A modern, real-time Go (Weiqi/Baduk) game platform built with React and Node.js. Play Go online with friends around the world with advanced time controls, multiple board sizes, and intelligent game type management.
🌐 Play Now: https://play.gosei.xyz
Try it live! The production version is fully deployed and ready for tournament-quality Go games.
Latest Update: Tablet Stone Placement Enhancement - Mobile-style touch-to-preview stone placement now available on tablet devices for consistent cross-device experience.
Status: Production Ready ✅ | Last Updated: December 2024
- Touch-to-Preview: Tablets now use mobile's proven stone placement workflow
- Confirmation Button: "Place" button prevents accidental stone placement on tablets
- Position Indicators: Clear Go coordinate display (e.g., "D4") for preview positions
- Enhanced Touch Targets: 32px minimum touch areas for comfortable tablet interaction
- Responsive Design: Optimized button sizing and visual feedback for tablet screens
- Device Detection: Tablets (768px-1024px) now included in touch device logic
- Unified Event Handling: Consistent touch/click behavior across mobile and tablet
- CSS Optimization: Tablet-specific media queries with enhanced touch targets
- Cross-Device Consistency: Unified experience across all touch-enabled devices
- One-Click Restart: Request "play again" directly from the game completion modal
- Settings Preservation: Maintains all original game settings (time controls, board size, handicap, scoring rules)
- Automatic Navigation: Smooth transition to new game when opponent accepts
- Real-time Communication: Instant notifications for play again requests and responses
- Professional UX: Loading states, animations, and clear status feedback
- UUID-Based Game IDs: Proper game identification system (no more timestamp IDs)
- State Synchronization: Flawless game state management across clients
- Handicap Support: Full support for handicap games with proper stone placement
- localStorage Management: Clean data handling and persistence
- Error Resilience: Comprehensive error handling and recovery
- Server-Authoritative Timing: Complete elimination of client-server desynchronization
- Automatic Byo-Yomi Entry: Players seamlessly transition from main time to byo-yomi
- Automatic Period Consumption: Periods consumed automatically when expired
- Professional Tournament Standards: Tournament-grade timing accuracy
- Perfect Multi-Client Sync: All players see identical timer values
- Zero Manual Intervention: Everything works automatically
- Instant Requests: Send play again requests from the game completion modal
- Smart Acceptance: Accept or decline opponent's play again requests
- Setting Preservation: All game configurations maintained in new game
- Seamless Transition: Automatic navigation to new game when ready
- Loading Feedback: Professional loading states with animations
- Error Handling: Robust error recovery and user feedback
- Server-Authoritative Timing: All calculations performed on server for perfect synchronization
- Automatic Byo-Yomi Management:
- Seamless main time to byo-yomi transition
- Automatic period consumption when expired
- Immediate timer resets when moves made in byo-yomi
- Professional tournament-standard behavior
- Main Time: Traditional time allocation per player (flexible 0+ minutes)
- Byo-yomi: Japanese-style overtime periods with authentic reset behavior
- Fischer Increment: Time added after each move
- Per-Move Timing: Maximum time allowed per move (Blitz mode)
- Intelligent Defaults: Automatic time control setup based on game type
- Move-Based Time Tracking: Accurate time deduction only when moves are made
- Real-Time Synchronization: 500ms server updates ensure perfect timing accuracy
- Even Game: Traditional Go with equal starting positions
- Handicap Game: Balanced play with handicap stones for skill differences (2-9 stones)
- Teaching Game: Educational mode for learning and instruction
- Blitz Game: Fast-paced games with per-move time limits
- Rengo (Pair Go): Team-based gameplay (basic implementation)
- 9×9: Perfect for beginners (~20-30 min games)
- 13×13: Intermediate play (~45-60 min games)
- 19×19: Standard tournament size (~90-120 min games)
- 15×15: Traditional Korean size (~60-90 min games)
- 21×21: Extended board for unique gameplay (~120-150 min games)
- Japanese: Territory + captures (default komi: 6.5)
- Chinese: Territory + stones on board (default komi: 7.5)
- Korean: Similar to Japanese rules (default komi: 6.5)
- AGA: American Go Association rules (default komi: 7.5)
- Ing: Ing rules with unique features (default komi: 8.0)
- Real-time Multiplayer: Instant synchronization between players
- Responsive Design: Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile with unified touch experience
- Touch-Optimized Gameplay: Mobile and tablet devices use touch-to-preview stone placement
- Auto-save: Automatic game state preservation
- Board Themes: Multiple visual themes for the board
- Sound Effects: Audio feedback for stone placement
- Game Sharing: Easy game link sharing
- Ko Rule Enforcement: Complete implementation preventing infinite loops
Revolutionary server-authoritative timing system providing tournament-grade accuracy:
- Perfect Synchronization: All timer calculations performed on server
- 500ms Update Interval: Real-time updates every 500ms for smooth display
- Elimination of Client Drift: No more timing discrepancies between players
- Professional Accuracy: Tournament-standard timing precision
- Seamless Entry: Automatic transition when main time expires
- Smart Period Calculation: Handles extended thinking with proper period consumption
- Instant Resets: Timer resets immediately when moves made within byo-yomi
- Period Countdown: Continuous countdown through all available periods
- Automatic Timeout: Proper game ending when all periods exhausted
- Zero Manual Intervention: Everything works automatically
- Immediate Visual Feedback: All timer changes reflected instantly
- Clear Status Display: Players always know their exact time status
- Consistent Behavior: Identical timing experience across all clients
- Automatic State Transitions: Main time → byo-yomi → period consumption → timeout
- Duplicate Timer Prevention: Eliminated race conditions and timing conflicts
- Enhanced Event System: Immediate
byoYomiResetevents for all scenarios - Comprehensive Logging: Full debug tracking for monitoring and troubleshooting
- Display-Only Timing: Clients show server-provided values exclusively
- Enhanced Reset Detection: Multiple detection methods for reliable updates
- Eliminated Local Calculations: No more client-side timer logic
- Perfect Synchronization: All clients display identical values
- ✅ Timer Synchronization: "Time not synced between 2 players" - FIXED
- ✅ Byo-Yomi Entry: "Timer hang when first entering byo-yomi" - FIXED
- ✅ Period Consumption: "Periods not removed when expired" - FIXED
- ✅ Reset Display: Timer resets not showing immediately - FIXED
- ✅ Auto-Transition: Manual intervention requirements - ELIMINATED
- Traditional Japanese Byo-Yomi: Authentic period reset and consumption behavior
- Automatic State Management: No user intervention required
- Perfect Multi-Client Sync: Tournament-level reliability
- Comprehensive Error Handling: Robust under all conditions
- Production-Grade Performance: Optimized for concurrent games
- Traditional Japanese Rules: Moves within byo-yomi time reset the period to full time
- Period Consumption: Moves exceeding byo-yomi time consume a period and reset to full time
- Proper Timeout Handling: Players timeout with W+T or B+T when final period is exceeded
- Move-Based Time Tracking: Time deducted only when actual moves/passes are made
- Automatic Game Type Detection: Time per Move automatically switches between Even Game (0s) and Blitz Game (5s+)
- Smart Byo-yomi Defaults: Selecting any Byo-yomi period automatically sets time to 30 seconds
- Blitz Game Restrictions: Byo-yomi controls are disabled in Blitz games to prevent timing conflicts
- Context-Aware Help: Dynamic help text that explains current settings and restrictions
- Even/Handicap/Teaching Games: Automatically disable per-move timing, Fischer increment, and Byo-yomi for traditional play
- Blitz Games: Automatically disable Byo-yomi and set main time to 0 for pure per-move timing
- Visual Feedback: Clear indication when controls are disabled with explanatory help text
Simply visit https://play.gosei.xyz to start playing immediately! No installation required.
- Node.js 16+
- npm or yarn
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/gosei-play.git cd gosei-play -
Install dependencies
npm install
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Start the development server
npm start
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Start the backend server (in a separate terminal)
cd server npm install npm start -
Open your browser Navigate to
http://localhost:3000
npm run build- Enter your username
- Click "Create New Game"
- Configure game settings:
- Choose board size (9×9 to 21×21)
- Select game type (Even, Handicap, Teaching, Blitz)
- Set time controls (main time, byo-yomi, Fischer increment)
- Configure scoring rules (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, AGA, Ing)
- Set handicap stones (2-9 for handicap games)
- Click "Let's Play" to create the game
- Share the game link with your opponent
- Enter your username
- Paste the game link or enter the game ID
- Click "Join Game"
- Place Stone: Click on board intersections
- Pass: Skip your turn
- Undo: Request to undo the last move
- Resign: Forfeit the game
- Leave Game: Exit the game (opponent will be notified)
- Even Games: Use main time only, no per-move limits
- Blitz Games: Use per-move timing, main time set to 0
- Byo-yomi: Extra time periods after main time expires with automatic management
- Fischer: Time added after each move
- React 19 with TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS for styling
- Socket.io Client for real-time communication
- React Router for navigation
- Node.js with Express
- Socket.io for real-time multiplayer
- Server-Authoritative Timing: All timer logic on server
- In-memory game state management
- RESTful API for game operations
GameContext: Global game state managementGoBoard: Interactive game board componentGameInfo: Player information and controlsTimeControl: Professional-grade timing system with server synchronizationConfirmationModal: User action confirmations
- Server-Authoritative Timing: All calculations performed server-side
- Automatic Byo-Yomi Management: Complete automation of period transitions
- Perfect Client Synchronization: All players see identical timer values
- Tournament-Grade Accuracy: Professional-level timing precision
- Zero Manual Intervention: Everything works automatically
- Complete Board State Comparison: Prevents infinite capture loops
- Multi-Board Size Support: Works with all board sizes (9×9 to 21×21)
- Capture Simulation: Accurate move validation with liberty checking
- Production Ready: Comprehensive testing and documentation
- Standard Handicap Placement: Proper stone placement patterns for 2-9 stones
- Automatic Komi Adjustment: Komi adjustment for handicap games
- Color Preference: Choose your preferred color in handicap games
- Territory Calculation: Accurate territory and capture counting
- Dead Stone Marking: Interactive dead stone selection
- Multiple Rule Sets: Support for all major Go scoring systems
- Real-time Score Updates: Live score calculation during gameplay
- Server-Authoritative: All timing calculations performed on server
- Automatic Byo-Yomi: Seamless transitions and period management
- Move-Based Time Tracking: Accurate time deduction only when moves are made
- Professional Standards: Tournament-grade timing accuracy
- Perfect Synchronization: All clients display identical values
REACT_APP_SERVER_URL: Backend server URLPORT: Development server port
All game preferences are automatically saved to localStorage:
- Board size preferences
- Time control settings
- Scoring rule preferences
- Game type preferences
- Audio settings
- Comprehensive Testing: All timer scenarios thoroughly tested
- User Validation: Confirmed working by end users
- Tournament Standards: Professional-grade timing compliance
- Performance Optimized: Efficient for multiple concurrent games
- Error Handling: Robust error recovery and logging
- Complete Technical Docs: Comprehensive implementation documentation
- API Documentation: Full server API reference
- Troubleshooting Guide: Common issues and solutions
- Deployment Guide: Production deployment instructions
Professional-grade Go platform with tournament-quality timing system 🏆
"Think like a technical leader, if the app not working, we will be dead" - Mission accomplished! The app now works flawlessly with professional-grade timing accuracy. 💪
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request
- 🚀 Quick Start Guide - Start playing in minutes!
- 📋 Project Status - Current development status
- Game Type Time Control Behavior
- Time per Move Automatic Behavior
- Byo-yomi Automatic Behavior
- Blitz Game Byo-yomi Restrictions
- Move Storage System - How moves are stored and managed
- Ko Rule Implementation
- Time Tracking System
- Byo-yomi Implementation Summary
- Version History
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Built with modern web technologies for optimal performance
- Implements authentic Go rules and time controls
- Designed for competitive and casual play
- Powered by Diogenes Foundation - ShioDev