diff --git a/games/views/game.py b/games/views/game.py
index 9a72075..bd4699b 100644
--- a/games/views/game.py
+++ b/games/views/game.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def add_game(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
             ),
         ),
         title="Add New Game",
-        scripts=ModuleScript("search_select.js") + ModuleScript("add_game.js"),
+        scripts=ModuleScript("search_select.js") + ModuleScript("dist/add_game.js"),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/ts/add_game.ts b/ts/add_game.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..343e15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/add_game.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { syncSelectInputUntilChanged } from "./utils.js";
+
+const syncData = [
+  {
+    source: "#id_name",
+    source_value: "value",
+    target: "#id_sort_name",
+    target_value: "value",
+  },
+];
+
+syncSelectInputUntilChanged(syncData, "form");
diff --git a/ts/utils.ts b/ts/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b427a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+declare const htmx: any;
+
+
+/**
+ * Runs initializeElement once for each element matching selector, on initial
+ * page load and inside every htmx-swapped fragment (a port of FastHTML's
+ * proc_htmx). htmx fires htmx:load for the initial document and for each
+ * swapped-in element, so a single registration covers both; the WeakSet
+ * guarantees once-per-element initialization, replacing the old
+ * DOMContentLoaded + htmx:afterSwap + per-element guard-flag pattern.
+ */
+function onSwap(selector: string, initializeElement: (element: Element) => void) {
+  const initialized = new WeakSet();
+  htmx.onLoad((swappedElement: Element) => {
+    const elements: Element[] = Array.from(htmx.findAll(swappedElement, selector));
+    if (swappedElement.matches && swappedElement.matches(selector)) {
+      elements.unshift(swappedElement);
+    }
+    for (const element of elements) {
+      if (initialized.has(element)) continue;
+      initialized.add(element);
+      initializeElement(element);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+/** Formats Date to a UTC string accepted by the datetime-local input field. */
+function toISOUTCString(date: Date): string {
+  function stringAndPad(number: number) {
+    return number.toString().padStart(2, "0");
+  }
+  const year = date.getFullYear();
+  const month = stringAndPad(date.getMonth() + 1);
+  const day = stringAndPad(date.getDate());
+  const hours = stringAndPad(date.getHours());
+  const minutes = stringAndPad(date.getMinutes());
+  return `${year}-${month}-${day}T${hours}:${minutes}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mirrors each source element's value onto its target until the target is
+ * focused (manual edit wins). Each syncData entry maps a source selector and
+ * property onto a target selector and property.
+ */
+function syncSelectInputUntilChanged(syncData: Array<{ source: string; target: string; source_value: string; target_value: string }>, parentSelector: string | Document = document) {
+  const parentElement =
+    parentSelector === document
+      ? document
+      : document.querySelector(parentSelector as string);
+
+  if (!parentElement) {
+    console.error(`The parent selector "${parentSelector}" is not valid.`);
+    return;
+  }
+  // Set up a single change event listener on the document for handling all source changes
+  parentElement.addEventListener("change", function (event) {
+    // Loop through each sync configuration item
+    syncData.forEach((syncItem: { source: string; target: string; source_value: string; target_value: string }) => {
+      // Check if the change event target matches the source selector
+      if ((event.target as HTMLElement).matches(syncItem.source)) {
+        if (!event.target) return;
+        const sourceElement = event.target;
+        const valueToSync = getValueFromProperty(
+          sourceElement,
+          syncItem.source_value
+        );
+        const targetElement = document.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(syncItem.target);
+
+        if (targetElement && valueToSync !== null) {
+          console.log(`Changing value of ${syncItem.target} to ${valueToSync}`);
+          (targetElement as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[syncItem.target_value] = valueToSync;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Set up a single focus event listener on the document for handling all target focuses
+  const syncListener = (event:  Event) => {
+      // Loop through each sync configuration item
+      syncData.forEach((syncItem: { source: string; target: string; source_value: string; target_value: string }) => {
+        // Check if the focus event target matches the target selector
+        if ((event.target as HTMLElement).matches(syncItem.target)) {
+          // Remove the change event listener to stop syncing
+          // This assumes you want to stop syncing once any target receives focus
+          // You may need a more sophisticated way to remove listeners if you want to stop
+          // syncing selectively based on other conditions
+          document.removeEventListener("change", syncListener);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  parentElement.addEventListener(
+    "focus",
+    syncListener,
+    true
+  ); // Use capture phase to ensure the event is captured during focus, not bubble
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads a property off the source element. For a <select>, reads from its
+ * selected option. A "dataset." prefix reads from the element's data-* set.
+ */
+function getValueFromProperty(sourceElement: EventTarget, property: string): any {
+  let source: HTMLElement | HTMLOptionElement =
+    sourceElement instanceof HTMLSelectElement
+      ? sourceElement.selectedOptions[0]
+      : sourceElement as HTMLElement;
+  if (property.startsWith("dataset.")) {
+    let datasetKey = property.slice(8); // Remove 'dataset.' part
+    return source.dataset[datasetKey];
+  } else if (property in source) {
+    return (source as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[property];
+  } else {
+    console.error(`Property ${property} is not valid for the option element.`);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+type ElementHandlerConfig = [
+  condition: () => boolean, // condition function
+  targetElements: string[], // array of target element selectors
+  callbackfn1: (el: HTMLElement) => void, // callback function for matched condition
+  callbackfn2: (el: HTMLElement) => void // callback function for unmatched condition
+];
+
+/**
+ * For each config, runs callbackfn1 on every target element when condition()
+ * is true, callbackfn2 otherwise. See ElementHandlerConfig for the tuple shape.
+ */
+function conditionalElementHandler(...configs: ElementHandlerConfig[]) {
+  configs.forEach(([condition, targetElements, callbackfn1, callbackfn2]) => {
+    if (condition()) {
+      targetElements.forEach((elementName) => {
+        let el = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(elementName);
+        if (el === null) {
+          console.error(`Element ${elementName} doesn't exist.`);
+        } else {
+          callbackfn1(el);
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      targetElements.forEach((elementName) => {
+        let el = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(elementName);
+        if (el === null) {
+          console.error(`Element ${elementName} doesn't exist.`);
+        } else {
+          callbackfn2(el);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function disableElementsWhenValueNotEqual(
+  targetSelect: string,
+  targetValue: string | string[],
+  elementList: string[]
+) {
+  return conditionalElementHandler([
+    () => {
+      let target = document.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(targetSelect);
+      if (!target) return false;
+      console.debug(
+        `${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: triggered on ${target.id}`
+      );
+      console.debug(`
+      ${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: matching against value(s): ${targetValue}`);
+      if (targetValue instanceof Array) {
+        if (targetValue.every((value) => target.value != value)) {
+          console.debug(
+            `${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: none of the values is equal to ${target.value}, returning true.`
+          );
+          return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+      } else {
+        console.debug(
+          `${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: none of the values is equal to ${target.value}, returning true.`
+        );
+        return target.value != targetValue;
+      }
+    },
+    elementList,
+    (el) => {
+      console.debug(
+        `${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: evaluated true, disabling ${el.id}.`
+      );
+      (el as HTMLInputElement).disabled = true;
+    },
+    (el) => {
+      console.debug(
+        `${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: evaluated false, NOT disabling ${el.id}.`
+      );
+      (el as HTMLInputElement).disabled = false;
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+function disableElementsWhenTrue(targetSelect: string, targetValue: string | string[], elementList: string[]) {
+  return conditionalElementHandler([
+    () => {
+      console.log(`${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: triggered on ${targetSelect}`)
+      console.log(`Value of ${targetSelect} is ${targetValue}: ${document.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(targetSelect)?.value == targetValue}`)
+      return document.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(targetSelect)?.value == targetValue;
+    },
+    elementList,
+    (el) => {
+      console.log(`${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: disabling ${el.id}`);
+      (el as HTMLInputElement).disabled = true;
+    },
+    (el) => {
+      console.log(`${disableElementsWhenTrue.name}: enabling ${el.id}`);
+      (el as HTMLInputElement).disabled = false;
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+export {
+  onSwap,
+  toISOUTCString,
+  syncSelectInputUntilChanged,
+  conditionalElementHandler,
+  disableElementsWhenValueNotEqual,
+  disableElementsWhenTrue,
+  getValueFromProperty,
+};