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Jarlmoor Game Template

by PN Scripts

The complete source of Jarlmoor, a Brandubh tafl board game with an alpha-beta computer opponent, a six-match saga and two-player mode.

  • JavaScript
  • Canvas 2D
  • Web Audio
  • Playwright
  • Coming soon

Coming soon

Not published on its store yet, so there is no buy or download link. PN Scripts does not take payment for it here.

Game templates
The opening position with the jarl on the throne

What it solves

The gap

Asymmetric board games are hard to balance against a computer, because one side is easier to play well.

What it is

This template gives the computer separate search depths for attack and defence and lets the player try both sides in turn, so each level stays fair.

How you use it

Unzip, serve the folder and open index.html, then edit game.js; npm test plays it again in headless Chrome.

Source code of a real, playable game to reskin and learn from, with a smoke test whose bot plays it.

Who it is for

Use it when

  • Publishing a traditional or abstract board game, or any turn-based game that needs a small game-tree AI.
  • Learning how a complete Brandubh tafl board game is built in plain JavaScript and Canvas 2D.
  • Building a branded mini-game for a client.

Built for

  • Web and indie game developers who know some JavaScript.
  • Developers who want a finished, tested game to build on instead of a blank canvas.

What you get

Captures in one pass

After a move, the four neighbours of the moved piece are checked for an enemy with a friendly piece, a corner or the empty throne behind it; the jarl has his own capture test that only runs after a raider moves.

Counting roads home

The evaluation counts the corners the jarl can reach in one and in two moves, so raiders learn to close the edges before a fork appears.

No build step

Plain JavaScript and Canvas 2D; open index.html through any static server and edit game.js.

A smoke test

A headless Chrome test loads the game, checks the console, presses keys and taps, and lets the built-in bot play a run to its result screen.

Specs

Availability
Coming soon
Vendor
PN Scripts
Type
Template
Platforms
JavaScript
Pricing
One-time purchase Price to be announced.
License
PN Scripts Template Licence 1.0
Deployment
Download (ZIP of source code)
Maturity
v1.0.0

Compatibility

Platform or runtime Supported versions Tested up to
Node.js 22.12 or newer Not stated

Stack

  • JavaScript
  • Canvas 2D
  • Web Audio
  • Playwright

The Jarlmoor template is coming soon

The template is finished and tested. It is not on sale yet; this page will say where to get it when it is.

Coming soon

Not published on its store yet, so there is no buy or download link. PN Scripts does not take payment for it here.

Questions

Make and sell any number of your own games from it, and build games for clients. You may not resell or share the source code itself (PN Scripts Template Licence 1.0).

Any static web server to run the game, and some JavaScript. Node.js 22.12 or newer and Google Chrome run the smoke test.

No ad or portal SDK. The game text is in English and Bulgarian, chosen from the browser language. It is tested in desktop Chrome and a phone-sized Chrome viewport with touch, not yet on iOS Safari, Firefox or a real phone.

The code was written with AI assistance and checked by PN Scripts with automated tests. All visuals and sounds are generated by code; there are no AI-generated image or audio files.

It is not on sale yet. When it is, this page will link to the store; PN Scripts does not take payment on this site.