Special ducks, ammunition, equipment, fatigue, shops and persistent progression reward regular play.
Deterministic IRC game
pyDuckHunt
A live hunt built to replay.
Fast channel play on the surface; deterministic transitions, durable state and private operator controls underneath.
- Status
- Public beta
- Runtime
- Python 3.11+
- Languages
- English · French
Current development line
THE CLASSIC IRC HUNT, ENGINEERED FOR RECOVERY
0.2.0-dev
public beta
pyDuckHunt turns the familiar channel game into a persistent season: ducks and special flights, equipment, fatigue, shops, bread attractions and duck calls.
Every accepted action can be replayed from the event journal. Scores survive restarts, while exact flight planning stays private to authenticated Owners.
24 daily base flights
Persistent progression
Event-sourced recovery
Owner-only planning
English / French
A digest-chained journal, atomic snapshots and deterministic transitions protect the game state.
Authenticated Owners can inspect exact flight plans and administer the game without leaking them in-channel.
The public beta is deliberately tagless for now: feedback and real play still shape the contract.
Controlled installation
Choose the language, then configure
The installer prepares a local environment and private configuration. It does not connect or start the bot.
Use --language en for English; omit it for the default French messages.
git clone https://github.com/teuk/pyDuckHunt.git
cd pyDuckHunt
./install.sh --language en
3 commands
local venv
no auto-start
Hunting live on EpiKnet
Coin hosts the French public beta on #i/o. It is a real game channel and a demanding operational test bed.
Expect careful evolution: the project has no tag or GitHub Release yet, and the repository remains the source of truth.
Channel: #i/o
Bot: Coin
Branch: main
Latest public commit
aa5ce78
Origins & credits
All our greetings and thanks go to MenzAgitat. This Python version is heavily inspired by the Duck Hunt running on #boulets on irc.epiknet.org.
Website: https://boulets.eggdrop.fr
Tcl scripts: https://boulets.eggdrop.fr/tcl/scripts/index.html
DuckHunt 2.11 Tcl: https://scripts.eggdrop.fr/details-Duck+Hunt-s228.html
Eggdrop aficionados may prefer MenzAgitat’s original Tcl scripts — version 3.x is coming, so stay tuned.
Special thanks to gaby
For testing Coin on #i/o, spotting bugs, and helping make the game better — one duck at a time.
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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