mastochess/README.md

Mastodon Chess

Play with other fediverse users a Chess game! Mastodon Chess control games, players and boards and even it post, graphically, every move to both players!
Mastodon Chess (mastochess) uses python-chess library.

How to play:

To start a game:

@your_bot_username new

To make a move:

@your_bot_username move e2e4

To finish game at any time:

@your_bot_username end

Dependencies

• Python 3
• Postgresql server
• Mastodon's bot account
• Mastodon server admin

Usage:

Within Python Virtual Environment:

1. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install needed Python libraries.

2. Run python db-setup.py to setup and create new Postgresql database and needed tables in it.

3. Run python setup.py to get your Mastodon's bot account tokens.

4. Use your favourite scheduling method to set python mastochess.py to run regularly.