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Summary: Gemini Protocol is a lot more versatile than people are led to believe; with complexity passed to the server side, there are already some board games and riddles available in Geminispace

THE Gemini Protocol is very, very simple. But it does facilitate user input, so some people have taken advantage of this to create stuff that's akin to Webform (in the World Wide Web). Abrasive types like to moan about if not troll Gemini for its simplicity, but simplicity itself can be immensely powerful (like chaining of UNIX programs).

"It didn't work as expected, but then again, this chess implementation (and/or the server) was recently overhauled."In the video above I've attempted to demonstrate how people can play chess with friends over Gemini Protocol. It didn't work as expected, but then again, this chess implementation (and/or the server) was recently overhauled. ⬆