Boulder Knights

Inspiration

We wanted to make a multiplayer io game to learn web sockets and client/server communication. The medieval theme came from you guys :)

What it does

It is currently just a game where you and other players on the server can push rocks around. That was the only collision strategy we had time to deploy, so the live game is just for pushing rocks really.

How we built it

We used Pixi.js and Typescript for the front end, and then Express.js and socket.io for the server on the backend. Most of the actions built in the game are server side to not allow hacking.

Challenges we ran into

We didn't have the time or patience to figure out how to let players interact with each other (attack and gain points for stuff), so it's just a game about rocks right now, with the potential to become a free for all io game.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The client/server communications and deploying something that people can just google and then use multiplayer. Took a lot of configuring stuff and figuring stuff out and we're glad that the rocks move.

What we learned

A lot about web sockets and client/server communication, as well as how to move rocks.

What's next for Boulder Knights

At this point we're happy with the whole rock thing. We could certainly build upon this project and add more game-like features like attacking other players and gaining points to display on a real-time leaderboard. We could also smooth out the lag and make better animations. That problem is for another time.

Built With

Submitted to

SwampHacks VIII

Created by

I worked on some of the collision techniques and the movements/rotations that the player made. I also made the video.

Alexander Duffaut
Sophomore in CS @ University of Florida
I worked on the movement system for the player, some of the collisions, and the indicators and nametag above the player. It was my first time writing in Javascript, so it was a big learning curve, but I learned a lot.

Matthew Tave
Jim Su
Matthew Schrank