CSS animations for smoother 60fps feel despite 7Hz game ticks:
- 130ms transitions on cell background/box-shadow
- Head pop-in animation on direction changes
- Food pulse animation
- Smooth death state fade with grayscale
Per-snake colored glow on head cells.
Make server port configurable via PORT env var (default 8080).
Add deploy/ with systemd service and scripts:
- setup.sh: create games user, /opt/c4, install unit
- deploy.sh: build and install binary, restart service
- package.sh: cross-compile, tarball, base64 split for transfer
- reassemble.sh: decode and extract on target server
N-player (2-8) real-time Snake game alongside Connect 4.
Lobby has tabs to switch between games. Players join via
invite link with 10-second countdown. Game loop runs at
tick-based intervals with NATS pub/sub for state sync.
Keyboard input not yet working (Datastar keydown binding
issue still under investigation).
Use gotailwind (standalone Tailwind v4 via Go tool) with DaisyUI
plugin files — no npm needed. CSS is compiled at build time and
embedded via a Via Plugin that serves it as a static file.
Custom "connect4" theme: light, warm, playful palette with red/yellow
accents matching game pieces and board blue accent.
When unauthenticated users visit a game invite link, show a prompt
with options to log in, register, or continue as guest. After
login/register, redirect back to the original game URL.
When a game finishes (win or draw), players see a "Play again" button.
Clicking it creates a new game and the opponent sees a "Join Rematch"
link to join the same game.
- Add Delete method to GameStore and Persister interface
- Add delete button to game list on home page
- Verify user owns game before allowing deletion
- Use status constants instead of magic numbers
- Remove unused variable in persister
- User registration/login with bcrypt password hashing
- SQLite database with goose migrations and sqlc-generated queries
- Games and players persisted to database, resumable after restart
- Guest play still supported alongside authenticated users
- Auth UI components (login/register forms, auth header, guest banner)
- Enter key now triggers createGame action on home page
- Remove redundant setNickname action from home page
- Remove unused code: join channel, Leave(), Stop() methods
- Consolidate ID generation into game.GenerateID()
- Remove unused CreatedAt field from Game struct
Real-time two-player Connect 4 using Via framework with:
- Game creation and invite links
- SSE-based live updates for both players
- Win detection with animated highlighting
- Session-based nickname persistence
