drew-morris / startup

Odd One Out

This is a web application for playing a game of Odd One Out with a group of users and a Chatbot.

Specification Deliverable

Elevator Pitch

Can a group of regular people figure out which one of them is an AI? Odd One Out is a game where each player tries to figure out who the AI is and vote them out without getting voted out themself. Each round, every player submits a question. One of those questions is then presented to the group to answer. Each player then gets to vote out who they think is the AI. Each remaining player then votes to continue or halt the game. If the AI is still in when the game ends, the players lose. Otherwise, the remaining players win.

Design

Key Features

• Secure login over HTTPS
• Game Match-Making
• Q/A Collection and Distribution
• Ranked Choice Voting Algorithm
• Restriction of gameplay to authenticated users
• Non-interactive gameplay for voted-out players

Technologies

I will use the required technologies on the following ways

• HTML - Uses correct HTML structure for the application: one login page and one gameplay page.
• CSS - Uses application styling that is appealing across various device formats, uses good whitespace, color choice, and contrast.
• React - Provides login, q\a submission, player answer display, applying votes, display removed player, display results, and use of React for routing and components.
• Service - Backend service with endpoints for
  • Login
  • Submitting Questions
  • Random Question Selection
  • Submitting Answers
  • Retrieving Answers
  • Submitting Votes
  • Retrieving Voting Results
  • Retrieving Results
• DB - Stores player data and game data in a database.
• Authentication - Register and login players. Restrict gameplay and participation to authenticated players only.
• WebSocket - As players submit questions, they are collected for one to be distributed to all players. As players submit answers, they are displayed to other users in real time.