The Town of Odyssey

How to use it:
Bot commands begin with "^" these are used to start or stop one of the different games.
Once a game is running new game-specific commands beginning with "!" are available which are how you play.
"^help" and "!help" list the available bot and game commands respectively. (Bot commands will always be the same, game commands will depend on which game, if any, is currently active.)

Order of events:

• Load up a new game if one is not active (example: ^start Uno)
• Start a new instance of that game (!start)
• Have other players join and follow the instructions to play (!help lists commands)
• To change to a different game unload the current one first (example: ^stop Uno)
• Then load the new one (example: ^start ApplesToApples)
• Start a new instance of this new game (!start)

Note that if an active game is ended with "^stop" it does not delete the running game. The game state will be saved and unloaded, allowing for another one to be started up. The next time the previous game type is started it will resume the previous game where it left off. (This only works for one of each type of game. For example, you can save a game of Uno to change to Apples To Apples, but you can't have multiple games of Uno at the same time.) If you want to actually end a running game, not just pause and unload it, use the in-game "!end" command first before using the "^stop" bot command to change game types.

Important:
Please be sure to unload the current game with "^stop" if you are the last person to leave the channel and there is still a game loaded so the bot is not wasting resources trying to run a game with no active players. When no one is playing the bot should be idling in the default state of waiting for someone to run "^start" and load a game type. You can check what state the bot is in by using the "^list" command. If the bot is in the default state it will show only the list of available games and you are okay to leave the channel. If it shows the list of games and also a current game type it means a game module is still loaded; if this is the case please use "^stop" to unload the game shown before leaving the channel.


A few various notes:

• Apples To Apples allows players to drop in and out fluidly. New people can use "!join" while a game is already running to receive a hand of cards and be added right into the current round if judging has not begun yet or to the next round if it has. If a player needs to leave midgame, using "!quit" removes them so the others can keep playing. If someone left without quitting, another player can use "!del <username>" to remove them. If they return later and the same game is still going, they can use "!join" to jump back in with the same cards and score they had when they left.
• If you lag out and get disconnected or accidentally close your chat client you are not removed from the game. Reconnect to the Chatroom, rejoin the channel, and you can resume play from where you dropped out. You can use "!status" to see what stage the game is in, whose turn it is, and other information to get reoriented after coming back.
• As a fun hidden feature the bot can randomly choose something from a pair or list of options if asked with "GameBot, decide between A and B" or "GameBot, decide between A, B, etc, and E"