rgoue/game/save.go

//nolint:mnd // C-faithful literals; names hurt C-greppability (approved 2026-07-07)
package game

import (
	"encoding/gob"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"time"
)

// save.c + state.c — game persistence. The hand-written, XOR-encrypted C
// serializer becomes a gob snapshot; what remains hand-written is exactly
// what state.c's rs_fix_thing did: pointers that alias other structures
// (equipment, chase targets, room membership) are encoded as indices.

// saveFormatVersion identifies the snapshot layout; it changes whenever a
// field rename or retype would make gob silently mis-decode an older
// save ("go2": Object.Type became Kind ObjectKind; "go3": Object.Arm split
// into ArmorClass/Charges/GoldValue/Bonus, damage strings became
// DiceSpec).
const saveFormatVersion = Release + "-go3"

// destRef encodes a monster's chase target (state.c rs_write_thing's
// (kind, index) pairs).
type destRef struct {
	Kind int // 0 none, 1 hero, 2 monster index, 3 level-object index, 4 room gold
	Idx  int
}

// savedCreature is the pointer-free image of a Creature.
type savedCreature struct {
	Pos      Coord
	Turn     bool
	Type     byte
	Disguise byte
	OldCh    byte
	Flags    CreatureFlags
	Stats    Stats
	RoomIdx  int // 0..MaxRooms-1; 100+i for passages; -1 none
	Pack     []Object
}

// savedPlayer adds the player-only state. The creature half is a named
// field, not an embedded one: gob drops embedded fields of unexported
// types silently.
type savedPlayer struct {
	Body        savedCreature
	CurArmor    int // pack indices; -1 = none
	CurWeapon   int
	CurRing     [2]int
	PackUsed    [26]bool
	Inpack      int
	Purse       int
	FoodLeft    int
	HungryState int
	NoFood      int
	MaxStats    Stats
	VfHit       int
}

// savedPlace is one map cell without its monster pointer.
type savedPlace struct {
	Ch    byte
	Flags PlaceFlags
}

// SaveState is the complete serialized game (the field list mirrors
// state.c rs_save_file).
type SaveState struct {
	Version string

	Seed   int32
	Dnum   int
	Whoami string
	Fruit  string
	Home   string
	Wizard bool

	Player savedPlayer

	Depth      int
	MaxDepth   int
	HasAmulet  bool
	SeenStairs bool

	Places    []savedPlace
	Rooms     [MaxRooms]Room
	Passages  [MaxPass]Room
	Objects   []Object
	Monsters  []savedCreature
	Dests     []destRef // parallel to Monsters
	Stairs    Coord
	TrapCount int

	After     bool
	Again     bool
	NoScoreF  bool
	Count     int
	NoCommand int
	NoMove    int
	Quiet     int
	Running   bool
	RunCh     byte
	DoorStop  bool
	Firstmove bool
	MoveOn    bool
	ToDeath   bool
	Kamikaze  bool
	MaxHit    int
	Take      byte
	Delta     Coord
	DirCh     byte
	LastComm  byte
	LastDir   byte
	LastPick  int // pack index, -1
	Oldpos    Coord
	OldrpIdx  int

	Daemons  DaemonList
	Options  Options
	Items    ItemLore
	Bestiary [26]MonsterKind
	Huh      string

	LastScore int
	AllScore  bool

	Screen []byte // the visible map (Std window contents)
}

// roomIdx encodes a room pointer as an index (state.c find_room_coord).
func (g *RogueGame) roomIdx(rp *Room) int {
	if rp == nil {
		return -1
	}

	for i := range g.Level.Rooms {
		if rp == &g.Level.Rooms[i] {
			return i
		}
	}

	for i := range g.Level.Passages {
		if rp == &g.Level.Passages[i] {
			return 100 + i
		}
	}

	return -1
}

// roomAt decodes a room index.
func (g *RogueGame) roomAt(i int) *Room {
	switch {
	case i >= 100:
		return &g.Level.Passages[i-100]
	case i >= 0:
		return &g.Level.Rooms[i]
	}

	return nil
}

// packIdx finds an object in the player's pack (state.c find_list_ptr).
func (g *RogueGame) packIdx(obj *Object) int {
	if obj == nil {
		return -1
	}

	for i, o := range g.Player.Pack {
		if o == obj {
			return i
		}
	}

	return -1
}

// snapshot captures the complete game state.
func (g *RogueGame) snapshot() *SaveState {
	st := g.snapshotHeader()

	// the map, sans monster pointers (rebuilt on load)
	st.Places = make([]savedPlace, len(g.Level.Places))
	for i := range g.Level.Places {
		st.Places[i] = savedPlace{
			Ch:    g.Level.Places[i].Ch,
			Flags: g.Level.Places[i].Flags,
		}
	}

	// level objects by value; remember their pointers for dest encoding
	objAt := make(map[*Object]int, len(g.Level.Objects))
	for i, o := range g.Level.Objects {
		st.Objects = append(st.Objects, *o)
		objAt[o] = i
	}

	st.Player = g.snapshotPlayer()

	// monsters, with chase targets as (kind, index) references
	for _, m := range g.Level.Monsters {
		sc := savedCreature{
			Pos: m.Pos, Turn: m.Turn, Type: m.Type, Disguise: m.Disguise,
			OldCh: m.OldCh, Flags: m.Flags, Stats: m.Stats,
			RoomIdx: g.roomIdx(m.Room),
		}
		for _, o := range m.Pack {
			sc.Pack = append(sc.Pack, *o)
		}

		st.Monsters = append(st.Monsters, sc)
		st.Dests = append(st.Dests, g.destRefFor(m, objAt))
	}

	return st
}

// snapshotHeader captures the scalar game state (the field list of
// state.c rs_save_file).
func (g *RogueGame) snapshotHeader() *SaveState {
	return &SaveState{
		Version:    saveFormatVersion,
		Seed:       g.Rng.Seed,
		Dnum:       g.Dnum,
		Whoami:     g.Whoami,
		Fruit:      g.Fruit,
		Home:       g.Home,
		Wizard:     g.Wizard,
		Depth:      g.Depth,
		MaxDepth:   g.MaxDepth,
		HasAmulet:  g.HasAmulet,
		SeenStairs: g.SeenStairs,
		Rooms:      g.Level.Rooms,
		Passages:   g.Level.Passages,
		Stairs:     g.Level.Stairs,
		TrapCount:  g.Level.TrapCount,
		After:      g.After,
		Again:      g.Again,
		NoScoreF:   g.NoScore,
		Count:      g.Count,
		NoCommand:  g.NoCommand,
		NoMove:     g.NoMove,
		Quiet:      g.Quiet,
		Running:    g.Running,
		RunCh:      g.RunCh,
		DoorStop:   g.DoorStop,
		Firstmove:  g.Firstmove,
		MoveOn:     g.MoveOn,
		ToDeath:    g.ToDeath,
		Kamikaze:   g.Kamikaze,
		MaxHit:     g.MaxHit,
		Take:       g.Take,
		Delta:      g.Delta,
		DirCh:      g.DirCh,
		LastComm:   g.LastComm,
		LastDir:    g.LastDir,
		LastPick:   g.packIdx(g.LastPick),
		Oldpos:     g.Oldpos,
		OldrpIdx:   g.roomIdx(g.Oldrp),
		Daemons:    g.Daemons,
		Options:    g.Options,
		Items:      g.Items,
		Bestiary:   g.Monsters,
		Huh:        g.Msgs.Huh,
		LastScore:  g.LastScore,
		AllScore:   g.AllScore,
		Screen:     g.scr.Std.Contents(),
	}
}

// snapshotPlayer captures the player, equipment as pack indices (the
// player half of snapshot).
func (g *RogueGame) snapshotPlayer() savedPlayer {
	p := &g.Player

	sp := savedPlayer{
		Body: savedCreature{
			Pos: p.Pos, Turn: p.Turn, Type: p.Type, Disguise: p.Disguise,
			OldCh: p.OldCh, Flags: p.Flags, Stats: p.Stats,
			RoomIdx: g.roomIdx(p.Room),
		},
		CurArmor:  g.packIdx(p.CurArmor),
		CurWeapon: g.packIdx(p.CurWeapon),
		CurRing: [2]int{
			g.packIdx(p.CurRing[Left]), g.packIdx(p.CurRing[Right]),
		},
		PackUsed: p.PackUsed, Inpack: p.Inpack, Purse: p.Purse,
		FoodLeft: p.FoodLeft, HungryState: p.HungryState, NoFood: p.NoFood,
		MaxStats: p.MaxStats, VfHit: p.VfHit,
	}
	for _, o := range p.Pack {
		sp.Body.Pack = append(sp.Body.Pack, *o)
	}

	return sp
}

// destRefFor encodes a monster's chase target as a (kind, index)
// reference: the hero, another monster, a level object, or room gold
// (state.c rs_write_thing).
func (g *RogueGame) destRefFor(m *Monster, objAt map[*Object]int) destRef {
	switch {
	case m.Dest == nil:
		return destRef{}
	case m.Dest == &g.Player.Pos:
		return destRef{Kind: 1}
	}

	for mi, om := range g.Level.Monsters {
		if m.Dest == &om.Pos {
			return destRef{Kind: 2, Idx: mi}
		}
	}

	for _, oo := range g.Level.Objects {
		if m.Dest == &oo.Pos {
			return destRef{Kind: 3, Idx: objAt[oo]}
		}
	}

	for ri := range g.Level.Rooms {
		if m.Dest == &g.Level.Rooms[ri].Gold {
			return destRef{Kind: 4, Idx: ri}
		}
	}

	return destRef{}
}

// applySnapshot rebuilds live game state from a snapshot.
func (g *RogueGame) applySnapshot(st *SaveState) {
	g.applyHeader(st)

	for i := range g.Level.Places {
		g.Level.Places[i] = Place{
			Ch:    st.Places[i].Ch,
			Flags: st.Places[i].Flags,
		}
	}

	// level objects
	g.Level.Objects = nil
	for i := range st.Objects {
		o := st.Objects[i]
		g.Level.Objects = append(g.Level.Objects, &o)
	}

	g.applyPlayer(st)
	g.applyMonsters(st)
	g.applyDests(st)

	g.scr.Std.SetContents(st.Screen)
}

// applyHeader restores the scalar game state (the field list of
// applySnapshot).
func (g *RogueGame) applyHeader(st *SaveState) {
	g.Rng.Seed = st.Seed
	g.Dnum = st.Dnum
	g.Whoami = st.Whoami
	g.Fruit = st.Fruit
	g.Home = st.Home
	g.Wizard = st.Wizard
	g.Depth = st.Depth
	g.MaxDepth = st.MaxDepth
	g.HasAmulet = st.HasAmulet
	g.SeenStairs = st.SeenStairs
	g.Level.Rooms = st.Rooms
	g.Level.Passages = st.Passages
	g.Level.Stairs = st.Stairs
	g.Level.TrapCount = st.TrapCount
	g.applyTurnState(st)
}

// applyTurnState restores the in-turn command state (the second half of
// applyHeader).
func (g *RogueGame) applyTurnState(st *SaveState) {
	g.After = st.After
	g.Again = st.Again
	g.NoScore = st.NoScoreF
	g.Count = st.Count
	g.NoCommand = st.NoCommand
	g.NoMove = st.NoMove
	g.Quiet = st.Quiet
	g.Running = st.Running
	g.RunCh = st.RunCh
	g.DoorStop = st.DoorStop
	g.Firstmove = st.Firstmove
	g.MoveOn = st.MoveOn
	g.ToDeath = st.ToDeath
	g.Kamikaze = st.Kamikaze
	g.MaxHit = st.MaxHit
	g.Take = st.Take
	g.Delta = st.Delta
	g.DirCh = st.DirCh
	g.LastComm = st.LastComm
	g.LastDir = st.LastDir
	g.Oldpos = st.Oldpos
	g.Oldrp = g.roomAt(st.OldrpIdx)
	g.Daemons = st.Daemons
	g.Options = st.Options
	g.Items = st.Items
	g.Monsters = st.Bestiary
	g.Msgs.Huh = st.Huh
	g.LastScore = st.LastScore
	g.AllScore = st.AllScore
	g.Playing = true
}

// applyPlayer restores the player, resolving equipment pack indices
// (the player half of applySnapshot).
func (g *RogueGame) applyPlayer(st *SaveState) {
	p := &g.Player
	sp := &st.Player
	p.Pos = sp.Body.Pos
	p.Turn = sp.Body.Turn
	p.Type = sp.Body.Type
	p.Disguise = sp.Body.Disguise
	p.OldCh = sp.Body.OldCh
	p.Flags = sp.Body.Flags
	p.Stats = sp.Body.Stats
	p.Room = g.roomAt(sp.Body.RoomIdx)

	p.Pack = nil
	for i := range sp.Body.Pack {
		o := sp.Body.Pack[i]
		p.Pack = append(p.Pack, &o)
	}

	pick := func(i int) *Object {
		if i < 0 || i >= len(p.Pack) {
			return nil
		}

		return p.Pack[i]
	}
	p.CurArmor = pick(sp.CurArmor)
	p.CurWeapon = pick(sp.CurWeapon)
	p.CurRing[Left] = pick(sp.CurRing[0])
	p.CurRing[Right] = pick(sp.CurRing[1])
	g.LastPick = pick(st.LastPick)
	p.PackUsed = sp.PackUsed
	p.Inpack = sp.Inpack
	p.Purse = sp.Purse
	p.FoodLeft = sp.FoodLeft
	p.HungryState = sp.HungryState
	p.NoFood = sp.NoFood
	p.MaxStats = sp.MaxStats
	p.VfHit = sp.VfHit
}

// applyMonsters rebuilds the monster list and its map index from a
// snapshot (the monster half of applySnapshot).
func (g *RogueGame) applyMonsters(st *SaveState) {
	g.Level.Monsters = nil
	for i := range st.Monsters {
		sc := &st.Monsters[i]

		m := &Monster{Creature: Creature{
			Pos: sc.Pos, Turn: sc.Turn, Type: sc.Type, Disguise: sc.Disguise,
			OldCh: sc.OldCh, Flags: sc.Flags, Stats: sc.Stats,
			Room: g.roomAt(sc.RoomIdx),
		}}
		for j := range sc.Pack {
			o := sc.Pack[j]
			m.Pack = append(m.Pack, &o)
		}

		g.Level.Monsters = append(g.Level.Monsters, m)
		g.Level.SetMonsterAt(m.Pos.Y, m.Pos.X, m)
	}
}

// applyDests re-aims the monsters' chase targets from their (kind,
// index) references (the fixup half of applySnapshot).
func (g *RogueGame) applyDests(st *SaveState) {
	for i, ref := range st.Dests {
		m := g.Level.Monsters[i]

		switch ref.Kind {
		case 1:
			m.Dest = &g.Player.Pos
		case 2:
			m.Dest = &g.Level.Monsters[ref.Idx].Pos
		case 3:
			m.Dest = &g.Level.Objects[ref.Idx].Pos
		case 4:
			m.Dest = &g.Level.Rooms[ref.Idx].Gold
		}
	}
}

// saveAnswer is a yes/no/escape prompt result in the save-game flow.
type saveAnswer int

// The saveGame prompt outcomes.
const (
	saveYes saveAnswer = iota
	saveNo
	saveAbort
)

// saveGame implements the "save game" command (save.c save_game). The
// labeled prompt loop stands in for the C goto over/gotfile flow.
func (g *RogueGame) saveGame() {
	g.Msgs.Mpos = 0

prompt:
	for {
		useDefault := false

		if g.FileName != "" {
			a := g.askDefaultSave()
			if a == saveAbort {
				return
			}

			useDefault = a == saveYes
		}

		for {
			buf, ok := g.saveFileName(useDefault)
			if !ok {
				return
			}

			useDefault = false

			a := g.saveCheckOverwrite(buf)
			if a == saveAbort {
				return
			}

			if a == saveNo {
				continue prompt // the C goto over: start again
			}

			g.FileName = buf

			err := g.saveFile(g.FileName)
			if err != nil {
				g.msg("%s", err.Error())

				continue
			}

			break prompt
		}
	}

	g.myExit()
}

// askDefaultSave asks whether to save to the current file name (save.c
// save_game).
func (g *RogueGame) askDefaultSave() saveAnswer {
	for {
		g.msg("save file (%s)? ", g.FileName)
		c := g.readchar()

		g.Msgs.Mpos = 0

		switch c {
		case Escape:
			g.msg("")

			return saveAbort
		case 'y', 'Y':
			g.addstr("Yes\n")
			g.refresh()

			return saveYes
		case 'n', 'N':
			return saveNo
		}

		g.msg("please answer Y or N")
	}
}

// saveFileName picks the save path: the default, or a prompted one; ok
// is false when the player quit the prompt (save.c save_game).
func (g *RogueGame) saveFileName(useDefault bool) (string, bool) {
	if useDefault {
		return g.FileName, true
	}

	g.Msgs.Mpos = 0
	g.msg("file name: ")

	buf := ""
	if g.getStr(&buf, g.scr.Std) == Quit {
		g.msg("")

		return "", false
	}

	g.Msgs.Mpos = 0

	return buf, true
}

// saveCheckOverwrite guards an existing file: saveNo restarts the whole
// prompt, saveAbort quits (save.c save_game).
func (g *RogueGame) saveCheckOverwrite(buf string) saveAnswer {
	// test to see if the file exists
	_, statErr := os.Stat(buf)
	if statErr != nil {
		return saveYes
	}

	answer := g.askOverwrite()
	if answer != saveYes {
		return answer
	}

	g.msg("file name: %s", buf)
	_ = os.Remove(g.FileName) // best effort, as in C (md_unlink)

	return saveYes
}

// askOverwrite asks whether to overwrite the existing file (save.c
// save_game).
func (g *RogueGame) askOverwrite() saveAnswer {
	for {
		g.msg("File exists.  Do you wish to overwrite it?")
		g.Msgs.Mpos = 0

		switch g.readchar() {
		case Escape:
			g.msg("")

			return saveAbort
		case 'y', 'Y':
			return saveYes
		case 'n', 'N':
			return saveNo
		}

		g.msg("Please answer Y or N")
	}
}

// saveFile writes the saved game (save.c save_file).
//
// The snapshot goes to a temporary file in the target's own directory and
// is renamed over the target, so there is no instant at which the player
// has no save file: until the rename the old file is whole, and after it
// the new one is. C wrote straight over the target, and this port did the
// same with a remove in front of it (AutoSave), so a write that failed —
// or a signal-time save cut short by the process dying — could leave the
// player with neither the old save nor a usable new one (issue #24).
//
// The temporary file is fsynced before the rename so its contents reach
// the disk ahead of the directory entry that will point at it. The
// directory itself is not fsynced: that would only matter for a machine
// that loses power in the same instant, and the old save survives that
// case anyway. A process killed mid-encode leaves its temporary file
// behind, which is litter next to a destroyed save file, and the dot
// prefix keeps it out of the way.
func (g *RogueGame) saveFile(path string) error {
	f, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(path), ".rogue-save-*")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	tmp := f.Name()

	writeErr := encodeSnapshot(f, g.snapshot())
	if writeErr != nil {
		_ = os.Remove(tmp) // never leave a half-written file behind

		return writeErr
	}

	renErr := os.Rename(tmp, path)
	if renErr != nil {
		_ = os.Remove(tmp)

		return renErr
	}

	return nil
}

// encodeSnapshot encodes the snapshot into an open temporary file and
// closes it, leaving it read-only as the C game's saves were (save.c
// save_file). It never removes the file: its caller owns the cleanup, so
// that one place decides what happens to a failed write.
func encodeSnapshot(f *os.File, st *SaveState) error {
	encErr := gob.NewEncoder(f).Encode(st)
	if encErr == nil {
		encErr = f.Sync()
	}

	if encErr == nil {
		encErr = f.Chmod(0o400)
	}

	closeErr := f.Close()

	if encErr != nil {
		return encErr
	}

	return closeErr
}

// autoSaveRequest is one signal-triggered autosave in flight: the signal
// goroutine posts it and waits, the game goroutine performs the save and
// closes done. ok is written before done is closed and read only after,
// so the close is the happens-before edge that publishes it.
type autoSaveRequest struct {
	done chan struct{}
	ok   bool
}

// AutoSaveOnSignal asks the game goroutine to autosave and waits up to
// timeout for it to finish, reporting whether the save actually ran
// (save.c auto_save, the SIGHUP/SIGTERM handler). It is the only entry
// point the signal goroutine may use, and it deliberately touches no game
// state: the gob encoder used to walk the live game tree from the signal
// goroutine while the game goroutine was mid-turn mutating it (issue
// #24).
//
// Blocked on input is the case that matters, since a dropped connection
// is the whole reason the handler exists: the request is posted first and
// the input read is then interrupted, so a game goroutine parked in
// ReadChar wakes, saves in readchar, and reads again. A game goroutine
// that is running turns instead picks the request up between turns, in
// command; one parked in the `!` shell escape picks it up in shell.
//
// The wait is bounded because the signal goroutine's job is to get the
// process out. If the game goroutine is somewhere with no service point
// at all, the deadline expires, this reports false, and the caller
// restores the terminal and exits — leaving the player's previous save
// file exactly as it was, which is the point of the rename in saveFile.
func (g *RogueGame) AutoSaveOnSignal(timeout time.Duration) bool {
	req := &autoSaveRequest{done: make(chan struct{})}

	select {
	case g.sigSave <- req:
	default:
		// A request is already queued and unserviced, or there is no
		// game loop to service one; either way this one would not be
		// answered either.
		return false
	}

	g.scr.Interrupt()

	timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
	defer timer.Stop()

	select {
	case <-req.done:
		return req.ok
	case <-timer.C:
		return false
	}
}

// serviceAutoSaveRequest performs a pending signal-triggered autosave, if
// one is waiting, and otherwise returns at once. It runs on the game
// goroutine — that is the whole design — so it must only be called where
// the game state is not half-mutated: between turns, or while parked
// waiting for input or for the shell escape.
func (g *RogueGame) serviceAutoSaveRequest() {
	select {
	case req := <-g.sigSave:
		g.runAutoSaveRequest(req)
	default:
	}
}

// runAutoSaveRequest answers one request: save, then release the waiter.
func (g *RogueGame) runAutoSaveRequest(req *autoSaveRequest) {
	req.ok = g.autoSave()

	close(req.done)
}

// autoSave silently saves to the current file name (save.c auto_save),
// reporting whether it wrote a save. Game-goroutine only — reach it
// through AutoSaveOnSignal from anywhere else.
//
// The error is not surfaced: there is no player to tell, since the
// terminal is on its way out, and nothing sensible to do about it. It is
// reported to the waiting signal goroutine as a failed save rather than
// discarded outright, which is what the old `_ =` here used to do.
func (g *RogueGame) autoSave() bool {
	if g.FileName == "" {
		return false
	}

	return g.saveFile(g.FileName) == nil
}

// ErrSaveOutOfDate reports a save file from an incompatible version.
var ErrSaveOutOfDate = errors.New("sorry, saved game is out of date")

// ErrSaveCorrupt reports a save file whose contents are structurally
// impossible for a game this code could have written.
var ErrSaveCorrupt = errors.New("sorry, saved game is corrupt")

// validateSnapshotObjects rejects a snapshot carrying an item whose Which
// would index past the end of its kind's tables. The file is written by
// this program, so such a value can only come from corruption or
// tampering; refusing it at the door is what keeps a malformed object
// from reaching the effect tables in doZap, quaff, and readScroll, where
// the wizard-create bug (issue #10) used to put one.
func validateSnapshotObjects(st *SaveState) error {
	lists := make([][]Object, 0, 2+len(st.Monsters))
	lists = append(lists, st.Objects, st.Player.Body.Pack)

	for i := range st.Monsters {
		lists = append(lists, st.Monsters[i].Pack)
	}

	for _, list := range lists {
		for i := range list {
			obj := &list[i]
			if !obj.hasValidWhich() {
				return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s has out-of-range which %d",
					ErrSaveCorrupt, obj.Kind, obj.Which)
			}
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// Restore restores a saved game from a file (save.c restore). The file is
// deleted, as in C, to defeat restarting from the same save.
func Restore(path string, params Params) (*RogueGame, error) {
	f, err := os.Open(path) //nolint:gosec // G304: the save path is user-chosen by design
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	defer func() { _ = f.Close() }() // read-only handle

	var st SaveState

	decErr := gob.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&st)
	if decErr != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: corrupt or incompatible save file: %w",
			path, decErr)
	}

	if st.Version != saveFormatVersion {
		return nil, ErrSaveOutOfDate
	}

	valErr := validateSnapshotObjects(&st)
	if valErr != nil {
		return nil, valErr
	}

	g := &RogueGame{
		data:      newGameData(),
		Rng:       &Rng{},
		Playing:   true,
		ScorePath: params.ScorePath,
		FileName:  path,
		rogueOpts: params.RogueOpts,
		restored:  true,
		sigSave:   make(chan *autoSaveRequest, 1),
	}
	g.scr = NewScreen(params.Term)
	g.Msgs.attach(g.scr, g.look, g.readchar)
	g.applySnapshot(&st)

	// defeat multiple restarting from the same place
	rmErr := os.Remove(path)
	if rmErr != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unlink file: %w", rmErr)
	}

	return g, nil
}