Acquire Board Game

Digital implementation of the classic Acquire board game, built entirely with Deno

Why This Project?

Exploring Deno's "code and go" philosophy - minimal configuration, built-in TypeScript, and serverless deployment. No node_modules or package.json.

Architecture

Engine

• Pattern: Action/Reducer for predictable state management
• State Management: Immutable game states with pure functions

REST API Service

• Framework: Hono
• Authentication: Simple JWT and whitelisted email addresses
• Persistence: Deno KV for game state storage
• Deployment: Deno Deploy (serverless)

Frontend

• Framework: Lit web components bundled with deno bundle
• Architecture: SPA connecting to REST API with simple browser api router

Local Development

deno task dev