A collaborative canvas where participants program "bots" that move on the canvas and color in cells. The server contains a web UI to watch the canvas in (near) realtime to see how the art is being generated.
The server will also periodically save a PNG of the canvas that can be turned into a video at the end of a session.
Start by running clojure -m paintbots.main. Then open browser at http://localhost:31173
See bots folder for sample bots using simple bash scripts.
Alternatively, you can run local server using Docker without needing to install Clojure:
docker run -p 31173:31173 antitadex/paintbots:latest
Each bot must be registered to use. All bot commands are POSTed using simple form encoding to
the server. See bots folder _utils.sh on how it uses curl to post commands.
| Command | Parameters | Description |
|---|---|---|
| register | register=name | register a bot with the given name (if not already registered), returns id |
| info | id=ID&info | no-op command that just returns bots current |
| move | id=ID&move=DIR | move from current to position to direction DIR, which is one of LEFT, RIGHT, UP or DOWN |
| paint | id=ID | paint the current position with the current color |
| color | id=ID&color=COL | set the current color to COL, which is one of 0-f (16 color palette) |
| msg | id=ID&msg=MSG | say MSG, displays the message along with your name in the UI |
| clear | id=ID&clear | clear the pixel at current position |
| look | id=ID | look around, returns ascii containing the current image (with colors as above) |
| bye | id=ID&bye | deregister this bot (id no longer is usable and name can be reused) |
| bost | id=ID&bots | return (JSON) information about all registered bots |
Register command returns just the ID (as plain text) for future use. All other commands return your bot's current position and color.
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