In early 2024, I spent a couple of afternoons digging up old
code, putting together a new renderer, and getting
everything in place. Rust code would extract the game’s
drawings, render them as SVGs, and produce a JSON manifest
file, while posting to Cohost would be handled in Python
using valknight’s
Cohost.py. I teased the bot’s existence with a screenshot of the
game’s infamous DRAINPIPE glitch puzzle, and a day later on
February 14th,
it went live.
I’d also snuck a few custom-made easter eggs into the pool
of drawings — I had to include a few renditions of
eggbug, the Cohost mascot, after all.
Luna wrote up a really nice post about her NES Pictionary bot that
covers both the implementation and the place it held in Cohost's
heart. I never engaged with the bot much, but I enjoyed seeing it
reblogged onto my feed with funny captions, so it's lovely to hear a
more thorough account of its history and see some of the most
impressive user submissions.
I think Luna made the right choice letting the bot end with the
site. It was part of the fabric there in a way it couldn't be
elsewhere. Good night, sweet robo-prince.
Luna wrote up a really nice post about her NES Pictionary bot that
covers both the implementation and the place it held in Cohost's
heart. I never engaged with the bot much, but I enjoyed seeing it
reblogged onto my feed with funny captions, so it's lovely to hear a
more thorough account of its history and see some of the most
impressive user submissions.
I think Luna made the right choice letting the bot end with the
site. It was part of the fabric there in a way it couldn't be
elsewhere. Good night, sweet robo-prince.
