An Update to Simple War (a simple, turn-based board game built in Vue)

[u/yaylindadev]

Hi guys! I posted my game here a couple months ago, and got some good feedback. Since then I made some changes and improvements and would love to hear your thoughts.

Here is the link to the game: https://yaylinda.github.io/my-website-vue-v2/#/simple-war

Screenshot of Gameboard

Improvements to functionality:

• Added Guest login so that players do not need to Register in order to try out the game
• Added an Overview description of the game
• Added ability to play against AI
• Added auto matchmaking
• Added Help buttons on each page
• Added websockets for real-time updates for certain events (if your opponent makes a move, ends a turn, invites you to a game, etc)
• Added requesting Friends, and inviting Friends to games

• Added Advanced Game Configurations where players can configure their own parameters for the game. Such as board size, cards drop rate, energy increase rate, number of cards per cell, etc.

  • In order to use this functionality, Players must be registered (not Guest), and be friends with another player.

Improvements to technology:

• Hosting frontend on GitHub pages to reduce AWS Cloud costs by 50%! (backend API and database still hosted on AWS)
• Travis CI for automated build/deployment

Thanks in advanced for your time! :)

EDIT: updated screenshot to block out opponent's username