Games Library

@abstractplay/gameslib contains TypeScript implementations of all Abstract Play games. The front end and back end load games through a small public API.

Documentation

• Meta-game catalog — alphabetical display names and metaGame uids (generated at docs build)
• Categories & tags — tag vocabulary and games per tag (categories.prose.md + generated lists)
• Creating games — workflow, choosing a base class, helpers, renderer, PR
• API — GameFactory, gameinfo, resolveGameFlags
• gameinfo metadata — schema (gameinfo.json), customizations, player palette tags
• Game object — GameBase contract, turn model, mixin hooks, and recordExportExclude for gamerecord export
• Flags — gameinfo flags reference
• Variants — optional rules, constraint fields, constructor helper
• Helpers — grids, graphs, serialization, and shared utilities
• i18n — translation files
• Examples by feature — which games use which helpers

Resources

• Renderer docs — board JSON schema
• Renderer playground — experiment with render() output
• Gameslib playground — run games in the browser
• Developer docs — platform overview and repository index
• Discord #dev-curious

Last verified against develop branch.

When changing GameBase, gameinfo.json, or public exports, update /docs in the same PR.