Treasure Hunt

This is a simple game that I made as a demo of the UCLA Mobile Web Framework. Users can bury a treasure in a spot based on their current location and then another User can dig up the treasure from that spot.

Installation

If you want to install the game on your own server, you just need to follow a few simple steps:

1. Create and Populate the Database

   Create the MySQL database that will store the Treasure Hunt table. This database will only contain one table and three stored procedures (detailed in treasure.sql). The database user will only need EXECUTE permissions on the database

2. Update the Model Class

   Update the database values in the Model class (in model.php):

   • $dbHost: Database host (e.g.: localhost)
   • $dbUser: Username of the database
   • $dbPass: Password of the database user
   • $dbName: Name of the database

Issues

First, this was made as a demo. If you want to take this and make a full-fledged application, then you should replace out some of the back-end components (like the database connection logic) with more robust libraries. Sometimes I like to reinvent the wheel for fun/experience on smaller projects.

Second, the geolocation is finicky. You may not find treasures that other Users buried if your phones are reporting different geolocation data. This could be potentially improved by increasing the max distance for digging and searching (DIG_DISTANCE and SEARCH_DISTANCE in the Model class in model.php)