Flappy Bird Multiplayer

So, finally came back to this one and completed part 2 of the series.

Sample screenshot

This game works only on desktop browsers and is constrained by the free limitations.

Most of the game arts/images are taken from cs50 intro to game development

Learnings

While part 1 (ba @ania) showed how to build a desktop browser version of Flappy Bird in pure javascript, part2 shows how to use Nodejs packages to make it a multiplayer, specifically making use if the Ably API. There was a lot to follow here, and a lot of troublehooting to be done.

• Use concept of channels between client and server to share/sync up data

ToDo

• Provide an input field for nicknames, and update accordingly
• Save previous nickname to local storage and load on next session
• Remove other sprite when game over
• Maybe look for Ably alternatives with lesser restrictions on messages (?)
• Accelerate obstacle generation over time