🎮 Real-Time Multiplayer Tic-Tac-Toe Game (MERN Stack)

A full-stack real-time multiplayer Tic-Tac-Toe web game powered by the MERN stack. It includes real-time chat integration using Stream Chat API, user authentication, session management, and a smooth multiplayer game experience. Deployed on AWS EC2 using Docker, this project showcases my ability to build scalable, interactive web applications with secure backend functionality and real-time features.

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🧠 What I Built

• 👨‍💻 A real-time multiplayer game using WebSockets via Stream Chat
• 🔒 Secure authentication using JWT and sessions
• 📦 Backend APIs built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
• 🧑‍🎨 Interactive UI using React.js
• 🐳 Production-ready deployment using Docker on an AWS EC2 instance

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🌐 Live Demo

Hosted on AWS EC2:
🔗 http://13.235.79.12:5005/

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📸 Screenshots

📝 Register Page

🎮 Create & Join Game Page

🧠 Game Interface

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 User registration and login with encrypted password storage
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Create or join private/public games via unique room codes
• 🔄 Real-time gameplay and messaging via Stream Chat
• 🧠 Game logic: win-checking, draw detection, and score tracking
• 🌍 Responsive UI for both desktop and mobile
• 📦 Dockerized for consistent deployment

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⚙️ Tech Stack

💻 Frontend:

• React.js
• Tailwind CSS (if used)

🖥️ Backend:

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB (via Mongoose)
• JWT & Express Session for Authentication

📡 Real-Time & Chat:

• Stream Chat API

🐳 DevOps:

• Docker
• AWS EC2
• PM2 (optional for running Node server in production)

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📦 Dependencies

"dependencies": {
  "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
  "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
  "connect-mongo": "^5.1.0",
  "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
  "cors": "^2.8.5",
  "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
  "envalid": "^8.0.0",
  "express": "^4.19.2",
  "express-session": "^1.18.0",
  "http-errors": "^2.0.0",
  "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
  "mongoose": "^8.3.3",
  "morgan": "^1.10.0",
  "stream-chat": "^8.31.0",
  "uuid": "^9.0.1",
  "pnpm": "^10.7.1"
}