ok, maybe go with this Add simple Erlang Distribution example to `hello_network` by GregMefford · Pull Request #71 · nerves-project/nerves_examples · GitHub
hardcode the ‘judge’ node in a config
and then after the :net_kernel.start([node_name]) you can do the node.connect to judge
and then a single genserver, and the judge can dynamic config that a device should be a ‘respawn’ or ‘player_x’ (kept in genserver state) - and the devices then does remote calls to the judge according to their state and events..
