Stupefy!

Stupefy is a React/Socket.io built application counter-part to a game developed by Hanna Hutchinson, Bethany Shorey-Fennell, Peter Myers, Jordan Howard, Kelsey Howard, Henry Fennell, Chloe Fennell, Dan Hutchinson, and Adam Howard.

What’s this?

This repository comprises the Node.js backend for the application, hosted via Google Cloud on stupefy.fun, which contains a build from the React Stupefy Front-End.

Install & Run

To run the app on your local machine you must download the source, cd into the directory, then install the dependencies with:

npm install

The application also requires connection to a MongoDB database. You can create one for free on the MongoDB website. After which you should create a .env file in your local Stupefy directory and add the lines:

MONGO_STUPEFY_UN=<your-mongo-user>
MONGO_STUPEFY_PW=<your-mongo-pw>
MONGO_STUPEFY_CLUSTER=<your-mongo-cluster>

replacing the values with your own.

Now, you’re all set to run the app with:

npm start

You should then see Server running on port 3000 in your console and you can navigate to localhost:3000.

Google Cloud

As noted above, the app is currently live, running with google cloud. I used the google cloud websocket example to set it up.

Two notes regarding Google Cloud and the Application’s current setup:

1. The Application stores data for the initial waiting room in the variable rooms. This might cause problems as the application scales to multiple instances. I plan to try using Redis to deal with this issue.
2. As the information for the environment variables, which contain my mongo login details, are stored in the “app.yaml” file, I have excluded it from this repo. “demo-app.yaml” has been include to show how the file is otherwise setup.

Notes on the current build

The application is still in its initial development. There are some key features still missing from it. I will be addressing these over the next couple of weeks:

• There is no end-game summary nor does the code even check for win conditions. Like playing the card game, players have to recognize the game has ended and stop on their own.
• Because of lack of built-in resolution, the db & the room are not closed at the end of the game and therefore the room name will not be re-usable until the room expires by sitting 3 days without activity.
• The rules and functionality are not explained anywhere.
• Many of the characters special abilities are not yet functional.