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+"use client";
+// all of this in a client component for now to easily handle socket events
+
+import { Chessboard } from "react-chessboard";
+import { IconCopy } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import Image from "next/image";
+
+const pgn = "1. e4 e5 2. f3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nxe4 5. Qxe4+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7";
+
+export default function Game() {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex w-full flex-wrap justify-center gap-6 px-4 py-10 lg:gap-10 2xl:gap-16">
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-1">
+        <div className="flex w-full items-center gap-1">
+          <div className="avatar">
+            <div className="w-10 rounded-md">
+              <Image src="/assets/default_avatar.png" alt="avatar" width={32} height={32} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          nize
+        </div>
+
+        <Chessboard
+          boardWidth={500}
+          /* 350 for mobile, 500 for md up (^768px screen), 550 for 2xl up (^1536px), 600 for ^1920px  */
+          customDarkSquareStyle={{ backgroundColor: "#4b7399" }}
+          customLightSquareStyle={{ backgroundColor: "#eae9d2" }}
+        />
+
+        <div className="flex w-full items-center gap-1">
+          <div className="avatar">
+            <div className="w-10 rounded-md">
+              <Image src="/assets/default_avatar.png" alt="avatar" width={32} height={32} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          gwapo
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex max-w-lg flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4">
+        <div className="mb-auto flex w-full flex-col items-end justify-center gap-1">
+          Invite friends:
+          <div className="badge badge-md gap-1 font-mono">
+            <IconCopy size={16} />
+            ches.su/game/123abc
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="mb-auto w-full">
+          {pgn
+            .split(/\d+\./)
+            .filter((move) => move.trim() !== "")
+            .map((moveSet, i) => {
+              const moves = moveSet.trim().split(" ");
+              return (
+                <div className="flex w-full items-center gap-1" key={i + 1}>
+                  <div className="badge badge-md">{i + 1}</div>
+                  <div className="badge badge-md">{moves[0]}</div>
+                  <div className="badge badge-md">{moves[1]}</div>
+                </div>
+              );
+            })}
+        </div>
+        <div className="h-80 w-full min-w-fit">
+          <div className="bg-base-300 flex h-full w-full min-w-[64px] flex-col rounded-lg p-4 shadow-sm">
+            chatbox
+            <input type="text" placeholder="Chat here..." className="input mt-auto" />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="w-full">observer list</div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/game/page.tsx b/client/src/app/game/page.tsx
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+import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
+
+export default function GameEmpty() {
+  redirect("/");
+}