From 529b93e662fd3a91d5a3e88b4cb19a4efa7751e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giancarmine Salucci <giancarmine@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:31:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(SCOPONE-0002): rotate starting player clockwise each
 round

---
 src/game/engine.ts      | 4 ++--
 src/scenes/GameScene.ts | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/game/engine.ts b/src/game/engine.ts
index 2bc96d4..3304c62 100644
--- a/src/game/engine.ts
+++ b/src/game/engine.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function canCapture(played: Card, table: Card[]): boolean {
 // Game state initialisation
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export function createInitialState(): GameState {
+export function createInitialState(startingPlayer: PlayerIndex = 0): GameState {
   const deck = shuffle(buildDeck());
 
   const players: [Player, Player, Player, Player] = [
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function createInitialState(): GameState {
   return {
     players,
     table,
-    currentPlayer: 0,
+    currentPlayer: startingPlayer,
     roundOver: false,
     gameOver: false,
     teamScores: [emptyTeamScore(), emptyTeamScore()],
diff --git a/src/scenes/GameScene.ts b/src/scenes/GameScene.ts
index 3dcff8d..3f68b03 100644
--- a/src/scenes/GameScene.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/GameScene.ts
@@ -1301,9 +1301,10 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   private startNewRound(): void {
     const totals = this.state.teamScores.map(t => t.totalPoints);
     const nextRound = (this.state.roundNumber ?? 1) + 1;
+    const startingPlayer = ((nextRound - 1) % 4) as PlayerIndex;
     for (const img of this.cardImages.values()) img.destroy();
     this.cardImages.clear();
-    this.state = createInitialState();
+    this.state = createInitialState(startingPlayer);
     this.state.teamScores[0].totalPoints = totals[0];
     this.state.teamScores[1].totalPoints = totals[1];
     this.state.roundNumber = nextRound;