Vindinium-TV [1] is a simple Python program that will show you games being played at vindinium.org [2], in your console, in real time.
This is how it generally looks like:
=========[ 7wfrf2yo ]=========
{ ## ######## ## } BTBot (1430)
{ ## #### ## } 72hp 1041g 6m
{ $4 $2 }
{## ## ## #### ## ## ##} BTBot (1430)
{## []$1## #### ##$3[] ##} 12hp 1456g 2m
{ @2 }
{ $1######$3 $3######$3 } Mini-Me (1638)
{ $1######$3 @3$3######$4 } 6hp 1047g 6m
{ @4 }
{##@1[]$1## #### ##$1[] ##} Hoprafopra (1501)
{## ## ## #### ## ## ##} 98hp 871g 2m
{ $1 $2 }
{ ## #### ## }
{ ## ######## ## }
>>>>>>>>[ 1179/1200 ]>>>>>>>>=
... except the actual program is animated.
Install Python 3 and the aiohttp library [3].
After that, obtain vindinium-tv either at [1], or directly via mercurial like this:
hg clone http://hg.tx97.net/vindinium-tv/Simply run the vindinium-tv script; it will show you one of the currently playing games on vindinium.org; once that game is finished, vindinium-tv will switch to the next game (this is why the program is called "TV"; it will play non-stop, as long as vindinium.org is up).
Aside from playing in the TV mode, vindinium-tv can do a few more tricks; here’s its usage with a brief explanation:
Usage: vindinium-tv [-h] [-u userid] [gameid]
Arguments:
[gameid] load this game for manual viewing
Options:
-h show this help
-u userid only show games with this user
Key bindings:
'q', escape exit the program
'H', home rewind the game to the first frame
'L', end show game's last available frame
'h', left show previous frame
'l', right show next frame
'j', pgdown jump 4 frames forward
'k', pgup jump 4 frames backward
space toggle pause
enter quit this game, load the next one