diff --git a/lib/salet.coffee b/lib/salet.coffee
index 3a01d64..9e67365 100644
--- a/lib/salet.coffee
+++ b/lib/salet.coffee
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ parseFn = (str) ->
 #{str}
 #})
 """
-  return eval(fstr);
+  return eval(fstr)
 
 # Scrolls the top of the screen to the specified point
 scrollTopTo = (value) ->
@@ -63,143 +63,6 @@ augmentLinks = (content) ->
   )
   return output
 
-/* Erases the character in local storage. This is permanent!
-/* To restart the game afterwards, we perform a simple page refresh.
-/* This guarantees authors don't have to care about "tainting" the
-/* game state across save/erase cycles, meaning that character.sandbox
-/* no longer has to be the end-all be-all repository of game state. */
-var doErase = function(force) {
-    var saveId = getSaveId();
-    if (localStorage.getItem(saveId)) {
-        if (force || confirm("erase_message".l())) {
-            localStorage.removeItem(saveId);
-            window.location.reload();
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-/* Find and return a list of ids for all situations with the given tag. */
-var getSituationIdsWithTag = function(tag) {
-    var result = [];
-    for (var situationId in game.situations) {
-        var situation = game.situations[situationId];
-
-        for (var i = 0; i < situation.tags.length; ++i) {
-            if (situation.tags[i] == tag) {
-                result.push(situationId);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
-};
-
-/* Clear the current game output and start again. */
-var startGame = function() {
-    progress.seed = new Date().toString();
-
-    character = new Character();
-    system.rnd = new Random(progress.seed);
-    progress.sequence = [{link:game.start, when:0}];
-
-    // Empty the display
-    $("#content").empty();
-
-    // Start the game
-    startTime = new Date().getTime() * 0.001;
-    system.time = 0;
-    if (game.init) game.init(character, system);
-
-    // Do the first state.
-    doTransitionTo(game.start);
-};
-
-/* Saves the character to local storage. */
-var saveGame = function() {
-    // Store when we're saving the game, to avoid exploits where a
-    // player loads their file to gain extra time.
-    var now = (new Date()).getTime() * 0.001;
-    progress.saveTime = now - startTime;
-
-    // Save the game.
-    localStorage.setItem(getSaveId(), JSON.stringify(progress));
-
-    // Switch the button highlights.
-    $("#erase").removeClass('disabled');
-    $("#load").removeClass('disabled');
-    $("#save").addClass('disabled');
-};
-
-/* Loads the game from the given data */
-var loadGame = function(characterData) {
-    progress = characterData;
-
-    character = new Character();
-    system.rnd = new Random(progress.seed);
-
-    // Empty the display
-    $("#content").empty();
-    $("#intro").empty();
-
-    // Now play through the actions so far:
-    if (game.init) game.init(character, system);
-
-    // Run through all the player's history.
-    interactive = false;
-    for (var i = 0; i < progress.sequence.length; i++) {
-        var step = progress.sequence[i];
-        // The action must be done at the recorded time.
-        system.time = step.when;
-        processLink(step.link);
-    }
-    interactive = true;
-
-    // Reverse engineer the start time.
-    var now = new Date().getTime() * 0.001;
-    startTime = now - progress.saveTime;
-};
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Setup
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-var begin = function () {
-/* Set up the game when everything is loaded. */
-
-    // Handle storage.
-    if (hasLocalStorage()) {
-        var erase = $("#erase").click(function() {
-            doErase();
-        });
-        var save = $("#save").click(saveGame);
-
-        var storedCharacter = localStorage.getItem(getSaveId());
-        if (storedCharacter) {
-            try {
-                loadGame(JSON.parse(storedCharacter));
-                save.addClass('disabled')
-                erase.removeClass('disabled')
-            } catch(err) {
-                doErase(true);
-            }
-        } else {
-            startGame();
-        }
-    } else {
-        startGame();
-    }
-    // Any point that an option list appears, its options are its
-    // first links.
-    $("body").on('click', "ul.options li, #menu li", function(event) {
-        // Make option clicks pass through to their first link.
-        var link = $("a", this);
-        if (link.length > 0) {
-            $(link.get(0)).click();
-        }
-    });
-};
-
-
 ###
 This is the control structure, it has minimal amount of data and
 this data is volatile anyway (as in, it won't get saved).
@@ -587,116 +450,215 @@ Salet = {
     @enableSaving()
 
   disableSaving: () ->
+    $("#save").addClass('disabled');
   enableSaving: () ->
     $("#save").removeClass('disabled');
 
-  /* This gets called to actually do the work of processing a code.
- * When one doLink is called (or a link is clicked), this may set call
- * code that further calls doLink, and so on. This method processes
- * each one, and processLink manages this.
- */
-var processOneLink = function(code) {
-    var match = code.match(linkRe);
-    assert(match, "link_not_valid".l({link:code}));
+  ###
+  This gets called to actually do the work of processing a code.
+  When one doLink is called (or a link is clicked), this may set call
+  code that further calls doLink, and so on. This method processes
+  each one, and processLink manages this.
+  ###
+  processOneLink: = (code) ->
+    match = code.match(linkRe)
+    assert(match, "link_not_valid".l({link:code}))
 
-    var situation = match[1];
-    var action = match[3];
+    situation = match[1]
+    action = match[3]
 
-    // Change the situation
-    if (situation !== '.') {
-        if (situation !== current) {
-            doTransitionTo(situation);
-        }
-    } else {
-        // We should have an action if we have no situation change.
-        assert(action, "link_no_action".l());
-    }
+    # Change the situation
+    if (situation !== '.')
+      if (situation !== current)
+        doTransitionTo(situation)
+    else
+      # We should have an action if we have no situation change.
+      assert(action, "link_no_action".l())
 
-    // Carry out the action
-    if (action) {
-        situation = getCurrentSituation();
-        if (situation) {
-            if (game.beforeAction) {
-                // Try the global act handler, and see if we need
-                // to notify the situation.
-                var consumed = game.beforeAction(
-                    character, system, current, action
-                );
-                if (consumed !== true) {
-                    situation.act(character, system, action);
-                }
-            } else {
-                // We have no global act handler, always notify
-                // the situation.
-                situation.act(character, system, action);
-            }
-            if (game.afterAction) {
-                game.afterAction(character, system, current, action);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-};
+    # Carry out the action
+    if (action)
+      situation = getCurrentSituation()
+      if (situation)
+        if (game.beforeAction)
+          # Try the global act handler, and see if we need
+          # to notify the situation.
+          consumed = game.beforeAction(
+            character, system, current, action
+          )
+          if (consumed != true)
+            situation.act(character, system, action)
+          else
+            # We have no global act handler, always notify the situation.
+            situation.act(character, system, action)
+          
+          if (game.afterAction)
+            game.afterAction(character, system, current, action)
 
-/* This gets called when the user clicks a link to carry out an
- * action. */
-var processClick = function(code) {
-    var now = (new Date()).getTime() * 0.001;
-    system.time = now - startTime;
-    progress.sequence.push({link:code, when:system.time});
-    processLink(code);
-};
+  # This gets called when the user clicks a link to carry out an action.
+  processClick: (code) ->
+    now = (new Date()).getTime() * 0.001
+    system.time = now - startTime
+    progress.sequence.push({link:code, when:system.time})
+    processLink(code)
 
-/* Transitions between situations. */
-var doTransitionTo = function(newSituationId) {
-    var oldSituationId = current;
-    var oldSituation = getCurrentSituation();
-    var newSituation = game.situations[newSituationId];
+  # Transitions between situations.
+  doTransitionTo: (newSituationId) ->
+    oldSituationId = current
+    oldSituation = getCurrentSituation()
+    newSituation = game.situations[newSituationId]
 
-    assert(newSituation, "unknown_situation".l({id:newSituationId}));
+    assert(newSituation, "unknown_situation".l({id:newSituationId}))
 
-    // We might not have an old situation if this is the start of
-    // the game.
-    if (oldSituation) {
-        if (game.exit) {
-            game.exit(character, system, oldSituationId, newSituationId);
-        }
+    # We might not have an old situation if this is the start of the game.
+    if (oldSituation)
+      if (game.exit)
+        game.exit(character, system, oldSituationId, newSituationId);
 
-        //  Remove links and transient sections.
-        $('#content a').each(function(index, element) {
-            var a = $(element);
-            if (a.hasClass('sticky') || a.attr("href").match(/[?&]sticky[=&]?/))
-                return;
-            a.replaceWith($("<span>").addClass("ex_link").html(a.html()));
-        });
-        var contentToHide = $('#content .transient, #content ul.options');
-        contentToHide.add($("#content a").filter(function(){
-            return $(this).attr("href").match(/[?&]transient[=&]?/);
-        }));
-        if (interactive) {
-            contentToHide.
-                animate({opacity: 0}, 350).
-                slideUp(500, function() {
-                  $(this).remove();
-                });
-        } else {
-            contentToHide.remove();
-        }
-    }
+    # Remove links and transient sections.
+    $('#content a').each((index, element) ->
+      a = $(element);
+      if (a.hasClass('sticky') || a.attr("href").match(/[?&]sticky[=&]?/))
+        return;
+      a.replaceWith($("<span>").addClass("ex_link").html(a.html()))
+    )
+    contentToHide = $('#content .transient, #content ul.options')
+    contentToHide.add($("#content a").filter(() ->
+      return $(this).attr("href").match(/[?&]transient[=&]?/)
+    ))
+    if (interactive)
+      contentToHide.animate({opacity: 0}, 350).
+        slideUp(500, () ->
+          $(this).remove()
+        )
+    else
+      contentToHide.remove()
 
-    // Move the character.
-    current = newSituationId;
+    # Move the character.
+    current = newSituationId
 
-    // Notify the incoming situation.
-    if (game.enter) {
-        game.enter(character, system, oldSituationId, newSituationId);
-    }
-    newSituation.entering(character, system, oldSituationId);
+    # Notify the incoming situation.
+    if (game.enter)
+      game.enter(character, system, oldSituationId, newSituationId)
+    newSituation.entering(character, system, oldSituationId)
 
-    // additional hook for when the situation text has already been printed
-    if (game.afterEnter) {
-        game.afterEnter(character, system, oldSituationId, newSituationId);
-    }
-};
+    # additional hook for when the situation text has already been printed
+    if (game.afterEnter)
+      game.afterEnter(character, system, oldSituationId, newSituationId)
+
+  ###
+  Erases the character in local storage. This is permanent!
+  To restart the game afterwards, we perform a simple page refresh.
+  This guarantees authors don't have to care about "tainting" the
+  game state across save/erase cycles, meaning that character.sandbox
+  no longer has to be the end-all be-all repository of game state. */
+  ###
+  erase_save: (force = false) =>
+    save_id = @getSaveId() # save slot
+    if (localStorage.getItem(saveId) and (force or confirm("erase_message".l())))
+      localStorage.removeItem(saveId)
+      window.location.reload()
+
+  # Find and return a list of ids for all situations with the given tag.
+  getSituationIdsWithTag: (tag) =>
+    result = []
+    for (situationId, situation of @situations)
+      for (i = 0; i < situation.tags.length; ++i)
+        if (situation.tags[i] == tag)
+          result.push(situationId)
+          break
+    return result
+
+  # Saves the character to local storage.
+  saveGame: () ->
+    # Store when we're saving the game, to avoid exploits where a
+    # player loads their file to gain extra time.
+    now = (new Date()).getTime() * 0.001
+    progress.saveTime = now - startTime
+
+    # Save the game.
+    localStorage.setItem(getSaveId(), JSON.stringify(progress))
+
+    # Switch the button highlights.
+    $("#erase").removeClass('disabled')
+    $("#load").removeClass('disabled')
+    @disableSaving()
+
+  # Loads the game from the given data
+  loadGame = (characterData) ->
+    progress = characterData
+
+    character = new Character()
+    system.rnd = new Random(progress.seed)
+
+    # Empty the display
+    $("#content").empty()
+    $("#intro").empty()
+
+    # Now play through the actions so far:
+    if (game.init)
+      game.init(character, system)
+
+    # Run through all the player's history.
+    interactive = false
+    for (i = 0; i < progress.sequence.length; i++)
+      step = progress.sequence[i]
+      # The action must be done at the recorded time.
+      system.time = step.when
+      processLink(step.link)
+    interactive = true
+
+    # Reverse engineer the start time.
+    now = new Date().getTime() * 0.001
+    startTime = now - progress.saveTime
+
+  game_begin: () ->
+    # Handle storage.
+    storedCharacter = false
+    if (@hasLocalStorage())
+      storedCharacter = localStorage.getItem(@getSaveId())
+
+    if (storedCharacter)
+      try
+        @loadGame(JSON.parse(storedCharacter))
+        @disableSaving()
+        $("#erase").removeClass('disabled')
+      catch(err)
+        @erase_save(true)
+    else
+      progress.seed = new Date().toString()
+
+      character = new Character()
+      system.rnd = new Random(progress.seed)
+      progress.sequence = [{link:game.start, when:0}]
+
+      # Empty the display
+      $("#content").empty()
+
+      # Start the game
+      startTime = new Date().getTime() * 0.001
+      system.time = 0
+      if (game.init)
+        game.init(character, system)
+
+      # Do the first state.
+      doTransitionTo(game.start);
+
+    # Any point that an option list appears, its options are its first links.
+    $("body").on('click', "ul.options li, #menu li", (event) ->
+      # Make option clicks pass through to their first link.
+      link = $("a", this)
+      if (link.length > 0)
+        $(link.get(0)).click()
+    );
 
 }
 
+# Set up the game when everything is loaded.
+$(document).ready(() ->
+  salet = new Salet
+  if (salet.hasLocalStorage())
+    $("#erase").click(salet.erase_save) # is Salet defined here?
+    $("#save").click(salet.saveGame)
+
+  salet.game_begin()
+)