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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { createPlayerStartInputBindings } from "../../src/entities/entity-instances";
+import { resolvePlayerStartPauseInput } from "../../src/runtime-three/player-input-bindings";
+
+function createMockGamepad(pressedButtons: number[] = []): Gamepad {
+  return {
+    connected: true,
+    axes: [0, 0, 0, 0],
+    buttons: Array.from({ length: 16 }, (_, index) => ({
+      pressed: pressedButtons.includes(index),
+      touched: false,
+      value: pressedButtons.includes(index) ? 1 : 0
+    })),
+    id: "mock-standard-gamepad",
+    index: 0,
+    mapping: "standard",
+    timestamp: 0,
+    vibrationActuator: null,
+    hapticActuators: []
+  } as unknown as Gamepad;
+}
+
+describe("player-input-bindings pause input", () => {
+  it("resolves authored keyboard pause bindings", () => {
+    const bindings = createPlayerStartInputBindings({
+      keyboard: {
+        pauseTime: "KeyO"
+      }
+    });
+
+    expect(resolvePlayerStartPauseInput(new Set(["KeyP"]), bindings, [])).toBe(
+      0
+    );
+    expect(resolvePlayerStartPauseInput(new Set(["KeyO"]), bindings, [])).toBe(
+      1
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("resolves the authored gamepad pause binding from the standard menu button", () => {
+    const bindings = createPlayerStartInputBindings({
+      gamepad: {
+        pauseTime: "buttonMenu"
+      }
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      resolvePlayerStartPauseInput(new Set<string>(), bindings, [
+        createMockGamepad([9])
+      ])
+    ).toBe(1);
+  });
+});