- Fully text-based two-player Othello gameplay, using Discord message embeds in any channel
- Uses simple Discord slash commands which are aware of the active turn
Othello uses Discord slash commands. You can just type / in your text channel, and then click the Othello icon to see all the commands. Or you can read this.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/start [player 1] [player 2] |
Starts the game with the two users you specify. If any of the players are in an active game, it will be removed. |
/move [coordinates] |
Makes your player's move using the grid coordinates. Example: /move c4 |
/pass |
Passes your turn to the next player. Used if there are no available moves. |
/rules |
Shows basic rules and usage for commands. |
Othello is designed to be operated yourself, so there's a few things to set up first. Before you do anything though, you'll need to set up an application and bot on the Discord developer portal. Make sure to have this page handy because you'll need some info soon.
This is the fastest way to get Othello up and running. The latest Docker image is at nickseman/discord-othello:latest
Make sure to configure the Docker container's environment according to the Environment section below before starting it up.
Skip down to Invite to see what's next.
You can also run this locally with Node/pm2 directly. Just make sure to run the deploy commmand before you start the main server process, or else the commands won't show up in your server.
You'll need to configure the environment variables with a few things from the bot application you created earlier on the Discord developer portal.
| Variable | Value | Example |
|---|---|---|
| TOKEN | Your Discord bot's token. Required. | xxxxxxxxxxxx.yyyyyyyyy |
| CLIENT_ID | Your Discord bot's client ID. Required. | 00000000000 |
| GUILD_ID | Your Discord server's guild ID. Required. | 00000000000 |
Check out the Discord developer portal > OAuth2 > URL Generator to create an invite link. Make sure the bot and application.commands scopes are set. Once you generate the link, visit that URL to invite the bot to your server.