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We are going to make a new version of Doodle for HTML5. We are thinking of adding features while we do it. This will make it incompatible with the flash Doodle. (and we will not be updating flash Doodle) I think this is ok but thought we should ask. What do you think?

So nobody is objecting to a "breaking change" ie html5 (new) doodle won't be able to talk to flash (old) doodle?

You can now run Junior's HitMoles game on any chat: https://appbot.xat.com/ Put the name of your chat in the top box and press "Connect bot to chat" button. You will need to make the hitmoles (appbot) user a member. Anyone who wants to play can start the Canvas app (HTM5 only ). eg xat.com/MyChat?new To start the game type !start hitmoles. Note: For now, the only way to stop the bot is kicking it. BTW please kick the bot off when you are finished with it

You only need to use that if you want to use your own bot to control the game. I don't think there's any need for now.

We are planning on creating a few games to show users what they will be able to do with the canvas, but we need your opinion. We currently have a few ideas in mind, namely - Poll - Quiz - Blackjack The last two are already work in progress, but we need your opinion on them, and we need more suggestions, we would like to know what the users want to play with. Please direct your suggestions here or to @zzMark and @Maverick. Thanks

It's easy to join Apple testflight for xat now Click here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/KgQRQGpC EDIT: iphone version has currently expired Use Android version for now: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.xat.app

The latest HTML5 has local (browser based) notifications. We are working on adding offline notifications (like mobile apps have). Currently you can only get notified on one device. We propose to change that so notifications go to the last used mobile device and the last used desktop (HTML5) device. We possibly could add options to send to all devices or to only the last logged in device. Also there are various ways notifications could work. At the moment the default is for private messages only and you can restrict it to friends only (in settings) or expand it to include all chat messages (local mode only using a macro). You can also monitor a chat for messages you are interested in. Thoughts ?

Holiday pawns are back (any minute now) Also added are holiday smilies If you would like to suggest temporary smilies and pawns for xmas and new year please add here

done do you want to suggest smilies as wwell

Some improvements have been rolled out to html5: See :

If a user wants Checkers on their group, simply ask Maverick to send the bot to your chat [ make sure to include your chat ID ] and he will send the bot there. Make sure to private message him that detail. Main owners are the ONLY ones that are able to approve the game since it's now on a server and accessible to the public. We don't want anyone spamming it. If you have any questions in regards to this, then let us know here. Commands: !approve - would approve the bot with the following message " Operations have been officially approved by a main owner! " !provoke - would disapprove of the bot with the following message " Operations have been officially provoked by a main owner! "

If you ask Maverick nicely he may put the checkers game on your chat! Bot + Checkers !game session add id/username - Adds user to current user's session. !game session remove id/username - Removes user to current user's session. !game session unspectate gamename session - Stop spectating a session's game. !game session spectate gamename session - Start spectating a session's game. Note: session format are related to the users in the session when it started the game, so if there is Maverick and xat playing in a checkers game, you would do !game session spectate checkers 1070,42 The order of the ids for spectate session are irrelevant, 42,1070 should also work. !game session list - Lists users in current user's session. !game session start gamename - Starts game with current user's session. !game session unload gamename - Unloads game with current user's session. For bot owners: Note: roomid MUST BE ROOM ID, NOT NAME. !bot add roomid name avatar homepage - Loads a bot into the given room with the following info: room, name, avatar, and homepage. !bot remove roomid - Unloads a bot from the given room. !bot restart roomid - Reloads a bot in the given room. !bot info roomid [name|BLANK] [avatar|BLANK] [homepage|BLANK] - Edits info of bot at a given room. Note: | means OR, so name OR BLANK (Blank means extra space) Checkers: Bottom color is always first, whoever's name is posted first in a game, it means they are white and it's their turn. Top color is always second, if your name isn't posted first in a game, it means they are black and their turn is after the first. Multiple Jumps must always be completed, it will remain the persons turn until they complete their multiple jumps. Pieces act on force jump rules, which means if a piece can jump over another, it must jump that piece, or you will have to use another piece. A counter will be displayed next to your name on how many pieces you have captured as well. From here on, it's pretty standard American checker rules. Commands: !checker surrender - To surrender to your opponent.

Making your own command processor In this function: function Receive(u, j) { add: if(j.action == 'message') { doCommands(j.elements.t, u); return; } then add something like this: doCommands(u, m) { let i,id if(!m) return; // ignore blank messages if(m.charAt(0) != '@') return; // first character must be @ m = m.toLowerCase().substr(1).split(' '); // Split the command line into an array switch(m[0]) { case 'start' : main(); // call game main to restart break; case "add": case 'invite' : if(m[1] == 'off') { delete this.bot.invited; return; } // turn off invite mode if(!this.bot.invited) this.bot.invited = {}; // invited mode on id = this.xInt(m[1]); if(id && this.bot.users[id]) { this.bot.invited[id] = true; return; } id = m[1].toLowerCase(); for(i in this.bot.users) if(id == this.bot.users[i].regname) { this.bot.invited[i] = true; return; } this.bot.sendMessage(m[1].replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9_]/g, '')+' not in the chat'); break; case "remove": case "uninvite": if(!this.bot.invited) return; id = this.xInt(m[1]); if(id && this.bot.invited[id]) { delete this.bot.invited[id]; return; } id = m[1].toLowerCase(); for(i in this.bot.users) if(id == this.bot.users[i].regname) { delete this.bot.invited[i]; return; } break; case "list": let cMsg = ''; if(!this.bot.invited) cMsg = "Invites are off"; else { for(id in this.bot.invited) cMsg += (this.bot.users[id].regname ? this.bot.users[id].regname : id)+' '; if(cMsg) cMsg = "Invited users: "+cMsg; else cMsg = "No invited users"; } this.bot.sendMessage(cMsg); break; } } This is a basic command manager. You can add commands if you want or change the messages. You could also add if(u != 42) // Only allow 42 to control this game { bot.sendMessage("You need to know the answer to xat, the universe and everything to control this game!"); return; } Note do not use lib.Init({Commands:'on'}); or the library will handle commands for you

Put coding tutorials here This section is meant for coders

Make your own game Fire up a codepen app eg: https://codepen.io/xatcom/pen/pQOWyZ?editors=0010 Find this line let sm = ['smile','biggrin','wink','eek','tongue','cool','mad','confused','redface','frown','crying','sleepy','rolleyes','d','vampire','pirate2']; in the JS window Change the name of the smilies to your fav xat smilies You should see the new smilies appear in the debug games (there may be a delay due to a bug in canvas) Then run the game on your chat with the "Run appbot on chat" button You can use the button to save your work on codepen

If you have a tutorial please put it here. I'll ask the wiki staff to put them on the wiki then where they can be kept up to date and translated.

Getting started Fire up a codepen app eg: https://codepen.io/xatcom/pen/pQOWyZ?editors=0010 mychat is the name of the chat where you want the appbot to run myname is a xat registered user name (probably needs to be different from your main ID) (In the future it may need the appbot power and days) a2bb8a73336665ba5 is the apikey for "myname". you can get that at xat.com/login under Security settings (Never share your api key, no one needs it. If you do you can change it at any time) Press the "Run appbot on chat" button Go to your group (mychat) and member your bot (MYBOT) Make sure anyone who wants to play use the html5 version of your chat eg xat.com/mychat?new And then they run the Canvas app, Click (in the chat, to the right of the smilie line): Then click: Then press "Run appbot on chat" button again to start the app/game on your chat.

https://codepen.io/xatcom/pen/pQOWyZ?editors=0010 This is the Mk2 codepen. It allows you to debug apps without using a chat. It's a bit flaky still. You can edit your game and test it. When you are ready you can click the "Run appbot on chat" and try the game for real with real users.

What do you mean ?

Hopefully the 502 connection errors are now fixed.

https://codepen.io/xatcom/pen/pQOWyZ?editors=0010 Canvas updated to: v2.19 (tween issue fixed) Bug in bot fixed

https://codepen.io/xatcom/pen/pQOWyZ?editors=0010 updated Adds commands @invite tom2 @list @remove tom2 There is of course not much point in this with the match game Not well tested

xat is trialing a system to allow users to write xat apps and games. Example uses: Games Quizzes Chat rules, stats etc Mod of the month Custom Polls Maverick has his Cardmatch game running on xat_test : https://xat.com/xat_test?new Why don't you take a look?

You don't think its tedious inviting ppl rather than all can play ?

Like invite etc ?