This is the Hackbox UnityClient built with socket.io.

Hackbox is a replication of Jackbox communication methods in the form of a category guessing game. Players use their smartphone web browsers to input and vote on player submissions. The project is broken into three components: a Node.js backend, a Web client, and a Unity client. The backend is hosted on Heroku, serving as a public IP to connect to. All components implement their networking protocol through Socket.io, a library used for its convenience and compatibility.

If you'd like to play this game, take a look at the following steps.

1. Clone this repo and build it with Unity.
2. Launch the built application.
3. Using any web browser, head to this website and enter the roomcode displayed on the Unity client.

Note that you'll need at least 3 people to play this game.

join room - Add the socket to the room. Payload:

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD",
  "username": "user's username",
}

rejoin room - Re-add the socket to the room. Payload:

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD",
  "username": "user's username",
}

everybody in - Inform server that everybody is in. Payload:

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD"
}

start game - Starts the game. Payload:

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD"
}

enter submission - Informs the server of a new submission.

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD",
  "player": 0 // 0 or 1
  "submission": "Submission Text"
}

vote - Sends in a vote. Payload:

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD",
  "player": 0 // 0 indicates player 1, 1 indicates player 2
}

request room - Requests a new room. Payload: None close room - Closes the room. Payload

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD"
}

timeout - Informs clients that time is out. Payload:

{
  "winner": 0 // or 1
}

time changed - Sends the new time. Payload:

{
  "time": 59
}

request room - Returns the room code. Payload:

{
  "roomcode": "ABCD"
}

everybody in - Callback that everybody is in. Only Unity Client should care about this. Payload: None start game - Returns information necessary to start the game. Payload:

{
  "category": "category_name",
  "player1Name": "Name",
  "player2Name": "Name"
}

vote - Returns the vote status. Payload:

{
  "percentage": 0 // 0 -> 1
}

join room - Returns whether or not the room was joined. Payload:

{
  "joined": true,
  "username": "playerUserName",
  "failReason": "reason for failure",
  "playerCount": 3
}

rejoin room - Re-add the socket to the room. Payload:

{
  "rejoined": true,
  "roomcode": "ABCD",
  "username": "user's username",
}

enter submission - Returns the submission that was last entered.

{
  "player": 1 // 0 or 1
  "submission": "Submission Text"
}

game_error - Returns the error that occured

{
  "error": "Reason for error"
}

close room - Informs room that this room is now closed. Payload: none.