Covida

A digital version of the popular board game Pandemic. I made this game as I didn't like that the official game version does not have a true multiplayer.

Functionality

• Email/Password or Google login
• Realtime multiplayer for 2-5 players. When starting a new game, a game code is generated that can be used by other players to join the game.
• Includes all cards, roles and functionality of the original game. The game startup, meaning assigning roles, infecting cities and dealing cards has been automated. Actions throughout the game, e.g. increasing the infection rate are not automated on purpose, as it reduces the fun of playing in my opinion.
• Option to revert the last 5 changes, in case a mistake has been made and to keep it fun.
• Game over and win detection.
• The game is available in English and German.

Limitations

• The game works reasonably well on smaller screen and most actions should work on touchscreens but there is certainly some more work needed to get this done fully.
• The current version does not have an in-game manual included.

Prerequesites

1. Create a Firebase project
   • Enable Email/Password (and optionally Google) for the authentication Sign-In settings
   • Add localhost to the authorized domains in the Authentication settings. Once deployed, you should also add the domain to which you deployed the app to.
   • Create a Firestore database instance
   • Create a collection authorized with a document users. In this document, create an array called players which should contain the email addresses that should have access to the game. I included this to prevent unwanted access for others, as I wanted to limit it to friends & family only.
2. .env file with the following parameters from your Firebase project

VUE_APP_FIREBASE_APIKEY=<APIKEY>
VUE_APP_FIREBASE_AUTHDOMAIN=<AUTHDOMAIN>
VUE_APP_FIREBASE_PROJECTID=<PROJECTID>
VUE_APP_FIREBASE_APPID=<APPID>
VUE_APP_FIREBASE_DATABASEURL=<DATABASEURL>

Project setup

Install dependencies

yarn

Compiles and hot-reloads for development

yarn serve

Compiles and minifies for production

yarn build

Deployment

The project can be deployed to a static site hosting. I hosted my version on a Netlify instance.

Copyright

I do not own the rights to Pandemic. This project was created for personal use only and is not intended to be marketed in any form. In case of any complaints, please contact me.