How it works

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).