do
  local PlayAreaApi = { }

  local PLAY_AREA_GUID = "721ba2"

  -- Returns the current value of the investigator counter from the playmat
  ---@return Integer.  Number of investigators currently set on the counter
  PlayAreaApi.getInvestigatorCount = function()
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("getInvestigatorCount")
  end

  -- Move all contents on the play area (cards, tokens, etc) one slot in the given direction.  Certain
  -- fixed objects will be ignored, as will anything the player has tagged with
  -- 'displacement_excluded'
  ---@param playerColor Color of the player requesting the shift.  Used solely to send an error
  ---    message in the unlikely case that the scripting zone has been deleted
  PlayAreaApi.shiftContentsUp = function(playerColor)
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("shiftContentsUp", playerColor)
  end

  PlayAreaApi.shiftContentsDown = function(playerColor)
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("shiftContentsDown", playerColor)
  end

  PlayAreaApi.shiftContentsLeft = function(playerColor)
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("shiftContentsLeft", playerColor)
  end

  PlayAreaApi.shiftContentsRight = function(playerColor)
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("shiftContentsRight", playerColor)
  end

  -- Reset the play area's tracking of which cards have had tokens spawned.
  PlayAreaApi.resetSpawnedCards = function()
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("resetSpawnedCards")
  end

  -- Event to be called when the current scenario has changed.
  ---@param scenarioName Name of the new scenario
  PlayAreaApi.onScenarioChanged = function(scenarioName)
    getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("onScenarioChanged", scenarioName)
  end

  -- Sets this playmat's snap points to limit snapping to locations or not.
  -- If matchTypes is false, snap points will be reset to snap all cards.
  ---@param matchTypes Boolean  Whether snap points should only snap for the matching card types.
  PlayAreaApi.setLimitSnapsByType = function(matchCardTypes)
    getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("setLimitSnapsByType", matchCardTypes)
  end

  -- Receiver for the Global tryObjectEnterContainer event.  Used to clear vector lines from dragged
  -- cards before they're destroyed by entering the container
  PlayAreaApi.tryObjectEnterContainer = function(container, object)
    getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("tryObjectEnterContainer",
        { container = container, object = object })
  end

  -- counts the VP on locations in the play area
  PlayAreaApi.countVP = function()
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("countVP")
  end
  
  -- Checks if an object is in the play area (returns true or false)
  PlayAreaApi.isInPlayArea = function(object)
    return getObjectFromGUID(PLAY_AREA_GUID).call("isInPlayArea", object)
  end

  return PlayAreaApi
end