README.md

Hanagram

Telegram bot to play Hanabi with your friends.

Usage

• Get an API TOKEN from @BotFather
• Save to the .env file:

cp .env.sample .env
nano .env  # set the API TOKEN

And run the server with uv

uv run play-telegram

Telegram game

How to play a Telegram game:

• Add the bot to a telegram group.
• All players should start a private chat with the bot. Send /link_for_newbies to help them do it.
• Send /new_game in a group chat to create a new game.
• Users can now join the game with the Join button displayed.
• When everyone joined, send /deal_cards to start playing!

Alternatively:

• Send /test <number-of-players> in a private chat.

Local game

How to play a local game. Let's say players are Alice, Bob and Casey.

• Run uv run play-repl Alice Bob Casey
• On each turn, type one of those actions:
  • play <index of card to play>
  • discard <index of card to play>
  • hint <player name to hint> <color or value>

Development

• please run uv run pre-commit install to set up the pre-commit hooks.