UNO Multiplayer

Uno Game Setup Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to set up and run the Uno game.

Installation

Install Task

Mac OS

brew install go-task

Step 1: Define Player Names

Open the main.go file and define player names in the players slice.

// Example:
// players := []string{"Player1", "Player2", "Player3"}

Step 2: Build and run the server

task build:server

task run:server

Step 3: Connect to the Server

Install wscat package

Windows:

• Install Node.js
  
• Open Command Prompt as an administrator.
• npm install -g wscat

Mac:

• brew install node
• npm install -g wscat

Ubuntu:

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

To connect to the server port, use wscat with the following command:

wscat -c ws://localhost:8080/ws

To create Game Room lobby , use the following command:

wscat -c "ws://localhost:8080/create?player_name=[NAME]&max_players=[MAX_PLAYER_COUNT]"
wscat -c "ws://localhost:8080/create?player_name=Alice&max_players=2"

To JOIN Game Room lobby , use the following command:

wscat -c "ws://localhost:8080/join?player_name=[NAME]&mroom_id=[ROOM_ID_NUMBER]"
wscat -c "ws://localhost:8080/join?player_name=Bob&room_id=33"

• Replace 8080 with your specific port number if needed.
• Enter the player name correctly when prompted.
• Wait for your turn to play.

Use commands

1. playcard <cardIndex> <NewColor> to play and arg is valid only for WILD and DRAW_4
   
2. showcards to see cards in hand and their index
   
3. topcard to see top card which was last played in the game deck