Trivia Minigame (Host Screen + Phone Players)

A simple real-time multiplayer trivia skeleton:

• One device acts as the host display screen
• Players join from their phones
• Live lobby updates via WebSockets

Tech Stack

• Client: Vite + React
• Server: Node.js + Express + Socket.IO
• State: in-memory (no database yet)

Repo Structure

• client/ Vite React app
• server/ Express + Socket.IO server

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ recommended
• npm (comes with Node)

Setup

1) Install dependencies

Server:

cd server
npm install

Client:

cd ../client
npm install

2) Run Locally

Terminal A

cd server
npm run dev

Terminal B

cd client
npm run dev

Accessing the App

After both the client and server are running:

Client (web app): http://localhost:5173

Server (API + WebSocket): http://localhost:3001