Scribble assignment - Zakila Banu

[zakilabanu]

Summary

Implemented the core multiplayer drawing game flow covering room management, gameplay, scoring, and restart functionality.

Room Setup & Lobby

• Added room creation and join flows using unique room codes.
• Automatically assign the room creator as the host.
• Added validation and user feedback for invalid or empty room codes.
• Ensured room isolation so players only interact with participants in their own room.
• Implemented lobby polling (~2s) to keep participant lists synchronized.
• Restricted game start functionality to the host and enforced a minimum of two players before starting.

Game Start & Drawer Flow

• Added player name validation with trimming and rejection of empty/whitespace-only names.
• Implemented game start flow with deterministic word selection from the starter word list.
• Assigned the first player/host as the drawer for the initial round.
• Displayed the secret word exclusively to the drawer.
• Added clear visual identification of the active drawer.

Gameplay Interaction

• Implemented drawing and canvas clear functionality for the drawer.
• Synchronized guess history across players through polling.
• Added guess validation with trimming and rejection of empty submissions.
• Implemented case-insensitive guess matching.
• Added scoring logic awarding 100 points for correct guesses and 0 points for incorrect guesses.
• Initialized all player scores to zero at the start of the game.

Results & Restart

• Added result screen displaying:

  • Correct word
  • Final scores
  • Complete guess history

• Implemented host-controlled game restart functionality.

• Preserved room participants on restart while clearing all round-specific state.

• Returned all players to the lobby after restart.

Validation

• Verified end-to-end multiplayer flow including room creation, joining, gameplay, scoring, result display, and restart behavior.
• Confirmed polling-based synchronization and room isolation across concurrent rooms.

Contributor

• Email: zakila.banu@everest.engineering
• Role:
  • Product
  • Developer