ULTIMATE VIDEO GAME

DATABASEBY JOHN LIGGETT AND SPENCER GANG

PROJECT GOAL(S)

• Create a database for video game information

• Populate our database with many popular games using an API

• Allow users to search games on our website, with links to

individual pages to view information about the game

• Allow users to find more games from the same company

MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER (WEB APP ARCHITECTURE)

• Model: Our MongoDB Database, on mLab (and IGDB data access)

• View: Our webpages, rendered with Embedded JavaScript (EJS),

styled with Bootstrap

• Controller / Server: Node.JS using the Express web framework to

handle routing and the displaying of the pages. Its main role is to

fetch our game data from the model for the view

• These, along with Angular, are referred as the MEAN stack

MEAN STACK DOWNLOAD

The only download necessary to complete our project

was Node.js found at https://nodejs.org/en/

NPM DEPENDENCIES

DATABASE: MONGODB USING MLAB

MONGOCLIENT

PROJECT SETUP DATA SOURCE: IGDB.COM

DATA SOURCE: REQUEST

DATA SOURCE: JSON RESPONSE

CURRENT DATABASE OVERVIEW

JSON GAME DOCUMENT EXAMPLE

CRUDE OPERATIONS & DATA COLLECTION

• The main CRUDE operation is Retrieval – getting game & company data

• We also have Creation operations when gathering new data

• Our data collection process is a continuous process

• Future additions would add update operations and minimal delete

• When users search for games, if the game is not in our database, we

query IGDB for data. We also query IGDB for needed info when users

navigate to be games pages.

• Similarly, when users go to company pages, game data (of developed or

published games) that we do not have is obtained from IGDB

SEARCH PAGE

SEARCH PAGE: EJS

GAME PAGE

GAME PAGE

GAME PAGE

COMPANY PAGE

EXPRESS ROUTES – MAIN PAGE & SEARCH

EXPRESS ROUTES – GAME & COMPANY PARAMETERS

ERROR 404 PAGE

GAME NOT FOUND

COMPANY NOT FOUND

HOSTED ONLINE

MOBILE SCREENSHOTS

FUTURE WORK

• Create a user accounts feature, and incorporate user lists

• Add the ability to rate games, possibly requiring an account

• Let users add friends (other users) for messaging, game sharing, etc

• Add the ability for users to submit updated content or new content (new

games) to the database

• Add an administration page to add new games and manage content

• Integrate with other services – Twitch, OpenCritic, etc

• Enhance the design and features of the website – content on the homepage,

ability search companies, general site appearance

• Track searches and pages visited to create recommended games for users

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING