jobin212 / rc-place

Collaborative pixel art for recursers

Joseph Tobin

• 🔭 I’m currently working on the core services that power Microsoft Teams
• 🌱 I’m currently learning about distributed systems and drone building/racing
• 📫 How to reach me: email in bio

rc-place's Issues

Write "How we built this" blog

Board is too small

Board should be at least 1000 x 1000

Lock maps that are used concurrently

Maps are not thread safe and we are accessing them from multiple goroutines (via handlers and websockets).

Create image2pixel map

I'd like an easy way to convert my favorite picture into a map that my bot can read to draw the image on rc-place

Protobuf API

TODO before launch

• Big, draggable board
• Timelapse (See https://community.fly.io/t/how-to-copy-files-off-a-vm/1651/6)
• Ensure thread safety (mutex)
• Bot creation session, examples (multiple languages)
• GET /tile -- get color, last updated, last updater of single tile (nice to have)
• BONUS MSPaint features
• BONUS Give web client a message/timer/API until they can place again -- e.g. you have 0.4 s until you can update

Bot Inspiration

• Bouncing DVD logo
• Coordinating worom army (using multithreading)
• https://sandspiel.club/
• Game of life infinite

Need favicon!

Generate image from current board state!

Stats board

• Stats by color
• Stats by user ("high score")

Organize project layout

We have our source code all on the top level directory. It would be nice to organize it according to this unofficial standard

Create OpenAPI api

Create timelapse feature

• Read and replay redis append file

Create github badges that look like pokemon badges

Create subscribable change feed

Get board state API

• API to get the entire board state
• API to get a single pixel state

We should be able to get the board state via both the websocket and the authenticated API.

SSH Client

As a terminal power user, I'd like to connect to rc-place via ssh

Places to start:

• https://github.com/gliderlabs/ssh
• https://github.com/charmbracelet/wish
• ascii.town
  • https://git.causal.agency/torus/tree/

MS Paint Features

• Left/right click for primary/secondary color
• Flames around mouse

Add README to bots directory

Instructions on how to

• Create a personal access token
• Call the APIs