Martian Dice

Online multi-player version of the physical dice game Martian Dice.

This repository contains two different front ends:

• A PICO-8 front end built using the PICO-8 fantasy console
• A responsive HTML5 front end built using ReactJS

Both have a completely different with Look & Feel. They use the same backend though and are compatible; you can use either to join a given room/game.

PICO-8 Front End

Play the game on my website.

Features

• Play against friends in a private room
• Play against other players in the public room
• Play against a Smart bot when there is nobody else
• Fancy animations
• In-game help
• Basic chat function - select messages from a pre-configured list

Technologies

• PICO-8
• Javascript - to interface between PICO-8 (via GPIO) and the back end (via WebSockets)

HTML5 Front End

Features

• Play against other players
• Play against bots: Random, Defensive, Aggressive, and Smart
• Basic animations
• Basic sound-effects
• Responsive UI: play on phones, tablets or monitors
• Chat function
• In-game help
• Graceful disconnection handling:
  • Disconnected players can rejoin
  • Forcefully end turns of non-responsive players

Technologies

• HTML5/CSS
• Javascript
• [ReactJS]](https://reactjs.org) + React Bootstrap

Back End

Technologies:

• Python
• WebSocket communication
• AWS
  • Lambda services
  • DynamDb storage
  • Deployment via CDK

Credits

• Game Design: Scott Almes
• Coding: Erwin Bonsma
• Graphics: Erwin Bonsma
• Sound samples (all from freesound.org):
  • Cow (cow.mp3) by Benboncan
  • Chicken (kip.mp3) by Rudmer_Rotteveel
  • Human (huh.mp3) by davdud101
  • Ray (ray.mp3) by peepholecircus
  • UFO (ufo.mp3) by plasterbrain
  • Abduction (win.mp3) by TiesWijnen
  • Defeat (die.mp3) by josepharaoh99