node-games-lobby

A matchmaking server and chat system for multiplayer online games.

The games must have a NodeJS back-end that implements a small number of methods required by the server.

A live demo is running at http://multiplayergorillas.com.

Features

• Chat across games with private messages, announcements, lobbies, public rooms.
• Games must conform only to a simple documented API.
• Example games (tictactoe and gorillas) provided.

Why would this be useful to you?

• You have some games you would like people to play.
• You want to write games but you don't want to deal with the lobby, matchmaking and chat elements.
• You are happy for those games to conform to a simple API for the sake of the aforementioned conveniences.

Requirements

• bower for installing client dependencies.
• mocha for running the tests.
• redis for storing user sessions, redis-server on Ubuntu.

Getting Started

• Clone this repository.
• Install bower globally, npm install -g bower.
• Install required modules, npm install.
• Run the tests, npm test (requires mocha npm install -g mocha).
• Start the server npm start and access it from a web browser.
• Look at the code for the example tictactoe and gorillas games.

Future Improvements

• Improved login and account management.
• Games with more than 2 players.
• Webservice API for games and account handling.
• Pluggable matchmaking system.

Screenshots

License

MIT.