cribbage-for-two

Getting Started

You will need to have node and npm installed on your computer for this.

You can find instructions for downloading them here.

1. Clone down this project onto your local machine.

2. Navigate to /backend (one level down from root.)

3. Run npm install to install all dependencies, and then node server.js

4. Navigate back up to root, and then down to /frontend (it should be next to backend.)

5. Again, run npm install. Then run npm run start.

6. This should open a page in your browser at localhost:3000 and you can start playing.

Notes on design

The frontend is a create-react-app. The backend is a basic node server, using the ws library.

Next steps:

• Build deck creation
• Build visible cards
• Choose shuffling algo for deck
• Switch in SVGs instead of emojis for card suits
• set up the WebSocket
• get card to each player as they join a game
• keep track of all players in a game
• allow players to move cards (by dealing) and emit changes to all players
• store player names to keep track of whose cards are whose
• build basic skeleton for tracking progress of the game (which step are you at)

(Rooms)

• Create a room for each game, with a unique string identifier
• Allow users to log into a "room" using the correct string identifier
• Add in this step in the game steps
• Limit room size to 2, with appropriate messaging to explain this to the user
• Show list of rooms that opt-in to be joined by random people

(Card interfaces)

• Keep track of which cards are highlighted (when flipped face-up) so you can see your opponent highlight cards for sets?
• Make image for the deck and add it
• Move "deal" logic onto the deck
• Disable deal except for when appropriate
• Create the display (or displays) for "played" cards
• Create the display for the card on top of the deck
• Create the crib
• Add a graphic for the backs of the cards

(Cribbage board)

• Create an appropriate image for the cribbage board itself (preferring the snake layout?)
• Create an image for the pegs of the cribbage board
• Write logic for displaying the score on the cribbage board

(Scoring)

• Make a list of the different types of scoring combos. It might be type and number for each.
• Make an interface for the user to declare a scoring combo, both for pegging and for final count-up
• Decide on how to display each scoring combo as they're enacted

(End game logic)

• wrap it up as appropriate!
• clean up the room.

(Chat feature...?)

• add in a very basic chat feature.
• This should be surprisingly lightweight, and would help with scoring. It could have presets for scoring?