The Name Game

Working Demo

http://namegame.stevenandnicole.com

Objective

https://www.willowtreeapps.com/api/v1.0/profiles
Create an API that consumes the profile data from the URL above
make it possible to implement a full-featured game on top of it.
The client should be very simple
all of the logic for the game should be implemented in the server.
present the client/user with six faces and ask them to identify the listed name.
Only spend about 8 hours on the project

If there is time, on top of that build in some other features:

Statistics: How many correct/incorrect attempts has the user made?
How long does it take on average for a person to identify the subject?
Leaderboard: Show identifiers and scores for the top 10 scoring sessions.
Mat(t) mode: add a challenge mode where the server only presents the clients with Mat(t)s.
Reverse mode: Show one face and six names.

Insert your own idea here!

Add a Mike mode as there are plenty of them as well
Add medium and Hard modes which limit the number of guesses
Bonus timer for getting the answer correct faster to boost your score

Describe how you might handle authentication/authorization

authentication could be passed into the game class to register the user or read from the server variables as in the case of siteminder authentication. I decided to go with the arcade style format where the user can enter in any type of name they desire when achieving a high score. This name is then saved and defaulted in for the next time they make a high score.

Notes on the project

As requested I decided to keep the code simple and lightweight using pure php for the backend and jQuery with Bootstrap for the front end. A future enhancement would be to extend this project with a persistant connection using node.js. I'd also like to add some animations to the choices but wanted to keep the project hours down so I had to cut some of the fun enhancements.