diff --git a/src/game/chase/rng.ts b/src/game/chase/rng.ts
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+export type Rng = () => number;
+
+const DEFAULT_SEED = 0x9e3779b9;
+
+function hashString(input: string): number {
+  let hash = 2166136261;
+  for (let i = 0; i < input.length; i += 1) {
+    hash ^= input.charCodeAt(i);
+    hash = Math.imul(hash, 16777619);
+  }
+  return hash >>> 0;
+}
+
+export function normalizeSeed(input?: string | number): number {
+  if (typeof input === "number" && Number.isFinite(input)) {
+    return input >>> 0;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof input === "string") {
+    const trimmed = input.trim();
+    if (trimmed.length === 0) {
+      return DEFAULT_SEED;
+    }
+
+    const numericSeed = Number(trimmed);
+    if (Number.isFinite(numericSeed)) {
+      return numericSeed >>> 0;
+    }
+
+    return hashString(trimmed);
+  }
+
+  return DEFAULT_SEED;
+}
+
+export function createRng(seed: number): Rng {
+  let state = normalizeSeed(seed);
+
+  return () => {
+    state = (state + 0x6d2b79f5) >>> 0;
+    let t = Math.imul(state ^ (state >>> 15), 1 | state);
+    t ^= t + Math.imul(t ^ (t >>> 7), 61 | t);
+    return ((t ^ (t >>> 14)) >>> 0) / 4294967296;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/game/chase/types.ts b/src/game/chase/types.ts
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+export type NodeId = string;
+
+export type Difficulty = "easy" | "normal" | "hard";
+
+export type GameStatus = "idle" | "running" | "won" | "lost";
+
+export interface GraphNode {
+  id: NodeId;
+  neighbors: NodeId[];
+}
+
+export interface GameGraph {
+  nodes: Record<NodeId, GraphNode>;
+}
diff --git a/tests/chase/rng.test.ts b/tests/chase/rng.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { createRng, normalizeSeed } from "../../src/game/chase/rng";
+
+describe("chase rng", () => {
+  it("generates the same sequence for the same seed", () => {
+    const seed = 12345;
+    const rngA = createRng(seed);
+    const rngB = createRng(seed);
+
+    const sequenceA = Array.from({ length: 5 }, () => rngA());
+    const sequenceB = Array.from({ length: 5 }, () => rngB());
+
+    expect(sequenceA).toEqual(sequenceB);
+  });
+
+  it("normalizeSeed returns a number for undefined input", () => {
+    expect(typeof normalizeSeed(undefined)).toBe("number");
+  });
+
+  it("normalizeSeed returns a number for empty string", () => {
+    expect(typeof normalizeSeed("")).toBe("number");
+  });
+
+  it("normalizeSeed returns a number for non-numeric string", () => {
+    expect(typeof normalizeSeed("abc")).toBe("number");
+  });
+});