boelter

A mini pop quiz game for CS 118

Requirements

Docker >=v24
Ports open:

• 80 (Public progress dashboard)
• 22[0-n] (where n is the number of players)

Setup

Run start.bash.
To change the number of players (default 10, max 99), add the option -n <num> where <num> is the number of players you want to instantiate.

This will:

• Create n + 1 Docker containers with the name player<i>.
  • This includes player0 for demonstration.
  • Each will have ssh open on port 22<i:2> (for example, player1 has port 2201 open).
  • These are helpdesk servers that players use as a starting point.
• Create a progress server to track players' progression.
  • Each player connects to the progress server via WebSockets
  • The progress server pings the players whenever there's a new round
  • Based on the elapsed time, the progress server awards points when a player submits an answer

Questions

All the questions are available at player/questions.json. The file attribute points to a file in the player/texts directory for the actual question text.