From 2104027c20c26e299aacbb9a450e6cbf5d09cfd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathew Sir Guest the best <mathew@zavage.net>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 22:46:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add howtoplay and about routes with placeholder
 templates

---
 app.py                   | 4 ++++
 handlers/about.py        | 6 ++++++
 handlers/howtoplay.py    | 6 ++++++
 templates/about.html     | 8 ++++++++
 templates/howtoplay.html | 8 ++++++++
 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 handlers/about.py
 create mode 100644 handlers/howtoplay.py
 create mode 100644 templates/about.html
 create mode 100644 templates/howtoplay.html

diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 6a0c2a3..510d8e8 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import tornado.web
 from db import get_engine, get_session_factory, init_db
 from handlers.main import MainHandler
 from handlers.game import GameHandler
+from handlers.howtoplay import HowToPlayHandler
+from handlers.about import AboutHandler
 from handlers.api import (
     CategoriesHandler,
     NewGameHandler,
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ def make_app(session_factory=None):
         [
             (r"/", MainHandler),
             (r"/game", GameHandler),
+            (r"/howtoplay", HowToPlayHandler),
+            (r"/about", AboutHandler),
             (r"/api/categories", CategoriesHandler),
             (r"/api/game/new", NewGameHandler),
             (r"/api/game/([^/]+)", GameStateHandler),
diff --git a/handlers/about.py b/handlers/about.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9605cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/about.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import tornado.web
+
+
+class AboutHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+    def get(self):
+        self.render("about.html")
diff --git a/handlers/howtoplay.py b/handlers/howtoplay.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d192b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/howtoplay.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import tornado.web
+
+
+class HowToPlayHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+    def get(self):
+        self.render("howtoplay.html")
diff --git a/templates/about.html b/templates/about.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..356a7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/about.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Word Search — About{% end %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<h2>About</h2>
+<p>About page coming soon.</p>
+{% end %}
diff --git a/templates/howtoplay.html b/templates/howtoplay.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83126e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/howtoplay.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Word Search — How to Play{% end %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<h2>How to Play</h2>
+<p>Instructions coming soon.</p>
+{% end %}