jaggedsoft / capthatflag

A fast-paced multiplayer capture that flag game written in JavaScript.

CAP THAT FLAG

A fast-paced multiplayer capture that flag game written in JavaScript.

Specifications

A high level overview of the game structure:

Server

• Built on-top of ExpressJS and Primus.io (http://express.io, http://primus.io)
• Authoritative server (does all computations)
• Must be able to handle events from up to 100 clients
• Attaches to client events; emits and broadcasts events to clients
• Single point of configuration (configuration sent to clients)
• Runs custom physics

Client

• Built on-top of the Phaser framework (http://phaser.io)
• Renders the game state in real time (doesn't wait for a response from the server)
• Emits events to the server and attaches to server events
• Renders tile-based maps build in using Tiled (http://www.mapeditor.org/)
• Uses Grunt and Browserify to build the client

Entities

• Final entity class that can be initialized from JSON data through a factory
• Functionality added with various components (both server and client)
• Attributes stored under a single property
• Can be serialize to JSON for network communication

Gameplay

• Fast-paced CTF
• Easy to play and quick to learn
• Short games that players can join at any point
• Four teams that players join automatically
• Emphasizes team play over solo play
• Multiplayer with support for a lot of players