A real-time multiplayer game where players guess whether a political headline is real or AI-generated.

• Mix of real and AI-generated news
• Random Manipulator each round
• Manipulator knows the truth and tries to mislead
• Citizens vote REAL or FAKE
• Live vote tracking
• Automatic timers, reveal, and next rounds
• Score system + leaderboard

• Frontend: React + TypeScript + Vite
• Backend: Node.js + Express + Socket.IO
• Python: Pandas + OpenAI API
• Dataset: News Category Dataset

npm install
cd server
npm install
pip install pandas python-dotenv openai

Create server/.env:

GPT_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key
PYTHON_CMD=py
ROUND_TIME_SECONDS=30
REVEAL_TIME_SECONDS=6

get_runner.py
generate_fake.py
News_Category_Dataset_v3.json
.env
server.js

npm run server
npm run dev

npm run dev -- --host --port=5173
npx cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:5173

cd server
npm run server
npx cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:3001

Cloudflare will generate public URLs. Share those links with others.

1. Players join a room
2. Game starts
3. Each round:
   • One random player = Manipulator
   • First half of rounds = real news
   • Second half = AI-generated
   • Manipulator sees the truth
4. Citizens vote
5. Reveal happens:
   • Manipulator can reveal early
   • OR auto reveal after timer
6. Scores update:
   • Citizens get points for correct votes
   • Manipulator gets points for fooling people
7. Next round starts automatically

• Manipulator cannot vote
• Only manipulator can manually reveal
• Votes only count from citizens
• Game auto-progresses

npm run dev
npm run server

• Make sure dataset is in /server
• Make sure .env key is correct
• Python must be available as py or python

MIT