From cb43ebfe831967624e0a6f1783465020814f8fb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Miller <jared@smell.flowers>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:14:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove food from side-view world initialization

---
 src/WorldInit.ts                | 22 +---------------------
 src/__tests__/worldInit.test.ts | 16 ++++++----------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/WorldInit.ts b/src/WorldInit.ts
index 34e02d1..8cc86c8 100644
--- a/src/WorldInit.ts
+++ b/src/WorldInit.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MAT_FOOD, MAT_HOME, MAT_SAND } from "./constants";
+import { MAT_HOME, MAT_SAND } from "./constants";
 
 export function generateSideViewWorld(worldSize: number): Float32Array {
     const data = new Float32Array(worldSize * worldSize * 4);
@@ -19,25 +19,5 @@ export function generateSideViewWorld(worldSize: number): Float32Array {
     const homeIdx = (surfaceRow * worldSize + centerX) * 4;
     data[homeIdx] = MAT_HOME;
 
-    // scatter food on surface — deterministic spots spread across the row
-    const foodPositions = [
-        Math.floor(worldSize * 0.15),
-        Math.floor(worldSize * 0.35),
-        Math.floor(worldSize * 0.65),
-        Math.floor(worldSize * 0.85),
-    ];
-    for (const fx of foodPositions) {
-        // place a small cluster (3 cells wide) at each position
-        for (let dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++) {
-            const x = fx + dx;
-            if (x >= 0 && x < worldSize) {
-                const idx = (surfaceRow * worldSize + x) * 4;
-                if (data[idx] !== MAT_HOME) {
-                    data[idx] = MAT_FOOD;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     return data;
 }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/worldInit.test.ts b/src/__tests__/worldInit.test.ts
index 8a8da14..bc82087 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/worldInit.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/worldInit.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { MAT_AIR, MAT_FOOD, MAT_HOME, MAT_SAND } from "../constants";
+import { MAT_AIR, MAT_HOME, MAT_SAND } from "../constants";
 import { generateSideViewWorld } from "../WorldInit";
 
 const SIZE = 64;
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ describe("generateSideViewWorld", () => {
             for (let x = 0; x < SIZE; x++) {
                 const idx = (y * SIZE + x) * 4;
                 const mat = data[idx];
-                // home and food are allowed on the surface row
+                // home is allowed on the surface row
                 if (y === sandHeight - 1) {
-                    expect([MAT_SAND, MAT_HOME, MAT_FOOD]).toContain(mat);
+                    expect([MAT_SAND, MAT_HOME]).toContain(mat);
                 } else {
                     expect(mat).toBe(MAT_SAND);
                 }
@@ -74,18 +74,14 @@ describe("generateSideViewWorld", () => {
         throw new Error("home not on surface row");
     });
 
-    test("some cells have R = MAT_FOOD on the surface row", () => {
+    test("no food placed on the surface row", () => {
         const data = generateSideViewWorld(SIZE);
         const surfaceRow = Math.floor(SIZE * 0.6) - 1;
 
-        let foodCount = 0;
         for (let x = 0; x < SIZE; x++) {
             const idx = (surfaceRow * SIZE + x) * 4;
-            if (data[idx] === MAT_FOOD) {
-                foodCount++;
-            }
+            const mat = data[idx];
+            expect(mat === MAT_SAND || mat === MAT_HOME).toBe(true);
         }
-
-        expect(foodCount).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
 });