daphne added to dependencies; still reliant on uvicorn, as the former is now used solely as a channels testing req'ment; new consumer model in apps.epic.consumers to handle _gatekeeper partial functionality, permitting access to room once token costs met; new .routing urlpattern to accomodate; new tests.integrated.test_consumer IT cases ensure this functionality

src/apps/epic/consumers.py

@@ -1 +1,18 @@
-# RoomConsumer goes here
+from channels.generic.websocket import AsyncJsonWebsocketConsumer
+
+
+class RoomConsumer(AsyncJsonWebsocketConsumer):
+    async def connect(self):
+        self.room_slug = self.scope["url_route"]["kwargs"]["room_slug"]
+        self.group_name = f"room_{self.room_slug}"
+        await self.channel_layer.group_add(self.group_name, self.channel_name)
+        await self.accept()
+
+    async def disconnect(self, close_code):
+        await self.channel_layer.group_discard(self.group_name, self.channel_name)
+
+    async def receive_json(self, content):
+        pass # handlers added as events introduced
+
+    async def gate_update(self, event):
+        await self.send_json(event)