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[shivansh-bhatnagar18]

Title: Suggestions for Enhancing the UX of Our Multiplayer Uno Game 🎨🎲
Hi everyone,

I'm Shivansh Bhatnagar, and I’m currently working on improving the user experience for our multiplayer Uno game. We’re really excited about the project and are looking to gather some creative and practical suggestions from our community to make the game more enjoyable and user-friendly.

Here’s a bit of background:

Our Uno game allows players from around the world to join and play in real-time. While the game functions well and we’ve had positive feedback on the mechanics, we believe there’s always room for improvement, especially in terms of UX.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the following:

User Interface:
Are the current menus, buttons, and game layout intuitive?
Do you have suggestions for improving the visual appeal or functionality?

Gameplay Flow:
Is the game easy to navigate from start to finish?
Are there any moments that feel slow or confusing?

Interactive Elements:
How can we make the interaction between players more engaging?
Are there any features you think would enhance the multiplayer experience?

Accessibility:
What can we do to make the game more accessible to players with different needs?
Any suggestions for color schemes, text sizes, or other elements?
Feedback and Responses:

How can we better communicate game events (e.g., someone playing a card, winning a game)?
Are our animations and sound effects effective, or do they need improvement?

Other Suggestions:
Any other ideas or features you think would improve the overall UX?

Example Ideas: To get things started, here are a couple of ideas we’ve been considering:

Implementing a “Hint” system for new players to help them understand game rules.
Adding customizable avatars and profiles to make the game more personalized.
We encourage everyone to participate! Whether you’re a player, a developer, or just someone with a keen eye for design, your input is incredibly valuable. Feel free to share your suggestions, feedback, and even constructive criticism. We’re eager to hear what you have to say and look forward to working together to make our Uno game even better.

Thank you in advance for your time and ideas! 🙏

How to participate:

Reply to this discussion with your suggestions.
Include screenshots or mockups if you think it will help illustrate your points.
Don’t hesitate to discuss and build on each other’s ideas!
Let’s make this a fantastic Uno experience for everyone! 🎉

Best regards,
Shivansh Bhatnagar
Project Lead

Tags:
#ux-suggestions
#game-development
#multiplayer-games
#uno-game

[ritwik-69]

Although 99% it won't be a problem but I think we should put every event handler and controllers in a try catch block incase an error occurs from the backend.

[kuv2707]

We already have that for the controllers through the utils.catchError though there might be some endpoints where it is missed.
This is our global error handling mechanism which should ensure that the server is always running.

In general it is a nice philosophy to address the possible problems beforehand instead of wrapping everything in try catch and calling it a day. This is why languags like Golang don't even provide try catch blocks and force the developers to deal with possible bugs/errors.

In our project, at least in the game engine part, we can be absolutely sure that nothing unexpected will happen, if we sufficiently validate data coming from outside (ie, client - which we aren't currently doing everywhere), and verify the logic using tests.

The API layer is always prone to unexpected errors, esp. when the clients send malformed requests or data. So we use the global error handling there.

This is also the reason why we are using typescript across the project, and the configuration is even more strict in the backend (TS won't even compile if there is a minor type error).

In conclusion, apart from select areas, we should inspect each code area and handle possible bugs as much as we can.