This project is a proof of concept of an online version of Dixit, the acclaimed board game.
Dixit provides a set of abstract illustrations that players need to describe. Each turn one player will be the storyteller, who secretly chooses one of their dealt cards and announces its description —this can be a word, a phrase, a related thought, etc. The rest of the players choose the card from their hand that best resembles the provided description, and all the cards are mixed before being revealed.
Once the cards are displayed, each player except the storyteller vote on which one they think is the original card that matches the description. Players will be confused, since ideally everybody will have chosen an illustration that somehow resembles that thought. The storyteller must not provide a description that is too obvious, since they won't get any points if all players guess their card. On the other hand, if they are succinct enough for someone to guess their illustration, they will be awarded 3 points. Players who correctly guess are also awarded 3 points, plus 1 additional point if any player votes their card.
So the scoring is:
The game ends when all cards have been dealt.
Dixit-Online provides both a server implementing a Game API and a Web Client for players to join games and play.
The API allows the games to be played asynchronously, so players may participate in a game at different times. A user may be a player in more than one game simultaneously.
The client is still being developed.
The API backend is based on Django and the client is an Angular 2 application.
Requirements:
Clone this repository
$ git clone git@github.com:jminuscula/dixit-online.git
Access the server folder
$ cd dixit-online/server
Create a new Python virtual environment
$ pyvenv-3.5 env
Activate the virtualenv
$ source env/bin/activate
Install Python dependencies
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Create database
$ ./src/manage.py migrate
Sync available cards
$ ./src/manage.py sync-cards
Run application server
$ ./src/manage.py runserver
Coming soon!
This is a proof of concept and is not meant to be distributed or sold. Illustrations may be protected by Copyright; we do not own any rights to them. If interested in an illustration, please refer to our source.
