gamebot

A slack bot for card games.

How to install

• Clone this repo
• npm install in the cloned directory
• Generate a bot token by going to slack configuration, Custom Integrations, Bots
• Set the SLACK_TOKEN environment variable (export SLACK_TOKEN=abc123)
• Set the PORT environment variable for the web server (defaults to 8080)
• Run the app with node app.js
• Invite the bot to the room where you want the games to be played.

Features

• Blackjack game by saying @gamebot 21
• Video poker game by saying @gamebot poker
• Check your winnings by saying @gamebot money
• Web based leaderboard by visiting http://gameboturl/stats

Issues

• Sometimes Slack will drop the connection or vice versa. You can reconnect by visiting http://gameboturl/restart