Socky is a real-time, multiplayer snake game playable directly in your terminal. Challenge friends in private rooms, control your snake with simple keypresses, and experience fast-paced, dynamic gameplay.

• Real-time multiplayer gameplay
• Private game rooms
• Unicode-based terminal graphics
• Wall and snake collision handling
• Live, shared scoreboard
• Keyboard-driven controls

• Go (Go 1.22+)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/electr1fy0/socky.git
   cd socky

2. Install dependencies:

   go mod tidy

1. Start the Server:

   go run cmd/server/main.go

   The server will start on http://localhost:8080.

2. Create a Game Room (from a client terminal):

   go run cmd/client/main.go create

   This command will create a new room and print its ROOM_ID. Make a note of this ID.

3. Join a Game Room (from a client terminal):

   go run cmd/client/main.go <ROOM_ID>

   Replace <ROOM_ID> with the ID obtained in the previous step. Multiple players can join the same room.

• WASD or HJKL to move
• Q to quit the game

• github.com/coder/websocket
• github.com/google/uuid
• golang.org/x/term

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request.

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.