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+import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+
+test("first-room workflow covers create, texture, save/load, and run", async ({ page }) => {
+  const pageErrors: string[] = [];
+  const consoleErrors: string[] = [];
+
+  page.on("pageerror", (error) => {
+    pageErrors.push(error.message);
+  });
+
+  page.on("console", (message) => {
+    if (message.type() === "error") {
+      consoleErrors.push(message.text());
+    }
+  });
+
+  await page.goto("/");
+  await page.evaluate((storageKey) => {
+    window.localStorage.removeItem(storageKey);
+  }, "webeditor3d.scene-document-draft");
+  await page.reload();
+
+  await page.getByTestId("create-box-brush").click();
+  await page.getByTestId("face-button-posZ").click();
+  await page.getByTestId("material-button-starter-amber-grid").click();
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "First Person" }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("diagnostics-list")).toContainText("First-person run requires an authored Player Start");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("place-player-start").click();
+  await page.getByTestId("player-start-position-x").fill("2");
+  await page.getByTestId("player-start-position-y").fill("0");
+  await page.getByTestId("player-start-position-z").fill("-2");
+  await page.getByTestId("player-start-yaw").fill("90");
+  await page.getByTestId("apply-player-start").click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("run-validation-state")).toContainText("Ready for First Person");
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Save Draft" }).click();
+  await page.getByTestId("create-box-brush").click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /Box Brush 2/ })).toBeVisible();
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Load Draft" }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: /Box Brush 2/ })).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Box Brush 1/ }).click();
+  await page.getByTestId("face-button-posZ").click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("selected-face-material-name")).toContainText("Amber Grid");
+
+  await page.getByTestId("enter-run-mode").click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("runner-shell")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("runner-spawn-state")).toContainText("Player Start");
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("runner-player-position")).toContainText("2.00, 0.00, -2.00");
+
+  expect(pageErrors).toEqual([]);
+  expect(consoleErrors).toEqual([]);
+});