PyPNQuiz

This application is a client for a multiplayer online quiz game using the PubNub python SDK. It runs on linux. (Tested on arch linux and ubuntu).

Setup

The only dependencies for this application are python 3.5, python-pip, an the latest pubnub python SDK. Here are the commands I ran on a fresh ubuntu virtual machine (python 3.5 came pre-installed):

sudo apt install python3-pip
pip3 install pubnub

Usage

Starting the application

Assuming that the dependencies have been installed correctly, run the application with the command:

python pnquiz.py

or (on most distributions that have python 2.7 as the default python):

python3 pnquiz.py

The application asks the user for a username. The application then displays a help message and prompts the user for a command.

Commands

Command	Function
help	Displays the help message
list	Lists quizes waiting for players
join quiz_name	Join a quiz with given name
start quiz_name	Start a quiz with given name
quit	Leave PNQuiz

Question File

When starting a quiz, the game prompts the user for a question file. This is a text file with the number of questions on the first line, followed by questions and their answers. Questions are on a single line, followed by a number of answer options --each answer is also on its own line--. The correct answer should be prefixed with a *. Each block of question and answers is separated by an empty line.

The questions.txt file has been provided as an example.