diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..723ef36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
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index 0000000..4595213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+worker: bin/bot
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
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index 0000000..fce0290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package alasbot
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type Bot struct {
+	Game Game
+	Chat Chat
+}
+
+type Game interface {
+	PlayerCount() (int, int, error)
+}
+
+type Chat interface {
+	OnMessage(func(author, message string) string)
+}
+
+func (bot Bot) Start() {
+
+	bot.Chat.OnMessage(func(author, message string) string {
+		if message == "!server" {
+			count, max, err := bot.Game.PlayerCount()
+			if err != nil {
+				return "Sorry, could not get player count: " + err.Error()
+			}
+
+			return fmt.Sprintf("There are %v/%v players connected", count, max)
+		}
+		return ""
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/bot/main.go b/cmd/bot/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b94124d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/bot/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tlanfer/alasbot"
+	"github.com/tlanfer/alasbot/plugins/discord"
+	"github.com/tlanfer/alasbot/plugins/sevendays"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	game := sevendays.New(os.Getenv("SEVEN_DAYS_SERVER"))
+	chat, _ := discord.New(os.Getenv("BOT_TOKEN"))
+
+	bot := alasbot.Bot{
+		Game: game,
+		Chat: chat,
+	}
+
+	bot.Start()
+	for _ = range time.Tick(30 * time.Second) {
+		fmt.Println("still alive...")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c437f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/tlanfer/alasbot
+
+go 1.14
+
+require github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.22.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0c6772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.22.0 h1:uBxY1HmlVCsW1IuaPjpCGT6A2DBwRn0nvOguQIxDdFM=
+github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo v0.22.0/go.mod h1:c1WtWUGN6nREDmzIpyTp/iD3VYt4Fpx+bVyfBG7JE+M=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0 h1:WDFjx/TMzVgy9VdMMQi2K2Emtwi2QcUQsztZ/zLaH/Q=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181030102418-4d3f4d9ffa16 h1:y6ce7gCWtnH+m3dCjzQ1PCuwl28DDIc3VNnvY29DlIA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181030102418-4d3f4d9ffa16/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
diff --git a/plugins/discord/client.go b/plugins/discord/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fae96fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discord/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package discord
+
+import (
+	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
+	"github.com/tlanfer/alasbot"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func New(token string) (alasbot.Chat, error) {
+	dg, err := discordgo.New(token)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	dg.Identify.Intents = discordgo.MakeIntent(discordgo.IntentsGuildMessages | discordgo.IntentsDirectMessages)
+
+	err = dg.Open()
+
+	return &discordClient{
+		dg: dg,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type discordClient struct {
+	dg *discordgo.Session
+}
+
+func (d *discordClient) OnMessage(f func(author, message string) string) {
+	d.dg.AddHandler(func(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageCreate) {
+
+		user := m.Author.Username
+		message := m.Content
+
+		response := f(user, message)
+
+		if response != "" {
+			_, err := s.ChannelMessageSend(m.ChannelID, response)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println("failed to respond:", err)
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/sevendays/client.go b/plugins/sevendays/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85ba8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sevendays/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package sevendays
+
+import (
+	"github.com/tlanfer/alasbot"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	PlayerCount = "CurrentPlayers"
+	MaxPlayers = "MaxPlayers"
+)
+
+type client struct {
+	addr string
+}
+
+func New(addr string) alasbot.Game {
+	return &client{
+		addr: addr,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *client) PlayerCount() (int, int, error) {
+	props, err := c.props()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, err
+	}
+
+	count, err := strconv.Atoi(props[PlayerCount])
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, -1, err
+	}
+
+	max, err := strconv.Atoi(props[MaxPlayers])
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return -1, -1, err
+	}
+
+	return count, max, nil
+}
+
+func (c *client) props() (map[string]string, error) {
+
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", c.addr)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(conn)
+
+	lines := strings.Split(string(bytes), ";")
+
+	properties := map[string]string{}
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		parts := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 2)
+		if len(parts) == 2 {
+			properties[parts[0]] = parts[1]
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return properties, nil
+}