Officialfest

This is a fan-made, read-only Flask version of the old Hammerfest website written in Flask with a sqlite3 database.

The original PHP website and Flash game were made by Motion Twin. Hammerfest was closed in November 2023.

It's not possible to play the original game with this server because the game-related backend is not implemented.

If you want to play Hammerfest, you can go to Eternalfest where you can play the original levels and many more! You can join the Hammerfest Discord too.

Running the server

Prerequisites

Python3 is required to run the server.

python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
# If you want to run the server in ES or EN language, you must compile translations
pybabel compile -d officialfest/translations/

Creating the database

The SQL file officialfest/schema.sql contains a script to initialize the sqlite3 database.

You can initialize the database from from scratch with the following command:

flask --app officialfest init-db

Starting the server

You can start the server in a few different ways.

Using Flask development server:

flask --app officialfest run

Using the Gunicorn HTTP WSGI server:

gunicorn 'officialfest:create_app()'

Features

Implemented

• most of the original pages / routes are implemented,
• most if not all static content (images, css, etc.) should be there too,
• access to user public data through /user.html/[id]
• access to public forum threads and messages
• access to public rankings

Features that will not be implemented

Again, you will not be able to play the game with this server. Also, since this is only a read-only version, you also cannot:

• create or delete an account,
• login / logout (sessions are not implemented),
• post new threads and messages in the forum,
• improve your score, go up the rankings, etc. anything related to playing the actual game.

Other differences with the original website

• user profile doesn't show email address
• banner shows non-affiliation with Motion Twin
• forum displays the year when a message was posted
• search function parameters include author and dates
• search function results lead to the right thread page
• search function results show date
• search function results include a previsualisation item
• timeattack score is always displayed correctly

TODO

• Implement access to private forum themes
• Add missing ES / EN translations