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hackcambridge_2020

Running a local session:

  1. Run backend/game_logic.py with Python 3.6. Because we were lazy, path issues means you should launch this file from the repo root (the directory this README is in)
  2. Open public/index.html in a browser to connect to the server

Note that the default uses port 5678 on localhost, you will need to change the source code in backend/server.py and public/static/js/gamelogic.js to reflect your desired port. The server requires two or more players to connect to the server before the game commences. After two players connect, a 5 second countdown runs to give time for other players to join.

The game can only be served on a localhost. To access this between multiple computers, a service to share localhost is required. During development we used ngrok, but cannot vouch for reliability or security. After starting an ngrok session, a url will be given that will connect to the host's localhost. Other computers wishing to connect to this server will need to edit the address in their copy of public/static/js/gamelogic.js to reflect the ngrok address. Note that the http or https in the ngrok address should be replaced with ws or wss as websockets rather than http are being used.

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