feat: implement room-wide multi-user game state synchronization

Enable real-time game state sync across all users in a room playing
at /arcade/room. Previously only synced across one user's tabs, now
syncs across all room members.

Server changes (socket-server.ts):
- Accept optional roomId in join-arcade-session event
- Join socket to both arcade:userId and game:roomId rooms
- Broadcast move-accepted to both rooms when processing moves
- Log game room joins for debugging

Client changes:
- useArcadeSocket: Accept roomId parameter in joinSession()
- useArcadeSession: Accept roomId in options, pass to joinSession()
- ArcadeMemoryPairsContext: Get roomId from useRoomData() and wire up

How it works:
- User A joins game room → joins arcade:userA + game:room123
- User B joins game room → joins arcade:userB + game:room123
- User A makes move → broadcasts to both rooms
- User A's tabs receive on arcade:userA (reconcile optimistic update)
- User B's tabs receive on game:room123 (sync with server state)
- Optimistic update system handles both cases automatically

Architecture:
- Reuses existing optimistic update reconciliation
- Minimal changes (5 edits across 4 files)
- Backward compatible (roomId is optional)
- Solo play unaffected

See docs/MULTIPLAYER_SYNC_ARCHITECTURE.md for full details.

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# Multiplayer Synchronization Architecture
## Current State: Single-User Multi-Tab Sync
### How it Works
**Client-Side Flow:**
1. User opens game in Tab A and Tab B
2. Both tabs create WebSocket connections via `useArcadeSocket()`
3. Both emit `join-arcade-session` with `userId`
4. Server adds both sockets to `arcade:${userId}` room
**When User Makes a Move (from Tab A):**
```typescript
// Client (Tab A)
sendMove({ type: 'FLIP_CARD', playerId: 'player-1', data: { cardId: 'card-5' } })
// Optimistic update applied locally
state = applyMoveOptimistically(state, move)
// Socket emits to server
socket.emit('game-move', { userId, move })
```
**Server Processing:**
```typescript
// socket-server.ts line 71
socket.on('game-move', async (data) => {
// Validate move
const result = await applyGameMove(data.userId, data.move)
if (result.success) {
// ✅ Broadcast to ALL tabs of this user
io.to(`arcade:${data.userId}`).emit('move-accepted', {
gameState: result.session.gameState,
version: result.session.version,
move: data.move
})
}
})
```
**Both Tabs Receive Update:**
```typescript
// Client (Tab A and Tab B)
socket.on('move-accepted', (data) => {
// Update server state
optimistic.handleMoveAccepted(data.gameState, data.version, data.move)
// Tab A: Remove from pending queue (was optimistic)
// Tab B: Just sync with server state (wasn't expecting it)
})
```
### Key Components
1. **`useOptimisticGameState`** - Manages optimistic updates
- Keeps `serverState` (last confirmed by server)
- Keeps `pendingMoves[]` (not yet confirmed)
- Current state = serverState + all pending moves applied
2. **`useArcadeSession`** - Combines socket + optimistic state
- Connects socket
- Applies moves optimistically
- Sends moves to server
- Handles server responses
3. **Socket Rooms** - Server-side broadcast channels
- `arcade:${userId}` - All tabs of one user
- Each socket can be in multiple rooms
- `io.to(room).emit()` broadcasts to all sockets in that room
4. **Session Storage** - Database
- One session per user (userId is unique key)
- Contains `gameState`, `version`, `roomId`
- Optimistic locking via version number
---
## Required: Room-Based Multi-User Sync
### The Goal
Multiple users in the same room at `/arcade/room` should all see synchronized game state:
- User A (2 tabs): Tab A1, Tab A2
- User B (1 tab): Tab B1
- User C (2 tabs): Tab C1, Tab C2
When User A makes a move in Tab A1:
- **All of User A's tabs** see the move (Tab A1, Tab A2)
- **All of User B's tabs** see the move (Tab B1)
- **All of User C's tabs** see the move (Tab C1, Tab C2)
### The Challenge
Current architecture only broadcasts within one user:
```typescript
// ❌ Only reaches User A's tabs
io.to(`arcade:${userA}`).emit('move-accepted', ...)
```
We need to broadcast to the entire room:
```typescript
// ✅ Reaches all users in the room
io.to(`game:${roomId}`).emit('move-accepted', ...)
```
### The Solution
#### 1. Add Room-Based Game Socket Room
When a user joins `/arcade/room`, they join TWO socket rooms:
```typescript
// socket-server.ts - extend join-arcade-session
socket.on('join-arcade-session', async ({ userId, roomId }) => {
// Join user's personal room (for multi-tab sync)
socket.join(`arcade:${userId}`)
// If this session is part of a room, also join the game room
if (roomId) {
socket.join(`game:${roomId}`)
console.log(`🎮 User ${userId} joined game room ${roomId}`)
}
// Send current session state...
})
```
#### 2. Broadcast to Both Rooms
When processing moves for room-based sessions:
```typescript
// socket-server.ts - modify game-move handler
socket.on('game-move', async (data) => {
const result = await applyGameMove(data.userId, data.move)
if (result.success && result.session) {
const moveAcceptedData = {
gameState: result.session.gameState,
version: result.session.version,
move: data.move,
}
// Broadcast to user's own tabs (for optimistic update reconciliation)
io.to(`arcade:${data.userId}`).emit('move-accepted', moveAcceptedData)
// If this is a room-based session, ALSO broadcast to all room members
if (result.session.roomId) {
io.to(`game:${result.session.roomId}`).emit('move-accepted', moveAcceptedData)
console.log(`📢 Broadcasted move to room ${result.session.roomId}`)
}
}
})
```
**Why broadcast to both?**
- `arcade:${userId}` - So the acting user's tabs can reconcile their optimistic updates
- `game:${roomId}` - So all other users in the room receive the update
#### 3. Client Handles Own vs. Other Moves
The client already handles this correctly via optimistic updates:
```typescript
// User A (Tab A1) - Makes move
sendMove({ type: 'FLIP_CARD', ... })
// → Applies optimistically immediately
// → Sends to server
// → Receives move-accepted
// → Reconciles: removes from pending queue
// User B (Tab B1) - Sees move from User A
// → Receives move-accepted (unexpected)
// → Reconciles: clears pending queue, syncs with server state
// → Result: sees User A's move immediately
```
The beauty is that `handleMoveAccepted()` already handles both cases:
- **Own move**: Remove from pending queue
- **Other's move**: Clear pending queue (since server state is now ahead)
#### 4. Pass roomId in join-arcade-session
Client needs to send roomId when joining:
```typescript
// hooks/useArcadeSocket.ts
const joinSession = useCallback((userId: string, roomId?: string) => {
if (!socket) return
socket.emit('join-arcade-session', { userId, roomId })
}, [socket])
// hooks/useArcadeSession.ts
useEffect(() => {
if (connected && autoJoin && userId) {
// Get roomId from session or room context
const roomId = getRoomId() // Need to provide this
joinSession(userId, roomId)
}
}, [connected, autoJoin, userId, joinSession])
```
---
## Implementation Plan
### Phase 1: Server-Side Changes
**File: `socket-server.ts`**
1. ✅ Accept `roomId` in `join-arcade-session` event
```typescript
socket.on('join-arcade-session', async ({ userId, roomId }) => {
socket.join(`arcade:${userId}`)
// Join game room if session is room-based
if (roomId) {
socket.join(`game:${roomId}`)
}
// Rest of logic...
})
```
2. ✅ Broadcast to room in `game-move` handler
```typescript
if (result.success && result.session) {
const moveData = {
gameState: result.session.gameState,
version: result.session.version,
move: data.move,
}
// Broadcast to user's tabs
io.to(`arcade:${data.userId}`).emit('move-accepted', moveData)
// ALSO broadcast to room if room-based session
if (result.session.roomId) {
io.to(`game:${result.session.roomId}`).emit('move-accepted', moveData)
}
}
```
3. ✅ Handle room disconnects
```typescript
socket.on('disconnect', () => {
// Leave all rooms (handled automatically by socket.io)
// But log for debugging
if (currentUserId && currentRoomId) {
console.log(`User ${currentUserId} left game room ${currentRoomId}`)
}
})
```
### Phase 2: Client-Side Changes
**File: `hooks/useArcadeSocket.ts`**
1. ✅ Add roomId parameter to joinSession
```typescript
export interface UseArcadeSocketReturn {
// ... existing
joinSession: (userId: string, roomId?: string) => void
}
const joinSession = useCallback((userId: string, roomId?: string) => {
if (!socket) return
socket.emit('join-arcade-session', { userId, roomId })
}, [socket])
```
**File: `hooks/useArcadeSession.ts`**
2. ✅ Accept roomId in options
```typescript
export interface UseArcadeSessionOptions<TState> {
userId: string
roomId?: string // NEW
initialState: TState
applyMove: (state: TState, move: GameMove) => TState
// ... rest
}
export function useArcadeSession<TState>(options: UseArcadeSessionOptions<TState>) {
const { userId, roomId, ...optimisticOptions } = options
// Auto-join with roomId
useEffect(() => {
if (connected && autoJoin && userId) {
joinSession(userId, roomId)
}
}, [connected, autoJoin, userId, roomId, joinSession])
// ... rest
}
```
**File: `app/arcade/matching/context/ArcadeMemoryPairsContext.tsx`**
3. ✅ Get roomId from room data and pass to session
```typescript
import { useRoomData } from '@/hooks/useRoomData'
export function ArcadeMemoryPairsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
const { data: viewerId } = useViewerId()
const { roomData } = useRoomData()
// Arcade session integration
const { state, sendMove, ... } = useArcadeSession<MemoryPairsState>({
userId: viewerId || '',
roomId: roomData?.id, // NEW - pass room ID
initialState,
applyMove: applyMoveOptimistically,
})
// ... rest stays the same
}
```
### Phase 3: Testing
1. **Multi-Tab Test (Single User)**
- Open `/arcade/room` in 2 tabs as User A
- Make move in Tab 1
- Verify Tab 2 updates immediately
2. **Multi-User Test (Different Users)**
- User A opens `/arcade/room` in 1 tab
- User B opens `/arcade/room` in 1 tab (same room)
- User A makes move
- Verify User B sees move immediately
3. **Multi-User Multi-Tab Test**
- User A: 2 tabs (Tab A1, Tab A2)
- User B: 2 tabs (Tab B1, Tab B2)
- User A makes move in Tab A1
- Verify all 4 tabs update
4. **Rapid Move Test**
- User A and User B both make moves rapidly
- Verify no conflicts
- Verify all moves are processed in order
---
## Edge Cases to Handle
### 1. User Leaves Room Mid-Game
**Current behavior:** Session persists, user can rejoin
**Required behavior:**
- If user leaves room (HTTP POST to `/api/arcade/rooms/[roomId]/leave`):
- Delete their session
- Emit `session-ended` to their tabs
- Other users continue playing
### 2. Version Conflicts
**Already handled** by optimistic locking:
- Each move increments version
- Client tracks server version
- If conflict detected, reconciliation happens automatically
### 3. Session Without Room
**Already handled** by session-manager.ts:
- Sessions without `roomId` are considered orphaned
- They're cleaned up on next access (lines 111-115)
### 4. Multiple Users Same Move
**Handled by server validation:**
- Server processes moves sequentially
- First valid move wins
- Second move gets rejected if it's now invalid
- Client rolls back rejected move
---
## Benefits of This Architecture
1. **Reuses existing optimistic update system**
- No changes needed to client-side optimistic logic
- Already handles own vs. others' moves
2. **Minimal changes required**
- Add `roomId` parameter (3 places)
- Add one `io.to()` broadcast (1 place)
- Wire up roomId from context (1 place)
3. **Backward compatible**
- Non-room sessions still work (roomId is optional)
- Solo play unaffected
4. **Scalable**
- Socket.io handles multiple rooms efficiently
- No N² broadcasting (room-based is O(N))
5. **Already tested pattern**
- Multi-tab sync proves the broadcast pattern works
- Just extending to more sockets (different users)
---
## Security Considerations
### 1. Validate Room Membership
Before processing moves, verify user is in the room:
```typescript
// session-manager.ts - in applyGameMove()
const session = await getArcadeSession(userId)
if (session.roomId) {
// Verify user is a member of this room
const membership = await getRoomMember(session.roomId, userId)
if (!membership) {
return { success: false, error: 'User not in room' }
}
}
```
### 2. Verify Player Ownership
Ensure users can only make moves for their own players:
```typescript
// Already handled in validator
// move.playerId must be in session.activePlayers
// activePlayers are owned by the userId making the move
```
This is already enforced by how activePlayers are set up in the room.
---
## Performance Considerations
### 1. Broadcasting Overhead
- **Current**: 1 user × N tabs = N broadcasts per move
- **New**: M users × N tabs each = (M×N) broadcasts per move
- **Impact**: Linear with room size, not quadratic
- **Acceptable**: Socket.io is optimized for this
### 2. Database Queries
- No change: Still 1 database write per move
- Session is stored per-user, not per-room
- Room data is separate (cached, not updated per move)
### 3. Memory
- Each socket joins 2 rooms instead of 1
- Negligible: Socket.io uses efficient room data structures
---
## Testing Checklist
### Unit Tests
- [ ] `useArcadeSocket` accepts and passes roomId
- [ ] `useArcadeSession` accepts and passes roomId
- [ ] Server joins `game:${roomId}` room when roomId provided
### Integration Tests
- [ ] Single user, 2 tabs: both tabs sync
- [ ] 2 users, 1 tab each: both users sync
- [ ] 2 users, 2 tabs each: all 4 tabs sync
- [ ] User leaves room: session deleted, others continue
- [ ] Rapid concurrent moves: all processed correctly
### Manual Tests
- [ ] Open room in 2 browsers (different users)
- [ ] Play full game to completion
- [ ] Verify scores sync correctly
- [ ] Verify turn changes sync correctly
- [ ] Verify game completion syncs correctly

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let currentUserId: string | null = null
// Join arcade session room
socket.on('join-arcade-session', async ({ userId }: { userId: string }) => {
currentUserId = userId
socket.join(`arcade:${userId}`)
console.log(`👤 User ${userId} joined arcade room`)
socket.on(
'join-arcade-session',
async ({ userId, roomId }: { userId: string; roomId?: string }) => {
currentUserId = userId
socket.join(`arcade:${userId}`)
console.log(`👤 User ${userId} joined arcade room`)
// Send current session state if exists
try {
const session = await getArcadeSession(userId)
if (session) {
socket.emit('session-state', {
gameState: session.gameState,
currentGame: session.currentGame,
gameUrl: session.gameUrl,
activePlayers: session.activePlayers,
version: session.version,
})
} else {
socket.emit('no-active-session')
// If this session is part of a room, also join the game room for multi-user sync
if (roomId) {
socket.join(`game:${roomId}`)
console.log(`🎮 User ${userId} joined game room ${roomId}`)
}
// Send current session state if exists
try {
const session = await getArcadeSession(userId)
if (session) {
socket.emit('session-state', {
gameState: session.gameState,
currentGame: session.currentGame,
gameUrl: session.gameUrl,
activePlayers: session.activePlayers,
version: session.version,
})
} else {
socket.emit('no-active-session')
}
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error fetching session:', error)
socket.emit('session-error', { error: 'Failed to fetch session' })
}
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error fetching session:', error)
socket.emit('session-error', { error: 'Failed to fetch session' })
}
})
)
// Handle game moves
socket.on('game-move', async (data: { userId: string; move: GameMove }) => {
@@ -168,12 +177,20 @@ export function initializeSocketServer(httpServer: HTTPServer) {
const result = await applyGameMove(data.userId, data.move)
if (result.success && result.session) {
// Broadcast the updated state to all devices for this user
io!.to(`arcade:${data.userId}`).emit('move-accepted', {
const moveAcceptedData = {
gameState: result.session.gameState,
version: result.session.version,
move: data.move,
})
}
// Broadcast the updated state to all devices for this user
io!.to(`arcade:${data.userId}`).emit('move-accepted', moveAcceptedData)
// If this is a room-based session, ALSO broadcast to all users in the room
if (result.session.roomId) {
io!.to(`game:${result.session.roomId}`).emit('move-accepted', moveAcceptedData)
console.log(`📢 Broadcasted move to game room ${result.session.roomId}`)
}
// Update activity timestamp
await updateSessionActivity(data.userId)

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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
import { createContext, type ReactNode, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
import { useArcadeSession } from '@/hooks/useArcadeSession'
import { useRoomData } from '@/hooks/useRoomData'
import { useViewerId } from '@/hooks/useViewerId'
import type { GameMove } from '@/lib/arcade/validation'
import { useGameMode } from '../../../../contexts/GameModeContext'
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ const ArcadeMemoryPairsContext = createContext<MemoryPairsContextValue | null>(n
// Provider component
export function ArcadeMemoryPairsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
const { data: viewerId } = useViewerId()
const { roomData } = useRoomData()
const { activePlayerCount, activePlayers: activePlayerIds } = useGameMode()
// Get active player IDs directly as strings (UUIDs)
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ export function ArcadeMemoryPairsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode })
// Derive game mode from active player count
const gameMode = activePlayerCount > 1 ? 'multiplayer' : 'single'
// Arcade session integration
// Arcade session integration with room-wide sync
const {
state,
sendMove,
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ export function ArcadeMemoryPairsProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode })
exitSession,
} = useArcadeSession<MemoryPairsState>({
userId: viewerId || '',
roomId: roomData?.id, // Enable multi-user sync for room-based games
initialState,
applyMove: applyMoveOptimistically,
})

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@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ export interface UseArcadeSessionOptions<TState> extends UseOptimisticGameStateO
*/
userId: string
/**
* Room ID for multi-user sync (optional)
* If provided, game state will sync across all users in the room
*/
roomId?: string
/**
* Auto-join session on mount
* @default true
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ export interface UseArcadeSessionReturn<TState> {
export function useArcadeSession<TState>(
options: UseArcadeSessionOptions<TState>
): UseArcadeSessionReturn<TState> {
const { userId, autoJoin = true, ...optimisticOptions } = options
const { userId, roomId, autoJoin = true, ...optimisticOptions } = options
// Optimistic state management
const optimistic = useOptimisticGameState<TState>(optimisticOptions)
@@ -122,9 +128,9 @@ export function useArcadeSession<TState>(
// Auto-join session when connected
useEffect(() => {
if (connected && autoJoin && userId) {
joinSession(userId)
joinSession(userId, roomId)
}
}, [connected, autoJoin, userId, joinSession])
}, [connected, autoJoin, userId, roomId, joinSession])
// Send move with optimistic update
const sendMove = useCallback(
@@ -156,9 +162,9 @@ export function useArcadeSession<TState>(
const refresh = useCallback(() => {
if (connected && userId) {
joinSession(userId)
joinSession(userId, roomId)
}
}, [connected, userId, joinSession])
}, [connected, userId, roomId, joinSession])
return {
state: optimistic.state,

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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface ArcadeSocketEvents {
export interface UseArcadeSocketReturn {
socket: Socket | null
connected: boolean
joinSession: (userId: string) => void
joinSession: (userId: string, roomId?: string) => void
sendMove: (userId: string, move: GameMove) => void
exitSession: (userId: string) => void
pingSession: (userId: string) => void
@@ -103,13 +103,17 @@ export function useArcadeSocket(events: ArcadeSocketEvents = {}): UseArcadeSocke
}, [])
const joinSession = useCallback(
(userId: string) => {
(userId: string, roomId?: string) => {
if (!socket) {
console.warn('[ArcadeSocket] Cannot join session - socket not connected')
return
}
console.log('[ArcadeSocket] Joining session for user:', userId)
socket.emit('join-arcade-session', { userId })
console.log(
'[ArcadeSocket] Joining session for user:',
userId,
roomId ? `in room ${roomId}` : '(solo)'
)
socket.emit('join-arcade-session', { userId, roomId })
},
[socket]
)