WebSocket Messages

Quickgame uses JSON data passed through websockets to communicate between the client and server. Each message is a JSON object of the form {"kind": [KIND], "data": [DATA]}. Below lists all currently supported message types, in the form [KIND]: [DATA]

Server-to-client

• members: {players, others}. A list of players (in order) and a list of other members.
• gamestate: Object encoding of the game state (specific to each game)
• message: String message from server

Client-to-server

• update: No data. Sent by the client in order to force the server to send data to the client.
• changerole: Number specifying the role to take. Sent by the client to request a change of player role.
• changename: String specifying the name to take. Sent by the client to request a change in name (multiple people in the room can have the same name).
• move: Object encoding of a single move (specific to each game). Sent by the client to request a move.
• start: No data. Request the game be started or resumed.
• stop: No data. Request that the game be stopped so a new one can begin.
• chat: String chat message from the client.