Games with Friends YAY!
Some "local-first" web games designed for social gatherings—specifically bluffing and dice games that run strictly on the internal hardware.
Figure 1: The central games landing page, providing quick access to the entire suite.
The Games Suite
I've built three primary titles current served via the internal Nginx layer:
🎲 Mäxchen (Dice Game)
A classic German dice game reimagined for mobile browsers. It features interactive dice rolling and a "swipe to peek" mechanic that mimics a real dice cup.
Figure 2: The dice game UI. Click the image to see how the 'swipe' mechanic is handled visually on mobile.
🃏 Snap Bluff (Card Passing)
A "pass-the-phone" style game focusing on player intuition and deception.
Figure 3: Card view in Snap Bluff. I am currently working on making this scale better for 16:9 desktop resolutions.
The Tech Stack
These games are built using pure HTML5, CSS3, and Vanilla JavaScript.
- No Frameworks: Keeping them lightweight means they load instantly even on the modest J4105.
- Service Discovery: Each game is served under
games.home.websters.atvia Traefik. - Offline Capable: They are designed as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
Accessing the Games
If you are on the local network, you can access the live suite here: