Alex has been working on a game prototype that mimics Jackbox TV games. At our recent Tech Talk he gave us a demo and showed us what he’s built so far.
At this stage the app is in a basic raw form with no styling, but it works. We had multi-players involved in Alexandre’s live demo.
The main page keeps track of scores and shows a question for each round
Each round has a randomly assigned judge. All other players are participants
Participants submit their answer based on the current question
When everyone has submitted an answer, the judge decides on which answer is best
A point is given to the participant who submitted the judge’s preferred answer
Rounds proceed until someone reaches three points
Watch a live demo of the prototype
To avoid refreshing pages manually we use websockets. The main page subscribed to a game channel while players subscribed a player channel. For the game to flow naturally each channel gives live instructions on what to do next to the players and main page.
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