Lightbot for Mastodon

A small game rewarding patience.

Take a deep breath and look into the lights.

Repo migrated to https://codeberg.org/narF/lightbot-mastodon

Lightbot is a Mastodon bot that generate images for you. Like a desk plant, your image is persistent and evolves over time.

Play

Lightbot's profile: https://botsin.space/@lightbot

Send a toot to the bot: @lightbot@botsin.space

Alternate versions:

• For Discord: https://github.com/narFnarF/lightbot
• Original game for desktop and web browser: https://narf.itch.io/light-game

How to install on your own machine

You can install Lightbot on your own server, computer or Raspberry Pi. It is recommended to use a machine that will stay online 24/7 but you can really install it on whatever computer you want.

• Get the repo
  • (TODO: write how!)
• npm install (On a Raspberry Pi, this can take 20-30 minutes and sometime look stuck for long durations. Leave it running until it's done.)
• Setup your auth key:
  • TODO: Update this
  • rename auth_example.json to auth.json
  • Get your bot authorization key from Discord and copy it at the appropriate place in auth.json
• Setup your config:
  • Rename config_example.json to config.json
  • Edit config.json following the instructions in the comments