Who's the spy 🕶️

This is one of the favourite board games among my friends, but no one wants to be the driver. So I made this web application to be the driver.

WhoIsSpy.mp4

Run a smoke test

To run the dev game (which is tested among our gang of six and we had great fun)

$ git clone https://github.com/niuniuanran/WhoIsSpy.git

Start the back end

Option 1 - prerequisite: go 1.16

$ cd WhoIsSpy/api
$ go run .

Option 2 - prerequisite: docker

$ cd WhoIsSpy/api
$ docker build --tag spy-api .
$ docker run -p 8080:8080 spy-api

Start the front end

Start the front end spa:

$ cd WhoIsSpy/spa
$ npm install
$ npm start

To host the game for a bunch of friends at your place

• Get your PC and all the group's phones connected to the same WiFi network
• In the WhoIsSpy/spa/.env file, update the REACT_APP_API_BASE_URL value to be your PC's private IP address
• Restart the front end
• Enjoy!

Ongoing improvements

I am working to make the game more resilient when a player leaves the room. Progress is kept in my journal Hold my game together when people leaves room