N-Mario

Background Story

In the good old days, only 1 Queen was kidnapped and only 1 Mario was needed to save the queen. Nowadays, we all know that there exists a N-Queen problem, so we need N-Mario to solve it.

Idea

The game is a 2D platform side­scroller with multiple players. All players play the same stage simultaneously. All players start at the leftmost side of the stage. To clear a stage, the players must reach the goal at the rightmost side of the stage.

Features

1. Real-time synchronized gameplay
2. Challenges that require players to cooperate or compete
3. Various obstacles, enemies and power-ups

Programming Challenges

1. Physics engine (phaser.io)
2. WebSocket (socket.io)

Deployment Scenarios

1. Github Pages (for static contents)
2. Department Machines (for node.js server)

Milestones

Section	Group	Details	Score
Core	A	Characters	5
		1. Showing and controlling own character
		2. Showing other characters
	B	Game components	10
		1. Obstacle
		2. Monster
		Transitions
		1. End game
		2. Transit to next level
Extra	C	Game components	3
		1. Power-ups
	D	Level design components	7
		1. Cooperation
		2. Competition
Room	E	Game rooms	5
		1. List of available room
		2. Waiting game to start

Code Usage

Client Side

1. Client side is directly accessible from N-Mario's Github Page.
2. Player may enter a server address with port number after page load.
3. Player may change his/her name by clicking the top-right box.
4. Other usage are quite trivial.

Server Side

1. Server can be cloned from cherrry/Node-Mario using git clone [email protected]:cherrry/Node-Mario.git.

2. Inside the folder, run npm install, then node server.js.

3. By default, player access the server via localhost:21474, and it is set to allow cherrry.github.io to perform cross domain request.