From fc3962ee44930d89dddc0332cce841329f034b5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zaine Arch <zaineulabideen@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 23:27:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] rpg fleshing out x3

---
 assets/scripts/ash-below-lake.js | 9 +++++----
 posts/posts-list.org             | 2 +-
 sitemap.org                      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/assets/scripts/ash-below-lake.js b/assets/scripts/ash-below-lake.js
index 1baef82..5aa74cd 100644
--- a/assets/scripts/ash-below-lake.js
+++ b/assets/scripts/ash-below-lake.js
@@ -236,13 +236,15 @@
       if (backendAvailable) {
         try {
           const response = await fetch(`/api/play/rpg/save/${slot}`, { method: "DELETE" });
-          if (response.status === 404) backendAvailable = false;
+          if (response.status === 404) els.status.textContent = "New game started locally. There was no backend save to clear.";
         } catch (_error) {
           backendAvailable = false;
         }
       }
       audio.setTrack("title");
-      els.status.textContent = backendAvailable ? "New game started and local save cleared." : "New game started locally. Backend save endpoint is not available.";
+      if (!els.status.textContent.includes("backend save to clear")) {
+        els.status.textContent = backendAvailable ? "New game started and local save cleared." : "New game started locally. Backend save endpoint is not reachable.";
+      }
       renderHud();
     }
 
@@ -282,8 +284,7 @@
       try {
         const response = await fetch(`/api/play/rpg/save/${slot}`);
         if (response.status === 404) {
-          backendAvailable = false;
-          els.status.textContent = "No local save found. Backend save endpoint is not deployed yet.";
+          els.status.textContent = "No save file exists yet. Press Save after starting a game to create one.";
           return;
         }
         if (!response.ok) {
diff --git a/posts/posts-list.org b/posts/posts-list.org
index 532eaad..a5ae1c7 100755
--- a/posts/posts-list.org
+++ b/posts/posts-list.org
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 See the categories: @@html:<a href="../home/categories.html">Categories</a>@@
 
 * Posts:
-- [[file:career/career-list.org][Career List]] @@html:<span class="post-date">09-05-2026 22:50</span>@@ 
+- [[file:career/career-list.org][Career List]] @@html:<span class="post-date">09-05-2026 23:02</span>@@ 
 - [[file:career/ha-dr.org][High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity]] @@html:<span class="post-date">11-03-2026 17:18</span>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/learning.html"><span class="post-tag">learning</span></a>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/notes.html"><span class="post-tag">notes</span></a>@@
 - [[file:career/javascript.org][Understands the Javascript language]] @@html:<span class="post-date">11-03-2026 16:52</span>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/learning.html"><span class="post-tag">learning</span></a>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/notes.html"><span class="post-tag">notes</span></a>@@
 - [[file:career/restful-api.org][Restful API]] @@html:<span class="post-date">15-02-2026 23:00</span>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/learning.html"><span class="post-tag">learning</span></a>@@ @@html:<a href="/tags/notes.html"><span class="post-tag">notes</span></a>@@
diff --git a/sitemap.org b/sitemap.org
index 95405a5..801dab0 100755
--- a/sitemap.org
+++ b/sitemap.org
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
   - [[file:tags/notes.org][Tag: notes]]
   - [[file:tags/website.org][Tag: website]]
   - [[file:tags/review.org][Tag: review]]
+  - [[file:tags/update.org][Tag: update]]
   - [[file:tags/life.org][Tag: life]]
   - [[file:tags/emacs.org][Tag: emacs]]
   - [[file:tags/education.org][Tag: education]]
-  - [[file:tags/update.org][Tag: update]]
   - [[file:tags/reading.org][Tag: reading]]
   - [[file:tags/maths.org][Tag: maths]]
   - [[file:tags/insights.org][Tag: insights]]