Team Co-Op

This is a tool to play RPG-like games with a big group of people.

1. All users who access the page will join as a player.
2. Each player takes a turn at giving an instruction to the game master, such as go north or pick up sword
3. The system will pick a random player each turn.
4. Press "Next Player" if someone is AFK

Features

Backend

• The backend is an express server written in node and uses socket.io for client communications.
• The game currently only has a single lobby.
• There's no hard limit of players or actions.
• The server doesn't keep a copy of the move history.
• The server assigns a random name to each player composed of an adjective and the name of a tree (e.g. "Healthy Cedrela").

Frontend

• The frontend is vanilla javascript/css/html - no extra dependencies.
• The client connects to the server right away.
• If you refresh your page, you'll be assigned a new name - the server will forget your previous user
• Click the 🌓 icon to toggle dark mode. This setting is currently not presisted between sessions.
• The move history is also not saved between sessions.
• The app is only losely responsive and works best in Landscape orientation.

Running locally

Install dependencies and run

yarn
yarn dev

Access the app in localhost:3000.

Deploying

The app is currently automatically deployed in Heroku when new commits are pushed to master.

TODO

I would still like to improve this tool if I find myself using it more.

• Improve mobile responsiveness
• Allow multiple separate lobbies
• Create "game master view"