Dispatch Rush · Arena 🏆

A live, multiplayer-flavored spin-off of Dispatch Rush for a gathering. It adds three things on top of the original game (which is left completely untouched):

1. Name gate — players type their name before they can start dispatching.
2. "Playing now" — a live list of who's currently on the board.
3. Hall of Fame — a shared leaderboard of top scores.

It's a static site (HTML/CSS/JS) — deploy it to GitHub Pages like the main game. The tiny bit of shared state (leaderboard + live presence) runs on a free Supabase project.

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Runs immediately (Local mode)

Open index.html and it just works. With no backend configured it runs in Local mode: the leaderboard and presence are stored in your browser only (great for a quick look, but not shared across devices).

To make it a real shared board for your gathering, do the 2-minute setup below.

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Go live in ~2 minutes (Supabase — free, no credit card)

Supabase's free tier needs no credit card, so it can never bill you — at the limit it simply pauses instead of charging. Perfect for a temporary event.

1. Create a project

   • Go to https://supabase.com → sign in with GitHub → New project.
   • Pick any name/region, set a database password (you won't need it), create.

2. Create the table + rules

   • Open SQL Editor → New query.
   • Paste the contents of supabase-setup.sql → Run.

3. Copy your keys

   • Project Settings → API.
   • Copy the Project URL and the anon public key.

4. Paste them into config.js

   window.ARENA_CONFIG = {
     SUPABASE_URL: "https://YOURPROJECT.supabase.co",
     SUPABASE_ANON_KEY: "eyJ...your anon key...",
     EVENT_NAME: "Dispatch Rush · Arena",
     EVENT_CODE: "",            // optional: a word players must type to post a score
     LEADERBOARD_SIZE: 25,
   };

5. Deploy (see below) and share the link. Done.

The anon key is meant to be public — it's safe in client-side code. What protects your data is Row-Level Security (already set up by the SQL): visitors can only read scores and insert their own; they can't edit, delete, or write out-of-range junk.

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Deploy to GitHub Pages

This folder is self-contained. Push these files to the repo root of a GitHub Pages site:

index.html          hall-of-fame.html
arena.js            config.js
supabase-setup.sql  .nojekyll

Then Settings → Pages → Source: main / root. Your site is at https://<user-or-org>.github.io/<repo>/.

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Keeping it safe & cheap (it's public)

• No credit card on the free tier ⇒ $0 guaranteed; it pauses, never bills.
• RLS blocks edits/deletes and re-validates every insert server-side.
• Names are length-capped (24) and stripped of control characters.
• Optional EVENT_CODE adds a soft gate so only your crowd can post scores.
• Nothing here is used for hiring — it's just for fun at the gathering.

Files

File	Purpose
index.html	The game + name gate + live presence + score submit
hall-of-fame.html	Live "playing now" list + leaderboard
arena.js	Shared backend helpers (Supabase with local fallback)
config.js	Your Supabase URL + anon key + branding
supabase-setup.sql	One-time table + security setup