wordbun

Fast & light implementation for wordgames, a word games server for WebSockets

I just wanna play!

Head over to pixelsam123.github.io/games/anagrams to play right on the web client!

List of games

1. ws/anagram Normal anagrams game. Features:

• Multiple language support
• Time configuration
• Word length configuration
• Timer configuration

Frontends

Active repositories

• Rust (desktop): PixelSam123/wordgames-client
• Web: pixelsam123.github.io/games/anagrams
• Go (terminal UI): PixelSam123/wordgamestui

Inactive repositories

• Flutter (cross-platform): PixelSam123/wordgames_dc

How to play with your own WebSocket frontend?

Connect to wss://your-server-address/ws/anagram/{room ID} and type /help! Room ID can be any string.

Highlights over the Java version

• Abandoned random word API usage
• Added room-listing endpoint
• Added accidental disconnection handling (gives you time to reconnect)
• Much more convenient format to start a game

APIs used

No APIs used. Word banks come from text files.

Spinning it up

Instructions to run available from Bun's README below.

To install dependencies:

bun install

To run:

bun start

This project was created using bun init in bun v1.0.35. Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime.