changing the world does not close it. A retrigger's own rewrite of remaining time is not an early closure. Only its duration ending closes the copy.

Test steps and diagnostics
Scope

the finite list of events and world changes that the game's Fixed prose associates with dodge-roll-i-frames, plus its game-local acceptance-test sample of ordinary play while a copy is open with time remaining

Holds

no event or world change in scope closes any open dodge-roll-i-frames copy before its duration ends; a copy's remaining time changes only through ordinary progress on the clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock or through this row's declared repeat-trigger behavior; a retrigger's own rewrite of remaining time is not an early closure

Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-open-close-trace

expiry-is-the-only-ending · dodge-roll-cooldown

dodge-roll-cooldown cannot end early

generalper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-cooldown row.

dodge-roll-cooldown has no early ending: using it, removing related state, or changing the world does not close it. A retrigger's own rewrite of remaining time is not an early closure. Only its duration ending closes the copy.

Test steps and diagnostics
Scope

the finite list of events and world changes that the game's Fixed prose associates with dodge-roll-cooldown, plus its game-local acceptance-test sample of ordinary play while a copy is open with time remaining

Holds

no event or world change in scope closes any open dodge-roll-cooldown copy before its duration ends; a copy's remaining time changes only through ordinary progress on the clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock or through this row's declared repeat-trigger behavior; a retrigger's own rewrite of remaining time is not an early closure

Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-open-close-trace

declared-ending-closes

Row.id closes at its declared early ending

scenarioper windows row

Does not apply to dodge-roll-invulnerability: no row in windows matches ends-early declared ending.

suspension-behavior · dodge-roll-i-frames

dodge-roll-i-frames treats suspended play in the declared way

scenarioper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-i-frames row.

Suspended play leaves an observable answer for every dodge-roll-i-frames copy: every open copy keeps its remaining time; the observed copy is still open with four units left when play resumes and closes only after four more units advance on its cited clock. Each remaining-time trace is read during the suspension so the two answers cannot pass on the same later state.

Test steps and diagnostics
Given

one or more dodge-roll-i-frames copies open, with an observed copy having four seconds left and a remaining-time trace for every copy

When
  • ordinary play is suspended for an interval that would advance the clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock by six seconds during ordinary play, while that clock and every open copy are observed
Then
  • every open copy keeps its remaining time; the observed copy is still open with four units left when play resumes and closes only after four more units advance on its cited clock
  • the remaining-time trace shows whether time advanced during the suspension, even if the stored open state after play resumes could look the same
Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-remaining-time-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-i-frames-suspension-trace

suspension-behavior · dodge-roll-cooldown

dodge-roll-cooldown treats suspended play in the declared way

scenarioper windows row

Applies to the dodge-roll-cooldown row.

Suspended play leaves an observable answer for every dodge-roll-cooldown copy: every open copy keeps its remaining time; the observed copy is still open with four units left when play resumes and closes only after four more units advance on its cited clock. Each remaining-time trace is read during the suspension so the two answers cannot pass on the same later state.

Test steps and diagnostics
Given

one or more dodge-roll-cooldown copies open, with an observed copy having four seconds left and a remaining-time trace for every copy

When
  • ordinary play is suspended for an interval that would advance the clock at 02-mechanics.md#real-time-clock by six seconds during ordinary play, while that clock and every open copy are observed
Then
  • every open copy keeps its remaining time; the observed copy is still open with four units left when play resumes and closes only after four more units advance on its cited clock
  • the remaining-time trace shows whether time advanced during the suspension, even if the stored open state after play resumes could look the same
Diagnostics
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-remaining-time-trace
  • dodge-roll-invulnerability-dodge-roll-cooldown-suspension-trace
JSONthe adoption as one file

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