This is the game server that is implemented at a basic level. It has wrapper capabilities that will be used to cater to various other plugins. At this time, it is not a plugin framework. Rather, there is one game that is integrated in to the code base.
The server is implemented in Go using HTTP and JSON. To build, checkout the
code, navigate to the repo's root and go install. If your Go environment is
configured properly, it will work by $GOPATH/bin/game_engine. The process listens
on port 3000 by default, but this can be changed in the code.
The only game written at this time is Hangman. A Python cli and web clients are provided. After the man is hanged, the word will be returned. The Cambridge Dictionary API is used to provide a hint. After you build, it will be available locally -- with configured hostname -- at:
http://hangman.example.com/hangman.html
In the example above, websocket is listening on port 8080 and is proxied by mod_proxy_ws in Apache.
There are no configuration capabilities at this time.
The protocol is RESTful or Websocket over HTTP and uses JSON structures to both send and receive data in a syncronous style.
The flow will look like the following:
Received for a new game
{"Cmd":"NEW","Hint":"a hint to the word","Curr":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"Missed":[],"Game":36,"Cred":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"}
A guess from the client
{"Cmd":"P1T","Play":"r","Gid":36,"Auth":"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"}
Response from the server
{"Cmd":"P1T","Curr":[0,0,0,0,114,0,0,0,0,0,0],"Missed":[],"Game":36}