Hanabi Game Server

This app is used to create a new game deck, and modify the game deck based on an action.

All calls will have https://puddle-catcher.glitch.me as a base.

Actions inlcude:

• New Game
• Join Game
• Give Hint
• Discard Card
• Play Card

Actions:

New Game

Call /newgame/:numberOfPlayers?name=TEXT

Adds a new game to the database. Returns a game Object Example Below :

{
	numberOfPlayers: INTEGER,
	dateCreated: DATE,
	score: NULL, 
	originalDeck: [ARRAY OF CARDS {
		color: TEXT
		hints: [ARRAY OF HINTS: TEXT, TEXT, ...]
		number: INTEGER
		},
		{}...]
	playingDeck: [ARRAY OF CARDS (cards formatted the same as above^^) ],
	discardedCards: [EMPTY ARRAY],
	playedCards: [EMPTY ARRAY],
	hintsLeft: INTEGER,
	id: INTEGER,
	livesLeft: INTEGER, 
	players: [ARRAY OF PLAYERS {
		active: BOOLEAN
		hand: [ARRAY OF CARDS]
		name:
		},
		{}...]
}

Join Game:

Call /joingame/:gameid?name=TEXT

This adds players to the game. It adds req.query.name to the first null name key in the game. If the name is already in the game it will return the game without adding another player. If the game is full and the name is not found in the game, it will return a string 'Sorry, name not found in game.'

Update Game

Call /game/:gameid/:name

This will return the Game Object described above. This is intended to be called with a setInterval() function to update the game periodically throughout the game and provide the 'live' experience. If building a game with a websocket, you could use this call to broadcast a response to the players after another player makes a play.

Play Card

Call /game/:gameid/:name/playcard?cardIndex=INTEGER

This will add the played card to the playedCards Array in the database and replace the card with the first card from the playingDeck Array. If the card does NOT play it will reduce the livesLeft by one. It will put the played card in the discard pile if it does not play.

It will add a string to the gameObject.messages array.

It will then set current player's active property to 0 and make the next player's active property to 1.

Discard Card

Call /game/:gameid/:name/discard?cardIndex=INTEGER

This will add the discarded card to the discardedCards array in the database, and replace the card with the first card from the playingDeck Array. It will increase gameObject.hintsLeft by 1. It will add a string to the gameObject.messages array explaining the action. It will then set current player's active property to 0 and make the next player's active property to 1.

Give Hint:

Call /game/:gameid/:name/givehint?player=TEXT&hint=TEXT

Hint Text has to be one of the following: ['orange', 'blue', 'black', 'white', 'red', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5']

request.params.name = The person Giving the hint

request.query.player = The person Receiving the Hint

This will update the reduce the gameObject.hintsLeft by 1. It will update all the CARD OBJECT's hints array on the Receiving Player's hands. It will then set current player's active property to 0 and make the next player's active property to 1.