Live game prototype demo
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.
This version of Apples to Apples works like this:
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The main page keeps track of scores and shows a question for each round
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Each round has a randomly assigned judge. All other players are participants
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Participants submit their answer based on the current question
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When everyone has submitted an answer, the judge decides on which answer is best
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A point is given to the participant who submitted the judge’s preferred answer
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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.
