Fast-Paced Real-Time Multiplayer Snake Arena Game

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🐍 Welcome to the Arena!

Tired of slow, single-player snake games? Squawk is your ultimate escape. Designed from the ground up for competitive multiplayer and LAN play, it delivers lightning-fast, high-frequency gameplay, smart AI bots, and an interactive cyberpunk design.

Customize your snake skin, compete against friends or bots, and climb to the top of the global leaderboard!

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🔥 Why Choose Squawk?

🎮 Unmatched Snake Action

• Real-Time Multiplayer Engine: Smooth, low-latency snake movements powered by ASP.NET Core SignalR WebSockets.
• Smart Growth AI Bots: Compete against intelligent bot players that dynamically hunt food and try to cut you off.
• Glowing Boost Aura: Sprint with style! Boosting activates a full-body glowing energy core and pulsing aura across all snake segments.

🎨 Cyberpunk Styling

Don't settle for boring screens. Immerse yourself!

• Arcade HUD & Custom Skins: Responsive HTML5 Canvas 2D engine with clean typography, metallic rank badges, and skin selectors.
• Sleek Customization: Choose your style and prepare your snake for battle.
• High-DPI Rendering: Silky smooth movement with client-side interpolation.

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🖥️ Powerful Yet Lightweight

Squawk isn't just a game client. It comes with a robust Windows Desktop Host that makes running and managing your server a breeze!

• 🚀 Lightning Fast API: High-performance tick rate driven by ASP.NET Core & SignalR.
• 🌐 Modern Client: Responsive React + TypeScript frontend served directly by the server.
• 📦 Easy Deployment: Packed into a single standalone executable (Squawk.exe). No external dependencies required!
• 🤖 Server Controls: WinForms GUI for starting the server and managing bot count in real-time.

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⚙️ How to Get Started

It's easier than ever to set up your own Squawk server:

1. Download: Get the compiled Squawk.exe executable.
2. Launch Host: Open the Squawk.exe desktop application.
3. Start Server: Click "Włącz Serwer" in the host GUI. It will listen on 0.0.0.0:5007 for LAN access and 127.0.0.1:5006.
4. Play: Open http://localhost:5007 (or the LAN IP shown) in your browser, log in, and enter the arena!

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🛠 Building from Source

To compile the entire client and bundle it into a standalone Squawk.exe:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\build_release.ps1

The script automatically:

1. Builds the React/Vite client (npm run build).
2. Embeds client assets and the Win32 icon (logo.ico) into the C# project.
3. Publishes a single-file self-contained Squawk.exe in the workspace folder.

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📂 Project Structure

Squawk/
├─ Client/                  # React + Vite + TypeScript frontend
│  ├─ src/
│  │  ├─ components/       # UI Components (Login, Dashboard, Game, Leaderboards)
│  │  ├─ game/             # Canvas 2D Game Renderer & Client State
│  │  └─ index.css         # Cyberpunk Arcade Design System
│  └─ package.json
├─ Server/                  # C# .NET 11 Backend Host
│  ├─ Data/                # EF Core DbContext & User entities
│  ├─ Game/                # GameEngine tick loop, physics & bot AI
│  ├─ Hubs/                # SignalR GameHub
│  ├─ Form1.cs             # WinForms Host Controller
│  └─ Server.csproj
├─ build_release.ps1        # Automated Single-File Executable Build Script
└─ Squawk.exe               # Standalone Ready-to-Run Executable

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🛠 For the Geeks (Tech Stack)

Built with passion and the latest technologies:

• Backend: .NET 11.0, ASP.NET Core, SignalR, Entity Framework Core, SQLite, Windows Forms
• Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Vite, HTML5 Canvas 2D API, Vanilla CSS

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👑 The Masterminds

• 👨‍💻 Hnato
• 🛠 ThomasWack