start.js

try {
  const uno_deck = require('../../../../helpers/others/uno_deck.json');
  const { unoCards } = require('../../../../helpers/others/uno_cards.json');
  const { shuffle } = require('../../../../helpers/others/functions.js');
  const kv = require('../../../../helpers/kv/functions.js');
  const messages = require('../../../../helpers/channels/messages/functions.js');

  // debugging
  // console.log(context)

  // get channel id from context (this is the channel where the game is being played)
  let { gameChannel } = context.params.game

  // get guild id
  let { guild_id } = context.params.event

  // get playerlist from context (array of player objects)
  let playerlist = context.params.game.players

  // create starting deck
  let startingDeck = await shuffle(uno_deck);

  // create draw pile
  let drawPile = [];

  // create player hands
  let playerHands = [];

  // deal 7 cards to each player
  // let  playerHands = playerlist.map(player => {
  //   let hand = [];
  //   for (let i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
  //     hand.push(startingDeck.pop());
  //   }
  //   return {
  //     id: player.id,
  //     hand: hand
  //   }
  // })
  for (let i = 0; i < playerlist.length; i++) {
    playerHands[i] = startingDeck.slice(0, 7);
  }

  // create discard pile
  let discardPile = [];

  // add first card to discard pile
  discardPile.push(startingDeck.pop());

  // pick a random player from playerlist that starts the game
  let startingPlayer = playerlist[Math.floor(Math.random() * playerlist.length)];

  // create game object
  let game = {
    channel: gameChannel, // channel where the game is being played
    playerlist: playerlist, // array of player objects
    playerHands: playerHands, // object with player ids as keys and arrays of cards as values
    drawPile: drawPile, // draw pile is empty at the start of the game
    discardPile: discardPile, // discard pile has one card at the start of the game
    currentPlayer: startingPlayer, // player object of the player that starts the game
    direction: 1, // reverse
    drawTwo: 0, // +2
    skip: 0, // skip
    wildColor: null, // color change because of wildcard
    colorChangeBy: null, // player who changed the color
    wildDrawFour: 0, // +4
    playersWithUno: [], // array of player ids that have uno
    unoCalled: [], // array of player ids that called uno
    unoMissedCalled: false, // did someone notice that a player missed calling uno?
    unoMissedCalledBy: null, // player who noticed that someone missed calling uno
  };

  // debugging
  console.log(game);
  console.log(game.playerHands);

  // save game to kv
  await kv.set(`gameDetails-UNO-${guild_id}-${gameChannel}`, game, 604800 /* a week */);


  // TODO add buttons to starting message
  // labels: enhancement
  // assignees: larssieboy18
  // lines: 86,105

  // send starting message to game channel
  let startingMessage = await messages.create(gameChannel, '', [
    {
      title: "UNO",
      description: `**<@${startingPlayer.id}>** starts the game!`,
      color: 0x00ff00,
      fields: [
        {
          name: "Current Card",
          value: `${discardPile[0]}`,
          inline: true,
        },
        {
          name: "Current Player",
          value: `${startingPlayer.name}`,
          inline: true,
        },
      ],
    }
  ], []);

  // debugging
  console.log(startingMessage)

  // did an error occur?
  return false

} catch (errorStartingGame) {
  console.error(errorStartingGame)
  return errorStartingGame
}