starting to take shape

build/web/assets/assets/config/default.yaml

@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ advertising:
       link: https://huggingface.co/docs/smolagents/index
 
 simulation:
-  # how often the description should evolve (in seconds)
-  # setting to 0 disables description evolution
-  sim_loop_frequency_in_sec: 8
+  # delay to wait after each simulation loop (in seconds)
+  sim_loop_delay_in_sec: 8
+
+  enable_sim_loop: false
 
 video:
   # default negative prompt to filter harmful content

build/web/assets/assets/config/tikslop.yaml

@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ advertising:
 
 simulation:
   # whether to enable simulation loop to evolve descriptions over time
-  enable_sim_loop: false
+  enable_sim_loop: true
   
-  # how often the description should evolve (in seconds)
-  # setting to 0 disables description evolution
-  sim_loop_frequency_in_sec: 8
+  # delay to wait after each simulation loop (in seconds)
+  sim_loop_delay_in_sec: 8
 
 # it's OK to use high values here,
 # because some of those values are limited by the backend config,

build/web/flutter_bootstrap.js

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ _flutter.buildConfig = {"engineRevision":"1c9c20e7c3dd48c66f400a24d48ea806b4ab31
 
 _flutter.loader.load({
   serviceWorkerSettings: {
-    serviceWorkerVersion: "2752272678"
+    serviceWorkerVersion: "1482266090"
   }
 });

build/web/flutter_service_worker.js

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ const MANIFEST = 'flutter-app-manifest';
 const TEMP = 'flutter-temp-cache';
 const CACHE_NAME = 'flutter-app-cache';
 
-const RESOURCES = {"flutter_bootstrap.js": "b92f2a2de5eedfe76230ecb6dfa2b1fe",
+const RESOURCES = {"flutter_bootstrap.js": "5d1d9aeb5eb1455669456c16a0c4661f",
 "version.json": "68350cac7987de2728345c72918dd067",
 "tikslop.png": "570e1db759046e2d224fef729983634e",
 "index.html": "3a7029b3672560e7938aab6fa4d30a46",
 "/": "3a7029b3672560e7938aab6fa4d30a46",
-"main.dart.js": "6491f49e4f56ea8d316d8372e4e08020",
+"main.dart.js": "c5ec8782587da7ce1f1f8e2953c0008f",
 "tikslop.svg": "26140ba0d153b213b122bc6ebcc17f6c",
 "flutter.js": "888483df48293866f9f41d3d9274a779",
 "favicon.png": "c8a183c516004e648a7bac7497c89b97",
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ const RESOURCES = {"flutter_bootstrap.js": "b92f2a2de5eedfe76230ecb6dfa2b1fe",
 "assets/packages/cupertino_icons/assets/CupertinoIcons.ttf": "33b7d9392238c04c131b6ce224e13711",
 "assets/shaders/ink_sparkle.frag": "ecc85a2e95f5e9f53123dcaf8cb9b6ce",
 "assets/AssetManifest.bin": "3311f7126492dcfa7fb84733f178441e",
-"assets/fonts/MaterialIcons-Regular.otf": "adb729127dd99d9fd52c132e18ef0b8f",
+"assets/fonts/MaterialIcons-Regular.otf": "517270ba64bed67a18cfa8813780fbca",
 "assets/assets/ads/smolagents.gif": "45338af5a4d440b707d02f364be8195c",
 "assets/assets/ads/README.md": "1959fb6b85a966348396f2f0f9c3f32a",
 "assets/assets/ads/lerobot.gif": "0f90b2fc4d15eefb5572363724d6d925",
 "assets/assets/config/curated_models.yaml": "d196fd3efc99169e1855088153af48c8",
 "assets/assets/config/README.md": "07a87720dd00dd1ca98c9d6884440e31",
 "assets/assets/config/custom.yaml": "52bd30aa4d8b980626a5eb02d0871c01",
-"assets/assets/config/default.yaml": "9ca1d05d06721c2b6f6382a1ba40af48",
-"assets/assets/config/tikslop.yaml": "827c4e5a1b1de9d04f9e259ad321dfd0",
+"assets/assets/config/default.yaml": "0d0fafca32f9ef9470834ff031667194",
+"assets/assets/config/tikslop.yaml": "1effb8fab54875e4771c56dbd1165b50",
 "canvaskit/skwasm.js": "1ef3ea3a0fec4569e5d531da25f34095",
 "canvaskit/skwasm_heavy.js": "413f5b2b2d9345f37de148e2544f584f",
 "canvaskit/skwasm.js.symbols": "0088242d10d7e7d6d2649d1fe1bda7c1",

build/web/index.html

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
   </script>
   
   <!-- Add version parameter for cache busting -->
-  <script src="flutter_bootstrap.js?v=1753441877" async></script>
+  <script src="flutter_bootstrap.js?v=1753445682" async></script>
   
   <!-- Add cache busting script -->
   <script>

lib/screens/settings_screen.dart

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class _SettingsScreenState extends State<SettingsScreen> {
   final _availabilityService = ModelAvailabilityService();
   bool _showSceneDebugInfo = false;
   bool _enableSimulation = true;
-  int _simLoopDelayInSec = 5;
+  int _simLoopDelayInSec = 1;
   String _selectedLlmProvider = 'built-in';
   String _selectedLlmModel = 'meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct';
   LLMProvider? _currentProvider;
@@ -185,7 +185,40 @@ class _SettingsScreenState extends State<SettingsScreen> {
       body: ListView(
         padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
         children: [
-          // LLM Configuration Card (moved to top)
+          // Game Preferences Card (moved to top)
+          Card(
+            child: Padding(
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
+              child: Column(
+                crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+                children: [
+                  const Text(
+                    'Game Preferences',
+                    style: TextStyle(
+                      color: TikSlopColors.onBackground,
+                      fontSize: 20,
+                      fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
+                    ),
+                  ),
+                  const SizedBox(height: 2),
+                  TextField(
+                    controller: _gameMasterPromptController,
+                    decoration: const InputDecoration(
+                      labelText: 'Game Master Prompt',
+                      hintText: 'Keep things fun and kid-friendly.',
+                      helperText: 'These are additional instructions you can give to the #tikslop AI agent.',
+                      helperMaxLines: 2,
+                    ),
+                    maxLines: 1,
+                    onChanged: (value) {
+                      _settingsService.setGameMasterPrompt(value);
+                    },
+                  ),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+          // LLM Configuration Card
           Card(
             child: Padding(
               padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
@@ -290,20 +323,6 @@ class _SettingsScreenState extends State<SettingsScreen> {
                     },
                   ),
                   const SizedBox(height: 16),
-                  TextField(
-                    controller: _gameMasterPromptController,
-                    decoration: const InputDecoration(
-                      labelText: 'Game Master Prompt',
-                      hintText: 'Keep things fun and kid-friendly.',
-                      helperText: 'Additional instructions applied to all LLM requests (search, captions, simulations)',
-                      helperMaxLines: 2,
-                    ),
-                    maxLines: 3,
-                    onChanged: (value) {
-                      _settingsService.setGameMasterPrompt(value);
-                    },
-                  ),
-                  const SizedBox(height: 16),
                   // Model selection dropdown
                   DropdownButtonFormField<String>(
                     decoration: InputDecoration(
@@ -619,7 +638,6 @@ class _SettingsScreenState extends State<SettingsScreen> {
               ),
             ),
           ),
-          const SizedBox(height: 16),
           // Video Prompt Prefix Card
           Card(
             child: Padding(
@@ -704,7 +722,6 @@ class _SettingsScreenState extends State<SettingsScreen> {
               ),
             ),
           ),
-          const SizedBox(height: 16),
           // Display Options Card
           Card(
             child: Padding(
@@ -733,8 +750,8 @@ class _SettingsScreenState extends State<SettingsScreen> {
                     },
                   ),
                   SwitchListTile(
-                    title: const Text('Enable world simulator engine'),
-                    subtitle: const Text('Allow video descriptions to evolve over time using a LLM (this consumes tokens, your Hugging Face account will be billed)'),
+                    title: const Text('Enable world simulator during playback (dangerous, can drain your account quickly 💸)'),
+                    subtitle: const Text('⚠️ This calls a LLM in a loop (creates a lot of API calls billed to your HF account).'),
                     value: _enableSimulation,
                     onChanged: (value) {
                       setState(() {

lib/screens/video_screen.dart

@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ class _VideoScreenState extends State<VideoScreen> {
               initialThumbnailUrl: _videoData.thumbnailUrl,
               autoPlay: true,
               onVideoUpdated: (updatedVideo) {
-                debugPrint('VIDEO_SCREEN: Received updated video data');
+                // debugPrint('VIDEO_SCREEN: Received updated video data');
                 if (updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.isNotEmpty) {
-                  debugPrint('VIDEO_SCREEN: Evolved description (${updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.length} chars)');
+                  // debugPrint('VIDEO_SCREEN: Evolved description (${updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.length} chars)');
                   debugPrint('VIDEO_SCREEN: First 100 chars: ${updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.substring(0, math.min(100, updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.length))}...');
                 } else {
                   debugPrint('VIDEO_SCREEN: No evolved description received');

lib/services/clip_queue/clip_queue_manager.dart

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class ClipQueueManager {
   
   /// Simulate the video by evolving the description using the LLM
   Future<void> _evolveDescription() async {
-    debugPrint('SIMULATION: Starting description evolution');
+    // debugPrint('SIMULATION: Starting description evolution');
     if (!_websocketService.isConnected) {
       debugPrint('SIMULATION: Cannot simulate video - websocket not connected');
       ClipQueueConstants.logEvent('Cannot simulate video: websocket not connected');
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ class ClipQueueManager {
     
     int retryCount = 0;
     const maxRetries = 2;
-    debugPrint('SIMULATION: Current video state: title="${video.title}", evolvedDescription length=${video.evolvedDescription.length}, original description length=${video.description.length}');
+    // debugPrint('SIMULATION: Current video state: title="${video.title}", evolvedDescription length=${video.evolvedDescription.length}, original description length=${video.description.length}');
     
     // Function to get chat message string
     String getChatMessagesString() {
-      debugPrint('CHAT_DEBUG: Getting chat messages for simulation - count: ${_recentChatMessages.length}');
+      // debugPrint('CHAT_DEBUG: Getting chat messages for simulation - count: ${_recentChatMessages.length}');
       
       if (_recentChatMessages.isEmpty) {
         debugPrint('CHAT_DEBUG: No chat messages available for simulation');
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class ClipQueueManager {
         "${msg.username}: ${msg.content}"
       ).join("\n");
       
-      debugPrint('CHAT_DEBUG: Chat messages for simulation: $messagesString');
+      // debugPrint('CHAT_DEBUG: Chat messages for simulation: $messagesString');
       return messagesString;
     }
     
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class ClipQueueManager {
         
         if (chatMessagesString.isNotEmpty) {
           ClipQueueConstants.logEvent('Including ${_recentChatMessages.length} chat messages in simulation');
-          debugPrint('SIMULATION: Including chat messages: $chatMessagesString');
+          // debugPrint('SIMULATION: Including chat messages: $chatMessagesString');
         }
         
         // Use the WebSocketService to simulate the video

lib/services/websocket_api_service.dart

@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ class WebSocketApiService {
         }
       }
       
-      debugPrint('WebSocketApiService: Chat messages included: ${formattedChatMessages.isNotEmpty ? 'Yes' : 'No'}');
+      // debugPrint('WebSocketApiService: Chat messages included: ${formattedChatMessages.isNotEmpty ? 'Yes' : 'No'}');
       
       // Get LLM settings
       final settings = SettingsService();
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ class WebSocketApiService {
       final evolvedDescription = response['evolved_description'] as String? ?? currentDescription;
       final newHistory = response['condensed_history'] as String? ?? condensedHistory;
       
-      debugPrint('WebSocketApiService: Simulation successful, received ${evolvedDescription.length} chars for evolved description');
+      // debugPrint('WebSocketApiService: Simulation successful, received ${evolvedDescription.length} chars for evolved description');
       
       return {
         'evolved_description': evolvedDescription,

lib/widgets/video_player/video_player_widget.dart

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class _VideoPlayerWidgetState extends State<VideoPlayerWidget> with WidgetsBindi
             // that comes from the stream, not create a new one
             // The parent widget should receive this via the onVideoUpdated callback
             if (widget.onVideoUpdated != null) {
-              debugPrint('PLAYER: Received video update, evolvedDescription length: ${updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.length}');
+              // debugPrint('PLAYER: Received video update, evolvedDescription length: ${updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.length}');
               
               if (updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.isNotEmpty) {
                 debugPrint('PLAYER: First 100 chars: ${updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.substring(0, min(100, updatedVideo.evolvedDescription.length))}...');

server/api_config.py

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ THUMBNAIL_FRAMES = 65
 # anonymous users are people browing TikSlop without being connected
 # this category suffers from regular abuse so we need to enforce strict limitations
 CONFIG_FOR_ANONYMOUS_USERS = {
+    # Story settings
+    "default_game_master_prompt": "",
 
     # anons can only watch 2 minutes per video
     "max_rendering_time_per_client_per_video_in_sec": 2 * 60,
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ CONFIG_FOR_ANONYMOUS_USERS = {
 
 # Hugging Face users enjoy a more normal and calibrated experience
 CONFIG_FOR_STANDARD_HF_USERS = {
+    # Story settings
+    "default_game_master_prompt": "",
     "max_rendering_time_per_client_per_video_in_sec": 15 * 60,
 
     "min_num_inference_steps": 2,
@@ -118,6 +122,8 @@ CONFIG_FOR_STANDARD_HF_USERS = {
 
 # Hugging Face users with a Pro may enjoy an improved experience
 CONFIG_FOR_PRO_HF_USERS = {
+    # Story settings
+    "default_game_master_prompt": "",
     "max_rendering_time_per_client_per_video_in_sec": 20 * 60,
 
     "min_num_inference_steps": 2,
@@ -150,6 +156,9 @@ CONFIG_FOR_PRO_HF_USERS = {
 }
 
 CONFIG_FOR_ADMIN_HF_USERS = {
+    # Story settings
+    "default_game_master_prompt": "",
+
     "max_rendering_time_per_client_per_video_in_sec": 60 * 60,
 
     "min_num_inference_steps": 2,

server/api_core.py

@@ -300,14 +300,15 @@ class VideoGenerationAPI:
             # Create an appropriate prompt based on whether this is the first simulation
             chat_section = ""
             if chat_messages:
-                logger.info(f"CHAT_DEBUG: Server received chat messages for simulation: {chat_messages}")
+                #logger.info(f"CHAT_DEBUG: Server received chat messages for simulation: {chat_messages}")
                 chat_section = f"""
-People are watching this content right now and have shared their thoughts. Like a game master, please take their feedback as input to adjust the story and/or the scene. Here are their messages:
+People are watching this content right now and have shared their thoughts. Like a game master, please take their feedbacks as input to adjust the story and/or the scene (eg if they as you to make the character in the story move somplace, do things.. you MUST change the story and scene description accordingly, but also keep previous elements consistant, eg if a new character, location, clothing item.. is introduced then keep it etc). Here are their messages:
 
 {chat_messages}
 """
-            else:
-                logger.info("CHAT_DEBUG: Server simulation called with no chat messages")
+            #else:
+            #    logger.info("CHAT_DEBUG: Server simulation called with no chat messages")
+   
 
             if is_first_simulation:
                 prompt = SIMULATE_VIDEO_FIRST_PROMPT_TEMPLATE.format(

server/api_session.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import time
 import datetime
 from .api_core import VideoGenerationAPI
 from .logging_utils import get_logger
+from .config_utils import get_game_master_prompt
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 

server/config_utils.py

@@ -66,4 +66,26 @@ def get_config_value(role: UserRole, field: str, options: Optional[Dict[str, Any
         return user_value
     
     # If no user value, return the default
-    return default_value
+    return default_value
+
+
+def get_game_master_prompt(role: UserRole, options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> str:
+    """
+    Get the game master prompt for the given user role and options.
+    
+    Args:
+        role: The user role ('anon', 'normal', 'pro', 'admin')
+        options: Optional user-provided options that may contain game_master_prompt
+        
+    Returns:
+        The game master prompt string, or empty string if not set
+    """
+    # Check if user provided a custom game master prompt
+    if options and 'game_master_prompt' in options:
+        user_prompt = options['game_master_prompt']
+        if user_prompt and user_prompt.strip():
+            return user_prompt.strip()
+    
+    # Fall back to role-based default
+    default_value = get_config_value(role, 'game_master_prompt', options)
+    return default_value or ""

server/llm_utils.py

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ async def generate_text(prompt: str, llm_config: Optional[dict] = None,
     if llm_config and llm_config.get('game_master_prompt'):
         game_master_prompt = llm_config['game_master_prompt'].strip()
         if game_master_prompt:
-            prompt = f"{game_master_prompt}\n\n{prompt}"
+            prompt = f"Important contextual rules: {game_master_prompt}\n\n{prompt}"
     
     # Get the appropriate client
     client = get_inference_client(llm_config)