A Dart package to enable communication with a boardgame.io back end game server. The boardgame.io project is implemented entirely in Node.js and comes with support for Node.js front ends written in Javascript, TypeScript or React.
This package provides similar Dart language Client and Lobby classes to enable a Dart (or Flutter) program to connect to a boardgame.io server and provide the application front end half of the game in Dart or Flutter.
A sample boardgame.io game based on the Tic-Tac-Toe tutorial and how to write the front end in Dart can be found in the examples folder.
This package is currently a work in progress and only supports the functionality used by the Tic-Tac-Toe example so far. Limitations include:
- No support to derive Dart classes from the Javascript equivalents, such as the Game description
- No access to game events (which are usually not executed on the client side anyway)
- All game moves must be executed on the server (using the
client: falseflag on the long-form move. - No support for phases or stages yet.
- No support for lobby rejoining of games yet.
- No support for local games that do not involve a server.