Ask Ouija Social Game Lab by Dr. Taha Havakhor
Explore Ask Ouija, a social game lab developed by Dr. Taha Havakhor, Assistant Professor of MIS. Engage in a unique gameplay experience where players collaborate to answer questions using randomly selected letters. Join or create game groups, discuss anonymously, and delve into Firestore collections of questions and avatars. Discover the fun of decoding Base64 encoded strings and participate in interactive games with intriguing player dynamics.
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Ask-Ouija App Lab By: Dr. Taha Havakhor Assistant Professor of MIS
Outline Ask Ouija is a social game A user (questionAsker) will be: presented with a list of questions to choose from or will be able to type in their own question. The other users (answeringSpirit) will then work together to answer that question. These players will be randomly selected to provide a single letter of the answer. Once the letter is provided, another player will be randomly selected to provide a second letter to the answer, and so on, until a word or phrase is spelled out. Instead of providing a letter, a player can choose to finalize the answer, meaning they believe the question has been sufficiently answered and it s time for another player to ask a new question.
Joining or creating a game Similar to TrashTalk, Ask Ouija will use randomly generated 4 character codes to establish player groups A player can choose to create a new group or join an existing group The authentication is anonymous Class activity: Discuss why?
4 Firestore collections need Pre-loaded: Questions Avatars Loaded from the app: Games Answered questions
questions ao-questions: { documentID: { questionText: What should I buy with my stimulus money? , } }
avatars ao-avatars: { documentID: { avatarText: Base64 encoded string, } }
Base64 Encoded Strings Images can be encoded into strings Base64 turns binary data (0/1 representing various features of a pixel) to text Useful encoder/decoder: https://base64.guru
games ao-games: { documentID: { gameCode: 4 digit randomly generated game code, owner: uid for the player who created the game, players: [ { avatar: Base64 encoded string, displayName: the player s name, uid: the player s unique identifier, }, ], question: The question being asked, questionAsker: { avatar: Base64 encoded string, displayName: the name of the player asking the question, uid: the unique identifier of the player, }, answeringSpirit: { avatar: Base64 encoded string, displayName: the name of the player answering the question, uid: the player s unique identifier, }, answer: The answer as constructed so far, status: The current status of the game, } }
