webgames/README.md

Webgames

Collection of just-good-enough browser-based multiplayer games written during COVID lockdown to play our favorite games remotely.

• No authentication
• No best practices
• No sophisticated web framework
• Just a bunch of multiplayer games quickly hacked together.

Quickstart

python3 -m virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/acticate
pip install -e .
python -m webgames 0.0.0.0 8080

Games

• Sudoku: Whoever finishes the sudoku first, wins
• Set
• Carcassonne including some of its extensions
• Go: Play against another player or against the GNU Go engine. Requires GNU Go to run in GTP mode as an inetd-style service (see below)

GNU Go Systemd Socket

The following example config configures a socket-actived systemd unit which runs GNU Go in GTP mode, listening on /run/gnugo.sock.

/etc/systemd/system/gnugo@.service:

[Unit]
Description=GNU Go GTP Daemon

[Service]
StandardInput=socket
ExecStart=/usr/games/gnugo --mode gtp
DynamicUser=yes
PrivateTmp=yes
NoNewPrivileges=yes
ProtectSystem=full
ProtectHome=yes

/etc/systemd/system/gnugo.socket:

[Unit]
Description=GNU Go GTP Socket

[Socket]
ListenStream=/run/gnugo.sock
Accept=true

[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE