ASCII Royale

What it does

Terminal battle royale — p2p over iroh, no central server. Play instantly: ssh -p 48958 [email protected] · or play.royale.boxd.sh · or 'ascii-royale play'. - chad/ascii-royale

A battle royale you play in your terminal. Pure text, peer-to-peer over iroh — no game server, no accounts, one binary. ssh -p 48958 [email protected] That's it — no install, no account. Pick a call sign and you're dropping onto the island with whoever's online. (Blank password — just press Enter. Prefer a browser? play.royale.boxd.sh .) Up to 16 combatants drop onto a procedurally generated ASCII island. Scavenge weapons, dodge bullets you can actually see coming, and outrun the storm. Last one standing wins. Bots fill empty slots, so it's playable solo too. An actual match (sped up ~2x): the drop and first loot, a mid-game scrap, and the finale as the storm swallows the island. Rendered…from github.com

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