Breakout-Phaser

What is it?

Using a local webserver you can easily create an instance of the classic ping pong game and use other devices as controllers!

How do you do it?

• Clone or download the repository
• Install Node.js if you don't already have it
• Navigate to the root folder using a terminal
• Run ipconfig and copy your IPv4 address under wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi. This is your local server IP-address. Let's name this parameter localServerIP
• Run node server to start the server on localhost
• Using the unit you want to present the screen from, navigate to localServerIP:3000/home/ in your browser and choose Be the Game Screen
• Using the unit for the first controller navigate to the same page but choose Be Player One
• Repeat for the second user, but choose to be player two instead.
• Play!

How does it work?

A node.js script (server.js) uses the express library to create a local web server from your machine.
Websites created on this server will be available for devices on the same Wi-Fi using the ip address of your unit on the network and the port defined in the server script.
Using socket.io, web socket connections are created between clients using the website hosted from the server, and the server itself.
These sockets are created so that designated controller sub-pages on the website will emit events through the socket connection if the value of a slider is changed.
The server takes these values and updates the player objects on the game screen through another socket.