How it works
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The Octopod management system works with two programs:

* **Octopod:Play**, a management interface  the game master
* the **Daemon**, running on all computers to communicate with Octopod:Play and locally execute commands sent by Octopod:Play

Octopod:Play allows the game master to:

* download, install and update games
* create and launch game sessions
* collect and display scores  a game session

When creating an game session in Octopod:Play, the game master can specify:

* which computer is the **server** (mandatory)
* which computers are the **players** (mandatory)
* which computer is the **spectator** (optional): the spectator view allows the game
* master to observe the ongoing session and optionally send input if needed
* **options** every computer

The game master can then launch the session with a single button, causing all selected
machines to locally launch the game by executing the console command defined in the
**manifest** (see below).

.. figure:: ../_static/launcher-sessions-1.png
   :alt: Sessions displayed into Octopod:Play

.. figure:: ../_static/launcher-sessions-2.png
   :alt: Sessions configuration into Octopod:Play