fix: lock SoloMode at start, shop feedback, dead player exploration block

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

game/session.go

@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ func (s *GameSession) combatLoop() {
 		}
 		if changed {
 			s.state.Players = remaining
-			if len(s.state.Players) <= 1 {
-				s.state.SoloMode = true
-			}
 			if len(s.state.Players) == 0 {
 				s.state.GameOver = true
 				s.mu.Unlock()

ui/model.go

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Model struct {
 	chatting     bool
 	chatInput    string
 	rankingSaved bool
+	shopMsg      string
 }
 
 func NewModel(width, height int, fingerprint string, lobby *game.Lobby, db *store.DB) Model {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ func (m Model) View() string {
 	case screenGame:
 		return renderGame(m.gameState, m.width, m.height, m.targetCursor, m.moveCursor, m.chatting, m.chatInput)
 	case screenShop:
-		return renderShop(m.gameState, m.width, m.height)
+		return renderShop(m.gameState, m.width, m.height, m.shopMsg)
 	case screenResult:
 		var rankings []store.RunRecord
 		if m.store != nil {
@@ -364,6 +365,15 @@ func (m Model) updateGame(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 
 		switch m.gameState.Phase {
 		case game.PhaseExploring:
+			// Dead players can only observe, not move
+			for _, p := range m.gameState.Players {
+				if p.Fingerprint == m.fingerprint && p.IsDead() {
+					if isQuit(key) {
+						return m, tea.Quit
+					}
+					return m, nil
+				}
+			}
 			neighbors := m.getNeighbors()
 			if isUp(key) {
 				if m.moveCursor > 0 {
@@ -441,7 +451,11 @@ func (m Model) updateShop(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		case "1", "2", "3":
 			if m.session != nil {
 				idx := int(key.String()[0] - '1')
-				m.session.BuyItem(m.fingerprint, idx)
+				if m.session.BuyItem(m.fingerprint, idx) {
+					m.shopMsg = "Purchased!"
+				} else {
+					m.shopMsg = "Not enough gold!"
+				}
 				m.gameState = m.session.GetState()
 			}
 		case "q":

ui/shop_view.go

@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tolelom/catacombs/game"
 )
 
-func renderShop(state game.GameState, width, height int) string {
+func renderShop(state game.GameState, width, height int, shopMsg string) string {
 	headerStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
 		Foreground(lipgloss.Color("226")).
 		Bold(true)
+	msgStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Foreground(lipgloss.Color("196")).
+		Bold(true)
 
 	header := headerStyle.Render("── Shop ──")
 	items := ""
@@ -20,11 +23,10 @@ func renderShop(state game.GameState, width, height int) string {
 
 	menu := "[1-3] Buy  [Q] Leave Shop"
 
-	return lipgloss.JoinVertical(lipgloss.Left,
+	parts := []string{header, "", items, "", menu}
-		header,
+	if shopMsg != "" {
-		"",
+		parts = append(parts, "", msgStyle.Render(shopMsg))
-		items,
+	}
-		"",
+
-		menu,
+	return lipgloss.JoinVertical(lipgloss.Left, parts...)
-	)
 }