feat: 2026 class will hopefully run better

gameloop.py

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+import asyncio
+import websockets
+
+DEFAULT_SERVER_URL = "wss://connect4.abunchofknowitalls.com"
+
+from agent import Agent
+
+async def gameloop(socket):
+  player = Agent()
+
+  while True:  # While game is active, continually anticipate messages
+    message = (await socket.recv()).split(":")  # Receive message from server
+
+    match message[0]:
+      case "CONNECT":
+        await socket.send("READY")
+
+      case "GAME":
+        if message[1] == "START":
+          if message[2] == "1":
+            # calculate_move is some arbitrary function you have created to figure out the next move
+            col = player.calculate_move(None)
+            await socket.send(f"PLAY:{col}")
+        if (message[1] == "WINS") | (message[1] == "LOSS") | (message[1] == "DRAW") | (message[1] == "TERMINATED"):
+          print(message[0] + ":" + message[1])
+          player.reset()
+          await socket.send("READY")
+
+      case "OPPONENT":
+        # Opponent has gone; calculate next move
+        col = player.calculate_move(message[1])
+        await socket.send(f"PLAY:{col}")  # Send your move to the sever
+
+      case "ERROR":
+        print(f"{message[0]}: {':'.join(message[1:])}")
+
+  await socket.close()
+
+
+async def join_server(username, server_url):
+  async with websockets.connect(server_url, ping_interval=30, ping_timeout=30) as socket:
+    await socket.send(f"CONNECT:{username}")
+    await gameloop(socket)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  server_url = (
+    input(f"Enter server address [{DEFAULT_SERVER_URL}]: ").strip()
+    or DEFAULT_SERVER_URL
+  )
+  username = input("Enter username: ")
+  asyncio.run(join_server(username, server_url))