tgameboy

silly gameboy Telegram bot, taking spam on Telegram to whole new levels

features

• accepts inputs via Telegram commands /a, /b, /lt, /rt, /up, /dn, /str, /sel
• commands are displayed on a keypad for ease of entry
• after inputs it replies with a game screenshot as a Telegram picture
• /scr command can be used for requesting a new screenshot without sending inputs
• chat messages are displayed as part of the screenshot, commands are not shown here
• every screenshot is saved on disk for easy time lapse generation
• game state is automatically saved on SIGINT and restored when the server is started
• additionally, backups are made of the game state every 10 minutes, but only if there has been activity
• why have i not been banned from Telegram yet?

setup

first create a new Telegram bot with the BotFather Telegram user. store your token somewhere temporarily. then:

npm install
cp tgameboy-token.js.example ~/.tgameboy-token.js
$EDITOR ~/.tgameboy-token.js
node index.js <path-to-rom>.gb

now you should be able to send the /start command to your bot and it will send back a keypad. /stop can be used to hide the keypad.

you can invite the bot to groups in order to play with your friends! note that game state is shared across all groups/private chats that the bot is in.

screenshot