Dev mode revamp

frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     import { onMount, onDestroy } from 'svelte';
     import { apiRequest } from '../lib/api';
     import { extraMenuLinks } from '../lib/menu';
+    import { getSuggestion } from '../lib/suggestions';
 
     import LobbyPhase from '../components/LobbyPhase.svelte';
     import CharacterCreationPhase from '../components/CharacterCreationPhase.svelte';
@@ -58,12 +59,60 @@
         intervalId = setInterval(fetchState, 30000);
     });
 
-    // Surface the creator-only Admin link in the corner menu
-    $: extraMenuLinks.set(
-        state?.player?.is_creator
-            ? [{ label: '🛠️ Admin', href: `#/game/${gameId}/admin`, title: 'Open the Admin Panel' }]
-            : []
-    );
+    // Creator-only corner menu entries: Dev Mode toggle (all phases), the
+    // Skip Character Creation shortcut (Dev Mode only), and the Admin link.
+    async function toggleDevMode() {
+        try {
+            await apiRequest(`/game/${gameId}/player/${playerId}/dev-mode`, 'POST', {
+                enabled: !state.game.dev_mode
+            });
+        } catch (err) {
+            error = err.message;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function skipCharacterCreation() {
+        // Suggested values for everyone's free-text fields; the backend only
+        // applies them to fields players haven't filled in themselves.
+        const fills = {};
+        for (const p of state.players) {
+            fills[p.id] = {
+                avatar_look: getSuggestion('look'),
+                avatar_smell: getSuggestion('smell'),
+                first_words: getSuggestion('first_words'),
+                good_at_math: getSuggestion('good_at_math'),
+                like: getSuggestion('like'),
+                hate: getSuggestion('hate'),
+            };
+        }
+        try {
+            await apiRequest(`/game/${gameId}/player/${playerId}/skip-character-creation`, 'POST', {
+                fills: JSON.stringify(fills)
+            });
+        } catch (err) {
+            error = err.message;
+        }
+    }
+
+    $: {
+        const items = [];
+        if (state?.player?.is_creator) {
+            items.push({
+                label: `🧪 Dev Mode: ${state.game.dev_mode ? 'On' : 'Off'}`,
+                action: toggleDevMode,
+                title: 'Toggle Dev Mode testing shortcuts for the whole table',
+            });
+            if (state.game.dev_mode && (state.game.phase === 'character_creation' || state.game.phase === 'swap_techniques')) {
+                items.push({
+                    label: '⏭️ Skip Character Creation',
+                    action: skipCharacterCreation,
+                    title: 'Auto-fill anything unfinished for all players and jump to scene setup',
+                });
+            }
+            items.push({ label: '🛠️ Admin', href: `#/game/${gameId}/admin`, title: 'Open the Admin Panel' });
+        }
+        extraMenuLinks.set(items);
+    }
 
     onDestroy(() => {
         destroyed = true;