diff --git a/tools/autoplay-batch.sh b/tools/autoplay-batch.sh
index c63d2ab1..91f5b7c4 100755
--- a/tools/autoplay-batch.sh
+++ b/tools/autoplay-batch.sh
@@ -147,11 +147,15 @@ for seed in $(seq 1 "$COUNT"); do
         _run_local "$seed" "$seed_dir"
     fi
 
-    result_file="$seed_dir/result_${seed}.json"
-    if [ -f "$result_file" ]; then
+    # Look for timestamped result file (result_<stamp>_seed<N>.json) or legacy (result_<N>.json)
+    result_file="$(ls -1 "$seed_dir"/result_*_seed${seed}.json 2>/dev/null | tail -n1)"
+    if [ -z "$result_file" ] && [ -f "$seed_dir/result_${seed}.json" ]; then
+        result_file="$seed_dir/result_${seed}.json"
+    fi
+    if [ -n "$result_file" ] && [ -f "$result_file" ]; then
         echo "[seed $seed] OK — result written to $result_file"
     else
-        echo "[seed $seed] MISSING result_${seed}.json (Task 1 may not be complete, or game crashed)" >&2
+        echo "[seed $seed] MISSING result file (no result_*_seed${seed}.json found)" >&2
         FAILED_SEEDS+=("$seed")
     fi
 done