Dev/save game cubes loop on tick

[shanedg]

supersedes #128

[shanedg]

needed in node 22 environment to resolve cypress failing with ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope:

Opening Cypress...

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(node:2846) ExperimentalWarning: `--experimental-loader` may be removed in the future; instead use `register()`:
--import 'data:text/javascript,import { register } from "node:module"; import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url"; register("file%3A///home/runner/.cache/Cypress/13.17.0/Cypress/resources/app/node_modules/ts-node/esm/transpile-only.mjs", pathToFileURL("./"));'
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:2846) [DEP0180] DeprecationWarning: fs.Stats constructor is deprecated.
(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
Your configFile is invalid: /home/runner/work/trshcmpctr/trshcmpctr/client/cypress/cypress.config.ts

It threw an error when required, check the stack trace below:

ReferenceError: exports is not defined in ES module scope
    at file:///home/runner/work/trshcmpctr/trshcmpctr/client/cypress/cypress.config.ts:2:23
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:343:25)
    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:681:26)
    at async loadFile (/home/runner/.cache/Cypress/13.17.0/Cypress/resources/app/node_modules/@packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js:106:14)
    at async EventEmitter.<anonymous>

[shanedg]

prefer to let lib declarations be inferred from compilerOptions.target (target is implied by module, which seems to be effectively es2020 with preserve)

[shanedg]

not the problem but also not necessary