diff --git a/cardinal/.golangci.yaml b/cardinal/.golangci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4914647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardinal/.golangci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+run:
+  # Timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m.
+  # Default: 1m
+  timeout: 3m
+
+# This file contains only configs which differ from defaults.
+# All possible options can be found here https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/master/.golangci.reference.yml
+linters-settings:
+  gosec:
+    excludes:
+      # disable G402, which complains if we don't pass a specific version to tls.Config.
+      # we do not need this check as tls.Config will just use a default version if no version is specified.
+      - G402
+  cyclop:
+    # The maximal code complexity to report.
+    # Default: 10
+    max-complexity: 30
+    # The maximal average package complexity.
+    # If it's higher than 0.0 (float) the check is enabled
+    # Default: 0.0
+    package-average: 10.0
+
+  errcheck:
+    # Report about not checking of errors in type assertions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`.
+    # Such cases aren't reported by default.
+    # Default: false
+    check-type-assertions: true
+
+  exhaustive:
+    # Program elements to check for exhaustiveness.
+    # Default: [ switch ]
+    check:
+      - switch
+      - map
+
+  exhaustruct:
+    # List of regular expressions to exclude struct packages and names from check.
+    # Default: []
+    exclude:
+      # std libs
+      - "^net/http.Client$"
+      - "^net/http.Cookie$"
+      - "^net/http.Request$"
+      - "^net/http.Response$"
+      - "^net/http.Server$"
+      - "^net/http.Transport$"
+      - "^net/url.URL$"
+      - "^os/exec.Cmd$"
+      - "^reflect.StructField$"
+      # public libs
+      - "^github.com/Shopify/sarama.Config$"
+      - "^github.com/Shopify/sarama.ProducerMessage$"
+      - "^github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure.DecoderConfig$"
+      - "^github.com/prometheus/client_golang/.+Opts$"
+      - "^github.com/spf13/cobra.Command$"
+      - "^github.com/spf13/cobra.CompletionOptions$"
+      - "^github.com/stretchr/testify/mock.Mock$"
+      - "^github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go.+Request$"
+      - "^github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go.FromDockerfile$"
+      - "^golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis.Analyzer$"
+      - "^google.golang.org/protobuf/.+Options$"
+      - "^gopkg.in/yaml.v3.Node$"
+
+  funlen:
+    # Checks the number of lines in a function.
+    # If lower than 0, disable the check.
+    # Default: 60
+    lines: 100
+    # Checks the number of statements in a function.
+    # If lower than 0, disable the check.
+    # Default: 40
+    statements: 50
+
+  gocognit:
+    # Minimal code complexity to report
+    # Default: 30 (but we recommend 10-20)
+    min-complexity: 20
+
+  gocritic:
+    # Settings passed to gocritic.
+    # The settings key is the name of a supported gocritic checker.
+    # The list of supported checkers can be find in https://go-critic.github.io/overview.
+    settings:
+      captLocal:
+        # Whether to restrict checker to params only.
+        # Default: true
+        paramsOnly: false
+      underef:
+        # Whether to skip (*x).method() calls where x is a pointer receiver.
+        # Default: true
+        skipRecvDeref: false
+
+  gomnd:
+    # List of function patterns to exclude from analysis.
+    # Values always ignored: `time.Date`,
+    # `strconv.FormatInt`, `strconv.FormatUint`, `strconv.FormatFloat`,
+    # `strconv.ParseInt`, `strconv.ParseUint`, `strconv.ParseFloat`.
+    # Default: []
+    ignored-functions:
+      - os.Chmod
+      - os.Mkdir
+      - os.MkdirAll
+      - os.OpenFile
+      - os.WriteFile
+      - prometheus.ExponentialBuckets
+      - prometheus.ExponentialBucketsRange
+      - prometheus.LinearBuckets
+
+  gomodguard:
+    blocked:
+      # List of blocked modules.
+      # Default: []
+      modules:
+        - github.com/golang/protobuf:
+            recommendations:
+              - google.golang.org/protobuf
+            reason: "see https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/go/faq#modules"
+        - github.com/satori/go.uuid:
+            recommendations:
+              - github.com/google/uuid
+            reason: "satori's package is not maintained"
+        - github.com/gofrs/uuid:
+            recommendations:
+              - github.com/google/uuid
+            reason: "gofrs' package is not go module"
+
+  govet:
+    # Enable all analyzers.
+    # Default: false
+    enable-all: true
+    # Disable analyzers by name.
+    # Run `go tool vet help` to see all analyzers.
+    # Default: []
+    disable:
+      - fieldalignment # too strict
+      - composites
+    # Settings per analyzer.
+    settings:
+      shadow:
+        # Whether to be strict about shadowing; can be noisy.
+        # Default: false
+        strict: false
+
+  # max line length, lines longer will be reported. Default is 120.
+  # '\t' is counted as 1 character by default, and can be changed with the tab-width option
+  line-length: 120
+  # tab width in spaces. Default to 1.
+  tab-width: 1
+
+  nakedret:
+    # Make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting, and it has naked returns.
+    # Default: 30
+    max-func-lines: 0
+
+  nolintlint:
+    # Exclude following linters from requiring an explanation.
+    # Default: []
+    allow-no-explanation: [ funlen, gocognit, lll ]
+    # Enable to require an explanation of nonzero length after each nolint directive.
+    # Default: false
+    require-explanation: true
+    # Enable to require nolint directives to mention the specific linter being suppressed.
+    # Default: false
+    require-specific: true
+
+  rowserrcheck:
+    # database/sql is always checked
+    # Default: []
+    packages:
+      - github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
+
+  tenv:
+    # The option `all` will run against whole test files (`_test.go`) regardless of method/function signatures.
+    # Otherwise, only methods that take `*testing.T`, `*testing.B`, and `testing.TB` as arguments are checked.
+    # Default: false
+    all: true
+
+linters:
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    ## enabled by default
+    - errcheck # checking for unchecked errors, these unchecked errors can be critical bugs in some cases
+    - gosimple # specializes in simplifying a code
+    - govet # reports suspicious constructs, such as Printf calls whose arguments do not align with the format string
+    - ineffassign # detects when assignments to existing variables are not used
+    - staticcheck # is a go vet on steroids, applying a ton of static analysis checks
+    - typecheck # like the front-end of a Go compiler, parses and type-checks Go code
+    - unused # checks for unused constants, variables, functions and types
+    ## disabled by default
+    - asasalint # checks for pass []any as any in variadic func(...any)
+    - asciicheck # checks that your code does not contain non-ASCII identifiers
+    - bidichk # checks for dangerous unicode character sequences
+    - bodyclose # checks whether HTTP response body is 'closed successfully
+    - cyclop # checks function and package cyclomatic complexity
+    - decorder # checks declaration order and count of types, constants, variables and functions
+    - dupl # tool for code clone detection
+    - durationcheck # checks for two durations multiplied together
+    - errname # checks that sentinel errors are prefixed with the Err and error types are suffixed with the Error
+    - errorlint # finds code that will cause problems with the error wrapping scheme introduced in Go 1.13
+    - execinquery # checks query string in Query function which reads your Go src files and warning it finds
+    - exhaustive # checks exhaustiveness of enum switch statements
+    - exportloopref # checks for pointers to enclosing loop variables
+    - forbidigo # forbids identifiers
+    - funlen # tool for detection of long functions
+    - ginkgolinter # [if you use ginkgo/gomega] enforces standards of using ginkgo and gomega
+    - gochecknoinits # checks that no init functions are present in Go code
+    - gocognit # computes and checks the cognitive complexity of functions
+    - goconst # finds repeated strings that could be replaced by a constant
+    - gocritic # provides diagnostics that check for bugs, performance and style issues
+    - gocyclo # computes and checks the cyclomatic complexity of functions
+    - goheader # checks is file header matches to pattern
+    # - goimports # in addition to fixing imports, goimports also formats your code in the same style as gofmt
+    - gomnd # detects magic numbers
+    # - gomoddirectives # manages the use of 'replace', 'retract', and 'excludes' directives in go.mod
+    - gomodguard # allow and block lists linter for direct Go module dependencies. This is different from depguard where there are different block types for example version constraints and module recommendations
+    - goprintffuncname # checks that printf-like functions are named with f at the end
+    - gosec # inspects source code for security problems
+    - importas # enforces consistent import aliases
+    - lll # reports long lines
+    - loggercheck # checks key value pairs for common logger libraries (kitlog,klog,logr,zap)
+    - makezero # finds slice declarations with non-zero initial length
+    - misspell # finds commonly misspelled English words in comments
+    - nakedret # finds naked returns in functions greater than a specified function length
+    - nestif # reports deeply nested if statements
+    - nilerr # finds the code that returns nil even if it checks that the error is not nil
+    - nilnil # checks that there is no simultaneous return of nil error and an invalid value
+    - noctx # finds sending http request without context.Context
+    - nolintlint # reports ill-formed or insufficient nolint directives
+    - nosprintfhostport # checks for misuse of Sprintf to construct a host with port in a URL
+    - predeclared # finds code that shadows one of Go's predeclared identifiers
+    - prealloc # [premature optimization, but can be used in some cases] finds slice declarations that could potentially be preallocated
+    - promlinter # checks Prometheus metrics naming via promlint
+    - reassign # checks that package variables are not reassigned
+    - revive # fast, configurable, extensible, flexible, and beautiful linter for Go, drop-in replacement of golint
+    - rowserrcheck # checks whether Err of rows is checked successfully
+    - sqlclosecheck # checks that sql.Rows and sql.Stmt are closed
+    - stylecheck # is a replacement for golint
+    - tenv # detects using os.Setenv instead of t.Setenv since Go1.17
+    - testableexamples # checks if examples are testable (have an expected output)
+    - tparallel # detects inappropriate usage of t.Parallel() method in your Go test codes
+    - unconvert # removes unnecessary type conversions
+    - unparam # reports unused function parameters
+    - usestdlibvars # detects the possibility to use variables/constants from the Go standard library
+    - wastedassign # finds wasted assignment statements
+    - whitespace # detects leading and trailing whitespace
+
+    ## you may want to enable
+    #- decorder # checks declaration order and count of types, constants, variables and functions
+    #- exhaustruct # checks if all structure fields are initialized
+    #- godox # detects FIXME, TODO and other comment keywords
+    #- goheader # checks is file header matches to pattern
+    #- interfacebloat # checks the number of methods inside an interface
+    #- ireturn # accept interfaces, return concrete types
+    #- prealloc # [premature optimization, but can be used in some cases] finds slice declarations that could potentially be preallocated
+    #- varnamelen # [great idea, but too many false positives] checks that the length of a variable's name matches its scope
+    #- wrapcheck # checks that errors returned from external packages are wrapped
+
+    ## disabled
+    #- testpackage # makes you use a separate _test package
+    #- containedctx # detects struct contained context.Context field
+    #- contextcheck # [too many false positives] checks the function whether use a non-inherited context
+    #- depguard # [replaced by gomodguard] checks if package imports are in a list of acceptable packages
+    #- dogsled # checks assignments with too many blank identifiers (e.g. x, _, _, _, := f())
+    #- dupword # [useless without config] checks for duplicate words in the source code
+    #- errchkjson # [don't see profit + I'm against of omitting errors like in the first example https://github.com/breml/errchkjson] checks types passed to the json encoding functions. Reports unsupported types and optionally reports occasions, where the check for the returned error can be omitted
+    #- forcetypeassert # [replaced by errcheck] finds forced type assertions
+    #- goerr113 # [too strict] checks the errors handling expressions
+    #- gofmt # [replaced by goimports] checks whether code was gofmt-ed
+    #- gofumpt # [replaced by goimports, gofumports is not available yet] checks whether code was gofumpt-ed
+    #- grouper # analyzes expression groups
+    #- importas # enforces consistent import aliases
+    #- maintidx # measures the maintainability index of each function
+    #- nlreturn # [too strict and mostly code is not more readable] checks for a new line before return and branch statements to increase code clarity
+    #- paralleltest # [too many false positives] detects missing usage of t.Parallel() method in your Go test
+    #- tagliatelle # checks the struct tags
+    #- thelper # detects golang test helpers without t.Helper() call and checks the consistency of test helpers
+    #- wsl # [too strict and mostly code is not more readable] whitespace linter forces you to use empty lines
+
+    ## deprecated
+    #- deadcode # [deprecated, replaced by unused] finds unused code
+    #- exhaustivestruct # [deprecated, replaced by exhaustruct] checks if all struct's fields are initialized
+    #- golint # [deprecated, replaced by revive] golint differs from gofmt. Gofmt reformats Go source code, whereas golint prints out style mistakes
+    #- ifshort # [deprecated] checks that your code uses short syntax for if-statements whenever possible
+    #- interfacer # [deprecated] suggests narrower interface types
+    #- maligned # [deprecated, replaced by govet fieldalignment] detects Go structs that would take less memory if their fields were sorted
+    #- nosnakecase # [deprecated, replaced by revive var-naming] detects snake case of variable naming and function name
+    #- scopelint # [deprecated, replaced by exportloopref] checks for unpinned variables in go programs
+    #- structcheck # [deprecated, replaced by unused] finds unused struct fields
+    #- varcheck # [deprecated, replaced by unused] finds unused global variables and constants
+
+issues:
+  # Maximum count of issues with the same text.
+  # Set to 0 to disable.
+  # Default: 3
+  max-same-issues: 50
+
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: cardinal/cql/
+      text: "not compatible with reflect.StructTag.Get"
+      linters:
+        - govet
+    - path: "mock/.*\\.go"
+      linters: [ funlen ]
+    - path: "build"
+      linters: [ wrapcheck ]
+    - source: "^//\\s*go:generate\\s"
+      linters: [ lll ]
+    - source: "(noinspection|TODO)"
+      linters: [ godot ]
+    - source: "//noinspection"
+      linters: [ gocritic ]
+    - source: "^\\s+if _, ok := err\\.\\([^.]+\\.InternalError\\); ok {"
+      linters: [ errorlint ]
+    - path: "_test\\.go"
+      linters:
+        - bodyclose
+        - dupl
+        - funlen
+        - goconst
+        - gosec
+        - noctx
+        - wrapcheck
+    - text: 'shadow: declaration of "(err|ctx)" shadows declaration at'
+      linters: [ govet ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cardinal/Makefile b/cardinal/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73e0f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardinal/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#################
+# golangci-lint #
+#################
+golangci_version=v1.56.2
+
+.PHONY: lint-install lint lint-fix
+
+# Install golangci-lint if not present
+lint-install:
+	@if ! command -v golangci-lint &> /dev/null; then \
+		echo "--> golangci-lint is not installed. Installing..."; \
+		@go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@$(golangci_version); \
+	fi
+
+# Run golangci-lint on the project
+lint:
+	@$(MAKE) lint-install
+	@echo "--> Running golangci-lint"
+	@golangci-lint run  --timeout=10m --concurrency 8 -v
+
+
+# Run golangci-lint on the project and fix any issues
+lint-fix:
+	@$(MAKE) lint-install
+	@echo "--> Running golangci-lint"
+	@golangci-lint run  --timeout=10m --fix --concurrency 8 -v
diff --git a/cardinal/go.mod b/cardinal/go.mod
index 21a6b1b..2305c11 100644
--- a/cardinal/go.mod
+++ b/cardinal/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/argus-labs/starter-game-template/cardinal
 
-go 1.21.2
+go 1.22.1
 
 // external, necessary replacements
 replace (
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0
-	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/cardinal v1.1.3-beta
+	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/cardinal v1.2.2-beta
 )
 
 require (
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gofiber/swagger v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.3 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/glog v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/glog v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.5-0.20220116011046-fa5810519dcb // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.2 // indirect
@@ -156,20 +156,20 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20231016165738-49dd2c1f3d0b // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20231012201019-e917dd12ba7a // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20231030173426-d783a09b4405 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.58.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	inet.af/netaddr v0.0.0-20230525184311-b8eac61e914a // indirect
-	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/evm v1.0.3 // indirect
-	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/rift v1.0.2-beta // indirect
-	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/sign v1.0.0-beta.0.20240127015309-7b7aa2336821 // indirect
+	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/evm v1.0.4-0.20240227035346-26b21454bb27 // indirect
+	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/rift v1.1.0-beta // indirect
+	pkg.world.dev/world-engine/sign v1.0.1-beta // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/cardinal/go.sum b/cardinal/go.sum
index b9f8f1b..2bc7804 100644
--- a/cardinal/go.sum
+++ b/cardinal/go.sum
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.7 h1:0a6o2OfeATvtGgoMKleURhLT6JqWPg7fYfWnH4KH
 github.com/fasthttp/websocket v1.5.7/go.mod h1:bC4fxSono9czeXHQUVKxsC0sNjbm7lPJR04GDFqClfU=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
-github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3 h1:s/nj+GCswXYzN5v2DpNMuMQYe+0DDwt5WVCU6CWBdXk=
-github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
+github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
+github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-jsonrpc v0.3.1 h1:qwvAUc5VwAkooquKJmfz9R2+F8znhiqcNHYjEp/NM10=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-jsonrpc v0.3.1/go.mod h1:jBSvPTl8V1N7gSTuCR4bis8wnQnIjHbRPpROol6iQKM=
 github.com/flynn/noise v1.0.0 h1:DlTHqmzmvcEiKj+4RYo/imoswx/4r6iBlCMfVtrMXpQ=
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ github.com/gofiber/swagger v0.1.14/go.mod h1:DCk1fUPsj+P07CKaZttBbV1WzTZSQcSxfub
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.1 h1:1Yx4Myt7BxzvUr5ldGSbwYiZG6t9wGBZ+8/fX3Wvtq0=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.1/go.mod h1:2lpHqI5OcWCtVElxXnPt+s8oJvMpySlOyM6xDCrzib4=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
-github.com/golang/glog v1.1.2 h1:DVjP2PbBOzHyzA+dn3WhHIq4NdVu3Q+pvivFICf/7fo=
-github.com/golang/glog v1.1.2/go.mod h1:zR+okUeTbrL6EL3xHUDxZuEtGv04p5shwip1+mL/rLQ=
+github.com/golang/glog v1.2.0 h1:uCdmnmatrKCgMBlM4rMuJZWOkPDqdbZPnrMXDY4gI68=
+github.com/golang/glog v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6AhwSGph0fcJtXVM/PEHPqZlFeoLxhs7/t5UDAwmO+w=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
@@ -773,12 +773,12 @@ go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.7 h1:j+zJOnnEjF/kyHlDDgGnVL/AIqIJPq8UoB2GSNfkUfQ=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.7/go.mod h1:N9Mkw9X8x5fupy0IKsmuqVtoGDyxsaDlbk4Rd05IAQw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0 h1:vsb/ggIY+hUjD/zCAQHpzTmndPqv/ml2ArbsbfBYTAc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0/go.mod h1:oUIGj3D77RwJdM6PPZImDpSZGDvkD9fhesHny69JFrs=
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diff --git a/cardinal/system/system_player_spawner.go b/cardinal/system/system_player_spawner.go
index d060014..6b13a55 100644
--- a/cardinal/system/system_player_spawner.go
+++ b/cardinal/system/system_player_spawner.go
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ func PlayerSpawnerSystem(world cardinal.WorldContext) error {
 				return msg.CreatePlayerResult{}, fmt.Errorf("error creating player: %w", err)
 			}
 
-			err = world.EmitEvent(fmt.Sprintf("new player %d created", id))
+			err = world.EmitEvent(map[string]any{
+				"event": "new_player",
+				"id":    id,
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return msg.CreatePlayerResult{}, err
 			}
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