Anyone interested testing a game I'm working on?

witnessmenow

Hey Guys,

I'm working on a clone of Cards Against Humanity app with a few friends at the moment and was wondering would anyone be interested in trying it out?

The Game is called "Morals Are Optional".

How it works:

• One device runs the game and displays the "table"
• Each player who is playing connects to the game using any device with a web browser (Phone/Tablet/Laptop - Devices must be on the same wi-fi network as the game device)
• Cards are dealt out to each of the players, which are only visible on their device (the judge will be rotated each round)

There are other CAH apps, but I don't think any work like this one. It is local only as a design decision to as closely emulate the experience of actually playing the card game. It has a very small barrier to entry as you only need a WI-FI network, one device with the app and then a web enabled device each player (e.g. most peoples phones). For example "Dehumanize Your Friends" if I am not mistaken requires a chromecast and each player to have an android phone with the app on it.


Current State:

• Game runs on PC (as its Java presumably Linux and Mac too)
• Cards from the CAH American base back are there (Cards are CC0)
• Game can be played, sometimes players may need to reload the webpage on their phone (they will keep the same cards etc)
• New Players can join midway through a game

The "TODO" list:

• Game to run on Android
• Players can't leave :pac:
• More than one blank black cards are ignored
• Add aditional card packs (also allowing for custom packs)
• Chromecast Support (Chromecast becomes table)
• Loads of UI and UX improvments
• Maybe introducing optional gameification elements such as points for being the fastest submitter of cards etc

I will throw up some screen shots later today if I get a chance.

I would love to hear any feedback you have! If anyone is interested in giving it a go please let me know and I can provide a version. Even if you are not interested in getting a copy I would be interested in what you think (in terms of, is it too much effort etc)

Thanks!

Marthakelly

Could be great test it, looks like a nice try

witnessmenow

Marthakelly wrote: »

Could be great test it, looks like a nice try

Hey

Sorry in the delay in getting back

Here is a link to demo for PC and Android (Android is very WIP though)

Here is an imgur album that explains the flow of the game

ShooterSF

Just a heads up that you might have to remove the CAH cards
http://www.geek.com/android/cards-against-humanity-takedown-request-leads-to-overhauled-chromecast-app-1587901/

witnessmenow

ShooterSF wrote: »

Just a heads up that you might have to remove the CAH cards
http://www.geek.com/android/cards-against-humanity-takedown-request-leads-to-overhauled-chromecast-app-1587901/

Cheers for the link, I had seen that ok. It's something that will need to be sorted for a release OK, but since the game is not a market at the moment it is not an issue.

To be honest I think it can easily be worked around. Hosting the cards on an external server example. The black and white cards may need to change though

ShooterSF

No worries just thought I'd give you a heads up. Out of curiosity what tools are you using?

witnessmenow

ShooterSF wrote: »

No worries just thought I'd give you a heads up. Out of curiosity what tools are you using?

The game its self is written in libgdx, the web pages are written in jquery and JavaScript. The the thing that hosts the web pages in the game is something I wrote called "More Controllers Please"

https://github.com/witnessmenow/MoreControllersPlease

I need to write up proper documentation etc for it yet, but I'm trying to release one game of my own with it first so I'm happy in worked out the kinks.

The code for the entire project is on my github, feel free to take a look:

https://github.com/witnessmenow/MCP-CaH

witnessmenow

Hey Guys,

Created a page with some more info on the game here

I have also updated the demos on that page.

Any feedback appreciated!

GodlessM

Sure, I'll give it a try. Always happy to help.

witnessmenow

GodlessM wrote: »

Sure, I'll give it a try. Always happy to help.

Cheers! let me know if you need any help with anything.

Number one complaint I was getting off people so far was they didn't like typing in the IP address so I have been working on a way around that.

In the next demo the address displayed for users to connect to will be "mcp.rocks" rather than an IP address (It will revert back to IP address if you have no internet). This will return back a list of MCP games running on your network (normally will only be one) and you click on it to connect to the game. Hopefully this will make the process of joining a game much easier for people.