<h1  align="center">Online Multiplayer Ludo Game </h1>

Ludo Online is a multiplayer web-based implementation of the classic board game Ludo, built using the MERN stack and integrated with SocketIO for real-time communication.
  
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>> <a href="https://youtu.be/mGMnH9Nvsyw">Watch YouTube Video here</a> <<
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## Architecture

![Interface](https://github.com/Wenszel/mern-ludo/blob/main/src/images/architecture.png?raw=true)

## Tech Stack

Frontend:

![JavaScript](https://img.shields.io/badge/javascript-%23323330.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=javascript&logoColor=%23F7DF1E) ![React](https://img.shields.io/badge/react-%2320232a.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=react&logoColor=%2361DAFB) ![React Router](https://img.shields.io/badge/React_Router-CA4245?style=for-the-badge&logo=react-router&logoColor=white)
![CSS3](https://img.shields.io/badge/css3-%231572B6.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=css3&logoColor=white) ![HTML5](https://img.shields.io/badge/html5-%23E34F26.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=html5&logoColor=white) ![MUI](https://img.shields.io/badge/MUI-%230081CB.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=mui&logoColor=white)

Backend:

![MongoDB](https://img.shields.io/badge/MongoDB-%234ea94b.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=mongodb&logoColor=white) ![Express.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/express.js-%23404d59.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=express&logoColor=%2361DAFB) ![Socket.io](https://img.shields.io/badge/Socket.io-black?style=for-the-badge&logo=socket.io&badgeColor=010101) ![NodeJS](https://img.shields.io/badge/node.js-6DA55F?style=for-the-badge&logo=node.js&logoColor=white)

Tests:

![cypress](https://img.shields.io/badge/-cypress-%23E5E5E5?style=for-the-badge&logo=cypress&logoColor=058a5e) ![Mocha](https://img.shields.io/badge/-mocha-%238D6748?style=for-the-badge&logo=mocha&logoColor=white) ![Jest](https://img.shields.io/badge/-jest-%23C21325?style=for-the-badge&logo=jest&logoColor=white)

Other:

![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/docker-%230db7ed.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=docker&logoColor=white) ![AWS](https://img.shields.io/badge/AWS-%23FF9900.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=amazon-aws&logoColor=white) ![CircleCI](https://img.shields.io/badge/circle%20ci-%23161616.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=circleci&logoColor=white) ![Git](https://img.shields.io/badge/git-%23F05033.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=git&logoColor=white) ![Jira](https://img.shields.io/badge/jira-%230A0FFF.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=jira&logoColor=white)

## Key Features and Challenges

-   Maintained session consistency with **Express Session** and **MongoDB**.

-   Enabled real-time communication via **WebSocket** and **SocketIO**.

-   Maintained code reliability by implementing unit and integration tests using **Mocha**, **Chai**, and **Jest**.

-   Implemented E2E tests utilizing **Cypress**, addressing challenges related to [testing collaboration](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/trade-offs#Multiple-browsers-open-at-the-same-time) and canvas functionality in the application.

-   Established a CI/CD pipeline using **CircleCI**, with pushing **Docker** container to **AWS ECR** and deploying to **AWS ECS**


## Installation

1.  Download this repository

2.  Generate your own [mongoDB atlas](https://www.mongodb.com) credential URL. It should looks like this:

```

mongodb+srv://madmin:<password>@clustername.mongodb.net/<dbname>?retryWrites=true&w=majority

```

3.  Add this URL to the /backend/.env file (refer to .env.example)

4.  Perform these commands in the main directory:

```
npm i
npm start
cd backend
npm i
node server.js
```

## Screenshots

![Interface](https://github.com/Wenszel/mern-ludo/blob/main/src/images/readme1.png?raw=true)

![Interface](https://github.com/Wenszel/mern-ludo/blob/main/src/images/lobby.png?raw=true)

![Interface](https://github.com/Wenszel/mern-ludo/blob/main/src/images/winner.png?raw=true)
