Pong multiplayer on the terminal using an made with node js. The API is here.
- For terminal handling.
pip install curses / pip install windows-curses
- For the API.
pip install socketio
- To listen to the movement keys.
pip install pytimedinput
For this library I make some changes so that it does not print the value of the keys when they are pressed. The changes I made are here: pytimedinput .
- The file you have to change is located in "C:\Users\ username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pytimedinput", all you have to do is replace it with the file called pytimedinput.py with the file that is here.
The first thing to do is to download the Python files of the host and the guest, the first one manages the game and the other one only receives it.
-
First we run the pong-guest.py file and enter the URL where we have the api server or service mounted and the name of the "party" (it's the name of the json object that is stored with the game information in the API).
-
Then we execute the pong-host.py file and do the same procedure of the URL and the party name, this will start the game, which will end when the score of one of the two players reaches 10.
-
Finally, to play, player 1 (host) moves with the "w d" keys up and down respectively, player 2 (guest) with the "k m" keys in the same way.
-
to exit the game use the "q" key.
It should be noted that the execution of the files must be done inside the console or terminal since the curses library works by superimposing another terminal or console on top of ours.