Play with a friend feature

[guillaumepotier]

Hi @emils,

First of all, thanks for your great 2048 multiplayer version! I'm using it a lot and having much fun with colleagues :)

I'm implementing a "Play with a friend" feature, much needed for us (currently, we savagely refresh browsers to try to find against each others..) on your code. Here is my first commit.
Here, basically, what I have done:

• Now users connect to sockJS on dom loaded, they trigger different events:
  • 'register' -> register their user-friendly 4 digits hash on the server, under their io connexion
  • 'play-friend' -> send a 4 digits hash of a friend, to launch a game against him
  • 'find-opponent' -> find a random opponent waiting too, the current feature
• I reordered some code parts into function to be able to mutualize them in random mode or find friend mode.
• I showed the stats all time, I find it quite fun. I distinguish now players on plateform, and waiters that await for a random match

This is working for me right now.

Now, what I'd like if possible:

• your feedback on that (the principle)
• eventually clone my work and test it, and have your feedback
• if you like it, what should be done on this branch before you merge it

Best :)

[es]

Wow this is awesome! I'll take a look at it when I get home tonight 😃

[guillaumepotier]

Great,

In the meantime, this is what I think it is still needed on this branch, feel free tonight to add your checkboxes ;)

• handle not found hash in the client (currently, there is no warning or whatsoever for the user)
• better UI for new vex modals (nice lib btw)
• variabilized sockjs url and game time in a distant config file
• maybe some needed code refacto on both server and client
• use supervisor to run server
• remove indistinct letters from hash generation ? (eg: l and i, O and 0, ..)
• handle hash conflict (rare, especially if hash has a faire length, but might occur ^^)

Best

[guillaumepotier]

Hi there,

I suppose you did not had time to have a look yet at my implementation. This is still a mess, but I think I have yet something quite functional here: http://guillaumepotier.github.io/2048-multiplayer/

Best