IO-Games

Youtube Demo: https://youtu.be/f04S7N4gTlE

• Hosted: https://io-games-jeff-wang.herokuapp.com/
• Browser based minigames built using Node.js, Express and Socket.io
• Mimics a client server environment using web sockets
• Client connections organized into unique rooms and can run independently
• Implemented a group chat feature, 3 unique minigames and score tracking

Features

Chat Features:

• Users can join different rooms by each entering a player name and the game id
• Users can assign themselves a unique identification color
• Users can send groupchat messages to other users in the room
• A notification is sent when a user joins or leaves the room
• Chatroom tracks the number of connected users, player name & player color
• Users can toggle chat display to show or hide the chat modal

Game Features:

• Score tracking modal displays in real-time
• Room connection is disabled while a game is in session
• Room states & display automatically reset at the end of each round
• User disconnection, empty room state and multi-round edge cases tested
• Blank tiles change to user color on click (Spam Colors)
• Interactive prompts display after user input (Party Blanks)
• Individual card type and info tracked and respond to client interactions (Hearts & Skulls)

How To Play

Spam Colors:

• Click the blank tiles to get +1 point
• Game end when all 100 tiles have been clicked
• Click the most tiles to win!

Party Blanks:

• Each player takes turns reading the prompt
• Remaining players have 1 chance to answer the prompt
• Once remaining players have answered, hit the reveal button to read the answers
• Prompt reader then selects their favourite answer for +1 point!
• Click the button to skip bad prompts or end the game

Hearts & Skulls:

• Each round players can place any combination of 2 hearts and 2 skulls
• At the end of each round, players bid for the highest # of flips
• The winning player randomly flips the same # of cards they had betted on
• Click the button to end the round
• If the player does not hit a skull after all their flips +1 point!
• If the player hits at least one skull -1 point

How to Test

$ npm ci
$ npm start

Local testing:

• Point your browser tabs to http://localhost:8080

Multiplayer testing:

• Forward port 8080 via router settings
• Point to your public IPv4 Address http://IPADDRESS:8080