Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#11

Post by qwertyuiop924 » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:11 PM UTC

As I don't use Slack, I'm totally building an IRC version of this. Actually, I'd prefer frontend-agnostic, so I can hook the logic to IRC/matrix/XMPP/websockets.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#12

Post by pheroden » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:13 PM UTC

lambda wrote: post #7

purpled_haze wrote: post #4

This is neat, but I still wonder where people get the time to play games like this.

Take a little time off from checking HN?

But that would eat into my Reddit checking time.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#13

Post by bass_case » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:27 PM UTC

qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #11

As I don't use Slack, I'm totally building an IRC version of this. Actually, I'd prefer frontend-agnostic, so I can hook the logic to IRC/matrix/XMPP/websockets.

I'm down to build this into this project. Build an IRC client in ReactPHP (async websocket pkg) and we'll work towards the necessary abstraction to make the game logic completely secular.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#14

Post by RodericDay » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:31 PM UTC

Have you tried out The Resistance?

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#15

Post by bass_case » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:37 PM UTC

RodericDay wrote: post #14

Have you tried out The Resistance?

Yep, I'm a fan of Resistance and Avalon as well. I think I prefer Werewolf and One Night Werewolf more.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#16

Post by bass_case » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:40 PM UTC

forrestthewoods wrote: post #9

purpled_haze wrote: post #4

This is neat, but I still wonder where people get the time to play games like this.

We played Secret Hitler in the office as part of a games day. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maxtemkin/secret-hitler

Haven't seen this game but it sounds awesome. Eager to give this one a try.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#17

Post by pavel_lishin » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:49 PM UTC

I wonder why it's written in PHP. Seems like an odd choice.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#18

Post by bass_case » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:52 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #17

I wonder why it's written in PHP. Seems like an odd choice.

It's what I'm most familiar with and I didn't want to spend a lot of time building it.

There is a great Slack RTM client written with ReactPHP (http://reactphp.org/) that I took advantage of.

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#19

Post by level3 » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 10:54 PM UTC

bass_case wrote: post #13

qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #11

As I don't use Slack, I'm totally building an IRC version of this. Actually, I'd prefer frontend-agnostic, so I can hook the logic to IRC/matrix/XMPP/websockets.

I'm down to build this into this project. Build an IRC client in ReactPHP (async websocket pkg) and we'll work towards the necessary abstraction to make the game logic completely secular.

You might want to look up existing IRC bots for reference (like XylBot [1]). I'm not sure how usable the code is, but it could be useful for role ideas.

[1] https://github.com/RossM/XylBot

Re: Show HN: A Werewolf bot for Slack

#20

Post by giancarlostoro » Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 11:03 PM UTC

anonfunction wrote: post #6

I've never heard of this game, maybe a description or link to a wikipedia page[1] in the readme would be good. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(party_game)

I've played it as "Mafia" but never as "Werewolf" so thanks for the informed link.