whiterook6 / fibonacci

Making a spell-slinging game with socket-io and rpg-awesome, nodejs and angular.

Documentation

Socket IO protocol

Definitions:

• self: the client sending/receiving the message (ra-dragon in this example)
• server: the server receiving/sending the message
• target: another client (ra-beetle in this example)
• others: all other clients
• clients: all clients

List of Socket IO Routes

Players

Adding players: players.add

{
	'ra-beetle': {
		// player definition
		is_you: true // only if the it's the client's object
	},
	// ...
}

Updating Players: players.update

// server to clients
{
	'ra-beetle': {
		// things to update; not all fields of a player needed.
	},
	// ...
}

Player leaving: players.leave

// Server to all clients
ra-beetle // one symbol only, currently

List of players: players.only

// server to all clients
[
	`ra-beetle`,
	// ... symbols only.
]

Spells

Teach spell: spells.learn

// server to one client
ra-bottle-vapors // one spell symbol

Activate Spell Cooldown: spells.cooldown

// server to one client
{
	'symbol': 'ra-bottle-vapors',
	'cooldown': 20000, // milliseconds until ready
}