lxtools/lx-games repository overview

⁠Web-Bo - The Online Card Game 🃏

Web-Bo is a modern, web-based implementation of the popular card game "Skip-Bo". Play in real-time against friends or challenge the AI in various difficulty levels. Collect coins, climb the leaderboard, and become the Web-Bo King!

⁠🌟 Features

• Multiplayer: Create a lobby and easily invite friends with an invitation code.
• Intelligent AI: Play against computer opponents when friends aren't available. Choose from 4 levels:
  • 🟢 Easy: For beginners (makes mistakes, plays defensively).
  • 🟡 Medium: Standard strategy (saves jokers).
  • 🔴 Hard: Aggressive playstyle (uses discard piles efficiently).
  • 🟣 Ultimate: Plans moves ahead (Deep Search Algorithm).
• User Accounts: Optionally register to permanently save your coins 🪙 and stats.
• Currency System: Win coins from victories. The higher the difficulty, the greater the reward! (King Bonus: 125 coins)
• Special Actions:
  • 🃏 Buy Joker: Invest 50 coins to get a joker in your hand.
  • ↺ Undo Move: Made a mistake? For 125 coins, you can undo your last move (once per game).
  • 🤖 Smart Help: Let the AI show you the best move (costs 5 points).
• Responsive Design: Optimized for desktop, tablet, and smartphone.
• Multilingual: Available in German 🇩🇪 and English 🇺🇸.

⁠🚀 Installation & Start

⁠With Docker (Recommended)

The image is available at lxtools/lx-games.

Docker Compose:

Create a docker-compose.yml:

services:
  lx-games:
    image: lxtools/lx-games:latest
    container_name: lx-games
    ports:
      - "8080:3000"
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ./data:/app/data

Start the container:

docker compose up -d

The game is now available at http://dein-server:8080.

The folder ./data is created automatically and contains the database for users and highscores.

⁠Manual installation

Prerequisite: Node.js installed.

1. Repository clones.
2. Install dependencies: npm install express socket.io
3. Server start: node server.js

⁠🎮 Game Rules (short version)

• Objective: The first person to empty his player's stack (left) wins the round.
• Ablauf:
  1. Your hand is refilled to 5 cards at the start of your turn.
  2. Play cards (1-12) onto the 4 build piles in the center.
  3. Use cards from your hand, your stock pile, or your discard piles.
  4. End your turn by placing a card onto one of your 4 discard piles.
• Joker (Web-Bo): "13" card (or "WB") is a joker and can be used as any number

⁠🛠️ Technologies

• Backend: Node.js, Express, Socket.io
• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JavaScript (kein Framework)
• Data: JSON file system (lightweight, no external database required).
• Security: Password hashing with Scrypt.