Because the script never sleeps and runs on dedicated infrastructure, it can enforce rules automatically, balance teams, kick AFK players, and display complex data overlays.
The beauty of Script Haxball is that it transforms a single football game into a thousand different games. From zombie survival to bomber battles, the only limit is your JavaScript knowledge. So go ahead, find a scripted room, type !help , and see what the community has built. The ball is in your court—or rather, the code is in your hands.
Hey everyone! I just finished working on a new automation script for Haxball rooms. It’s designed to make room management much smoother without needing constant admin intervention. Key Features: Auto-Teams:
let auth = player.auth; // This is a unique string per computer Script Haxball
This is the fastest way to test a script.
The true power of scripting lies in what you can build on top of this foundation. The open-source community has created a vast array of projects that completely transform the game.
A Haxball script is a piece of JavaScript code that interfaces with the (Application Programming Interface). This API allows a server (often a Node.js server running on a VPS or a local machine) to create a room, listen for events (goal scored, player joins/leaves, chat messages), and execute actions based on those events. Because the script never sleeps and runs on
// Initialize the headless room const room = HBInit( roomName: "My Automated Script Room", maxPlayers: 10, public: true, noPlayer: true // The host account does not physically sit in the room ); // Event: Triggered when a new player enters room.onPlayerJoin = function(player) room.sendAnnouncement(`Welcome to the room, $player.name! Direct admin abuse or bugs to our Discord.`, null, 0x00FF00, "bold", 1); // Automatically give admin status to the creator (replace with your auth token) if (player.auth === "YOUR_ADMIN_AUTH_TOKEN_HERE") room.setPlayerAdmin(player.id, true); ; // Event: Automated team assignment room.onPlayerTeamChange = function(changedPlayer, byPlayer) console.log(`$changedPlayer.name changed teams.`); ; Use code with caution. Best Practices and Safety Considerations
Scripting even allows for entirely new genres within Haxball. The hax-climb project by jakjus is a server script for "Winky-type climbing maps," transforming the soccer game into a platforming challenge. It features a checkpoint system, a timer, leaderboards, and persistent stats stored in an SQLite database. This shows that with enough ingenuity, Haxball can become almost any kind of 2D online game you can imagine.
If you want to host a permanent community room, you must use the . The headless host runs a room inside a background browser instance without loading the graphical user interface. This drastically reduces lag and allows a script to take total control of the room logic. Key Capabilities of Headless Scripts So go ahead, find a scripted room, type
room.onGameStart = function() console.log("Game started!"); ;
It's a modular and powerful system, and npm packages like node-haxball and haxball.js can be used to build more complex projects outside the browser environment.